The following zoning provisions shall apply within all zoning
districts throughout Allamuchy Township:
A.
When a lot is to be subdivided from a lot which already is occupied
by an existing building, any subdivision of the lot shall not lessen
any of the requirements of this chapter pertaining to the existing
building.
B.
No open space provided around any principal building for the
purpose of complying with the front, side or rear yard requirements
of this chapter shall be considered as providing the yard requirements
for any other principal building.
C.
Any accessory building having a common wall, roof or foundation
with a principal building shall be considered a part of the principal
building and shall comply with the front, side and rear yard requirements
of this chapter for the principal building. All accessory decks off
a principal building shall comply with the principal building yard
requirements.
D.
The construction of a permitted accessory building or structure,
other than the construction of permitted construction trailers, storage
sheds or farm accessory buildings, shall not proceed faster than the
construction of the principal building on the same lot.
E.
All accessory buildings and structures on a corner lot shall
be set back from all street lines as required by this chapter for
the principal building on the lot.
F.
An accessory building or structure shall not be erected in the
required front yards, unless otherwise specifically permitted by ordinance.
The following zoning provisions shall apply, even if apparently
contrary to other zoning provisions of this chapter:
A.
Accessory structure minimums.
B.
Christmas tree sales. The annual sale of Christmas trees is
permitted in the RR Rural Residential, the VN Village Neighborhood
and the CC Community Commercial Zoning Districts between December
1 and December 25, inclusive, provided that all trees shall be removed
and the premises cleared no later than January 1, and provided further
that these restrictions shall not apply to farms, which shall be permitted
to sell Christmas trees throughout the year on the farm lot.
C.
Height limits.
(1)
Chimneys on a residential dwelling unit are not bound by the
height restrictions of this chapter, except that the Department of
Community Affairs may require the chimney height to be less for public
safety and health reasons.
[Amended 2-19-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
(2)
Silos on farms shall not exceed 75 feet in height, and barns
on farms shall not exceed 50 feet.
(3)
On a nonresidential principal building, the following may be
erected above the maximum height specified in this chapter for the
subject building, provided that the height is not increased more than
20% more than the maximum height permitted:
(a)
Penthouses or other roof structures for the housing
of stairways, tanks, ventilating fans, air-conditioning equipment
and similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building;
(b)
Skylights, spires, cupolas, flagpoles, chimneys
and similar structures associated with the building; and
(c)
The parapets used to screen the roof-mounted structures
and equipment.
D.
Poultry and livestock shelters. No poultry or livestock shelter
(excluding dog runs or other shelters for household pets) shall be
located closer than 100 feet to any property line or to any dwelling
unit on the same lot.
E.
Public election voting places. The temporary use of any property
as a voting place in connection with a municipal or other public election
is permitted throughout Allamuchy Township.
F.
Public utility lines. Public utility lines for the transportation,
distribution or control of water, electricity, gas, oil, steam, cable
television and telephone or telegraph communications are permitted
throughout Allamuchy Township and need not necessarily be located
on a lot.
G.
Public utility transformer and junction boxes. Public utility
transformer and junction boxes are permitted throughout Allamuchy
Township and need not necessarily be located on a lot, provided they
are adequately screened with landscaping, fencing or a combination
of the two and do not exceed three feet in height.
H.
Yard setbacks for accessory buildings and structures. If the
height of an accessory building or structure exceeds the minimum side
and/or rear yard setback specified in this chapter for the accessory
building or structure, the side and/or rear yard setback(s) shall
be increased to at least equal the height of the accessory building
or structure.
A.
Vacant lots. Any vacant lot existing as a conforming residential
lot at the time of adoption of this chapter, as reflected on the Official
Map of the Township or on other public record, or any vacant lot created
by an approved and filed residential subdivision, whether or not the
lot exists as a conforming residential lot at the time of adoption
of this chapter, whose area or dimensions do not meet the requirements
of the zoning district in which the lot is located, may have construction
permits issued for a single-family detached dwelling and its permitted
accessory uses without an appeal for variance relief, provided:
(1)
Single-family detached dwelling units are a permitted use in
the zoning district;
(2)
The building coverage limit of the zoning district is not exceeded;
and
(3)
The yard and height provisions of the zoning district are reduced
by the same percentage ratio of the area of the vacant lot compared
to the minimum lot area requirement of the zoning district, except
that:
B.
Detached dwelling units Any single-family detached dwelling
unit located in the OR, CC or PO Zoning District and existing as of
the date of adoption of this chapter shall be permitted to construct
additions to the detached dwelling unit and/or construct accessory
buildings without an appeal for variance relief, provided:
(1)
The existing lot and improvements thereon conform in all respects
to the minimum requirements of this chapter for detached dwelling
units in the SFR District; and
(2)
The addition(s) to the detached dwelling unit and/or the construction
of any accessory building(s) do not violate any of the requirements
of this chapter for detached dwelling units in the SFR District.
A.
Lots.
(1)
Whenever title to two or more contiguous lots is held by the
same owner, regardless of whether or not each of the lots have been
approved as part of a subdivision or acquired by separate conveyance
or by other operation of law except as provided in § 190-403A
hereinabove, and one or more of the individual lots should, by reason
of exceptional shallowness, topographic conditions, substandard area
or yard space or similar measurements, not conform with the minimum
lot area and dimensional requirements for the zoning district in which
it is located, the contiguous lots shall be considered to be a single
lot.
(2)
Whenever the owner of an existing lot has dedicated or conveyed
land to Allamuchy Township in order to meet the minimum street width
requirements of the traffic circulation plan element portion of the
Allamuchy Township Master Plan, the Department of Community Affairs
shall issue construction permits and certificates of occupancy for
the lot whose depth and/or area is rendered substandard only because
of such dedication and where the owner has no other adjacent lands
to provide the minimum requirements.
[Amended 2-19-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
(3)
Except as provided in Subsection A(1) of this section hereinabove, any existing building or structure located on an existing lot which does not meet the applicable minimum lot size requirement of this chapter, or any existing structure which violates any yard requirement of this chapter, shall be permitted to construct additions to the principal building and/or construct accessory buildings without an appeal for variance relief, provided;
(a)
The existing use(s) on the lot are conforming to
the permitted use(s) stipulated in this chapter for the lot in question;
(b)
The total permitted building and lot coverages
and floor/area ratio stipulated in this chapter for the permitted
use(s) are not exceeded;
(c)
The accessory building and/or addition to the principal
building does not further violate the deficient yard setback(s) currently
existing on the subject property; and
(d)
No additional yard setback requirement of this
chapter is violated and all other applicable requirements of this
chapter are met, such as, but not limited to, height, yard setbacks
and parking.
B.
Structures and uses.
(1)
Any existing nonconforming use or structure may be continued
upon the lot or in the structure so occupied, and any such structure
may be repaired in the event of partial destruction thereof.
(2)
Repairs and maintenance work required to keep a structure in
sound condition may be made to a nonconforming structure or a structure,
whether conforming or nonconforming, containing a nonconforming use.
However, no repairs or maintenance work shall increase the nonconformity
in any manner.
(3)
No structure containing a nonconforming use shall be enlarged,
extended, constructed, reconstructed or structurally altered in any
manner without an appeal for variance relief. An addition of a second
story, or part thereof, or the addition or subtraction of lands associated
with a structure containing a nonconforming use shall require variance
approval pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d.
(4)
A nonconforming use shall be considered abandoned if such nonconforming
use is terminated by the owner. If the owner fails to use the property
for a period of 12 consecutive months, it shall be presumed to be
abandoned. Thereafter, such building, structure and/or land shall
not be used in a nonconforming manner.
A.
Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings:
(1)
Farms, including feed and fertilizer sales.
(2)
Farms which include shipping, receiving, processing or packaging
operations as fundamental uses for the farming activities.
(3)
Veterinarian offices.
(4)
Detached single-family dwelling units.
(5)
Public playgrounds, conservation areas, parks and public purpose
uses.
(6)
Churches.
(7)
Community residences for the developmentally disabled, community
residences for the terminally ill, community residences for persons
with head injuries and/or community shelters for victims of domestic
violence, as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.1, in accordance with
the standards and requirements for single-family detached dwelling
units within the RR Zoning District.
(8)
Residential density transfer in accordance with the provisions
specified in § 190-602 of this chapter.
(9)
Single-family conservation clusters in accordance with the provisions
specified in § 190-602 of this chapter.
(10)
Detached single-family dwelling units on flag lots. (See § 190-603
for requirements.)
(11)
Public utility uses as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(12)
Cellular antennas for telephone, radio, paging and/or television
communication as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67. (See § 190-601,
Conditional uses, and specifically § 190-601B for the required
conditions for cellular antennas for telephone, radio, paging and/or
television communication.)
B.
Accessory uses permitted.
(1)
Private residential swimming pools, provided the pool is located
in the rear yard and/or side yard only, is no closer than 15 feet
to any lot line and occupies no more than 70% of the yard area. (See
§ 190-516.)
(2)
One private residential toolshed not to exceed 400 square feet
in area and 15 feet in height. The residential toolshed shall have
a type of dual pitched roof.
(3)
Recreational facilities, including tennis courts, and landscaping
features, such as trellises and gazebos, customarily associated with
detached single-family dwelling units.
(4)
Off-street parking and private garages. (See §§ 190-203,
190-405E hereinbelow and 190-510.)
(5)
Fences and walls. (See § 190-505.)
(6)
Signs. (See §§ 190-405F hereinbelow and 190-514.)
(7)
Home occupations accessory to residential dwellings. (See § 190-603
for requirements.)
(8)
Residential agriculture.
(9)
Satellite dish antennas as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(10)
Retaining walls not exceeding six feet in height. (See § 190-518.)
(11)
In conjunction with a farm only, one roadside stand, not exceeding
150 square feet in size, offering for sale produce harvested on the
farmed premises or elsewhere in the Township, provided the stand is
set back at least 15 feet from the street line and 25 feet from any
lot line and has no more than one attached sign the size of which
may not exceed eight square feet in area. See the definition of "farm"
in § 190-203 for additional permitted accessory farm uses.
(12)
In conjunction with a permitted farm only, up to two temporary
accessory dwelling units in the form of a trailer or manufactured
home on a nonpermanent foundation, provided that the following is
met:
(a)
The occupants of the temporary dwelling unit(s)
shall be full-time employees of the farm use;
(b)
The farm shall be at least 25 contiguous acres
in size and shall be in the same ownership;
(c)
The dwelling(s) shall be set back a minimum of
200 feet from any street line and a minimum of 100 feet from any property
line and shall be adequately screened as required by the Department
of Community Affairs to assure that the adjoining property owners
are not subject to a view of the temporary dwelling(s);
[Amended 2-19-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
(d)
The temporary dwelling(s) shall comply with all
state, county and municipal building and health codes, particularly
those relating to water and sewage disposal and those concerning farm
labor housing;
(e)
Where a principal dwelling is located on the farm,
the temporary dwelling(s) shall not be in the front yard area and
shall utilize the driveway serving the principal dwelling;
(f)
The temporary dwelling(s) shall be removed within
30 days from the date the use of the property as and for farming purposes
shall cease. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to
grant to such temporary dwelling(s) permanent or nonconforming use
status; and
(g)
The owner of the farm use property shall obtain
a zoning permit from the Zoning Officer and applicable building permits
and occupancy certificates from the Department of Community Affairs.
No such structure shall be erected or occupied unless and until valid
permits as applicable shall be issued. A temporary dwelling permit
shall be issued for a period of six months and may be reissued for
a successive six-month period by the official issuing same, provided
all terms for such use have been complied with. It shall be the responsibility
of the farm use owner to renew such permit before the date of expiration.
Failure to properly renew a farm use permit for a temporary dwelling
may cause the official issuing same to require that said temporary
dwelling be removed and/or action taken in a court of competent jurisdiction,
and/or both. Issuance and reissuance of temporary use permits shall
be subject to compliance with all provisions applicable to such temporary
use as may be from time to time enacted by the Mayor and Council.
A permit fee or renewal fee will not be charged for a temporary dwelling
permit.
[Amended 2-19-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
C.
Maximum heights.
(1)
Principal buildings. No principal building shall exceed 35 feet
in height, except that churches shall not exceed 50 feet and 2.5 stories
in height.
(2)
Accessory buildings and structures. No accessory building or
structure shall exceed 25 feet in height, unless a lesser height is
specified in this chapter for a particular accessory building or structure.
D.
Area and yard requirements for the RR District.
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Single-Family Detached Dwellings
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Churches
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Farms and Veterinarian Offices
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Principal Building
Minimum
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Lot area (acres)
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10 1, 2
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10
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104
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Lot frontage (feet)
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350
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350
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N.A.
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Lot width (feet)
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350
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350
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N.A.
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Lot depth (feet)
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700
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700
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N.A.
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Side yard (each) (feet)
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100
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100
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100
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Front yard (feet)
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1003
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100
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100
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Rear yard (feet)
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100
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100
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100
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Accessory Structure
Minimum
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Distance to side line (feet)
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50
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50
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100
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Distance to rear line (feet)
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50
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50
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100
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Distance to principal or accessory building (feet)
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20
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40
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40
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Maximums
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Building coverage of principal building
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4%
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6%
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8%
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Aggregate coverage of accessory buildings
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2%
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2%
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8%
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Lot coverage
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10%
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15%
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20%
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NOTES:
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1
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An area equivalent to at least one acre shall be contiguous
"non-critical" acreage, shall not include surface stormwater management
facilities, and must be appropriately situated for the location and
construction of the single-family detached dwelling and its appurtenances,
including the septic system serving the lot. Additionally, the one
acre of contiguous "non-critical" acreage shall be shaped to permit
the inscription of a circle with a diameter of at least 205 feet within
its bounds. No critical lands shall be developed except in accordance
with § 190-606 of this chapter.
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|
2
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Where the area designated for a detention basin and similar
stormwater management facilities are part of a residential lot, the
areas devoted to these stormwater management purposes shall not be
counted as part of the minimum lot area required for residential lots.
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3
|
New residential development along collector or arterial roadways
shall have a twenty-five-foot-wide buffer area between the collector
or arterial road and any development to reduce the negative impact
of the roadway on the adjacent development. Where the buffer area
is to be within an individual residential lot rather than in common
open space, the twenty-five-foot buffer width shall be in addition
to the required minimum yard area. (See § 190-509 for design
requirements.)
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4
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The minimum required lot area for farms with shipping, receiving,
processing or packaging operations shall be 50 acres.
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E.
Off-street parking and private garages.
(1)
Detached single-family dwelling units shall provide 1.5 spaces
per two-bedroom unit; two spaces per three-bedroom unit; 2.5 spaces
per four-bedroom unit; and three spaces per five or more bedroom unit.
