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Aberdeen Township City Zoning Code

§ 25-5.3

Apartments and Townhouses.

[Ord. No. 11-1985; Ord. No. 6-1988; Ord. No. 1-1991]
No apartment or townhouse dwelling unit shall be constructed in the Township unless the dwelling is part of an approved site plan and unless the following minimum standards are met in addition to other applicable requirements of this chapter:
a. 
Each building and complex of buildings shall have an architectural scheme with appropriate variations in design to provide attractiveness to the development; compatible within the development and in relationship to adjacent land uses. Such variations in design shall result from the use of landscaping and the orientation of buildings to the natural features of the site and to other buildings as well as orientation to the sun so that solar energy may be utilized and from varying unit widths, using different exterior materials; changing roof lines and roof designs, varying building heights and changing window types, shutters, doors, porches and exterior colors. Architectural elevations shall be submitted to the Board for review and approval. Dwelling unit designs may be varied by differences in unit width and setback.
b. 
All dwelling units shall be connected to approved and functioning water and sanitary sewer systems prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.
c. 
All parking facilities shall be on the same site as the building and located one hundred fifty (150) feet of the nearest entrance of the building they are intended to serve. Parking spaces shall be provided in areas specifically for parking, and there shall be no parallel or diagonal parking along interior streets.
d. 
No outside area or equipment shall be provided for the hanging of laundry or the outside airing of laundry in any manner. Sufficient area and equipment shall be made available within each building for the laundering and artificial drying of the laundry of the occupants of each building.
e. 
Dwelling units shall have access to a master television antennae system and individual dwelling units may not erect individual external television or radio antennas.
f. 
No townhouse dwelling unit shall be less than twenty (20) feet wide.
g. 
Apartment buildings may consist of any configuration that meets the required setback requirements and does not exceed the following overall or component building lengths: two hundred ten (210) feet on one (1) plane; three hundred forty (340) feet on any angle; and five hundred (500) feet along the centerline.
h. 
Each building shall have adequate access for fire fighting purposes. Sufficient numbers of water hydrants shall be appropriately located and no parking shall be permitted in any required "fire zones."