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Cinnaminson Township
City Zoning Code

§ 525-70

Area, bulk, yard and height requirements for PBDs in BD District.

[Added 10-21-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-18]
A. 
Site size. The total site area shall not be less than five acres and shall have a frontage of at least 400 feet on an approved road.
B. 
Front yard requirements. All PBDs shall have a front yard setback a minimum of 65 feet from the road right-of-way, except where reverse and/or side parking is utilized, in which event the front setback can be reduced to no less than 40 feet.
C. 
Side yard and rear yard requirements. Each PBD shall have a minimum side yard of 20 feet, except where said property adjoins a residential zone or residential property when a minimum thirty-five-foot side yard is required. A minimum rear yard of 40 feet is required.
D. 
Building height. No building shall exceed 60 feet and no more than five stories.
E. 
Minimum distances between buildings. Minimum distances between buildings in a PBD shall be measured horizontally in feet and shall be measured away from the front, side and rear of each building. The total minimum separation between buildings shall be the sum of the two abutting distances. The minimum distances shall be 40 feet for the front of a building; 20 feet for the side of a building; and 25 feet for the rear of a building. No portion of any building shall be closer to any portion of any other building than the combined distances of the abutting requirements for each building, provided that the corner of a building offset more than a twenty-degree angle from a line drawn parallel to another building shall be considered a side of a building.
F. 
Maximum floor area ratio (FAR). The maximum FAR shall be allowed to vary according to the following schedule:
(1) 
Uses in one-story buildings: 0.23.
(2) 
Uses in multistory buildings: 0.28.
G. 
Maximum improvement coverage (MIC). The MIC shall be 65%. All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading access aisles and driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be suitably landscaped with shrubs, ground cover or similar plantings and maintained in good condition. A portion of the open space may contain a permanent water area.
H. 
Incentive options for increased FAR/MIC.
(1) 
For the provision of a landscaped plaza or interconnecting plaza(s) having pedestrian access from off-street parking areas and/or streets, with the largest dimension of such plaza area fronting on at least 25% of the principal structures on the lot, the maximum permitted FAR/MIC may be increased up to 5%.
(2) 
For the provision of varied building(s) sitting on the lot other than in a single line such that an open landscaped pedestrian area is achieved bounded on three sides by the principal structures on the lot, the maximum permitted FAR/MIC may be increased up to 5%.
(3) 
Increases under Subsection H(1) and (2) above may be cumulative. However, the increases permitted above shall not exceed the maximum permissible FAR of 0.25/0.31 for one-story or two-or-more-story buildings, respectively; the MIC shall not exceed 72%.