Setbacks
Setbacks should follow the residential guidelines for the neighborhood.
Building Type by Area
The neighborhood business districts differ greatly from the Far Hills Avenue Business District, due to their relationship with residential areas and their relatively low density of commercial usage.
The character of the structures and their scale relative to nearby houses are crucial in this area. New construction should be limited to residential or single small commercial buildings. Buildings that face major roads may have small commercial setbacks. Buildings on predominantly residential roads should use residential setbacks and building position within the lot. Buildings that face residences across a street corner should complement the residence in setback and detailing.
Schantz Avenue
Located at a busy intersection in a residential area, this district currently consists of residential buildings. The nature of the intersection and surrounding areas lends itself to future development in a residential-type scale and detail.
Acorn Drive
The business in this district is housed in a residentially styled Tudor building, obviously built for small commercial use. Future development of this site should be small commercial in nature, despite surrounding residential neighborhoods, due to the nature of the intersection.
Park Avenue District, Oakwood Avenue District
In the Park Avenue and the Oakwood Avenue Districts, there exists residentially detailed buildings which are considerably larger than neighboring houses. These buildings—the Oakwood City Building and the Oakwood Board of Education, respectively, along with the Post Office and Water Works Buildings—are municipal rather than commercial. Though the design guide classifications are based on building appearance in these cases, building usage should be taken carefully into account when applying the design guides. New buildings may be of residential or small commercial style.