Englewood Cliffs City Zoning Code
§ 30-5.14.1
Purpose.
[Pursuant to a settlement agreement entered into between the Borough and the Fair Share Housing Center dated October 8, 2020 and conditioned upon approval from the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey. Borough document labeled Ord. No. 20-13.]
a.
The entirety of the "Whereas" clauses set forth in Ordinance 20-13 are hereby incorporated by reference.
b.
To implement the Settlement Agreement between the Borough of Englewood Cliffs and Fair Share Housing Center dated October 8, 2020 (Docket No. BER-L-6119-15) by permitting Block 207, Lot 6, commonly referred to as the North Woods of the New LG Site, to be further developed with an inclusionary housing project based upon the standards set forth herein.
c.
This section establishes the North Woods of the New LG Corporate Campus Inclusionary Housing-1 (IH-1) Zone, which shall be applied, as shown on the attached map as Attachment A,[1] in the following areas:
Portion of 111 Sylvan Avenue (Portion of Block 207, Lot 6). The site is currently an undeveloped wooded portion of the new LG Corporate Campus, known as the "North Woods of New LG Site". The area bounded by Internal Road C, Hudson Terrace, Sylvan Avenue and the northern most property line which contains a total tract area of 3.6 +/- acres. This tract of land also contains two (2) isolated freshwater wetland and transition areas which contain approximately 1.2 +/- acres, leaving a developable area of approximately 2.4 +/- acres.
[1]
Attachments on file in the Borough offices.
d.
The North Woods of the New LG Corporate Campus Inclusionary Housing-1 (IH-1) Zone district shall permit multi-family residential development meeting the use, bulk, and design standards contained hereinafter provided that at least 20% of all residential units created pursuant to the zone standards shall be set aside for very-low, low- and moderate-income households as provided for elsewhere in this ordinance. The affordable units shall not be age-restricted.
e. AVERAGE FINISHED GRADE BUILDING COVERAGE BUILDING HEIGHT, ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE BUILDING HEIGHT, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DWELLING, MULTI-FAMILY ELEVATION ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL MULTI-FAMILY FLOOR AREA RATIO STORY
Definitions. The following terms, as used in this ordinance, shall have the following meanings:
Shall mean the average finished grade of a building or structure measured at intervals of ten (10) feet along each exterior wall of the building or structure, i.e., the sum of the results of such finished grade measurements, divided by the number of such measurements.
Shall mean that portion of a lot covered by the largest floor area of all structures, both principal and accessory.
Shall mean the measurement from the Average Finished Grade to the midpoint of the roof for pitched roofs and the highest point of the roof deck for flat roofs, for any accessory buildings or structures.
Shall mean the measurement of the vertical distance from the Average Finished Grade to the highest point of the roof deck which intersects the building's exterior walls.
Shall mean a building containing three (3) or more dwelling units, including units that are located one over another, where entranceways, hallways, basements, attics, storage areas, heating systems, yards and similar services in the building may be individual, shared in common, or in combination.
Shall be defined as a measure of the vertical distance of a location in reference to the mean sea level (MSL) based on the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929" (see the NOAA, National Geodetic Survey website: https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/datums/vertical/national-geodetic-vertical-datum-1929.shtml).
Shall mean the area of all floors of multi-family buildings, including spaces within multi-family buildings used for off-street parking or loading.
Shall mean the portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling or roof next above it.