Where the bedroom count per unit is not specified, 2.5 spaces per
dwelling unit shall be provided.
(2)
Churches shall provide one space per every three permanent seats,
with one seat considered to be 22 inches when calculating the capacity
of pews or benches.
(3)
Veterinarian offices shall provide one space per every 400 square
feet of gross floor area but not less than six spaces.
(4)
All other uses shall provide adequate on-site parking to accommodate
the permitted activities and shall be subject to approval by the Board
during site plan review.
(5)
No parking area or driveway for a single-family detached dwelling
unit shall be located within 10 feet of any lot line, and no parking
area or driveway for any permitted use other than a single-family
detached dwelling unit shall be located within 25 feet of any lot
line.
(6)
Driveway access shall be provided from a local roadway, where
feasible. Any use not having access from a type of local roadway as
shown on the currently adopted traffic circulation plan element portion
of the Township Master Plan shall provide an on-site paved or stoned
turnaround area.
(7)
All side-entry garages shall be provided with a paved or stoned
area a minimum of 33 feet in length in front of the garage door(s)
in order to allow for adequate ingress and egress to the garage.
(8)
Parking of commercial vehicles. One registered commercial vehicle
of a rated capacity not exceeding one ton on four wheels, owned or
used by a resident of the premises, shall be permitted to be regularly
parked or garaged on any residential lot, provided that said vehicle
is parked in a side or rear yard area of the premises at least 10
feet from the property line, which area is relatively unexposed to
neighboring properties and is screened from neighboring properties
by plantings at least five feet in height. For purposes of this chapter,
a commercial vehicle is a bus and/or vehicle containing advertising
matter intending to promote the interest of any business, whether
or not said vehicle is registered as a commercial vehicle with the
New Jersey or other state Division of Motor Vehicles, except that
this provision shall not be deemed to limit the number of commercial
trucks or cars used on a farm or construction equipment which is used
on the site for construction purposes.
(9)
Parking of recreational vehicles. Travel trailers, campers,
motor homes, horse trailers, boat trailers, ATV and motorcycle trailers
may be parked or stored on any residential lot only in a rear or side
yard area which is 10 feet or more from the property line, which area
is relatively unexposed to neighboring properties and is screened
from neighboring properties by plantings at least five feet in height.
The dimensions of such vehicles and trailers shall not be counted
in determining building coverage. Such vehicles and trailers shall
not be used for temporary or permanent living quarters while situated
on the lot. Such vehicles and trailers shall be annually licensed
with a valid registration and shall be capable of use on a public
road; no junked vehicles shall be permitted under this subsection.
(10)
For the required design and construction details for off-street
parking areas, loading areas and driveways, see § 190-510
of this chapter.
F.
Signs.
(1)
Detached dwelling units are permitted an informational or directional
sign not exceeding two square feet in area and a nameplate sign not
exceeding 300 square inches in area, all in accordance with § 190-514A
of this chapter.
(2)
Churches are permitted:
(a)
One freestanding sign, which may display announcements
in addition to the name of the church, not exceeding 24 square feet
in area and five feet in height and set back at least 15 feet from
all street rights-of-way and lot lines; plus
(b)
One attached sign not exceeding 15 square feet
in area or 10% of the facade of the wall upon which the sign is mounted,
whichever is less.
(4)
Farms are permitted one freestanding sign not exceeding 12 square
feet in area and five feet in height and set back at least 15 feet
from all property lines.
(5)
See § 190-514 of this chapter for the design requirements
for signs and for the regulations for political signs and real estate
signs.
G.
Development fees. In order to provide for the Township's low- and moderate-income housing obligation, all new development of principal and accessory buildings within the Township of Allamuchy not exempt from the collection of development fees shall pay a development fee to Allamuchy Township in accordance with the provisions specified in Ordinance No. 2011-07, the Affordable Housing Ordinance, of the Township of Allamuchy. See Chapter 72, Affordable Housing, of the Code of the Township of Allamuchy for additional requirements as applicable.[1]
A.
Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings.
(1)
Farms.
(2)
Detached single-family dwelling units with public sewer.
(3)
Detached single-family dwelling units with individual on-site
septic systems.
(4)
Public playgrounds, conservation areas, parks and public purpose
uses.
(5)
Churches.
(6)
Community residences for the developmentally disabled, community
residences for the terminally ill, community residences for persons
with head injuries and/or community shelters for victims of domestic
violence, as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.1, in accordance with
the standards and requirements for single-family detached dwelling
units within the SFR Zoning District.
(7)
Small lot single-family clusters, where indicated on the Zoning
Map, in accordance with the provisions specified in § 190-602
of this chapter.
(8)
Townhouse clusters, where indicated on the Zoning Map, in accordance
with the provisions specified in § 190-602 of this chapter.
[Amended 12-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-14]
(9)
Single-family conservation clusters, where served by public
sewage facilities, in accordance with the provisions specified in
§ 190-602 of this chapter.
(10)
Age-restricted residential clusters, where served by public
sewage facilities, in accordance with the provisions specified in
§ 190-602 of this chapter.
(11)
Lot averaging in accordance with the provisions specified in
§ 190-602 of this chapter.
(12)
Neighborhood centers as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67,
provided that the subject land area shall be a minimum of four acres
in area located at the intersection of a rural major collector road
and a rural minor collector road, as classified in the traffic circulation
plan element of the Township Master Plan. (See § 190-601
for conditions.)
(13)
Cellular antennas for telephone, radio, paging and/or television
communication as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67. (See § 190-601,
Conditional uses, and specifically § 190-601J for the required
conditions for cellular antennas for telephone, radio, paging and/or
television communication.)
B.
Accessory uses permitted.
(1)
Private residential swimming pools, provided the pool is located
in the rear yard and/or side yard only, is no closer than 15 feet
to any lot line and occupies no more than 70% of the yard area. (See
§ 190-516.)
(2)
One private residential toolshed not to exceed 200 square feet
in area and 15 feet in height. The residential toolshed shall have
a type of dual pitched roof.
(3)
Recreational facilities, including tennis courts, and landscaping
features, such as trellises and gazebos, customarily associated with
detached single-family dwelling units.
(4)
Off-street parking and private garages. (See §§ 190-203,
190-406E hereinbelow and 190-510.)
(5)
Fences and walls. (See § 190-505.)
(6)
Signs. (See §§ 190-406F hereinbelow and 190-514.)
(7)
Home occupations accessory to residential dwellings. (See § 190-603
for requirements.)
(8)
Retaining walls not exceeding six feet in height. (See § 190-518.)
(9)
Satellite dish antennas as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(10)
In conjunction with a farm only, one roadside stand, not exceeding
150 square feet in size, offering for sale produce harvested on the
farmed premises or elsewhere in the Township, provided the stand is
set back at least 15 feet from the street line and 25 feet from any
lot line and has no more than one attached sign the size of which
may not exceed eight square feet in area. See the definition of "farm"
in § 190-203 for additional permitted accessory farm uses.
C.
Maximum heights.
(1)
Principal buildings. No principal building shall exceed 35 feet
in height, except that churches shall not exceed 50 feet and 2.5 stories
in height.
(2)
Accessory buildings and structures. No accessory building or
structure shall exceed 25 feet in height, unless a lesser height is
specified in this chapter for a particular accessory building or structure.
D.
Area and yard requirements for the SFR District.
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Single-Family Dwellings on Public Sewer
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Single-Family Dwellings with On-Site Septic
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Churches
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Farms
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Principal Building
Minimum
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Lot area (acres)
|
11, 2, 3
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61, 2
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6
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104
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Lot frontage (feet)
|
1503
|
300
|
300
|
N.A.
| |
|
Lot width (feet)
|
1503
|
300
|
300
|
N.A.
| |
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Lot depth (feet)
|
2003
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500
|
600
|
N.A.
| |
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Side yard (each) (feet)
|
25
|
75
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100
|
100
| |
|
Front yard (feet)
|
503
|
75
|
100
|
100
| |
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Rear yard (feet)
|
50
|
100
|
100
|
100
| |
|
Accessory Structure
Minimum
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Distance to side line (feet)
|
15
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50
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50
|
100
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Distance to rear line (feet)
|
15
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50
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50
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100
| |
|
Distance to principal or accessory building
|
20
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20
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40
|
40
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Maximums
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Building coverage of principal building
|
10%
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6%
|
8%
|
8%
| |
|
Aggregate coverage of accessory buildings
|
3%
|
2%
|
N.A.
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8%
| |
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Lot coverage
|
15%
|
10%
|
20%
|
20%
|
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NOTES:
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1
|
For lots with single-family detached dwellings on public sewer,
an area equivalent to at least 3/4 acre, and for lots with single-family
detached dwellings with on-site septic systems, an area equivalent
to at least one acre shall be contiguous "non-critical" acreage, shall
not include surface stormwater management facilities, and must be
appropriately situated for the location and construction of the single-family
detached dwelling and its appurtenances, including the septic system
serving the lot. Additionally, the required contiguous "non-critical"
acreage shall be shaped to permit the inscription of a circle with
a diameter of at least 205 feet within its bounds for lots with single-family
detached dwellings with on-site septic systems. No critical lands
shall be developed except in accordance with § 190-606 of
this chapter.
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|
2
|
Where the area designated for a detention basin and similar
stormwater management facilities are part of a residential lot, the
areas devoted to these stormwater management purposes shall not be
counted as part of the minimum lot area required for residential lots.
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3
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Where a lot abuts Interstate 80, a rural minor arterial road,
a rural major collector road, or a rural minor collector road, with
or without driveway access to said road, the following minimum provisions
shall apply:
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Lot area
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2 acres
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Lot frontage*
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200 (feet)
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Lot width
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200 (feet)
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Lot depth*
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300 (feet)
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Front yard setback*
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100 (feet)
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*
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Along or from said road.
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These provisions are not applicable to existing lots with existing
single-family detached dwellings situated thereon, nor are these provisions
applicable to any existing vacant lot which is undersized compared
to the above specified requirements, provided said lot existed or
had been approved by the Allamuchy Township Land Use Board or Zoning
Board of Adjustment at the time of adoption of this chapter.
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4
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The minimum required lot area for farms with shipping, receiving,
processing or packaging operations shall be 50 acres.
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E.
Off-street parking and private garages.
(1)
Detached single-family dwelling units shall provide 1.5 spaces
per two-bedroom unit; two spaces per three-bedroom unit; 2.5 spaces
per four-bedroom unit; and three spaces per five or more bedroom unit.
Where the bedroom count per unit is not specified, 2.5 spaces per
dwelling unit shall be provided.
(2)
Churches shall provide one space per every three permanent seats,
with one seat considered to be 22 inches when calculating the capacity
of pews or benches.
(3)
All other uses shall provide adequate on-site parking to accommodate
the permitted activities and shall be subject to approval by the Board
during site plan review.
(4)
No parking area or driveway for a single-family detached dwelling
unit shall be located within 10 feet of any lot line, and no parking
area or driveway for any permitted use other than a single-family
detached dwelling unit shall be located within 25 feet of any lot
line.
(5)
Driveway access shall be provided from a local roadway, where
feasible. Any use not having access from a type of local roadway,
as shown on the currently adopted traffic circulation plan element
portion of the Township Master Plan, shall provide an on-site paved
or stoned turnaround area.
(6)
All side-entry garages shall be provided with a paved or stoned
area a minimum of 33 feet in length in front of the garage door(s)
in order to allow for adequate ingress and egress to the garage.
(7)
Parking of commercial vehicles. One registered commercial vehicle
of a rated capacity not exceeding one ton on four wheels, owned or
used by a resident of the premises, shall be permitted to be regularly
parked or garaged on any residential lot, provided that said vehicle
is parked in a side or rear yard area of the premises at least 10
feet from the property line, which area is relatively unexposed to
neighboring properties and is screened from neighboring properties
by plantings at least five feet in height. For purposes of this chapter,
a commercial vehicle is a bus and/or vehicle containing advertising
matter intending to promote the interest of any business, whether
or not said vehicle is registered as a commercial vehicle with the
New Jersey or other state Division of Motor Vehicles, except that
this provision shall not be deemed to limit the number of commercial
trucks or cars used on a farm or construction equipment which is used
on the site for construction purposes.
(8)
Parking of recreational vehicles. Travel trailers, campers,
motor homes, horse trailers, boat trailers, ATV and motorcycle trailers
may be parked or stored on any residential lot only in a rear or side
yard area which is 10 feet or more from the property line, which area
is relatively unexposed to neighboring properties and is screened
from neighboring properties by plantings at least five feet in height.
The dimensions of such vehicles and trailers shall not be counted
in determining building coverage. Such vehicles and trailers shall
not be used for temporary or permanent living quarters while situated
on the lot. Such vehicles and trailers shall be annually licensed
with a valid registration and shall be capable of use on a public
road; no junked vehicles shall be permitted under this subsection.
(9)
For the required design and construction details for off-street
parking areas, loading areas and driveways, see § 190-510
of this chapter.
F.
Signs.
(1)
Detached dwelling units are permitted an informational or directional
sign not exceeding two square feet in area and a nameplate sign not
exceeding 300 square inches in area, all in accordance with § 190-514A
of this chapter.
(2)
Churches are permitted:
(a)
One freestanding sign, which may display announcements
in addition to the name of the church, not exceeding 24 square feet
in area and five feet in height and set back at least 15 feet from
all street rights-of-way and lot lines; plus
(b)
One attached sign not exceeding 15 square feet
in area or 10% of the facade of the wall upon which the sign is mounted,
whichever is less.
(3)
Farms are permitted one freestanding sign not exceeding 12 square
feet in area and five feet in height and set back at least 15 feet
from all property lines.
(4)
See § 190-514 of this chapter for the design requirements
for signs and for the regulations for political signs and real estate
signs.
G.
Development fees. In order to provide for the Township's low- and moderate-income housing obligation, all new development of principal and accessory buildings within the Township of Allamuchy not exempt from the collection of development fees shall pay a development fee to Allamuchy Township in accordance with the provisions specified in Ordinance No. 2011-07, the Affordable Housing Ordinance of the Township of Allamuchy. See Chapter 72, Affordable Housing, of the Code of the Township of Allamuchy for additional requirements as applicable.[1]
A.
Purpose. The purpose of the MR Mixed Residential District is
to provide for the continuance of the existing and approved portions
of the Panther Valley Planned Development under the chapter provisions
which governed the development of the lands previously zoned for planned
community development prior to the adoption of this chapter, provided
that all development within the MR District is served with an approved
centralized water distribution and central sanitary sewer collection
and treatment system; otherwise, the provisions of the SFR District
shall prevail.
