[Added by Ord. No. 3-2000]
The following requirements must be complied with in the T-4
Zone.
The following uses are principal permitted uses in the T-4 Zone:
A.
Duplexes;
B.
Townhouses and patio houses;
C.
Townhouses-duplex combinations;
D.
Flats (not to exceed 20% of the total number of units permitted);
E.
Public and private educational facilities;
F.
Churches and other places of worship, including parish houses, Sunday
School buildings and other similar uses;
G.
Public utilities and essential services;
H.
Parks, playgrounds, firehouses and library or municipal buildings;
I.
Indoor and outdoor recreational facilities.
Permitted accessory uses shall include off-street parking, signs
as provided herein and other uses customarily incidental to a principal
permitted use.
Area, yard and bulk requirements for the uses set forth in § 600-305A through D shall be as follows:
A.
Minimum tract area. The minimum tract area for the entire tract shall
be 40 acres. For the purpose of this section, the tract may be bisected
by an existing or proposed municipal street and may consist of two
or more tax lots in the same or different tax blocks.
B.
Minimum front yard. The minimum front yard setback for all buildings
shall be 50 feet from the right-of-way of any state highway and 22
feet from the curbline of any other street.
C.
Minimum side yard. There shall be a minimum side yard of 25 feet from all external property lines. The relationships of side yards from building to building on site shall be governed by § 600-309 herein.
D.
Minimum rear yard. There shall be a minimum rear yard of 25 feet from all external property lines. The relationships of rear yards from building to building on-site shall be governed by § 600-309 herein.
E.
Maximum improved lot coverage. The maximum improved lot coverage
for all buildings and man-made improvements shall be 65%.
F.
Maximum building height. The maximum building height for all buildings
shall be 2.5 stories and 35 feet, except that where a walkout lower
level is provided on the downhill side of a building, the maximum
building height may be increased to 3.5 stories and 40 feet, with
the lower level counted as a story. All measurements shall be taken
from proposed final grades. Building height shall be measured from
the average grade to the mean level of the highest gable.
G.
Fences and walls. Fences, walls and retaining walls shall be permitted
in required yards, as approved by the Board, provided that no fence
shall exceed six feet in height, unless located in a front yard, where
it shall not exceed four feet in height.
A.
The maximum permitted number of residential dwellings shall be 182
dwelling units and the maximum residential density for the T-4 Townhouse
Zone shall be no greater than four dwelling units per gross tract
acre. For the purpose of this section, internal streets, roads and
rights-of-way shall be included in the gross tract acreage calculations,
and the tract may be bisected by an existing or proposed municipal
street and may consist of two or more tax lots in the same or different
tax blocks.
B.
Within the T-4 Townhouse Zone, all developments shall be designed
in accordance with the applicable standards for accessibility and/or
occupancy by persons who are disabled promulgated by the federal government
or the State of New Jersey or through their respective departments
or agencies having jurisdiction in such matters.
In the T-4 Zone, the following shall be the minimum distance
between buildings, regardless of whether or not the buildings or units
are located on one lot or on separate lots:
A.
The front of one building to the front of another building: 75 feet.
B.
The front of one building to the side of another building: 40 feet.
C.
The front of one building to the rear of another building: 75 feet.
D.
The side of one building to the side of another building (other than
an attached unit): 30 feet.
E.
The side of one building to the rear of another building: 40 feet.
F.
The rear of one building to the rear of another building: 60 feet.
G.
The maximum size of any individual building containing townhouses
or patio houses shall be eight dwelling units and 220 feet in length.
H.
The maximum size of any individual building containing a townhouse/duplex
combination or flats shall be 10 dwelling units per floor and 220
feet in length.
A.
At least 25% of the total land area of the tract shall be designed
for and devoted to open space. In computing the 25% requirement, common
recreation areas accessory to the residential use and required buffer
areas shall be included.
B.
Any open space as provided herein shall be owned and maintained by
the homeowners' association or condominium association in accordance
with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-43.
A.
Street requirements. The requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:21 et seq. (Residential
Site Improvement Standards) shall govern the design of streets unless
a de minimus exception from such requirements is approved by the Board.
B.
Utility improvements.
(1)
The T-4 Townhouse Zone shall be served by public water and public
sanitary sewerage systems.
(2)
All utility improvements, including storm drainage systems,
sanitary sewerage collection and disposal systems and water supply
and distribution systems, shall be subject to review and approval
by the Township in accordance with the standards and procedures established
at N.J.A.C. 5:21 et seq. (Residential Site Improvement Standards)
and subject to review and approval by the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection as well as appropriate county and other state
agencies, where applicable. Water supply and distribution facilities
shall also be subject to review and approval by the Township Engineer
and Fire Department and the Denville Water Department.
(3)
Electric, gas and telephone service shall be provided by the
developer in concert with the appropriate public utilities providing
such service. Said service shall be provided as part of an underground
system. If such underground facilities cannot reasonably be provided
throughout the development due to topographic or geological conditions
of the land or due to technical circumstances, and if the landowner
shall adequately demonstrate the lack of feasibility of such an undertaking,
an exception to this requirement may be granted by the Planning Board.
