Township of Moorestown, NJ Article XIV RTC-2 Residence Town Center-2 Districts

[Amended 8-12-1985 by Ord. No. 1239]

§ 180-42 Use restrictions and regulations.

In all RTC-2 Residence Town Center-2 Districts the following uses, and no others, of lands and buildings are permitted:

A. All uses allowed in the RTC-1 Districts[1] and as permitted therein, except that multiple-family dwellings with six or fewer dwelling units per building or lot shall not be a conditional use.

[Amended 6-14-1993 by Ord. No. 1666-93]

[1] Editor's Note: See Art. XIII of this chapter.

B. The following uses when authorized as conditional uses by the Planning Board:

(1) Residence use with more than six dwelling units in a building or in a group of buildings, in which each building or group of buildings is designed as a single architectural project and is constructed, operated and maintained as a single proprietary unit, and in which the total number of dwelling units does not exceed 50.

C. Municipal uses.

§ 180-43 Height, bulk, area and buffer requirements.

Height, bulk, area and buffer requirements shall be as follows:

A. All nonconditional uses shall meet the same requirements as prescribed for those uses in RTC-1 Districts.

[Amended 6-14-1993 by Ord. No. 1666-93]

B. The maximum allowable height is 35 feet.

C. For all uses permitted by § 180-42B(1) above:

(1) Minimum lot area: 5,500 square feet per dwelling unit.

(2) Minimum front, side and rear yard: 25 feet each.

(3) Maximum site coverage by all impervious surfaces: 40%.

(4) Minimum buffering, common open space and recreation facilities and site plan review: See § 180-44 below, "Miscellaneous Requirements".

D. For multifamily dwellings designated exclusively for senior citizens:

(1) Minimum lot area: 3,500 square feet per dwelling unit.

(2) Minimum front, side and rear yards: 25 feet each.

(3) Maximum site coverage by all impervious surfaces: 40%.

(4) Maximum height: 35 feet.

E. With off-street parking for four or more cars, excluding single-width driveways, all lots shall be provided with at least a five-foot wide buffer strip in the required side and rear yards and on which no impervious cover is allowed. The buffer area must be provided with a permanent landscape screen of trees and shrubs and/or fencing. The purpose of the screen is to block any view of the off-street parking lot from the street, other than along a driveway, and from all abutting residential properties. Landscape plans shall include a minimum of 60% evergreen material. The shrubs shall be a minimum of three feet in height at the time of planting and have a mature height of at least five feet. Evergreen trees shall be at least five feet in height at the time of planting and must be accompanied by low-growing material to supplement the screen when these trees are mature and have a tendency to lose lower branches. Deciduous trees shall have a caliper of at least 2 1/2 inches in diameter, measured four feet above the ground.

§ 180-44 Other requirements.

Other requirements shall be as follows:

A. Site plan review as required by the Land Subdivision and Development Ordinance.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: See Ch. 108, Subdivision of Land.

B. Open space and special buffering improvements for all uses permitted by § 180-42B(1) above:

(1) Minimum active and improved common recreation area inclusive of all yard requirements but not within 15 feet of any residential building: 10% of the first acre or part thereof plus 5% of every additional acre or part thereof.

(2) Minimum passive and improved common open space area inclusive of all yard requirements but not within 15 feet of any residential buildings: 20% of the first acre or part thereof plus 15% of every additional acre or part thereof.