B.
Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings.
(1)
Detached single-family dwelling units, clustered or nonclustered,
provided that at least 15% of the total number of all dwelling units
in the MR District shall be detached single-family units, and provided
further for a clustered development that the Board finds in its judgment
the use will promote at least one of the following objectives:
(2)
Apartments, provided that no more than 30% of the total number
of all dwelling units in the MR District shall be apartments. (See
§ 190-502 for standards.)
(3)
Townhouses. (See § 190-502 for standards.)
(4)
Playgrounds, conservation areas, open space, parks and public
purpose uses.
(5)
Golf courses and golf clubhouses.
(6)
Maintenance and general office uses serving the needs of a planned
development as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67. (See § 190-601
for conditions.)
[Added 8-18-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-14]
C.
Accessory uses permitted.
(1)
Private residential swimming pools accessory to detached single-family
dwellings, provided the pool is no closer than 15 feet to any lot
line and occupies no more than 70% of the yard area; commercial or
public swimming pools. (See § 190-516.)
(2)
Recreational facilities, including tennis courts, and landscaping
features, such as trellises and gazebos.
(3)
Off-street parking and private garages. (See §§ 190-203,
190-407G hereinbelow and 190-510.)
(4)
Fences and walls. (See § 190-505.)
(5)
Signs. (See §§ 190-407I hereinbelow and 190-514.)
(6)
Satellite dish antennas as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(7)
Home occupations accessory to residential dwellings. (See § 190-603
for requirements.)
(8)
Retaining walls not exceeding six feet in height. (See § 190-518.)
D.
Maximum heights.
E.
Maximum number of dwelling units. The maximum number of dwelling
units within the MR District shall not exceed 2.15 dwelling units
per gross acre of land. Detached single-family dwellings shall comprise
at least 15% of the total number of all dwelling units in the MR District.
Apartments shall comprise not more than 30% of the total number of
all dwelling units in the MR District, and townhouses shall comprise
the balance of the remaining number of dwelling units in the MR District.
F.
Area and yard requirements for the MR District.
(1)
Detached single-family dwelling units:
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Single-Family Nonclustered Dwellings
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Single-Family Clustered Dwellings
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|---|---|---|---|
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Principal Building
Minimum
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Lot area (square feet)
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17,500
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9,0001
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Lot frontage (feet)
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120
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30
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Lot width (feet)
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120
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30
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Lot depth (feet)
|
130
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N.A.
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Side yard (each) (feet)
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18
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52
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Front yard (feet)
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35
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103
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Rear yard (feet)
|
404
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52
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Accessory Structure
Minimum
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Distance to side line (feet)
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15
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10
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Distance to rear line (feet)
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15
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10
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Distance to principal or accessory building (feet)
|
20
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20
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Maximums
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Building coverage of all buildings
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20%
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20%
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|
Lot coverage
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30%
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35%
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|
Net density5
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2 dwelling units per acre
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3.3 dwelling units per acre
|
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NOTES:
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1
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The average lot size of all residential lots within a clustered
development shall be 10,500 square feet.
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2
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Provided that the minimum distance between any principal buildings
shall be 36 feet and the minimum distance between any dwelling and
the tract boundary shall be 30 feet; except that, where the tract
abuts common open space, the minimum distance is 10 feet.
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3
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The minimum front yard setback shall be 30 feet measured from
any street which serves more than 10 dwelling units.
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4
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The minimum rear yard area may be reduced to 20 feet where the
Board finds that:
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(a)
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The topography of the lot upon which such structure is erected
is such that the lot slopes downward from the front street line at
an average grade in excess of 10%; and
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(b)
|
The rear line of said lot abuts an area which is being used
for, or has been designated by the developer of the subdivision for,
some purpose other than residential.
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5
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The net density is computed on the gross acreage for that portion
of the tract to be developed, provided that the overall density for
the entire MR Zoning District shall not exceed 2.15 dwelling units
per gross acre of land.
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(2)
Apartments.
(a)
The minimum tract size shall be 10 acres.
(b)
The following provisions shall apply:
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Minimum
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|---|---|---|
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Front yard
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25 feet
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Side yard
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20 feet
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Rear yard
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30 feet
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Building coverage
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20%
|
(c)
Where the ends of buildings are opposite, or generally
opposite, no buildings as measured radially from any corners shall
be closer to any other building than 40 feet where vehicular access
is required between the buildings. Such radial distance, side yard
or other such closest point between the ends of the buildings may
be reduced to not less than 20 feet to allow flexible site and architectural
design, but only if there is to be no vehicular access between the
buildings and if one or more of the following conditions exist in
addition:
(d)
In no event shall an apartment building be located
within 60 feet of the property line of a single-family dwelling.
(e)
The maximum net density shall be 12 dwelling units
per gross acre, computed on the gross acreage for that portion of
the tract to be developed, provided that the overall density for the
entire MR Zoning District shall not exceed 2.15 dwelling units per
gross acre of land.
(3)
Townhouses.
(a)
The minimum tract size shall be one acre, and the
minimum frontage shall be 200 feet.
(b)
The following minimum frontage on a public street
or approved private street or interior driveway, per townhouse building,
shall be required:
(c)
The following minimum yard areas for each townhouse
unit, whether or not on fee simple lots, shall be required:
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Yard Toward
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Front1
(feet)
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Side1
(feet)
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Rear1
(feet)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Another townhouse unit
|
20
|
203
|
20
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A detached single-family home
|
20
|
50
|
20
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A garden apartment
|
30
|
50
|
30
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|
A golf course or common open space
|
10
|
10
|
10
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An internal street right-of-way
|
102
|
20
|
30
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|
A collector or arterial street right-of-way
|
75
|
75
|
75
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A parking lot
|
102
|
102
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30
|
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NOTES:
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1
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Excludes additional width required for pathways and driveways.
A minimum forty-foot distance shall be provided between any two townhouse
buildings.
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2
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Minimum of 10 feet, with a minimum average of 15 feet.
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|
3
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Except for attached units.
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(d)
Maximum number of contiguous townhouses with the
identical front street setback line shall be three (variations in
building line must be offset at least three feet).
(e)
The maximum net density shall be eight dwelling
units per gross acre, computed on the gross acreage for that portion
of the tract to be developed, provided that the overall density for
the entire MR Zoning District shall not exceed 2.15 dwelling units
per gross acre of land.
(f)
In the event that townhouse units are constructed
so that any single townhouse shall not have a separate fee simple
rear yard, sufficient land shall be allocated to such unit either
in an enlarged side yard, interior open court space, in common land
contiguous to the site, or within a total site on which a number of
townhouse groups are constructed, provided that such common open space
is constituted an appurtenance to the townhouse owners, either individually
or in common with the owners of other townhouses. Land devoted to
the common use of the owners of townhouses attached to one another
in a single group or in a number of such attached townhouse groups,
including common recreational areas and facilities and common off-street
parking areas, may be included in computing the minimum lot area allocable
to each townhouse, provided that the owner of such townhouse has legally
enforceable rights to use the same, and provided that such additional
common land shall not be subject to subdivision and sale to third
parties.
(g)
The site plan shall set forth the boundaries of
fee simple lots proposed to be allocated to each townhouse unit, as
well as any area to be enjoyed in common by the owners of any number
of townhouses.
G.
Off-street parking and private garages.
(1)
Detached dwelling units shall provide two spaces per dwelling
unit, provided that on-street parking is permitted. In instances where
no on-street parking is permitted, designated off-street guest parking
spaces shall be provided at a ratio of 1/2 space per residential unit
in accordance with §§ 190-515A(4) and 190-510 of this
chapter. Each one-car garage space and the driveway leading to the
garage space shall, together, be considered one parking space. The
driveway leading to the garage shall be at least 24 feet in length.
(2)
Apartments and townhouses shall provide two spaces per dwelling
unit plus an additional 0.25 space per dwelling unit for designated
off-street guest parking in accordance with § 190-510 of
this chapter. Each one-car garage space and the driveway leading to
the garage space shall, together, be considered one parking space.
The driveway leading to the garage shall be at least 24 feet in length.
(3)
All other uses shall provide adequate on-site parking to accommodate
the permitted activities and shall be subject to approval by the Board
during site plan review.
(4)
No parking area or driveway for a detached single-family dwelling
unit shall be located within five feet of any side or rear lot line.
(5)
Driveway access shall be provided from a local roadway, where
feasible. Any use not having access from a type of local roadway,
as shown on the currently adopted traffic circulation plan element
portion of the Township Master Plan, shall provide an on-site paved
or stoned turnaround area.
(6)
All side-entry garages shall be provided with a paved or stoned
area a minimum of 28 feet in length in front of the garage door(s)
in order to allow for adequate ingress and egress to the garage.
(7)
Parking of recreational vehicles. Travel trailers, campers,
motor homes, horse trailers, boat trailers, ATV and motorcycle trailers
may be parked or stored on any detached, single-family residential
lot only in a rear or side yard area which is 10 feet or more from
the property line, which area is relatively unexposed to neighboring
properties and is screened from neighboring properties by plantings
at least five feet in height. The dimensions of such vehicles and
trailers shall not be counted in determining building coverage. Such
vehicles and trailers shall not be used for temporary or permanent
living quarters while situated on the lot. Such vehicles and trailers
shall be annually licensed with a valid registration and shall be
capable of use on a public road; no junked vehicles shall be permitted
under this subsection.
(8)
For the required design and construction details for off-street
parking areas, loading areas and driveways, see § 190-510
of this chapter.
H.
Off-street loading. Where curbside pickup is not available,
adequate trash and garbage pickup stations, including provisions for
recyclable materials collection in accordance with § 190-502,
shall be provided within a totally enclosed container located in a
manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets and adjacent
residential uses by a fence, wall, planting, or combination of the
three. Such stations shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from residential
structures.
I.
Signs.
(1)
Detached dwelling units are permitted an informational or directional
sign not exceeding two square feet in area and a nameplate sign not
exceeding 300 square inches in area, all in accordance with § 190-514A
of this chapter.
(2)
Any residential development in excess of 120 dwelling units
is permitted one freestanding sign to display the name and address
of the development only, not exceeding 30 square feet in area and
five feet in height and set back at least 15 feet from all street
rights-of-way and lot lines.
(3)
See § 190-514 of this chapter for the design requirements
for signs and for the regulations for political signs and real estate
signs.
J.
Common open space.
(1)
Land equal to a minimum of 20% of the tract of land proposed
for residential development shall be specifically set aside, either
contiguous to the tract or elsewhere as approved by the Land Use Board,
for conservation, recreation and/or other common open space. Land
utilized for street rights-of-way shall not be included as part of
the above required minimum acreage. Additionally, land with steep
slopes greater than 30%, wetlands, and one-hundred-year floodplains
shall be computed at half their acreage in determining the required
minimum 20%. No more than 1/3 of the minimum 20% land area may include
steep slopes greater than 20%, wetlands or one-hundred-year floodplains.
(2)
Any development plan for lands within the MR District shall
include an overall open space map, which shall show the lands which
have been or are proposed to be set aside for common open space for
the entirety of the MR District, to indicate compliance with this
section.
(3)
See §§ 190-604 and 190-605 for requirements and
guidelines.
K.
Development fees. In order to provide for the Township's low- and moderate-income housing obligation, all new development of principal and accessory buildings within the Township of Allamuchy not exempt from the collection of development fees shall pay a development fee to Allamuchy Township in accordance with the provisions specified in Ordinance No. 2011-07, the Affordable Housing Ordinance of the Township of Allamuchy. See Chapter 72, Affordable Housing, of the Code of the Township of Allamuchy for additional requirements as applicable.[1]
A.
Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings.
(1)
Detached single-family dwelling units.
(2)
Public playgrounds, conservation areas, parks and public purpose
uses.
(3)
Community residences for the developmentally disabled, community
residences for the terminally ill, community residences for persons
with head injuries, community shelters for victims of domestic violence,
and/or adult family care homes for elderly persons and physically
disabled adults, as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.1, in accordance
with the standards and requirements for single-family detached dwelling
units within the RS Zoning District.
B.
Accessory uses permitted.
(1)
Private residential swimming pools, provided the pool is located
in the rear yard and/or side yard only, is no closer than 15 feet
to any lot line and occupies no more than 70% of the yard area. (See
§ 190-516.)
(2)
One private residential toolshed not to exceed 200 square feet
in area and 15 feet in height. The residential toolshed shall have
a type of dual pitched roof.
(3)
Recreational facilities, including tennis courts, and landscaping
features, such as trellises and gazebos, customarily associated with
detached single-family dwelling units.
(4)
Off-street parking and private garages. (See §§ 190-203,
190-408E hereinbelow and 190-510.)
(5)
Fences and walls. (See § 190-505.)
(6)
Signs. (See §§ 190-408F hereinbelow and 190-514.)
(7)
Home occupations accessory to residential dwellings. (See § 190-603
for requirements.)
(8)
Retaining walls not exceeding six feet in height. (See § 190-518.)
(9)
Satellite dish antennas as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
C.
Maximum heights.
(1)
Principal buildings. No principal building shall exceed 35 feet
and 2.5 stories in height.
(2)
Accessory buildings and structures. No accessory building or
structure shall exceed 25 feet in height, unless a lesser height is
specified in this chapter for a particular accessory building or structure.
D.
Area and yard requirements for the RS District.
|
Single-Family Dwellings
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Principal Building
Minimum
| ||
|
Lot area (acres)
|
1.51, 2
| |
|
Lot frontage (feet)
|
100
| |
|
Lot width (feet)
|
100
| |
|
Lot depth (feet)
|
200
| |
|
Side yard (each) (feet)
|
25
| |
|
Front yard (feet)
|
50
| |
|
Rear yard (feet)
|
50
| |
|
Accessory Structure
Minimum
| ||
|
Distance to side line (feet)
|
15
| |
|
Distance to rear line (feet)
|
15
| |
|
Distance to principal or accessory building (feet)
|
20
| |
|
Maximums
| ||
|
Building coverage of principal building
|
10%
| |
|
Aggregate coverage of accessory buildings
|
3%
| |
|
Lot coverage
|
15%
|
|
NOTES:
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
1
|
For lots with single-family detached dwellings with on-site
septic systems, an area equivalent to at least one acre shall be contiguous
"non-critical" acreage, shall not include any surface stormwater management
facility, and must be appropriately situated for the location and
construction of the single-family detached dwelling and its appurtenances,
including the septic system serving the lot; otherwise, the minimum
required lot area shall be five acres. No critical lands shall be
developed except in accordance with § 190-606 of this chapter.
| |
|
2
|
Where the area designated for a detention basin and similar
stormwater management facilities are part of a residential lot, the
areas devoted to these stormwater management purposes shall not be
counted as part of the minimum lot area required for residential lots.
| |
E.