C.
Off-street parking requirements.
(1)
Within the T-4 Townhouse Zone, parking spaces shall be provided
for each dwelling unit in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:21 (Residential
Site Improvement Standards). In addition, parking shall be provided
for any indoor or outdoor recreational facilities or areas proposed
in a location reasonably convenient to such facilities or areas. The
Planning Board, in its reasonable discretion, may seek also to require
additional parking for visitors not to exceed a total of 0.25 additional
visitor parking spaces per unit reasonably distributed throughout
the site.
(2)
Each townhouse, duplex or patio house unit shall provide a minimum
of one garage parking space for each dwelling unit. Buildings containing
flats, whether or not such buildings also contain other types of units,
shall not be required to provide garage parking spaces.
(3)
Each parking space shall be provided at a width of nine feet
and a length of 18 feet.
(4)
Parking for persons who are disabled shall be provided as required
by state and federal law.
(5)
Aisle widths for all 90° parking shall be a minimum of 24
feet wide.
(6)
Said parking will be suitably landscaped, screened, lighted
and conveniently located relative to the housing to be served. Said
parking will also be suitably graded and improved with adequate drainage
facilities provided.
(7)
No common outdoor parking area shall be located closer than
10 feet to any residential building.
D.
Emergency facilities. All housing developed within the T-4 Townhouse
Zone shall be suitably designed to facilitate emergency access by
police, firefighting and ambulance service vehicles.
E.
Sidewalks. Sidewalks shall be provided within the development in
accordance with the RSIS except that the Planning Board, in its reasonable
discretion, may approve the substitution of pedestrian walkways not
paralleling streets where appropriate.
F.
Buffer areas.
(1)
The applicant shall provide and maintain a buffer area within
the T-4 Townhouse Zone which shall be no less than 25 feet in width
from all exterior lot lines of the tract. Such buffer zone shall be
kept in its natural state where wooded. When natural vegetation is
sparse or non-existent, the landowner shall be required to provide
a year-round visual screen as determined by the Planning Board.
(2)
No use or structure, including parking or loading areas, but
excluding fences, retaining walls, detention, retention and drainage
facilities and utility structures, shall be permitted within the required
buffer area.
A.
The applicant shall submit all plans and documents to the Planning
Board for review and approval. Completion review shall be done within
20 business days of the receipt of the initial application and within
10 days of any subsequent filing if the prior filing was deemed incomplete.
As soon as the application is deemed complete, the Planning Board
shall distribute the plans to those persons and agencies desired and/or
required by the Planning Board and/or law to review, comment upon
and/or approve development plans and to all other municipal agencies
which normally review, comment upon and/or approve development plans.
The failure of a municipal agency to submit a report to the Planning
Board shall not extend the time for review and action by the Board.
B.
The technical advisors to the Board and all such agencies shall review
the complete application for technical compliance. Reports of municipal
professionals, agencies and departments shall be provided to the applicant
within 20 business days of a finding of completeness or the resubmission
of any plan amendments or supplementary reports by the applicant.
At the time of the public hearing, the applicant will have had an
opportunity to resolve any technical problems associated with the
submission. No further reports of the Board's advisors shall be accepted
unless in response to an additional submission of the applicant. Daytime
meetings shall be scheduled as often as necessary at the request of
the applicant between the Board's technical advisors, coordinating
committee and the applicant's advisors for this purpose.
C.
Upon the Planning Board's receipt of the professional and agency
reports submitted in response to the application, the Planning Board
and/or its professional staff shall schedule the applicant for staff
review and input, concept plan and/or technical review of any proposed
application or applications as soon as practicable, but in no event
later than 20 days of any such request and, in the case of a Planning
Board meeting, at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning
Board upon 20 days' notice from the applicant, and subject to the
applicant meeting all Municipal Land Use Law notice and publication
requirements. The Planning Board shall schedule the application for
public hearing at a regular public meeting of the Planning Board upon
20 days' notice from the applicant but not before the expiration of
35 days from a determination that the application is complete; providing,
however, that the applicant has met all submission requirements and
has otherwise conformed to the Planning Board's rules and regulations
and New Jersey law regarding such submissions and notice. The applicant
shall be given priority status at such hearing date and all succeeding
hearing dates except as to Mt. Laurel applications. At least one hearing
date shall be provided each calendar month to review the application
(and such time as is reasonably available at a second hearing date
each calendar month) continuously until the Planning Board votes on
the application. At the applicant's request and cost, the Planning
Board shall conduct at least one special meeting per month on the
application subject to the availability of the Board members and required
professional staff and consultants which members, staff and consultants
shall make diligent and reasonable efforts to be available for such
meetings.
D.
The development plans submitted shall contain the information ordinarily
required by ordinance for complete applications except that the applicant
shall be exempted from any requirements to submit environmental and
community impact statements and traffic studies.
E.
To the extent practical, counsel for the Board shall attempt to have
a memorialization resolution prepared the night of the Board's vote
on the application such that the Board can vote on the application
and the resolution simultaneously.
