Aberdeen Township City Zoning Code
§ 25-6.2
Cluster Single-Family Residential Development.
a.
The purpose of this section is to provide a method of developing single-family detached dwellings which will preserve desirable open spaces, conservation areas, flood plains, school sites, recreation and park areas and lands for other public purposes by permitting the reduction of lot sizes and certain other regulations hereinafter stated without increasing the number of lots in the total area to be developed.
b.
All Cluster Single-Family Residential Developments shall meet the following requirements:
1.
All dwelling units shall be connected to approved and functioning public water and sanitary sewer systems.
2.
The minimum size of a tract of land proposed for development under the cluster development provisions of this chapter shall be twenty (20) acres.
3.
Total lots permitted shall be calculated by subtracting fifteen (15%) percent of the site area as an allowance for streets and dividing the remaining land area by twenty thousand (20,000) square feet which is the minimum area for non-clustered lots with functioning public water and sewerage.
4.
Allowable area and yard requirements for lots developed as part of a Cluster Single-Family Residential Development:
Principal Building | |
Minimum | |
Lot area | 10,000 sq. ft. |
Lot frontage | 80 ft. |
Lot width | 80 ft. |
Lot depth | 100 ft. |
Side yard (each) | 15 ft. |
Front yard | 30 ft. |
Rear yard | 30 ft. |
Accessory Building | |
Minimum | |
Distance to side line | 10 ft. |
Distance to rear line | 10 ft. |
Distance to other building | 10 ft. |
Maximum | |
Building coverage of principal building | 20% |
Building coverage of accessory building(s) | 5% |
5.
All land area not included in lots and not utilized for street rights-of-way shall be delineated on the plat submitted to the Board and may be offered to the Township or held in common ownership. (See subsection 25-6.4 hereinbelow.) A portion of this land area, such portion equivalent to a minimum of twenty (20%) percent of the total tract of land proposed for development, shall be specifically set aside for recreation or park areas, school sites or other public purposes and shall be designed in accordance with the requirements stipulated in subsection 25-6.2b6 below. All lands not offered to and accepted by the Township and not held in common ownership shall be used to enlarge the sizes of the lots. In any case, all streets within the development shall be dedicated to the Township.
6.
At least twenty (20%) percent of the total tract of land proposed for development shall be specifically set aside for recreation or park areas, school sites or other public or common ownership purposes and shall be designed as follows:
(a)
The minimum contiguous acreage of each parcel shall be two (2) acres.
(b)
Lands set aside for recreational purposes whether or not they will be offered to the Township shall be improved by the developer, including equipment, walkways and landscaping, to standards which would qualify the lands for acceptance by the Township.
(c)
All land areas shall be optimally related to the overall plan and design of the development and improved to best suit the purpose(s) for which it is intended.
7.
The lands offered to the Township shall be subject to review by the Planning Board which in its review and evaluation of the suitability of such land shall be guided by the Master Plan of the Township, by the ability to assemble and relate such lands to an overall plan and by the accessibility and potential utility of such lands. The Planning Board may request an opinion from other public agencies or individuals as to the advisability of the Township's accepting any lands to be offered to the Township.
8.
Every parcel of land offered to and accepted by the Township shall be conveyed to the Township by deed at the time final plan approval is granted by the Township. The deed shall contain such restrictions as may reasonably be required by the Board to effectuate the provisions of this chapter pertaining to the use of such areas. Should the subdivision consist of a number of development stages, the Board may require that acreage proportionate in size to the stage being considered for final approval be donated to the Township simultaneously with the granting of final subdivision approval for that particular stage, even though these lands may be located in a different section of the overall development.
9.
No Certificate of Occupancy shall be issued for any building or part thereof until all streets, drainage, parking facilities and water and sewer facilities servicing the said structure are properly completed and functioning. In lieu of landscaping requirements only, an adequate performance bond properly guaranteeing completion may be accepted.