Allenhurst City Zoning Code

Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish a Main Street Commercial District Inclusionary Overlay Zone (MS CD) that places an overlay zone over specific areas of the Borough. Given the built out nature of the Borough, an effective inclusionary housing overlay zone will produce affordable units when suitable opportunities become available through redevelopment or other planning mechanisms. This overlay zone would provide for inclusionary residential housing to be developed either over first floor commercial development along Main Street or completely as inclusionary residential development not fronting Main Street on tax lots included in the overlay zone. The specific areas included are the portions of the Borough that can realistically accommodate inclusionary housing development, which are in proximity to public transit and the Borough's main mixed use commercial thoroughfares.

The inclusionary overlay zone will regulate said developments through bulk and design standards. However, the Borough's underlying zoning will still be in effect. This will allow inclusionary affordable housing to be approved under local ordinance and regulations without detriment to the existing Borough zoning plan and ordinance. This creates a realistic opportunity to provide for the development of affordable housing in conformance with the requirements of the Court, the Fair Housing Act (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301), the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing ("COAH") prior round regulations, the Housing Element and Fair Share Plan of the Borough of Allenhurst prepared by the Borough to address its Prior Round and Third Round affordable housing obligation and the court-approved Settlement Agreement between the Borough and FSHC. Permitted and conditional uses within the MS-CD Inclusionary Overlay Zone shall include all permitted and conditional uses in the underlying zoning district in which the Overlay Zone is located and allow for inclusionary housing development within the provisions of this section.

Principal Permitted Uses:

Permitted Accessory Uses: Uses that are customary and incidental to multi family housing, including, but not limited to:

Bulk regulations: For purposes of this Overlay District, for lots that abut Main Street and also abut any other intersecting street, Main Street shall be considered the front yard and any intersecting street shall be considered the side yard.

Projections from buildings, such as, but not limited to balconies, patios, chimneys and windows, may extend into the building set back provided they shall be set back a minimum of five (5) feet from all property lines.

All property lines abutting a residential use (unless the building abuts an adjacent building) shall provide a five (5) foot landscaped buffer. Said buffer shall not be in addition to the required setback.

Area, Yard and Bulk Requirements for Accessory Structures (including parking) and Uses. No accessory structures shall be permitted in the front yard set back.

Parking.

Affordable housing requirement: A 20% set aside shall apply. In the event that the 20% inclusionary set-aside percentage of the total number of residential units does not result in a full integer, Section 22-6c. et seq. of the Borough of Allenhurst's Affordable Housing Ordinance[2] shall apply. All affordable housing developments shall conform to the standards found in the Borough of Allenhurst's Affordable Housing Ordinance including provisions for affordability, very-low income units, and UHAC standards as modified per the Borough's FSHC Settlement Agreement.