Off-street parking and private garages.
(1)
Detached single-family dwelling units shall provide 1.5 spaces
per two-bedroom unit; two spaces per three-bedroom unit; 2.5 spaces
per four-bedroom unit; and three spaces per five or more bedroom unit.
Where the bedroom count per unit is not specified, 2.5 spaces per
dwelling unit shall be provided.
(2)
All other uses shall provide adequate on-site parking to accommodate
the permitted activities and shall be subject to approval by the Board
during site plan review.
(3)
No parking area or driveway shall be located within 10 feet
of any lot line.
(4)
Driveway access shall be provided from a local roadway, where
feasible. Any use not having access from a type of local roadway,
as shown on the currently adopted traffic circulation plan element
portion of the Township Master Plan, shall provide an on-site paved
or stoned turnaround area.
(5)
All side-entry garages shall be provided with a paved or stoned
area a minimum of 33 feet in length in front of the garage door(s)
in order to allow for adequate ingress and egress to the garage.
(6)
Parking of commercial vehicles. One registered commercial vehicle
of a rated capacity not exceeding one ton on four wheels, owned or
used by a resident of the premises, shall be permitted to be regularly
parked or garaged on any residential lot, provided that said vehicle
is parked in a side or rear yard area of the premises at least 10
feet from the property line, which area is relatively unexposed to
neighboring properties and is screened from neighboring properties
by plantings at least five feet in height. For purposes of this chapter,
a commercial vehicle is a bus and/or vehicle containing advertising
matter intending to promote the interest of any business, whether
or not said vehicle is registered as a commercial vehicle with the
New Jersey or other state Division of Motor Vehicles, except that
this provision shall not be deemed to limit the number of commercial
trucks or cars used on a farm or construction equipment which is used
on the site for construction purposes.
(7)
Parking of recreational vehicles. Travel trailers, campers,
motor homes, horse trailers, boat trailers, ATV and motorcycle trailers
may be parked or stored on any residential lot only in a rear or side
yard area which is 10 feet or more from the property line, which area
is relatively unexposed to neighboring properties and is screened
from neighboring properties by plantings at least five feet in height.
The dimensions of such vehicles and trailers shall not be counted
in determining building coverage. Such vehicles and trailers shall
not be used for temporary or permanent living quarters while situated
on the lot. Such vehicles and trailers shall be annually licensed
with a valid registration and shall be capable of use on a public
road; no junked vehicles shall be permitted under this subsection.
(8)
For the required design and construction details for off-street
parking areas, loading areas and driveways, see § 190-510
of this chapter.
F.
Signs.
(1)
Detached dwelling units are permitted an informational or directional
sign not exceeding two square feet in area and a nameplate sign not
exceeding 300 square inches in area, all in accordance with § 190-514A
of this chapter.
(2)
See § 190-514 of this chapter for the design requirements
for signs and for the regulations for political signs and real estate
signs.
G.
Development fees. In order to provide for the Township's low- and moderate-income housing obligation, all new development of principal and accessory buildings within the Township of Allamuchy not exempt from the collection of development fees shall pay a development fee to Allamuchy Township in accordance with the provisions specified in Ordinance No. 2011-07, the Affordable Housing Ordinance of the Township of Allamuchy. See Chapter 72, Affordable Housing, of the Code of the Township of Allamuchy for additional requirements as applicable.[1]
A.
Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings.
(1)
Farms.
(2)
Detached single-family dwelling units.
(3)
Playgrounds, conservation areas, parks and public purpose uses.
(4)
Community residences for the developmentally disabled, community
residences for the terminally ill, community residences for persons
with head injuries and/or community shelters for victims of domestic
violence, as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.1, in accordance with
the standards and requirements for single-family detached dwelling
units within the PR Zoning District.
B.
Accessory uses permitted.
(1)
Private residential swimming pools, provided the pool is located
in the rear yard and/or side yard only, is no closer than 15 feet
to any lot line and occupies no more than 70% of the yard area. (See
§ 190-516.)
(2)
One private residential toolshed not to exceed 200 square feet
in area and 15 feet in height. The residential toolshed shall have
a type of dual pitched roof.
(3)
Recreational facilities, including tennis courts, and landscaping
features, such as trellises and gazebos, customarily associated with
detached single-family dwelling units.
(4)
Off-street parking and private garages. (See §§ 190-203,
190-409E hereinbelow and 190-510.)
(5)
Fences and walls. (See § 190-505.)
(6)
Signs. (See §§ 190-409F hereinbelow and 190-514.)
(7)
Home occupations accessory to residential dwellings. (See § 190-603
for requirements.)
(8)
Satellite dish antennas as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(9)
Retaining walls not exceeding six feet in height. (See § 190-518.)
(10)
In conjunction with a farm only, one roadside stand, not exceeding
150 square feet in size, offering for sale produce harvested on the
farmed premises or elsewhere in the Township, provided the stand is
set back at least 15 feet from the street line and 25 feet from any
lot line and has no more than one attached sign, the size of which
may not exceed eight square feet in area. See the definition of "farm"
in § 190-203 for additional permitted accessory farm uses.
C.
Maximum heights.
D.
Area and yard requirements for the PR District.
|
Single-Family Detached Dwellings
|
Farms
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|---|---|---|---|
|
Principal Building
Minimum
| |||
|
Lot area
|
8,000 square feet1, 2
|
10 acres3
| |
|
Lot frontage (feet)
|
80
|
N.A.
| |
|
Lot width (feet)
|
80
|
N.A.
| |
|
Lot depth (feet)
|
100
|
N.A.
| |
|
Side yard (each) (feet)
|
10
|
100
| |
|
Front yard (feet)
|
25
|
100
| |
|
Rear yard (feet)
|
25
|
100
| |
|
Accessory Structure
Minimum
| |||
|
Distance to side line (feet)
|
10
|
100
| |
|
Distance to rear line (feet)
|
10
|
100
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|
Distance to principal or accessory building (feet)
|
20
|
40
| |
|
Maximums
| |||
|
Building coverage of principal building
|
20%
|
8%
| |
|
Aggregate coverage of accessory buildings
|
5%
|
8%
| |
|
Lot coverage
|
30%
|
20%
|
|
NOTES:
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|---|---|---|
|
1
|
The minimum lot area shall be contiguous "non-critical" acreage.
It is the intent of this chapter that no critical areas shall be developed
except in accordance with § 190-606 of this chapter.
| |
|
2
|
Where the area designated for a detention basin and similar
stormwater management facilities are part of a residential lot, the
areas devoted to these stormwater management purposes shall not be
counted as part of the minimum lot area required for residential lots.
| |
|
3
|
The minimum required lot area for farms with shipping, receiving,
processing or packaging operations shall be 50 acres.
| |
E.
Off-street parking and private garages.
(1)
Detached single-family dwelling units shall provide 1.5 spaces
per two-bedroom unit; two spaces per three-bedroom unit; 2.5 spaces
per four-bedroom unit; and three spaces per five or more bedroom unit.
Where the bedroom count per unit is not specified, 2.5 spaces per
dwelling unit shall be provided.
(2)
All other uses shall provide adequate on-site parking to accommodate
the permitted activities and shall be subject to approval by the Board
during site plan review.
(3)
No parking area or driveway shall be located within 10 feet
of any lot line.
(4)
Driveway access shall be provided from a local roadway, where
feasible. Any use not having access from a type of local roadway,
as shown on the currently adopted traffic circulation plan element
portion of the Township Master Plan, shall provide an on-site paved
or stoned turnaround area.
(5)
All side-entry garages shall be provided with a paved or stoned
area a minimum of 28 feet in length in front of the garage door(s)
in order to allow for adequate ingress and egress to the garage.
(6)
Parking of commercial vehicles. One registered commercial vehicle
of a rated capacity not exceeding one ton on four wheels, owned or
used by a resident of the premises, shall be permitted to be regularly
parked or garaged on any residential lot, provided that said vehicle
is parked in a side or rear yard area of the premises at least 10
feet from the property line, which area is relatively unexposed to
neighboring properties and is screened from neighboring properties
by plantings at least five feet in height. For purposes of this chapter,
a commercial vehicle is a bus and/or vehicle containing advertising
matter intending to promote the interest of any business, whether
or not said vehicle is registered as a commercial vehicle with the
New Jersey or other state Division of Motor Vehicles, except that
this provision shall not be deemed to limit the number of commercial
trucks or cars used on a farm or construction equipment which is used
on the site for construction purposes.
(7)
Parking of recreational vehicles. Travel trailers, campers,
motor homes, horse trailers, boat trailers, ATV and motorcycle trailers
may be parked or stored on any residential lot only in a rear or side
yard area which is 10 feet or more from the property line, which area
is relatively unexposed to neighboring properties and is screened
from neighboring properties by plantings at least five feet in height.
The dimensions of such vehicles and trailers shall not be counted
in determining building coverage. Such vehicles and trailers shall
not be used for temporary or permanent living quarters while situated
on the lot. Such vehicles and trailers shall be annually licensed
with a valid registration and shall be capable of use on a public
road; no junked vehicles shall be permitted under this subsection.
(8)
For the required design and construction details for off-street
parking areas, loading areas and driveways, see § 190-510
of this chapter.
F.
Signs.
(1)
Detached dwelling units are permitted an informational or directional
sign not exceeding two square feet in area and a nameplate sign not
exceeding 300 square inches in area, all in accordance with § 190-514A
of this chapter.
(2)
Farms are permitted one freestanding sign not exceeding 12 square
feet in area and five feet in height and set back at least 15 feet
from all property lines.
(3)
See § 190-514 of this chapter for the design requirements
for signs and for the regulations for political signs and real estate
signs.
G.
Development fees. In order to provide for the Township's low- and moderate-income housing obligation, all new development of principal and accessory buildings within the Township of Allamuchy not exempt from the collection of development fees shall pay a development fee to Allamuchy Township in accordance with the provisions specified in Ordinance No. 2011-07, the Affordable Housing Ordinance of the Township of Allamuchy. See Chapter 72, Affordable Housing, of the Code of the Township of Allamuchy for additional requirements as applicable.[1]
A.
Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings.
(1)
Detached single-family and two-family dwelling units.
(2)
Professional offices, provided that the lot(s) has frontage
on and access to Old Hackettstown Road, and provided further that
the storage, parking or housing of commercial vehicles or trucks on
the site is expressly prohibited.
(3)
Shops and stores for the retail sales of books, crafts, confections,
drugs, dry goods, flowers, gifts, notions, stationery and other similar
portable goods, provided that the lot(s) has frontage on and access
to Old Hackettstown Road. Foodstuff and beverages also are included,
provided that no distribution activities or convenience stores shall
be permitted.
(4)
Personal service shops, limited to beauty shops, barbershops,
shoe repair and tailors/seamstress, provided that the lot(s) has frontage
on and access to Old Hackettstown Road.
(5)
Community residences for the developmentally disabled, community
residences for the terminally ill, community residences for persons
with head injuries and/or community shelters for victims of domestic
violence, as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.1, in accordance with
the standards and requirements for single-family detached dwelling
units within the VN Zoning District.
(6)
Child-care centers licensed by the Department of Human Services
pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 492 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.) and in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.6.
(7)
Service stations as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67,
provided that the lot(s) has frontage on and access to Old Hackettstown
Road. (See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(8)
Automobile repair garages as conditional uses under N.J.S.A.
40:55D-67, provided that the lot(s) has frontage on and access to
Old Hackettstown Road. (See § 190-601 for conditions.)
B.
Accessory uses permitted.
(1)
Private residential swimming pools, provided the pool is located
in the rear yard and/or side yard only, is no closer than 15 feet
to any lot line and occupies no more than 70% of the yard area. (See
§ 190-516.)
(2)
One private residential toolshed not to exceed 200 square feet
in area and 15 feet in height. The residential toolshed shall have
a type of dual pitched roof.
(3)
Recreational facilities, including tennis courts, and landscaping
features, such as trellises and gazebos, customarily associated with
detached single-family dwelling units.
(4)
Off-street parking and private garages. (See §§ 190-203,
190-410F hereinbelow and 190-510.)
(5)
Fences and walls. (See § 190-505.)
(6)
Signs. (See §§ 190-410G hereinbelow and 190-514.)
(7)
Home occupations accessory to residential dwellings. (See § 190-603
for requirements.)
(8)
Satellite dish antennas as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(9)
Retaining walls not exceeding six feet in height. (See § 190-518.)
C.
Maximum heights.
D.
Area and yard requirements for the VN District.
|
Single-Family Detached Dwellings
|
Two-Family Detached Dwellings
|
Offices and Retail Uses
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Principal Building
Minimum
| ||||
|
Lot area1 (square feet)
|
8,0002
|
16,0002
|
10,890
| |
|
Lot frontage (feet)
|
70
|
140
|
803
| |
|
Lot width (feet)
|
70
|
140
|
80
| |
|
Lot depth (feet)
|
100
|
100
|
100
| |
|
Side yard (each) (feet)
|
10
|
15
|
10
| |
|
Front yard (feet)
|
20
|
20
|
10
| |
|
Rear yard (feet)
|
25
|
25
|
25
| |
|
Accessory Structure
Minimum
| ||||
|
Distance to side line (feet)
|
10
|
10
|
10
| |
|
Distance to rear line (feet)
|
10
|
10
|
10
| |
|
Distance to principal or accessory building (feet)
|
20
|
20
|
20
| |
|
Maximums
| ||||
|
Building coverage of principal building
|
20%
|
20%
|
25%
| |
|
Aggregate coverage of accessory buildings
|
6%
|
6%
|
5%
| |
|
F.A.R.
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
0.25
| |
|
Lot coverage
|
30%
|
30%
|
65%
|
|
NOTES:
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
1
|
The minimum lot area shall be contiguous "non-critical" acreage.
It is the intent of this chapter that no critical areas shall be developed
except in accordance with § 190-606 of this chapter.
| |
|
2
|
Where the area designated for a detention basin and similar
stormwater management facilities are part of a residential lot, the
areas devoted to these stormwater management purposes shall not be
counted as part of the minimum lot area required for residential lots.
| |
|
3
|
The minimum required frontage shall be provided along Hackettstown
Road with vehicular access thereto.
| |
E.
General requirements for nonresidential uses.
(1)
One building may contain no more than two principal nonresidential
uses, provided that the total building and lot coverage of the combined
uses does not exceed the maximums specified for the district, that
each use occupies a minimum gross floor area of 500 square feet, and
that the combined off-street parking requirements for both uses are
met.
