The objective of the design of roadways is to implement the objectives of the 1991 Circulation Plan, provide for efficient movement of vehicles, enhance the aesthetic appearance of roadways, promote the safety of pedestrians and vehicular traffic within the right-of-way, and reduce negative air quality impacts in compliance with mandated federal and state regulations embodied in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and the New Jersey Traffic Congestion and Air Pollution Control Act.

Pedestrian areas should be designed to promote free and safe movement of pedestrians between and among all facilities, and to provide pleasant pedestrian spaces at building entrances and other places of interest.

The objective of the design of parking areas is to provide for the safe and convenient movement of vehicles, to limit pedestrian/vehicular conflicts, to limit paved areas, and to provide for appropriate screening from public rights-of-way and buildings. Parking should be oriented to facilitate pedestrian movement to the buildings served, as well as to other nearby pedestrian paths of movement.

Traffic demand management measures should be incorporated in order to limit the traffic generated by new development. Among the items to be considered are ride-sharing and van pooling, including the provision of preferred parking, increased mass transit use including shuttle bus service and shelters, and staggered or flexible work hours. The PDO development shall include a traffic budget which indicates that the PDO development results in less traffic than conventional ROM development.

The intent of the landscape element of the PDO is to provide for a cohesive and unified landscape environment. Based on the mixture of uses and scales of development anticipated, the landscape design will be one of the strongest opportunities to establish a genuine sense of place for the PDO, while also providing an opportunity to create an identity for the various areas of the PDO.

Conceptually, the landscape plan seeks to clearly define open space, streets, intersections, and major entryways within the PDO. This definition should be achieved through the use of landscape materials that are hierarchically organized to reinforce, articulate, and link or subdivide the exterior spaces. This is intended to give a strong visual and spatial character to the environment and its relationship to the development. Natural features may be enhanced but should retain their natural character. Pedestrian nodes, plazas, sidewalks, and greens should be appropriately landscaped, incorporating an interesting variety of flowering plants and seasonal displays.

Landscape design shall be in accordance with § 165-77.

The use of site elements such as lighting, site furnishings, pavings, and signs should provide a unifying theme throughout the PDO. These site elements should consist of a coordinated family of elements which relate to the architecture and give scale and character to the open spaces. Lighting should be provided in parking areas, at intersections, along pedestrian walks, and at building entrances. Lighting should be directed downward to avoid the spread of direct light from the PDO.

Site furnishings should be employed as needed to create an attractive pedestrian environment. They should be concentrated in plazas, major pedestrian streets, and other activity areas.

Office/research.

Hotel/conference center.

Any other permitted uses.

A maximum building height of 65 feet is permitted for buildings which provide parking under a building or in multiple-level parking structures for at least 75% of the parking spaces required for that building. A maximum building height of 65 feet is also established for buildings which contain 30% of the permitted floor area for the PDO tract, regardless of whether such buildings provide parking under a building or in multiple-level parking structures.

Buildings which exceed 45 feet in height shall be situated below the existing three-hundred-eighty-foot elevation on the tract boundary. The Planning Board may allow deviations from the standard relating to tract elevation, provided that all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(Reserved)

Rooftop mechanical equipment, atria, skylights, receiving and transmitting telecommunications equipment, and similar structures normally and incidentally required for nonresidential buildings shall not be included in any height calculation, provided such structures do not exceed 10 feet in height and do not occupy more than 10% of the roof area.

The PDO shall include open space to the extent of at least 20% of the PDO tract.

The open space shall be deeded either to the Township, a nonprofit corporation which has as one of its purposes the maintenance and preservation of open space, or a corporation, association, or other legal entity consisting of one or more of the property owners within the PDO for their use, control, management, and maintenance. Any agreement providing for such ownership shall be reviewed and approved by the Township Attorney for the purpose of ensuring that adequate safeguards are included, guaranteeing the continuance of the agreement in perpetuity and protecting the Township from harm. In any event, the agreement shall give the Township the right to perform maintenance and assess the cost to the property owners in the event that the property owners are in default of their obligations for maintenance as set forth in the agreement. Regardless of the ownership, the agreement shall provide for the consistent and continued maintenance and management of the open space.

Compact spaces. Where the number of parking spaces serving office or research buildings will in total exceed 100, 30% of the total spaces may be designed as compact car spaces. Compact car spaces may have dimensions of eight feet by 16 feet with a twenty-two-foot aisle. The location of the compact car spaces shall be identified by appropriate signs and markings.

Shared parking. Where, by reason of hours of operation, certain uses can share the same parking area, the developer may submit a shared parking plan in order to reduce the total parking spaces and total impervious surface. Uses which have their peak parking demand outside of normal daytime business hours such as conference centers and restaurants may share parking facilities with office use. Common parking garages and areas may be provided for various uses. The applicant shall demonstrate the feasibility of shared parking during site plan review, and shall identify on the site plan the location of sufficient parking spaces to satisfy the total parking requirement.

Parking waiver. The Planning Board may, upon application of the developer, waiver initial construction of up to 15% of the parking required where the Planning Board is satisfied that the parking requirements, as set forth in the ordinance, are excessive for the use intended. However, the Planning Board, in waiving the parking requirements, shall require that the entire required parking area be shown on the site plan. The deferred parking areas shall be specifically designated and designed to accommodate additional parking should the need for additional parking arise in the future. The owner shall have the right to build approved reserve parking areas at any time, at the owner's discretion.

Tandem parking. The parking of two vehicles bumper to bumper in an elongated parking stall of 30 feet to 40 feet shall be permitted, provided the tandem parking spaces are assigned to specific employees and provided that the employer represents a workable program of tandem parking for Planning Board approval.

For office: four spaces per 1,000 square feet.

For single user office building having more than 100,000 square feet: 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet.

For research: as provided in § 165-71A(10).

For hotel/conference: as provided in § 165-71A(10).

Not more than 10% of total surface parking may be allowed in the required front yard.

Surface parking shall be set back 50 feet in the front yard and 25 feet in side and rear yards.

No parking shall be located within any required buffer.