Englishtown City Zoning Code
§ 620-15
R-HD/AH Residential, High Density/Affordable Housing Overlay Zone.
[Amended 9-17-2002 by Ord. No. 02-09; 3-12-2003 by Ord. No. 03-07]
The following regulations shall apply in the Residential, High Density/Affordable Housing Overlay Zone:
A.
Permitted uses.
(1)
Townhouse and apartment house structures intended for residential occupancy by more than one family and divided into separate dwelling units, provided that any tract of land so developed shall have a minimum gross area of 10 acres.
(2)
Accessory uses as permitted in the R-LD Zone, storage sheds, solid waste storage facilities, recreation and pool service and other maintenance structures, and similar ancillary uses and structures.
B.
Area, yard and building requirements.
(1)
Minimum standards:
(a)
Gross tract area: 10 acres.
(b)
Tract frontage: 150 feet.
(c)
Building setbacks and separations:
[1]
From tract boundary or adjacent street right-of-way: 50 feet.
[2]
From curb of interior street where no parking intervenes: 20 feet.
[3]
From curb of any parking space: 12 feet to ground floor wall; 10 feet to any other portion of building.
[4]
Window wall to window wall: 40 feet.
[5]
Window wall to windowless wall: 20 feet.
[6]
Windowless wall to windowless wall: 20 feet.
[7]
Balconies and terraces may protrude into the required distances between building walls set forth in Subsection B(1)(c)[4], [5] and [6] above, provided that a minimum twenty-foot-wide clear corridor is maintained in the area between the buildings, and further provided that no such protrusion shall extend more than six feet from its building wall.
(d)
Recreation facilities setbacks:
[1]
From any existing off-tract residential structure: 50 feet.
[2]
From any tract boundary: 15 feet.
(e)
Parking area setbacks: five feet from any tract boundary.
(f)
Open space: 30% of the gross tract area, which may include wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas.
(2)
Maximum standards:
(a)
Impervious surface coverage. No more than 40% of the gross tract area shall be covered by impervious surfaces.
(b)
Density/number of dwelling units. The residential density in the R-HD/AH Zone shall not exceed nine dwelling units per gross acre. The total number of dwelling units constructed in the R-HD/AH Zone shall not exceed 134.
(c)
Building height: 2 1/2 stories, not to exceed 35 feet.
C.
Low- and moderate-income housing requirements.
(1)
No less than 15% of the total number of dwelling units constructed in the R-HD/AH Zone shall be set aside for occupancy by low- and moderate-income households in accordance with the rules and regulations of the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing and Chapter 200, Affordable Housing, of the Code of the Borough of Englishtown. At least half of the affordable units shall be designated for low-income as opposed to moderate-income households. In calculating the required number of affordable housing units, any fraction shall be rounded up to the next highest integer.
(2)
Low- and moderate-income dwelling units shall be constructed in the same structures as market-priced units and shall be distributed among the market units.
(3)
Construction of the low- and moderate-income housing units shall be phased as follows:
Minimum Percent of Low-/Moderate-Income Units Required to be Completed | Maximum Percent of Market Units Permitted to be Completed |
|---|---|
0% | 25% |
10% | 25% + 1 unit |
50% | 50% |
75% | 75% |
100% | 90% |
100% |
(4)
The development shall provide an affordable housing plan for the low- and moderate-income units, which plan shall be subject to the approval of the Borough Council. The plan shall be drawn in compliance with the rules and regulations of the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing and Chapter 200, Affordable Housing, of the Code of the Borough of Englishtown.
D.
Site design standards.
(1)
The residential site improvement standards (RSIS) shall govern the provision of parking and other on-site improvements.
(2)
Circulation patterns throughout the site shall comply with the RSIS and shall be arranged to satisfy fire safety concerns.
(3)
The open space is recommended to be designed so as to achieve reasonable continuity of the open space.
(4)
Dwelling units may be placed side by side or above one another.
(5)
A minimum of 120 cubic feet of enclosed, ground-floor-accessible, private, lockable storage space shall be provided for each dwelling unit. Such storage space may be located in a storage shed or closet within, or affixed to and extending from, any side (end) or rear building wall that does not face a front lot line. A storage shed or closet affixed to a building wall shall not be deemed to encroach on the required minimum distance between buildings, provided that a minimum twenty-foot-wide clear corridor is maintained in the area between the buildings, that the heights of any storage extension does not exceed the height of the first floor of the building and that no storage extension protrudes from its building wall a distance of more than six feet.
(6)
Architectural elevation drawings and/or renderings of the proposed development shall be submitted, specifying the materials and colors to be used. It is recommended that the development use traditional residential architectural forms found in the Borough of Englishtown, including gabled or hipped roofs, and that the structures utilize siding having the appearance of traditional materials, such as clapboard, shingle, brick or stone. Vinyl or other synthetic siding that achieves this objective is acceptable. Neutral colors should be selected for siding and roofing materials.
(7)
A landscaping plan shall be submitted which shall be satisfactory to the approving board and designed to provide a visual buffer of the development from adjacent properties and from the public road. Additional landscaping may be required by the approving board in open space areas where permitted by law.
E.
Miscellaneous.
(1)
Construction trailers shall be permitted on the site throughout its development; an office trailer shall be permitted on the site through the "initial development phase," defined as the completion of all site work and the construction of the first residential building on the site.
(2)
Retaining walls under three feet in height are permitted and are not required to be shown on the site plan approved by the Board, although such walls are required to be shown on the final as-built plans and shall be approved by the Borough Engineer. Retaining walls three feet in height or more are required to be shown on the site plan and approved by the Board.
(3)
Each dwelling unit shall be properly connected with an approved and functioning public sanitary sewer system and community water system.
F.
Conflicts; other standards. In case of a conflict between the standards in this section and those of any other section of this chapter or of any other ordinance in the Borough of Englishtown, the standards in this section shall prevail. Any conflicting ordinance standards shall not apply to development in the R-HD/AH Overlay Zone or shall be waived wherever such standards would interfere with the provision of 113 market-priced dwelling units and/or the 21 affordable dwelling units (134 total units) specified herein.