(2)
No building shall exceed 5,000 square feet in gross floor area.
(3)
Principal buildings; separation.
(a)
In order to promote a low-intensity village atmosphere
of smaller buildings clustered in a pedestrian-oriented, nonlinear
layout, more than one principal building shall be permitted on a lot
for any permitted nonresidential uses, provided that, to the extent
practicable, the placement of buildings shall be staggered, with varying
building setbacks and with the orientation of the buildings situated
at angles to one another, and/or otherwise designed to promote a nonlinear
appearance, and provided further that the development shall be deed-restricted
as a condition of site plan approval to include the following restrictions:
[1]
There shall be no expansion or addition of building
space beyond that which was originally approved, unless approved as
part of a subsequent site plan application for the entirety of the
original lot;
[2]
The development may have only one freestanding
ground-mounted sign along each public street which the lot abuts,
provided there exists at least 250 feet of unbroken frontage. Additionally,
each principal building may have one attached sign. All signage shall
be in accordance with the requirements specified in § 190-410G(2)
of this chapter;
[3]
Access from the public street(s) to the buildings
shall not be provided by individual driveways to each building, but
by common drive(s), so as to reduce the number of access points along
the street(s). Parking shall be evenly distributed around and between
the buildings with pedestrian connections between buildings;
[4]
The total building coverage and lot coverage of
the combined uses/buildings on the lot shall not exceed the maximum
specified for a use/building on an individual lot in § 190-410D
of this chapter; and
[5]
A single controlling entity, such as a commercial
owners' association or a single owner of the entire development, shall
be provided for the maintenance of the landscaping, multiple-tenancy
signs, detention basins, lighting and other common elements or shared
structures and facilities. Blanket cross-easements in a form satisfactory
to the Township Attorney shall be provided throughout the development
for irrevocable cross access for parking, utilities, maintenance,
and drainage.
(b)
All buildings shall maintain a minimum twenty-foot
separation, provided such separation is to be used solely for pedestrian
circulation. All buildings shall be separated by a minimum of 50 feet
where any part of such separation is to be used for parking or vehicular
circulation.
(4)
Unless otherwise specifically approved by the Board as part
of a site plan application, no merchandise, product, equipment or
similar material or objects shall be displayed or stored outside.
Where merchandise, products, equipment or similar material or objects
are approved by the Board to be displayed or stored outside, the materials
shall be suitably screened to be obscured from view from adjacent
residential uses and must be situated within the property lines of
the principal use.
(5)
All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading, access
aisles and driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be suitably landscaped
with shrubs, ground cover, seeding or plantings and maintained in
good condition.
(6)
All buildings shall be compatibly designed whether constructed
all at one time or in stages over a period of time. Multiple buildings
on a single site shall have a common architectural motif. All building
walls facing any street or residential use or district shall be suitably
finished for aesthetic purposes and shall be compatible in design
and scale to the surrounding residential areas. All commercial and
office buildings shall have a true and complete gable, hip, gambrel
or mansard roof (or other dual pitched, single ridge roof). No flat
roof shall be permitted.
(7)
Each building shall provide at least one trash and garbage pickup
location including provision for recyclable materials collection provided
by each building, which shall be separated from the parking spaces
by either a location within the building or in a pickup location outside
the building, which shall be a steel-like, totally enclosed container
located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets
and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall,
planting, or combination of all three. If located within the building,
the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/garbage functions,
and if located outside the building, it may be located adjacent to
or within the general loading area(s), provided the container in no
way interferes with or restricts loading and unloading functions.
(8)
At least the first 10 feet adjacent to any lot line shall not
be used for parking, loading, driveway or other structures (except
for approved accessways and fencing) and shall be planted and maintained
in lawn areas or ground cover and landscaped with evergreen shrubbery.
(9)
Although no specific buffer areas are required, where a property
line is common with a residential district or use, design elements
such as privacy hedges, fences, low profile walls, trellises and other
similar features should be considered and may be required if the Board
determines during site plan review that such features are necessary
to protect the adjacent residential use(s).
F.
Off-street parking and private garages.
(1)
Detached single-family dwelling units shall provide 1.5 spaces
per two-bedroom unit; two spaces per three-bedroom unit; 2.5 spaces
per four-bedroom unit; and three spaces per five or more bedroom unit.
Where the bedroom count per unit is not specified, 2.5 spaces per
dwelling unit shall be provided.
(2)
Professional offices shall provide one space per every 250 square
feet of gross floor area or part thereof. Medical offices shall provide
one space for every 200 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
(3)
Retail and services activities shall provide one space per every
200 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
(4)
No parking area or driveway shall be located within 10 feet
of any lot line.
(5)
All side-entry garages shall be provided with a paved or stoned
area a minimum of 28 feet in length in front of the garage door(s)
in order to allow for adequate ingress and egress to the garage.
(6)
Parking of commercial vehicles. One registered commercial vehicle
of a rated capacity not exceeding one ton on four wheels, owned or
used by a resident of the premises, shall be permitted to be regularly
parked or garaged on any residential lot, provided that said vehicle
is parked in a side or rear yard area of the premises at least 10
feet from the property line, which area is relatively unexposed to
neighboring properties and is screened from neighboring properties
by plantings at least five feet in height. For purposes of this chapter,
a commercial vehicle is a bus and/or vehicle containing advertising
matter intending to promote the interest of any business, whether
or not said vehicle is registered as a commercial vehicle with the
New Jersey or other state Division of Motor Vehicles, except that
this provision shall not be deemed to limit the number of commercial
trucks or cars used on a farm or construction equipment which is used
on the site for construction purposes.
(7)
Parking of recreational vehicles. Travel trailers, campers,
motor homes, horse trailers, boat trailers, ATV and motorcycle trailers
may be parked or stored on any residential lot only in a rear or side
yard area which is 10 feet or more from the property line, which area
is relatively unexposed to neighboring properties and is screened
from neighboring properties by plantings at least five feet in height.
The dimensions of such vehicles and trailers shall not be counted
in determining building coverage. Such vehicles and trailers shall
not be used for temporary or permanent living quarters while situated
on the lot. Such vehicles and trailers shall be annually licensed
with a valid registration and shall be capable of use on a public
road; no junked vehicles shall be permitted under this subsection.
(8)
For the required design and construction details for off-street
parking areas, loading areas and driveways, see § 190-510
of this chapter.
G.
Signs.
(1)
Detached dwelling units are permitted an informational or directional
sign not exceeding two square feet in area and a nameplate sign not
exceeding 300 square inches in area, all in accordance with § 190-514A
of this chapter.
(2)
Professional offices, retail and service activities are permitted:
(a)
One attached sign per principal building, not exceeding
24 square feet in area or 10% of the facade of the wall upon which
the sign is mounted, whichever is less, and shall be mounted at least
10 feet above the ground level, measured to the bottom of the sign;
plus
(b)
One attached sign per principal use not exceeding
four square feet in area, identifying the name of the activity and
attached to the building at the entrance.
(3)
See § 190-514 of this chapter for the design requirements
for signs and for the regulations for political signs and real estate
signs.
H.
Development fees. In order to provide for the Township's low- and moderate-income housing obligation, all new development of principal and accessory buildings within the Township of Allamuchy not exempt from the collection of development fees shall pay a development fee to Allamuchy Township in accordance with the provisions specified in Ordinance No. 2011-07, the Affordable Housing Ordinance of the Township of Allamuchy. See Chapter 72, Affordable Housing, of the Code of the Township of Allamuchy for additional requirements as applicable.[1]
A.
Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings.
(1)
Professional and business offices and office buildings; research,
manufacturing and industrial uses or activities and service contracting
business uses or activities, which require the storage, parking or
housing of commercial vehicles or trucks on the site, are expressly
prohibited.
(2)
Restaurants, excluding drive-in facilities and delivery service,
as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67, provided that the subject
land area has frontage and vehicular access on two nonlocal roads.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(3)
Churches in accordance with the SFR District requirements.
(4)
Child-care centers licensed by the Department of Human Services
pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 492 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.) and in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.6.
(5)
Detached single-family dwelling units existing prior to the
adoption of this chapter in accordance with the SFR District requirements.
B.
Accessory uses permitted.
(1)
Off-street loading and parking and private garages, either attached
or detached. (See §§ 190-203, 190-411F hereinbelow
and 190-510.)
(2)
Storage buildings limited to the storage of materials owned
and used only by the principal permitted use(s) on the site and not
exceeding 200 square feet in size and 15 feet in height for nonresidential
uses only. Storage buildings for nonresidential uses only shall match
the architectural style and facade of the principal building.
(3)
Fences and walls. (See § 190-505.)
(4)
Signs. (See §§ 190-411H hereinbelow and 190-514.)
(5)
Usual recreational facilities customarily associated with residential
dwelling units, including private residential swimming pools, provided
the pool is located in the rear yard and/or side yard only, is no
closer than 15 feet to any lot line, and occupies no more than 70%
of the yard area. (See § 190-516.)
(6)
Home occupations accessory to detached single-family dwellings.
(See § 190-603 for requirements.)
(7)
Child-care centers, as part of a principal building, licensed
by the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 492
(N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.) and in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.6
and 40:55D-66.7.
(8)
Employee cafeterias limited in service to the employees of the
principal use designated on the site plan as approved by the Board.
(9)
Satellite dish antennas as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(10)
Retaining walls not exceeding six feet in height. (See § 190-518.)
C.
Maximum heights.
(1)
Principal buildings. No principal building shall exceed 35 feet
and 2.5 stories in height, except that churches shall not exceed 50
feet and 2.5 stories in height.
(2)
Accessory buildings and structures. No accessory building or
structure shall exceed 25 feet in height, unless a lesser height is
specified in this chapter for a particular accessory building or structure.
D.
Area and yard requirements for the PO District.
[Amended 7-18-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-14]
|
Office and Other Individual Uses
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Principal Building
Minimum
| ||
|
Lot area (acres)
|
2
| |
|
Lot frontage (feet)
|
250
| |
|
Lot width (feet)
|
250
| |
|
Lot depth (feet)
|
250
| |
|
Side yard (each) (feet)
|
401
| |
|
Front yard (feet)
|
752
| |
|
Rear yard (feet)
|
60
| |
|
Accessory Structure
Minimum
| ||
|
Distance to side line (feet)
|
40
| |
|
Distance to rear line (feet)
|
40
| |
|
Distance to other building (feet)
|
20
| |
|
Maximums
| ||
|
F.A.R.3
|
0.20
| |
|
Lot coverage
|
60%
|
|
NOTES:
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
1
|
The minimum principal building setback shall be 50 feet where
the property line abuts a residential district or use.
| |
|
2
|
A building shall not be constructed closer than 75 feet from
any street right-of-way line, except that the front yard setback may
be reduced by the Land Use Board, based on reverse frontage parking
and additional buffers, to no less than 60 feet, provided the building
does not exceed 20,000 square feet in size.
| |
|
3
|
Where a child-care center is provided as an accessory use to
a principal use located on the same lot, regardless of whether the
child-care center is situated as part of a principal building or as
the entire use of an accessory building, the gross floor area occupied
as a child-care center shall be excluded from, and be in addition
to, the permitted floor area ratio otherwise applicable to the subject
building, provided that all other applicable provisions of this chapter
are met.
| |
E.
General requirements for nonresidential uses.
(1)
One building may contain more than one individual nonresidential
use, provided that the total floor area ratio and lot coverage of
the combined uses does not exceed the maximums specified for the district
and, further, that each use occupies a minimum gross floor area of
700 square feet, except that no more than 5% of the total gross square
footage of the principal building may consist of smaller individual
uses, each occupying a minimum gross floor area of no less than 150
square feet.
(2)
Principal buildings; separation.
(a)
In order to promote a low-intensity village atmosphere
of smaller buildings clustered in a nonlinear layout, more than one
principal building shall be permitted on a lot, provided that, to
the extent practicable, the placement of buildings shall be staggered,
with varying building setbacks and with the orientation of the buildings
situated at angles to one another, and/or otherwise designed to promote
a nonlinear appearance, and provided further that the development
shall be deed-restricted as a condition of site plan approval to include
the following restrictions:
[1]
There shall be no expansion or addition of building
space beyond that which was originally approved, unless approved as
part of a subsequent site plan application for the entirety of the
original lot;
[2]
The development may have only one freestanding
ground-mounted sign along each public street which the lot abuts,
provided there exists at least 250 feet of unbroken frontage. Additionally,
each principal building may have one attached sign. All signage shall
be in accordance with the requirements specified in § 190-411H(3)
of this chapter;
[3]
Access from the public street(s) to the buildings
shall not be provided by individual driveways to each building, but
by common drive(s), so as to reduce the number of access points along
the street(s). Parking shall be evenly distributed around and between
the buildings with pedestrian connections between buildings;
[4]
The total building coverage and lot coverage of
the combined uses/buildings on the lot shall not exceed the maximum
specified for a use/building on an individual lot in § 190-411D
of this chapter; and
[5]
A single controlling entity, such as a commercial
owners' association or a single owner of the entire development, shall
be provided for the maintenance of the landscaping, multiple-tenancy
signs, detention basins, lighting and other common elements or shared
structures and facilities. Blanket cross-easements shall be provided
throughout the development for irrevocable cross access for parking,
utilities, maintenance, and drainage in a form satisfactory to the
Township Attorney.
(b)
All buildings shall maintain a minimum twenty-foot
separation, provided such separation is to be used solely for pedestrian
circulation. All buildings shall be separated by a minimum of 50 feet
where any part of such separation is to be used for parking or vehicular
circulation.
(3)
Unless otherwise specifically approved by the Board as part
of a site plan application, no merchandise, product, equipment or
similar material or objects shall be displayed or stored outside.
Where merchandise, products, equipment or similar material or objects
are approved by the Board to be displayed or stored outside, the materials
shall be suitably screened to be obscured from view from adjacent
residential uses and must be situated within the property lines of
the principal use.
(4)
All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading, access
aisles and driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be suitably landscaped
with shrubs, ground cover, seeding or plantings and maintained in
good condition.
(5)
Building design.
(a)
All buildings shall be compatibly designed, whether
constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time. Multiple
buildings on a single site shall have a common architectural motif.
All building walls facing any street or residential use or district
shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes and shall be designed
to break up the appearance of a long building by providing architectural
treatments to reduce the mass of the building, altering the vertical
heights and horizontal lines of the building, varying setbacks of
sections of the building wall, and varying the solids and voids in
the facade of the building.
