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B-C Community Business image/svg+xml

The purpose of this zone is to provide community commercial uses which will primarily serve the residents of the Borough. The development of small-scale commercial buildings and existing housing are permitted uses which complement the community retail uses. The standards of this zone are intended to create a visually pleasing streetscape which establishes a positive aesthetic relationship between the public spaces (e.g., roads and sidewalks) and the building facades and layout of the sites.

B-G-1 General Business 1 image/svg+xml

The purpose of this zone is to encourage a mix of nonresidential and residential uses on upper floors, while providing sufficient parking and amenities to service residents in the B-G-1 District and surrounding districts. The standards of this zone are intended to create a visually pleasing streetscape which establishes a positive aesthetic relationship between the public spaces (e.g., roads and sidewalks) and the building facades and layout of the sites.

B-G-2 General Business 2 image/svg+xml

The purpose of this zone is to provide commercial uses which will primarily serve the residents of the Borough and through traffic. The standards of this zone are intended to create a visually pleasing streetscape which establishes a positive aesthetic relationship between the public spaces (e.g., roads and sidewalks) and the building facades and layout of the sites.

North Eighth Street Redevelopment Area North Eighth Street Redevelopment Area image/svg+xml

For more information on the North Eighth Street Redevelopment District, please review the following ordinance and contact the Borough directly. 

Prospect Park Quarry Redevelopment Area Prospect Park Quarry Redevelopment Area image/svg+xml

For more information on the Prospect Park Quarry Redevelopment Area, please review the following ordinance and contact the Borough directly. 

R Recreation and Open Space image/svg+xml

This zone is intended to acknowledge and preserve the existing open space/parks and government related uses throughout the Borough.

R-1 Single- and Two-Family Residential Zone image/svg+xml

The purpose of this zone is to preserve the integrity of existing residential areas by preventing the intrusion of nonresidential uses into residential neighborhoods and by maintaining existing development intensity and population density consistent with residential neighborhood patterns.

R-2 Townhouse Residential image/svg+xml

The purpose of this zone is to permit townhouses at appropriate densities in locations accessible to major roadways, commercial services, and public facilities.

VCR Village Commercial/Residential image/svg+xml

The Village Commercial Residential District is intended to reinforce a vibrant village/main street area and provide amenities, services, and resources; to advance improvements to the public realm; to improve pedestrian and vehicular circulation; and to build upon existing assets and maintain the existing character of the community.

The district intends to create a mixed-use area that has a distinct "main street" identity and creates a pedestrian-oriented experience. The district is meant to promote a vibrant commercial environment and provide a broad array of amenities, services, and resources essential to the neighborhood and community shopping needs of the Borough of Prospect Park, with design controls to insure a compatible relationship to adjacent residential neighborhoods, and assurance that infrastructure impacts will be mitigated. The VCR Zoning intends to allow for additional development opportunities while balancing flexibility and restrictions. The district intends to build upon the existing assets and reinforce the existing scale and character of the commercial area while allowing for existing single-family and two-family buildings to remain as permitted uses.