[1997 Code § 224-27]
A.
Intent. The purpose of Residential District R4 is to permit residential
development of higher densities consistent with existing developmental
patterns within the City of Absecon City.
[1997 Code § 224-28]
[1997 Code § 224-29]
Area and bulk requirements shall be as follows:
A.
Lot size: minimum three acres.
B.
Lot width: 300 feet minimum at street.
C.
Lot depth: varied.
D.
Lot coverage: 30% maximum.
E.
Perimeter setbacks: 30 feet minimum all yards for all buildings,
principal and accessory, and all parking areas. Storage sheds must
have a four-foot minimum side yard setback and a three-foot minimum
rear yard setback.
I.
Distance between buildings, all uses. All buildings within the development
shall be separated from all others by a minimum of 30 feet at their
closest point.
K.
Density, all uses: 12 units per net acre.
L.
Common open space, all uses. Seventy percent of all developments
within this district shall be retained as common green. Provisions
satisfactory to the Planning Board and City Council shall ensure that
the common areas not of individual ownership shall be maintained in
a satisfactory manner without expense to the general taxpayers of
Absecon City.
[1997 Code § 224-30]
[1997 Code § 224-30]
B.
In garden apartments and townhouses appropriate facilities for the
placing of trash and garbage and the collection and removal thereof
shall be constructed separate and apart from dwelling units. Such
facilities shall be completely enclosed and so constructed that the
trash or garbage shall not be visible to the general public and shall
meet with the approval of the City Construction Official and the County
Board of Health.
C.
All uses within this district are subject to Planning Board review
and approval.
D.
Recreational amenities not specified in this chapter shall meet or
exceed national standards as promulgated by the National Recreation
and Park Association.
[1997 Code § 224-32]
A.
All areas not covered by driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be
landscaped.
B.
The following minimum standards shall apply:
(1)
Trees: two per dwelling unit.
(2)
Yards: grass or natural ground cover.
(3)
Buffers.
(a)
Townhouses: perimeter buffer of eight feet.
(b)
Garden apartments: buffered around all nonstreet sides and along
parking areas.
(c)
Buffers along parking areas shall be four feet, all others eight
feet. Eight-foot buffers will consist of evergreen trees of alternating
rows, eight feet on center in each row, with smaller evergreens or
deciduous plant material between. Four-foot buffers will consist of
evergreen trees of four-foot minimum height at planting, placed six
feet apart, with small evergreens or deciduous plant material between.
Within 10 feet of property corners, evergreens of not more than three
feet shall be used. All trees will be replaced as required as a part
of the common space maintenance program.
C.
Fences or walls shall be permitted, provided that:
(1)
All perimeter fences and walls shall be placed four feet within the
property lines and shall be consistent in size, texture and design
and shall be constructed by the developer.
(2)
No fence or wall shall be more than four feet from grade, excepting
those immediately around swimming pools, which may be six feet.
[1997 Code § 224-33; Ord. No. 07-2008]
B.
No school bus or school vehicle of any type used for the transportation
of passengers as defined in N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 shall be permitted to
park on any street or property at any time unless the vehicle is engaged
in the pickup or discharge of passengers and then only for the amount
of time necessary to carry out the pickup or discharge. This section
shall not apply to the parking of school buses on school owned lands,
public or private, or on streets contiguous to any school, public
or private within the City of Absecon during school hours.