(b)
All buildings shall have a dual pitched, single
ridge roof (such as gable, hip, gambrel or mansard roof), and no flat
roof shall be permitted; provided, however, that where roof-mounted
equipment is necessary and/or preferable for the operation of the
building, a facade roof treatment exhibiting the appearance of such
a dual pitched, single ridge roof may be permitted if specifically
approved by the Land Use Board as part of a submitted site plan application
for development.
[Amended 7-18-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-14]
(6)
The minimum side and rear setback area shall include a densely
planted buffer of 10 feet in width along any common property line
with a residential district or use in accordance with § 190-509I
of this chapter.
(7)
At least the first 50 feet adjacent to any street line and 15
feet adjacent to any property line shall not be used for parking,
loading, driveway or other structures (except for approved accessways
and fencing) and shall be planted and maintained in lawn area or ground
cover and landscaped with evergreen shrubbery.
(8)
It is the intent of this chapter that no critical areas shall
be developed except in accordance with § 190-606 of this
chapter.
F.
Off-street parking. Each individual use shall provide parking
spaces according to the following minimum provisions. Where a permitted
use of land includes different specific activities with different
specific parking requirements, the total number of required parking
spaces shall be obtained by individually computing the parking requirements
for each different activity and adding the resulting numbers together.
(1)
Offices shall provide parking at the ratio of one parking space
per 250 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof. Medical offices
shall provide parking at the ratio of one parking space per 200 square
feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
(2)
Churches shall provide one space per every three permanent seats,
with one seat considered to be 22 inches when calculating the capacity
of pews or benches.
(3)
Detached single-family dwelling units shall provide 1.5 spaces
per two-bedroom unit; two spaces per three-bedroom unit; 2.5 spaces
per four-bedroom unit; and three spaces per five or more bedroom unit.
Where the bedroom count per unit is not specified, 2.5 spaces per
dwelling unit shall be provided.
(4)
Restaurants shall provide one parking space for every three
seats, but in all cases a sufficient number of spaces shall be provided
to prevent any parking along public rights-of-way or private driveways,
fire lanes or aisles.
(5)
Child-care centers shall provide parking at a ratio of one parking
space per employee plus one additional parking space for every eight
children. Adequate spaces shall be provided for the loading and unloading
of children, which shall take place on site and not in the public
right-of-way.
(6)
No parking area or driveway for a detached single-family dwelling
unit shall be located within 10 feet of any lot line.
(7)
Parking area for individual use shall be designed to be interconnected
with adjacent properties and shall utilize common entrance(s) and
exit(s) where feasible to minimize access points to the street.
(8)
For the required design and construction details for off-street
parking areas, loading areas and driveways, see § 190-510
of this chapter.
G.
Off-street loading for nonresidential uses.
(1)
Each principal building shall provide for off-street loading
and unloading, with adequate ingress and egress from streets and with
adequate space for maneuvering, and shall provide such area at the
side or rear of the building. Each space shall be at least 15 feet
by 40 feet, and a minimum of one space shall be provided for each
building. Additional spaces may be necessary and required, depending
upon the specific activity. There shall be no loading or unloading
from the street.
(2)
There shall be at least one trash and garbage pickup location,
including provision for recyclable materials collection, provided
by each building, which shall be separated from the parking spaces
by either a location within the building or in a pickup location outside
the building, which shall be a steel-like, totally enclosed container
located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets
and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall,
planting, or combination of all three. If located within the building,
the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/garbage functions,
and if located outside the building, it may be located adjacent to
or within the general loading area(s), provided the container in no
way interferes with or restricts loading and unloading functions.
H.
Signs.
(1)
Detached dwelling units are permitted an informational or directional
sign not exceeding two square feet in area and a nameplate sign not
exceeding 300 square inches in area, all in accordance with § 190-514A
of this chapter.
(2)
Churches are permitted:
(a)
One freestanding sign, which may display announcements
in addition to the name of the church, not exceeding 24 square feet
in area and five feet in height and set back at least 15 feet from
all street rights-of-way and lot lines; plus
(b)
One attached sign not exceeding 15 square feet
in area or 10% of the facade of the wall upon which the sign is mounted,
whichever is less.
(3)
Each principal commercial/office building may have one sign,
either freestanding (ground-mounted) or attached, not exceeding 10%
of the front facade of the principal building or 50 square feet, whichever
is smaller. Freestanding signs shall not exceed six feet in height,
shall not exceed eight feet in width, and shall be set back at least
15 feet from all street rights-of-way and property lines. Where a
principal use occupying at least 700 square feet of segregated area
has direct access from the outside, a sign not exceeding eight square
feet in area identifying the name of the activity shall also be permitted.
Such additional sign(s) shall be either attached flat against the
building at the entrance to the activity or suspended in perpendicular
fashion from a roof over a common walkway. Suspended signs shall be
no closer than 10 feet at their lowest point to the finished grade
below.
(4)
See § 190-514 of this chapter for the design requirements
for signs and for the regulations for political signs and real estate
signs.
I.
Development fees. In order to provide for the Township's low- and moderate-income housing obligation, all new development of principal and accessory buildings within the Township of Allamuchy not exempt from the collection of development fees shall pay a development fee to Allamuchy Township in accordance with the provisions specified in Ordinance No. 2011-07, the Affordable Housing Ordinance of the Township of Allamuchy. See Chapter 72, Affordable Housing, of the Code of the Township of Allamuchy for additional requirements as applicable.[1]
A.
Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings.
(1)
Retail sales of goods.
(2)
Retail sales of personal services and minor appliance or office
machinery repair, excluding commercial dry cleaning establishments
and nonportable appliance, equipment or machine services or any type
of service which requires truck, van or trailer pickup or delivery
of the equipment or item to be serviced.
(3)
Delicatessens, bakeries, candy stores, food markets and grocery
stores, provided that no other activities associated with other permitted
principal uses are conducted on the site.
(4)
Banks, including drive-in facilities.
(5)
Offices and office buildings, provided that there shall be no
outside storage, parking or housing of commercial vehicles or trucks
on the site.
(6)
Restaurants and bars within a restaurant, excluding drive-in
facilities and delivery service.
(7)
Fitness centers.
(8)
Shopping centers comprised of any of the above uses.
(9)
Child-care centers licensed by the Department of Human Services
pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 492 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.) and in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.6.
(10)
Motels.
(11)
Service stations as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(12)
Public utility uses as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(13)
Residential limited care facilities for the elderly as conditional
uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67. (See § 190-601 for conditions.)
B.
Accessory uses permitted.
(1)
Off-street loading and parking and private garages, either attached
or detached. (See §§ 190-203, 190-412F hereinbelow
and 190-510.)
(2)
Storage buildings limited to the storage of materials owned
and used only by the principal permitted use(s) on the site, not exceeding
200 square feet in size and 15 feet in height. Storage buildings shall
match the architectural style and facade of the principal building.
(3)
Fences and walls. (See § 190-505.)
(4)
Signs. (See §§ 190-412H hereinbelow and 190-514.)
(5)
Child-care centers, as part of a principal building, licensed
by the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 492
(N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.) and in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.6
and 40:55D-66.7.
(6)
Satellite dish antennas as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(7)
Retaining walls not exceeding six feet in height. (See § 190-518.)
C.
Maximum heights.
(1)
Principal buildings. No principal building shall exceed 35 feet
and 2.5 stories in height.
(2)
Accessory buildings and structures. No accessory building or
structure shall exceed 25 feet in height, unless a lesser height is
specified in this chapter for a particular accessory building or structure.
D.
Area and yard requirements for the CC District.
[Amended 7-18-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-14]
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Retail and Other Individual Uses
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Shopping Centers
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Motels
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Principal Building
Minimum
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Lot area (acres)
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1
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6
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7
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Lot frontage (feet)
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175
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400
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400
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Lot width (feet)
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175
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400
|
400
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Lot depth (feet)
|
175
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400
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400
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Side yard (each) (feet)
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251
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100
|
100
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Front yard (feet)
|
752
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100
|
100
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Rear yard (feet)
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50
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100
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100
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Accessory Structure
Minimum
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Distance to side line (feet)
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203
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50
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50
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Distance to rear line (feet)
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203
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50
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50
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Distance to other building (feet)
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20
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20
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20
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Maximums
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F.A.R.4
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0.15
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0.20
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0.15
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Lot coverage
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55%
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55%
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55%
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NOTES:
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1
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The minimum principal building setback shall be 50 feet where
the property line abuts a residential district or use.
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2
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A building shall not be constructed closer than 75 feet from
any street right-of-way line, except that the front yard setback may
be reduced by the Land Use Board, based on reverse frontage parking
and additional buffers, to no less than 60 feet, provided the building
does not exceed 20,000 square feet in size.
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3
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The minimum accessory structure setback shall be 40 feet where
the property lines abut a residential district.
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4
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Where a child-care center is provided as an accessory use to
a principal use located on the same lot, regardless of whether the
child-care center is situated as part of a principal building or as
the entire use of an accessory building, the gross floor area occupied
as a child-care center shall be excluded from, and be in addition
to, the permitted floor area ratio otherwise applicable to the subject
building, provided that all other applicable provisions of this chapter
are met.
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E.
General requirements for nonresidential uses.
(1)
One building may contain more than one individual use, provided
that the total floor area ratio and lot coverage of the combined uses
does not exceed the maximums specified for the district and, further,
that each use occupies a minimum gross floor area of 700 square feet.
(2)
Principal buildings; separation.
(a)
In order to promote a low-intensity village atmosphere
of smaller buildings clustered in a pedestrian-oriented, nonlinear
layout, more than one principal building shall be permitted on a lot,
provided that, to the extent practicable, the placement of buildings
shall be staggered, with varying building setbacks and with the orientation
of the buildings situated at angles to one another, and/or otherwise
designed to promote a nonlinear appearance, and provided further that
the development shall be deed-restricted as a condition of site plan
approval to include the following restrictions:
[1]
There shall be no expansion or addition of building
space beyond that which was originally approved, unless approved as
part of a subsequent site plan application for the entirety of the
original lot;
[2]
The development may have only one freestanding
ground-mounted sign along each public street which the lot abuts,
provided there exists at least 250 feet of unbroken frontage. Additionally,
each principal building may have one attached sign. All signage shall
be in accordance with the requirements specified in § 190-412H(1)
of this chapter;
[3]
Access from the public street(s) to the buildings
shall not be provided by individual driveways to each building, but
by common drive(s), so as to reduce the number of access points along
the street(s). Parking shall be evenly distributed around and between
the buildings with pedestrian connections between buildings;
[4]
The total building coverage and lot coverage of
the combined uses/buildings on the lot shall not exceed the maximum
specified for a use/building on an individual lot in § 190-412D
of this chapter; and
[5]
A single controlling entity, such as a commercial
owners' association or a single owner of the entire development, shall
be provided for the maintenance of the landscaping, multiple-tenancy
signs, detention basins, lighting and other common elements or shared
structures and facilities. Blanket cross-easements in a form satisfactory
to the Township Attorney shall be provided throughout the development
for irrevocable cross access for parking, utilities, maintenance,
and drainage.
(b)
All buildings shall maintain a minimum twenty-foot
separation, provided such separation is to be used solely for pedestrian
circulation. All buildings shall be separated by a minimum of 50 feet
where any part of such separation is to be used for parking or vehicular
circulation. However, the separation requirements should not be construed
to prohibit covered pedestrian walkways when the roof or covering
of such walkway extends between the buildings.
(3)
Unless otherwise specifically approved by the Board as part
of a site plan application, no merchandise, product, equipment or
similar material or objects shall be displayed or stored outside.
Where merchandise, products, equipment or similar material or objects
are approved by the Board to be displayed or stored outside, the materials
shall be suitably screened to be obscured from view from adjacent
residential uses and must be situated within the property lines of
the principal use.
(4)
All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading, access
aisles and driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be suitably landscaped
with shrubs, ground cover, seeding or plantings and maintained in
good condition.
(5)
All buildings shall be compatibly designed, whether constructed
all at one time or in stages over a period of time. Multiple buildings
on a single site shall have a common architectural motif. All building
walls facing any street or residential use or district shall be suitably
finished for aesthetic purposes and shall be designed to break up
the appearance of a long building by providing architectural treatments
to reduce the mass of the building, altering the vertical heights
and horizontal lines of the building, varying setbacks of sections
of the building wall, and varying the solids and voids in the facade
of the building.
(a)
Where any building exterior wall is visible to
the public or adjacent use and is in excess of 50 feet in length,
variations in building elevations and walls shall be used to break
up the appearance of long buildings. No building shall be longer than
200 feet on any one linear plane.
(b)
All buildings shall have a dual pitched, single
ridge roof (such as gable, hip, gambrel or mansard roof), and no flat
roof shall be permitted; provided, however, that where roof-mounted
equipment is necessary and/or preferable for the operation of the
building, a facade roof treatment exhibiting the appearance of such
a dual pitched, single ridge roof may be permitted if specifically
approved by the Land Use Board as part of a submitted site plan application
for development.
[Amended 7-18-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-14]
(6)
At least the first 50 feet adjacent to any street line and 15
feet adjacent to any property line shall not be used for parking,
loading, driveway or other structures (except for approved accessways
and fencing) and shall be planted and maintained in lawn area or ground
cover and landscaped with evergreen shrubbery.
(7)
The minimum side and rear setback area shall include a densely
planted buffer of 15 feet in width along any common property line
with a residential district or use in accordance with § 190-509I
of this chapter.
(8)
It is the intent of this chapter that no critical area shall
be developed except in accordance with § 190-606.
(9)
There shall not be more than one driveway for each 200 feet
of road frontage along County Route 517. Alternative access and egress
shall be encouraged, provided that a driveway on a corner lot adjoining
County Route 517 shall not be closer than 100 feet from the intersection.
(10)
Motels.
(a)
Any motel that may be constructed shall be located
on an individual lot, exclusive of other principal uses, and shall
contain a minimum of at least 20 units of accommodation, exclusive
of a permanent, on-site superintendent's living quarters. Ancillary
restaurants, cocktail lounges and recreational facilities within the
motel are permitted. All buildings shall have a type of dual pitched
roof.
(b)
Each unit of accommodation shall contain a minimum
floor area of 250 square feet. Each unit of accommodation shall include
a minimum of two rooms; a bedroom and a separate bathroom. No units
shall include cooking facilities, excluding a microwave oven, within
said unit, except that this provision shall not apply to an employee
living on the premises. There shall be a residency limitation on all
guests of 30 days' maximum, except that the residency limitation shall
not apply to an employee living on the premises.
F.
Off-street parking. Each individual use shall provide parking
spaces according to the following minimum provisions. Where a permitted
use of land includes different specific activities with different
specific parking requirements, the total number of required parking
spaces shall be obtained by individually computing the parking requirements
for each different activity and adding the resulting numbers together.
