Carlstadt City Zoning Code
21-22 Affordable
Housing Overlay Zones. 1
[Amended 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. 22-5]
a.
Purpose. The Borough of Carlstadt is a fully developed community with no vacant land available for the development of affordable housing. A vacant land adjustment has been approved by the court. It is the Borough's desire to address its unmet housing need using overlay zones. Overlay zones provide an appropriate and realistic mechanism to promote the creation of affordable housing when vacant properties are developed, or existing developed sites are redeveloped.
c.
Zones. The Affordable Housing Overlay Zone 1 (AHO-1) is located on all properties in the Residential District and the Mixed Commercial District. The Affordable Housing Overlay Zone A (AHO-1A) is located on all properties fronting on Hoboken Road between Washington Street and Garden Street. The Affordable Housing Overlay Zone 2 (AHO-2) is located on all properties in the Light Industrial District.
e.
Development standards.
1.
The following bulk standards are applicable within the Affordable Housing Overlay Zones:
Standard | AHO-1 | AHO-1A | AHO-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
Minimum lot size | 20,000 square feet | 10,000 square feet | 20,000 square feet |
Maximum density | 25 units per acre | 35 units per acre | 34 units per acre |
Front yard setback | 20 feet | 20 feet | 20 feet |
Side yard setback | 10 feet each | 10 feet each | 10 feet each |
Rear yard setback | 30 feet | 30 feet | 30 feet |
Minimum open space | 30% | 30% | 30% |
Maximum impervious surface coverage | 70% | If the lot size is equal to or greater than 11,100 square feet, then 70%; if lot size is less than 11,100 square feet, then this section is not applicable. | 70% |
Minimum permeable surface coverage | n/a | 25% | n/a |
Maximum building height | 35 feet/3 stories | 35 feet/3 stories | 40 feet/4 stories |
2.
Notwithstanding Subsection a, in the AHO-1A Zone:
(a)
Where the average prevailing setback of existing adjacent structures is less than 20 feet, the setback shall be reduced to the average setback line observed by buildings on the same side of the street between two intersecting streets.
(b)
Where the height of the principal building on an adjacent lot (an "adjacent principal building") exceeds 35 feet, then the maximum height of the principal building on the subject lot shall be increased to the height of the adjacent principal building but not more than 40 feet.
3.
Areas that can be counted toward the minimum permeable surface coverage include the following:
(a)
Vegetative landscape, such as grass, trees, and shrubs.
(b)
Permeable paving, properly installed, which must include porous aboveground materials (such as open pavers or engineered products) and a six-inch porous subbase and a base layer designed to ensure proper drainage away from the structure(s).
f.
Parking. The following parking requirements apply to both the AHO-1 and AHO-2 Overlay Zones:
1.
Parking space size and number requirements shall be in compliance with the New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS).
2.
No parking shall be permitted in the front yard.
3.
Underground/under-building and structured parking shall be permitted.
4.
Parking shall be permitted in the side and rear yards only. All parking must be located 10 feet from any side yard property line and five feet from any rear yard property line.
5.
All perimeter areas surrounding a parking lot must be densely landscaped with year-round screening materials, including but not limited to evergreen shrubs.