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Absecon City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VII

R4 High-Density Residential District

§ 224-27 Intent.

[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.
B. 
Regulations. The use, height and area regulations of Sections 224-27 to 224-34, inclusive, and those regulations set forth elsewhere in this chapter, where applicable to these sections, and general regulations of Article XVIII are the regulations in Residential District R4.

§ 224-28 Permitted uses.

[1997 Code § 224-28]
A. 
Principal uses and buildings.
(1) 
Garden apartments.
(2) 
Townhouses.
B. 
Accessory uses.
(1) 
Group auto garages when designed in conjunction with and intended exclusively for the use of garden apartment and townhouse residents and guests.
(2) 
Group swimming pools, provided that they comply at a minimum with standards set forth in Residential District R1, Article IV, Section 224-8, and provided further that they comply with local and State health standards.
(3) 
Utility buildings and bathhouses, provided that:
(a) 
The buildings shall be intended for the use of the complex as a whole.
(b) 
Such buildings shall be designed by the developer for consistency with regard to building materials, size and appearance.
(c) 
Such buildings shall conform to setbacks established within this Article.

§ 224-29 Area, yard and bulk regulations.

[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.
F. 
Height.
(1) 
Principal building: 2 1/2 stories; 35 feet maximum.
(2) 
Accessory building: 1 1/2 stories; 15 feet maximum.
G. 
Dwelling unit size.
(1) 
Efficiency and one-bedroom units: 850 square feet floor area minimum.
(2) 
Two-bedroom units: 1,000 square feet floor area minimum.
(3) 
Three-bedroom units: 1,200 square feet floor area minimum.
H. 
Building length.
(1) 
Garden apartments, principal buildings: 60 feet maximum.
(2) 
Townhouses, principal buildings: 60 feet maximum.
(3) 
Accessory buildings, all uses: 40 feet maximum.
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.
J. 
Contiguous units.
(1) 
Garden apartments. There shall be no more than four units in any principal building.
(2) 
Townhouses. There shall be no more than four units in any principal building.
(3) 
No more than two abutting units will have the same front yard.
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.

§ 224-30 Exceptions.

[1997 Code § 224-30]
Exceptions in paragraph A. of Residential District R1, Article IV, Section 224-9, along with all conditions and standards therein, shall apply here.

§ 224-31 Other regulations.

[1997 Code § 224-30]
A. 
Other regulations of Residential District R3, Article VI, Section 224-24, along with all conditions and standards therein, shall apply here.
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.

§ 224-32 Landscaping, buffers and fences.

[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.

§ 224-33 Parking.

[1997 Code § 224-33; Ord. No. 07-2008]
A. 
Parking shall conform to Article XX, Section 224-128.
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.

§ 224-34 Lighting.

[1997 Code § 224-34]
Lighting standards shall comply with Article XX, Section 224-30.