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East Windsor City Zoning Code

§ 20-11B.8

Bulk and Area Requirements.

[Ord. No. 2018-10]
The following zoning standards shall apply to development in the R-M2 Residential Multifamily 2 District.
a. 
Minimum tract area: 28.4 acres.
b. 
Minimum tract lot width: 500 feet.
c. 
Minimum building setbacks from tract boundaries:
1. 
Minimum building setback from North Main Street right-of-way (ROW): 125 feet.
2. 
Minimum building setbacks from NJ Route 133 ROW: 60 feet.
3. 
Minimum building setback from Town Center Road Extension: 100 feet.
4. 
Minimum setback from all other tract boundary lines: 50 feet.
d. 
Minimum building setback from internal roads: 15 feet.
e. 
Minimum distance from internal parking areas: 15 feet.
f. 
Minimum distance between building walls:
1. 
Front to front: 90 feet.
2. 
Front to side: 40 feet.
3. 
Side to side: 30 feet.
4. 
Side to rear: 30 feet.
5. 
Rear to rear: 60 feet.
6. 
Age restricted principal buildings minimum separation between building walls may be reduced to 25 feet when connected by a one-story pedestrian breezeway. Such breezeways shall be roofed, either open air or enclosed but shall be no wider than 10 feet.
g. 
Maximum building coverage: 25% of the gross tract area.
h. 
Maximum improvement coverage: 60% of the gross tract area.
i. 
Maximum building height: No building shall exceed a height of 3 stories or 40 feet, except the maximum height can be increased to 45 feet to a ridge line of a sloped roof with a minimum pitch of at least 4 inches vertical (rise), to 12 inches horizontal (run).
j. 
Maximum number of units per building:
1. 
Non-age restricted building: 27 units.
2. 
Age restricted building: 37 units.
k. 
Long uninterrupted building lengths are discouraged. The maximum age restricted building length shall be 225 feet.
l. 
Accessory buildings: All accessory buildings shall comply with Subsection 20-4.04 and the definition of "accessory use or structure" in § 20-3 regarding accessory buildings and structures except for the following:
1. 
Accessory structures shall not be permitted in the tract boundary front, side or rear yard building setbacks as required in Subsection 20-11B.8c herein.
2. 
Accessory buildings shall not exceed 15 feet in height and one story except for accessory community/recreation buildings which shall not exceed a maximum building height of 35 feet.
3. 
Minimum setback from interior roadway 20 feet, with the exception of a clubhouse covered port-cohere drop off area which shall have no required setback.
4. 
Minimum setback to internal parking areas 15 feet.
m. 
Minimum setback to other buildings 20 feet.
n. 
Buffers: Suitable buffers shall be provided as the board of jurisdiction determines to be appropriate and as referenced in the Technical Standards of Chapter 22, § 22-27. The minimum landscape buffer adjacent to N.J. Route 133 tract boundary lines shall be 15 feet. The minimum landscape buffer from all other property lines shall be 10 feet.
o. 
Minimum building setback to on-site stormwater basin top of bank shall be 20 feet.