Checking what the rules allow in your town.
Your property
Checking what the rules allow in your town. This takes a few seconds.
Your property
Checking what the rules allow in your town. This takes a few seconds.
We analyzed Jersey City’s residential parcels against the city’s zoning and each lot’s dimensions. 13,582 of them qualify by right, with no zoning-board hearing.
Enter your Jersey City address and we read the zoning against your parcel and tell you if a backyard home fits, how big, by-right or variance, and what it could earn. Free.
See if your Jersey City lot is one of them — freePermitGranted analyzed Jersey City's residential parcels against the city's Land Development Ordinance (Chapter 345) and each lot's dimensions, setbacks, and existing structures. A lot 'fits' a backyard home when a detached accessory dwelling unit can be sited within the rear-yard envelope under the town's accessory-structure standards. 'By-right' means no zoning-board variance is required. 'Variance' means an ADU can likely be built but needs board relief.
Counts produced by PermitGranted's ADU feasibility engine over Jersey City parcels, as of the date shown. Numbers update as the city's ordinance and our parcel data change.
See the full rules for your town on the Jersey City ADU page, or browse every NJ town.