(1)
Retail and service activities and fitness centers shall provide
parking at the ratio of one parking space per 200 square feet of gross
floor area or part thereof.
(2)
Banks and offices shall provide parking at the ratio of one
parking space per 250 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
Medical offices shall provide one space per every 200 square feet
of gross floor area or part thereof. Additionally, drive-in banks
shall provide room for at least eight automobiles per drive-in window
for queuing purposes.
(3)
Restaurants and bars shall provide one parking space for every
three seats, but in all cases, a sufficient number of spaces to prevent
any parking along public rights-of-way or private driveways, fire
lanes and aisles.
(4)
Shopping centers shall provide parking at a ratio of 4.5 spaces
per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
(5)
Child-care centers shall provide parking at a ratio of one parking
space per employee plus one additional parking space for every eight
children. Adequate spaces shall be provided for the loading and unloading
of children, which shall take place on site and not in the public
right-of-way.
(6)
Motels shall provide parking at the ratio of 1.25 spaces per
room plus one space for every three seats provided in ancillary restaurants
and cocktail lounges.
(7)
Parking area for individual use shall be designed to be interconnected
with adjacent properties and shall utilize common entrance(s) and
exit(s) where feasible to minimize access points to the street.
(8)
For the required design and construction details for off-street
parking areas, loading areas and driveways, see § 190-510
of this chapter.
G.
Off-street loading.
(1)
Each principal use shall provide for off-street loading and
unloading with adequate ingress and egress from streets and with adequate
space for maneuvering and shall provide such area at the side or rear
of the building. Each space shall be at least 15 feet by 40 feet and
a minimum of one space shall be provided for each building. Additional
spaces may be necessary and required, dependent upon the specific
activity. There shall be no loading or unloading from the street.
(2)
There shall be at least one trash and garbage pickup location,
including provision for recyclable materials collection, provided
by each building, which shall be separated from the parking spaces
by either a location within the building or in a pickup location outside
the building, which shall be a steel-like, totally enclosed container
located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets
and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall,
planting, or combination of all three. If located within the building,
the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/garbage functions,
and if located outside the building, it may be located adjacent to
or within the general loading area(s), provided the container in no
way interferes with or restricts loading and unloading functions.
H.
Signs.
(1)
Each principal commercial building not part of a shopping center
may have one major sign, either freestanding (ground-mounted) or attached,
not exceeding 10% of the front facade of the principal building or
50 square feet, whichever is smaller, and not exceeding six feet in
height and eight feet in width. Each shopping center may have one
major freestanding sign, not exceeding 15 feet in height and not exceeding
75 square feet in area, provided that no other freestanding signs
are erected on the site. Freestanding signs shall be set back at least
15 feet from all street rights-of-way and property lines.
(2)
Where a principal use occupying at least 700 square feet of
segregated area in a multiple-use building or shopping center has
direct access from the outside, a sign not exceeding eight square
feet in area identifying the name of the activity shall also be permitted.
Such additional sign(s) shall be either attached flat against the
building at the entrance to the activity, attached at a ninety-degree
angle as a perpendicular sign to the exterior wall of the building
over a common walkway, or suspended in perpendicular fashion from
a roof over a common walkway. Suspended and perpendicular signs shall
be no closer than 10 feet at their lowest point to the finished grade
below.
(3)
See § 190-514 of this chapter for the design requirements
for signs and for the regulations for political signs and real estate
signs.
I.
Development fees. In order to provide for the Township's low- and moderate-income housing obligation, all new development of principal and accessory buildings within the Township of Allamuchy not exempt from the collection of development fees shall pay a development fee to Allamuchy Township in accordance with the provisions specified in Ordinance No. 2011-07, the Affordable Housing Ordinance of the Township of Allamuchy. See Chapter 72, Affordable Housing, of the Code of the Township of Allamuchy for additional requirements as applicable.[1]
A.
Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings.
(1)
Offices and office buildings. (Manufacturing and industrial
uses or activities are expressly prohibited.)
(2)
Research laboratories.
(3)
Playgrounds, conservation areas, parks and public purpose uses.
(4)
Child-care centers licensed by the Department of Human Services
pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 492 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.) and in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.6.
(5)
Office research parks on tracts of land at least 25 acres in
area.
(6)
Corporate training centers or corporate conference centers as
conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67. (See § 190-601
for conditions.)
(7)
Public utility uses as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(8)
Assisted living/nursing care facilities as conditional uses
under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67. (See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(9)
Age-restricted residential developments on tracts of land at
least 30 gross acres in size with at least 900 feet of frontage on
Route 517 as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67. (See § 190-601K
for conditions.)
B.
Accessory uses permitted.
(1)
Off-street loading and parking and private garages, either attached
or detached. (See §§ 190-203, 190-413F hereinbelow
and 190-510.)
(2)
Storage buildings, limited to the storage of materials owned
and used only by the principal permitted use(s) on the site, not exceeding
400 square feet in size and 15 feet in height. Storage buildings shall
match the architectural style and facade of the principal building.
(3)
Fences and walls. (See § 190-505.)
(4)
Signs. (See §§ 190-413H hereinbelow and 190-514.)
(5)
Child-care centers, as part of a principal building, licensed
by the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 492
(N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.) and in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.6
and 40:55D-66.7.
(6)
Employee cafeterias limited in service to the employees of the
principal use, designated on the site plan as approved by the Board.
(7)
For office research parks only, security guard houses, provided
such structures are no larger than 12 feet by 12 feet in size, are
no higher than 15 feet, are located along the entrance driveway(s)
to the property, are located outside of any required sight triangle
and are set back at least 25 feet from all street and property lines.
(8)
Private recreational facilities owned, operated and maintained
by the owners and/or tenants of the property.
(9)
Satellite dish antennas as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(10)
Retaining walls not exceeding six feet in height. (See § 190-518.)
C.
Maximum heights.
(1)
Principal buildings. No principal building shall exceed 35 feet
and 2.5 stories in height.
(2)
Accessory buildings and structures. No accessory building or
structure shall exceed 25 feet in height, unless a lesser height is
specified in this chapter for a particular accessory building or structure.
D.
Area and yard requirements for the OR District.
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Individual Lots Not Within an Office Research Park
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Lots Within an Office Research Park
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|---|---|---|---|
|
Principal Building
Minimum
| |||
|
Lot area (acres)
|
5
|
3
| |
|
Lot frontage (feet)
|
400
|
300
| |
|
Lot width (feet)
|
400
|
300
| |
|
Lot depth (feet)
|
400
|
300
| |
|
Side yard (each) (feet)
|
601
|
501
| |
|
Front yard (feet)
|
125
|
751
| |
|
Rear yard (feet)
|
601
|
501
| |
|
Accessory Structure
Minimum
| |||
|
Distance to side line (feet)
|
75
|
50
| |
|
Distance to rear line (feet)
|
75
|
50
| |
|
Distance to other building (feet)
|
50
|
50
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|
Maximums
| |||
|
F.A.R.2
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0.175
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0.175
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Lot coverage
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40%
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40%
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NOTES:
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1
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The minimum principal building setback shall be 100 feet where
the property line abuts a residential district or use.
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2
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Where a child-care center is provided as an accessory use to
a principal use located on the same lot, regardless of whether the
child-care center is situated as part of a principal building or as
the entire use of an accessory building, the gross floor area occupied
as a child-care center shall be excluded from, and be in addition
to, the permitted floor area ratio otherwise applicable to the subject
building, provided that all other applicable provisions of this chapter
are met.
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E.
General requirements for nonresidential uses.
(1)
One building may contain more than one individual use or organization,
provided that the total floor area ratio and lot coverage of the combined
uses does not exceed the maximums specified for the district, and
provided further that each use occupies a minimum gross floor area
of 700 square feet.
(2)
Unless otherwise specifically approved by the Board as part
of a site plan application, no merchandise, product, equipment, commercial
vehicles, trucks or similar material or objects shall be displayed,
parked or stored outside. Where merchandise, products, equipment,
commercial vehicles, trucks or similar material or objects are approved
by the Board to be displayed or stored outside, the materials shall
be suitably screened to be obscured from view from adjacent residential
uses and must be situated within the property lines of the principal
use.
(3)
All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading, access
aisles and driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be suitably landscaped
with shrubs, ground cover, seeding or plantings and maintained in
good condition.
(4)
Building design.
(a)
All buildings shall be compatibly designed, whether
constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time. Multiple
buildings within an office research park shall have a common architectural
motif. All building walls facing any street or residential use or
district shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes and shall
be designed to break up the appearance of a long building by providing
architectural treatments to reduce the mass of the building, altering
the vertical heights and horizontal lines of the building, varying
setbacks of sections of the building wall, and varying the solids
and voids in the facade of the building.
(b)
All buildings shall have a dual pitched, single
ridge roof (such as gable, hip, gambrel or mansard roof), and no flat
roof shall be permitted; provided, however, that where roof-mounted
equipment is necessary and/or preferable for the operation of the
building, a facade roof treatment exhibiting the appearance of such
a dual pitched, single ridge roof may be permitted if specifically
approved by the Land Use Board as part of a submitted site plan application
for development.
[Amended 7-18-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-14]
(5)
The minimum side and rear setback area shall include a densely
planted buffer of 40 feet in width along any common property line
with a residential district or use in accordance with § 190-509I
of this chapter.
(6)
At least the first 50 feet adjacent to any street or property
line shall not be used for parking, loading, driveway or other structures
(except for approved accessways and fencing) and shall be planted
and maintained in lawn areas or ground cover and landscaped with evergreen
shrubbery, except that, for office research parks, the minimum distance
may be reduced to 30 feet where the setback area is adjacent to a
side or rear property line of a lot within the office research park.
(7)
It is the intent of this chapter that no critical areas shall
be developed except in accordance with § 190-606 of this
chapter.
F.
Off-street parking. Each individual use shall provide parking
spaces according to the following minimum provisions. Where a permitted
use of land includes different specific activities with different
specific parking requirements, the total number of required parking
spaces shall be obtained by individually computing the parking requirements
for each different activity and adding the resulting numbers together.
(1)
Offices shall provide parking at the ratio of one parking space
per 250 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof. Medical offices
shall provide parking at the ratio of one parking space per 200 square
feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
(2)
Research laboratories shall provide parking at the ratio of
one parking space per 800 square feet of gross floor area or part
thereof.
(3)
Storage areas shall provide parking at a ratio of one parking
space per 5,000 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
(4)
Child-care centers shall provide parking at a ratio of one parking
space per employee plus one additional parking space for every eight
children. Adequate spaces shall be provided for the loading and unloading
of children, which shall take place on site and not in the public
right-of-way.
(5)
No driveway shall be located within 30 feet of any lot line.
(6)
Parking areas for individual use shall be designed to be interconnected
with adjacent properties and shall utilize common entrance(s) and
exit(s) where feasible, to minimize access points to the street.
(7)
For the required design and construction details for off-street
parking areas, loading areas and driveways, see § 190-510
of this chapter.
G.
Off-street loading.
(1)
Each principal use shall provide for off-street loading and
unloading, with adequate ingress and egress from streets and with
adequate space for maneuvering, and shall provide such area at the
side or rear of the building. Each space shall be at least 15 feet
by 40 feet, and a minimum of one space shall be provided for each
building. Additional spaces may be necessary and required, dependent
upon the specific activity. There shall be no loading or unloading
from the street.
(2)
There shall be at least one trash and garbage pickup location,
including provision for recyclable materials collection, provided
by each building, which shall be separated from the parking spaces
by either a location within the building or in a pickup location outside
the building, which shall be a steel-like, totally enclosed container
located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets
and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall,
planting, or combination of all three. If located within the building,
the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/garbage functions,
and if located outside the building, it may be located adjacent to
or within the general loading area(s), provided the container in no
way interferes with or restricts loading and unloading functions.
H.
Signs.
(1)
Each principal building may have one major sign, either freestanding
(ground-mounted) or attached, not exceeding 10% of the front facade
of the principal building or 50 square feet, whichever is smaller.
Freestanding signs shall not exceed six feet in height and shall be
set back at least 15 feet from all street rights-of-way and property
lines. Where a principal use occupying at least 700 square feet of
segregated area has direct access from the outside, a sign not exceeding
eight square feet in area identifying the name of the activity shall
also be permitted. Such additional sign(s) shall be either attached
flat against the building at the entrance to the activity or suspended
in perpendicular fashion from a roof over a common walkway. Suspended
signs shall be no closer than 10 feet at their lowest point to the
finished grade below.
(2)
Additionally, each office research park may have one sign along
each arterial or collector road which the tract in question abuts,
provided there exists at least 250 feet of unbroken frontage. Such
sign(s) shall not exceed six feet in height, shall be set back from
the street rights-of-way and driveways at least 15 feet, shall be
set back from any tract boundary line a minimum of 50 feet, shall
not exceed an area of 50 square feet, and shall be used only to display
the development's name.
(3)
See § 190-514 of this chapter for the design requirements
for signs and for the regulations for political signs and real estate
signs.
I.
Development fees. In order to provide for the Township's low- and moderate-income housing obligation, all new development of principal and accessory buildings within the Township of Allamuchy not exempt from the collection of development fees shall pay a development fee to Allamuchy Township in accordance with the provisions specified in Ordinance No. 2011-07, the Affordable Housing Ordinance of the Township of Allamuchy. See Chapter 72, Affordable Housing, of the Code of the Township of Allamuchy for additional requirements as applicable.[1]
A.
Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings.
(1)
Farms.
(2)
Offices and office buildings.
(3)
Research laboratories.
(4)
Limited manufacturing.
(5)
Wholesale uses, distribution centers and warehousing.
(6)
Child-care centers licensed by the Department of Human Services
pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 492 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.) and in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.6.
(7)
Playgrounds, conservation areas, parks and public purpose uses.
(8)
Planned industrial parks on tracts of land at least 25 acres
in area.
(9)
Public utility uses as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(10)
Cellular antennas for telephone, radio, paging and/or television
communication as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67. (See § 190-601,
Conditional uses, and specifically § 190-601J for the required
conditions for cellular antennas for telephone, radio, paging and/or
television communication.)
B.
Accessory uses permitted.
(1)
Off-street loading and parking and private garages to house
delivery trucks or other commercial vehicles. (See §§ 190-203,
190-414F hereinbelow and 190-510.)
(2)
Storage buildings not exceeding 15 feet in height.
(3)
Fences and walls. (See § 190-505.)
(4)
Signs. (See §§ 190-414H hereinbelow and 190-514.)
