Minimum lot size
2,000 sfSmallest conforming lot.
“Minimum lot area: two-thousand (2,000) square feet.”§ 345-43. - R-3 Multi-Unit Mid-Rise District. › 345-43 · Jersey City code · read 2026-10-02
Jersey City, NJ · zoning record
R-3 zoning in Jersey City.
The dimensional standards that govern what you can build in the R-3 district, straight from Jersey City's ordinance, with every figure quoting its source. Check a specific address to see how these rules apply to a real lot.
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R-3 dimensional standards.
These are the letter-of-the-law limits for the base R-3 district. Overlays (historic, neighborhood plan, and similar) can tighten them; a specific address check resolves the overlays that actually apply.
Minimum lot width
20 ftNarrowest conforming lot.
“Minimum lot width: twenty (20) feet.”§ 345-43. - R-3 Multi-Unit Mid-Rise District. › 345-43 · Jersey City code · read 2026-10-02
Sources
Every figure above is quoted verbatim from the current ordinance. We never substitute a typical-for-zone default: a field absent from the record shows nothing, not a guess.
- § 345-43. - R-3 Multi-Unit Mid-Rise District. · Jersey City, NJ code of ordinances (read 2026-10-02)
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