(5)
Child-care centers, as part of a principal building, licensed
by the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 492
(N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.) and in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.6
and 40:55D-66.7.
(6)
Employee cafeterias limited in service to the employees of the
principal use, designated on the site plan as approved by the Board.
(7)
Water storage tanks, propane and automobile and heating fuel
storage tanks, provided such tanks are no higher than 15 feet above
the ground and all tanks comply with any applicable federal, state
and/or local ordinances, statutes, codes and regulations.
(8)
Security guard houses, provided such structure(s) are no larger
than 12 feet by 12 feet in size, are no higher than 15 feet, are located
along the entrance driveway(s) to the property, are located outside
of any required sight triangle, and are set back at least 25 feet
from all street and property lines.
(9)
Private recreational facilities owned, operated and maintained
by the owners and/or tenants of the property.
(10)
In conjunction with a farm only, one roadside stand, not exceeding
150 square feet in size, offering for sale produce harvested on the
farmed premises or elsewhere in the Township, provided the stand is
set back at least 15 feet from the street line and 25 feet from any
lot line and has no more than one attached sign, the size of which
may not exceed eight square feet in area. See the definition of "farm"
in § 190-203 for additional permitted accessory farm uses.
(11)
Satellite dish antennas as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(12)
Retaining walls not exceeding six feet in height. (See § 190-518.)
C.
Maximum heights.
(1)
Principal buildings. No principal building shall exceed 45 feet
in height and three stories.
(2)
Accessory buildings and structures. No accessory building or
structure shall exceed 30 feet in height, unless a lesser height is
specified in this chapter for a particular accessory building or structure.
D.
Area and yard requirements for the LM District.
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Individual Lots Not Within a Planned Industrial Park
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Lots Within a Planned Industrial Park
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Principal Building
Minimum
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Lot area (acres)
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5
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3
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Lot frontage (feet)
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400
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300
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Lot width (feet)
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400
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300
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Lot depth (feet)
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400
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300
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Side yard (each) (feet)
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601
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501
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Front yard (feet)
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125
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751
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Rear yard (feet)
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601
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501
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Accessory Structure
Minimum
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Distance to side line (feet)
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75
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50
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Distance to rear line (feet)
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75
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50
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Distance to other building (feet)
|
50
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50
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Maximums
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|
F.A.R.2
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0.20
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0.20
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Lot coverage
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50%
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50%
|
|
NOTES:
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1
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Or not less than 100 feet where the lot abuts a residential
district.
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|
2
|
Where a child-care center is provided as an accessory use to
a principal use located on the same lot, regardless of whether the
child-care center is situated as part of a principal building or as
the entire use of an accessory building, the gross floor area occupied
as a child-care center shall be excluded from, and be in addition
to, the permitted floor area ratio otherwise applicable to the subject
building, provided that all other applicable provisions of this chapter
are met.
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E.
General requirements for nonresidential uses.
(1)
Any principal building may contain more than one individual
use or organization. Only one principal building is permitted on a
lot.
(2)
Unless otherwise specifically approved by the Board as part
of a site plan application, no merchandise, product, equipment or
similar material or objects shall be displayed or stored outside.
Where merchandise, products, equipment or similar material or objects
are approved by the Board to be displayed or stored outside, the materials
shall be suitably screened to be obscured from view.
(3)
All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading, access
aisles and driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be suitably landscaped
with shrubs, ground cover, seeding or plantings and maintained in
good condition.
(4)
All buildings shall be compatibly designed, whether constructed
all at one time or in stages over a period of time. All building walls
facing any street or residential district line shall be suitably finished
for aesthetic purposes, which shall not include unpainted or painted
cinder block or concrete block walls.
(5)
The minimum required yard setback area shall include a densely
planted buffer of 40 feet in width along any common property line
with a residential district. Within the required front yard area and
at least 50 feet adjacent to any lot line, there shall be no parking,
loading, driveway or other structures (except for approved accessways
and fencing), and except for access driveways, the areas shall be
planted and maintained in lawn or ground cover and landscaped with
evergreen shrubbery. For planned industrial parks, the minimum required
setback for parking and loading may be reduced to 30 feet where the
setback area is adjacent to a side or rear property line of a lot
within the planned industrial park.
(6)
A detailed description of the proposed industrial process as
well as its resulting products and by-products shall be included in
any development application.
(7)
Liquid waste and sewage shall be discharged into an approved
existing public sewage treatment plant or shall be treated in a treatment
plant or process which is in compliance with state statutes and the
requirements of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
(8)
Precautions against fire hazards, air pollution, radiation and
explosion; provisions for the handling and storing of materials; structural
building design; and provisions for safeguarding the health of workers
shall be set forth and shall comply with applicable state statutes
and the requirements of the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection and Department of Labor and Industry.
(9)
No vibration or glare shall be evident at any point more than
150 feet from the source of said vibration or light.
(10)
No more than two access driveways shall be permitted for each
300 feet of street frontage. Access shall be provided to the lot from
a collector road.
(11)
It is the intent of this chapter that no critical areas shall
be developed except in accordance with § 190-606 of this
chapter.
F.
Off-street parking. Each individual use shall provide parking
spaces according to the following minimum provisions. Where a permitted
use of land includes different specific activities with different
specific parking requirements, the total number of required parking
spaces shall be obtained by individually computing the parking requirements
for each different activity and adding the resulting numbers together.
(1)
Offices shall provide parking at the ratio of one parking space
per 250 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof. Medical offices
shall provide parking at the ratio of one parking space per 200 square
feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
(2)
Research laboratories and limited manufacturing shall provide
parking at the ratio of one parking space per 800 square feet of gross
floor area or part thereof.
(3)
Wholesale activities, distribution centers, warehousing uses
and storage areas shall provide parking at a ratio of one parking
space per 5,000 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof.
(4)
Child-care centers shall provide parking at a ratio of one parking
space per employee plus one additional parking space for every eight
children. Adequate spaces shall be provided for the loading and unloading
of children, which shall take place on site and not in the public
right-of-way.
(5)
No driveway shall be located within 30 feet of any lot line.
(6)
Parking areas for individual use shall be designed to be interconnected
with adjacent properties and shall utilize common entrance(s) and
exit(s) where feasible, to minimize access points to the street.
(7)
For the required design and construction details for off-street
parking areas, loading areas and driveways, see § 190-510
of this chapter.
G.
Off-street loading.
(1)
Each principal use shall provide for off-street loading and
unloading, with adequate ingress and egress from streets and with
adequate space for maneuvering, and shall provide such area at the
side or rear of the building. Each space shall be at least 15 feet
by 40 feet, and a minimum of one space shall be provided for each
building. Additional spaces may be necessary and required, dependent
upon the specific activity. There shall be no loading or unloading
from the street.
(2)
There shall be at least one trash and garbage pickup location,
including provision for recyclable materials collection, provided
by each building, which shall be separated from the parking spaces
by either a location within the building or in a pickup location outside
the building, which shall be a steel-like, totally enclosed container
located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets
and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall,
planting, or combination of all three. If located within the building,
the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/garbage functions,
and if located outside the building, it may be located adjacent to
or within the general loading area(s), provided the container in no
way interferes with or restricts loading and unloading functions.
H.
Signs.
(1)
Each principal building may have one major sign, either freestanding
(ground-mounted) or attached, not exceeding 5% of the front facade
of the principal building or 80 square feet, whichever is smaller.
Freestanding signs shall not exceed 12 feet in height and shall be
set back at least 30 feet from all street rights-of-way and property
lines. Where a principal use occupying at least 700 square feet of
segregated area has direct access from the outside, a sign not exceeding
eight square feet in area identifying the name of the activity shall
also be permitted. Such additional sign(s) shall be attached flat
against the building at the entrance to the activity.
(2)
Additionally, each planned industrial park may have one ground-mounted
sign along each arterial or collector road which the tract in question
abuts, provided there exists at least 250 feet of unbroken frontage.
Such sign(s) shall not exceed 12 feet in height, shall be set back
from the street rights-of-way, property lines and driveways at least
30 feet and shall not exceed an area of 50 square feet, and shall
be used only to display the development's name.
(3)
See § 190-514 of this chapter for the design requirements
for signs and for the regulations for political signs and real estate
signs.
I.
Development fees. In order to provide for the Township's low- and moderate-income housing obligation, all new development of principal and accessory buildings within the Township of Allamuchy not exempt from the collection of development fees shall pay a development fee to Allamuchy Township in accordance with the provisions specified in Ordinance No. 2011-07, the Affordable Housing Ordinance of the Township of Allamuchy. See Chapter 72, Affordable Housing, of the Code of the Township of Allamuchy for additional requirements as applicable.[1]
A.
Principal permitted uses on the land and in buildings.
(1)
Educational activities, including the operation of public and
private day schools of elementary and/or high school grades licensed
by the State of New Jersey.
(2)
Municipal and county buildings and uses.
(3)
Playgrounds, conservation areas, parks and public purpose uses.
(4)
Volunteer fire and first aid company uses.
(5)
Public libraries.
(6)
Public utilities uses as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(7)
Cellular antennas for telephone, radio, paging and/or television
communication as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67. (See § 190-601,
Conditional uses, and specifically § 190-601J for the required
conditions for cellular antennas for telephone, radio, paging and/or
television communication.)
(8)
Cultural facilities as defined in § 190-203 of the
Code.
[Added 12-15-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-10]
B.
Accessory uses permitted.
(1)
Usual recreational facilities, including public swimming pools
(see § 190-516).
(2)
Off-street parking and loading. (See §§ 190-415F
hereinbelow and 190-510.)
(3)
Fences and walls. (See § 190-505.)
(4)
Public and private garages and storage buildings.
(5)
Signs. (See §§ 190-415G hereinbelow and 190-514.)
(6)
Satellite dish antennas as conditional uses under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
(See § 190-601 for conditions.)
(7)
Concert fields and ancillary staging equipment as accessory
uses to parks and public purpose uses.
(8)
Retaining walls not exceeding six feet in height. (See § 190-518.)
(9)
Special events are permitted at cultural facilities as a permitted
accessory use provided that the following is met:
[Added 12-15-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-10]
(a)
If a special event is planned on property that
contains a school, no alcohol shall be served at the special event
while the school is in session.
C.
Maximum heights. No principal building shall exceed 40 feet
in height and three stories, and no accessory building or structure
shall exceed 25 feet in height unless a lesser height is specified
in this chapter for a particular accessory building or structure.
D.
Area and yard requirements for the PPE District.
(1)
The minimum lot size shall be one acre in area, and the minimum
lot width and lot depth shall each be 100 feet.
(2)
No principal permitted use or structure shall be situated within
50 feet of any street line or rear lot line and 25 feet of any side
lot line. No accessory use or structure shall be situated within 25
feet of any lot line and shall be located in the side or rear yard
area only. All principal and accessory structures associated with
concert fields shall be located at least 100 feet from any property
line. Fencing shall not exceed six feet in height and shall be set
back at least 25 feet from any street line and 15 feet from any side
or rear property line.
(3)
The maximum building coverage shall be 35%.
(4)
The maximum lot coverage shall be 60%.
E.
General requirements for nonresidential uses.
(1)
All building walls facing any street or residential district
line shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes.
(2)
Unless otherwise specifically approved by the Board as part
of a site plan application, no merchandise, product, equipment or
similar material or objects shall be displayed or stored outside.
Where merchandise, products, equipment or similar material or objects
are approved by the Board to be displayed or stored outside, the materials
shall be suitably screened to be obscured from view from adjacent
residential uses and must be situated within the property lines of
the principal use.
(3)
All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading, access
aisles and driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be suitably landscaped
with shrubs, ground cover, seeding or plantings and maintained in
good condition.
(4)
No wall or fence shall be erected or altered so that said wall
or fence shall be over four feet in height in front yards and six
feet in height in side and rear yards, except that schools, municipal
public works uses, playgrounds and parks may erect security fences
to control ingress and egress, and said fence shall be no more than
10 feet in height and shall be constructed of open chain link. (See
§ 190-505 for additional standards.)
(5)
Each use or building shall provide at least one trash and garbage
pickup location, including provision for recyclable materials collection,
provided by each use or building, which shall be separated from the
parking spaces by either a location within a building or in a pickup
location outside the building which shall be a steel-like, totally
enclosed container located in a manner to be obscured from view from
parking areas, streets and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts
by a fence, wall, planting, or combination of all three. If located
within the building, the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/garbage
functions, and if located outside the building, it may be located
adjacent to or within the general loading area(s), provided the container
in no way interferes with or restricts loading and unloading functions.
(6)
At least the first 10 feet adjacent to any lot line shall not
be used for parking and shall be planted and maintained in lawn areas
or ground cover and landscaped with evergreen shrubbery.
(7)
It is the intent of this chapter that no critical areas shall
be developed except in accordance with § 190-606 of this
chapter.
(8)
Public rest room facilities shall be provided for all concert
fields, either in permanent structure(s) or in portable structure(s)
to be provided only when the concert fields are in use.
(9)
All lighting associated with outside activities shall meet the
requirements of § 190-507B of this chapter.
F.
Off-street parking. Each individual use shall provide parking
spaces according to the following minimum provisions. Where a permitted
use of land includes different specific activities with different
specific parking requirements, the total number of required parking
spaces shall be obtained by individually computing the parking requirements
for each different activity and adding the resulting numbers together.
(1)
Libraries shall provide one space per 300 square feet of gross
floor area.
(2)
Elementary schools (grades K through 6) shall provide one space
per employee; intermediate schools (grades 7 through 9) shall provide
1.5 spaces per employee; secondary schools (grades 10 through 12)
shall provide 2.5 spaces per employee; and in all cases sufficient
space for school bus loading and unloading shall be provided.
(3)
Community or recreation centers shall provide a minimum of 20
spaces plus one space per every 250 square feet of gross floor area
used for office space.
(4)
All other uses shall provide adequate on-site parking to accommodate
the permitted activities and shall be subject to approval by the Board
during site plan review, as applicable.
(5)
For the required design and construction details for off-street
parking areas, loading areas and driveways, see § 190-510
of this chapter.
G.
Signs.
(1)
Each individual building or permanent use may have one sign
per street frontage, either freestanding (ground-mounted) or attached
to the building, not exceeding an area equivalent to 10% of the wall
surface area of the wall on which the sign is attached or 24 square
feet, whichever is smaller. Freestanding signs shall not exceed six
feet in height and shall be set back at least 15 feet from any street
line or property line. Where an individual activity has direct access
from the outside, an unlighted sign not exceeding four square feet
identifying the name of the activity also may be attached to the building
at the entrance to the activity.
(2)
See § 190-514 of this chapter for the design requirements
for signs.
