Greenwich Township City Zoning Code
§ 16-16A.9
Planned Town Center Development special requirements.
[Ord. No. 1998-18]
a.
A Planned Town Center Development of up to 1.5 dwelling units per acre may be permitted in the Town Center District with the inclusion of transfer of development credits from the Agricultural and Open Space Preservation Residential (R-7) District, provided that the following conditions are met:
1.
There is public sewer and water service.
2.
Density calculations. A receiving tract involved in a Planned Town Center Development shall be entitled to a base gross density of 0.3 dwelling unit per acre and can add additional dwelling units per acre through transfer of development credits up to a total gross density on the receiving tract of 1.5 dwelling units per acre. An additional dwelling unit can be added by rehabilitation of an existing farmstead residence. Sending tracts are entitled to a development transfer credit equal to a base gross density of 0.3 dwelling units per acre for agricultural and developable soils and 0.5 dwelling units for wetland soils.
3.
Deed Restriction on Sending Area Properties. Density credit on receiving tracts shall only be given upon the condition that a restriction against further subdivision shall be placed on lands identified as sending properties.
4.
One thousand square feet per unit in a Planned Town Center Development shall be set aside and developed as improved open space in the form of a town square and neighborhood plazas and recreation areas.
5.
Two thousand square feet per unit in a Planned Town Carter Development shall be set aside for greenbelt, equestrian trails, preserved woodlands and critical environmental features.
6.
Street Pattern and connectivity. The local street system of any proposed Planned Town Center Development shall be designed to be safe, efficient, convenient and attractive, considering use by all modes of transportation that will use the system (including, without limitation, cars, trucks, buses, bicycles, pedestrians and emergency vehicles). The street pattern should be in the form of a modified grid conforming to neotraditional town planning principles. The local street system shall provide multiple direct connections to and between local destinations such as parks, schools and shopping. Local streets must provide for both intra- and interneighborhood connections to knit developments together, rather than forming barriers between them. The street configuration within each parcel must contribute to the street system of the neighborhood. Sidewalks would be required on both sides of all streets in a Town Center Planned Development.
7.
A minimum of 30% of the residential structures in a Planned Town Center Development shall be built with twelve-foot deep front porches. All residences facing a town square shall have a porch.
8.
Residential garages in a Planned Town Center Development shall be designed according to the following regulations:
(a)
At least 30% shall be developed as side, rear detached or alley entered garages.
(b)
No more than 50% of the garages shall be two-car front entry.
(c)
All garages shall be set back 10 feet or more behind the front building facade.
(d)
No front garages for properties shall face directly on a town square.
9.
Up to 10% of a Planned Town Center Development site area can be set aside for public uses and permitted conditional uses.
10.
Compactness and a variety of residential lots are design goals of a Planned Town Center Development. A minimum of 1/3 of the single-family residential lots in a Planned Town Center Development shall be 7,500 to 15,000 square feet in area. No residential lot shall be greater than 30,000 square feet in area.
11.
A Planned Town Center Development must set aside a minimum of 40% of the tract area in open space. Land set aside for a village green, stormwater management and improved recreation area can be included in the calculation of minimum open space requirement. The Land Use Board can reduce the amount of open space set aside to a minimum of 20% if the development has set aside land for public use or other permitted conditional uses.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2014-02]
b.
Planned town center development area and bulk regulations.
1.
Large lot single-family detached dwelling.
(a)
Maximum lot area: 30,000 square feet.
(b)
Minimum lot width: 90 feet.
(c)
Minimum lot depth: 150 feet.
(e)
Maximum building height: 40 feet.
(f)
Maximum building coverage: 25%.
(g)
Maximum impervious coverage: 50%.
(h)
Detached rear or side yard garage setback: five feet.
(i)
Attached garage setback: 15 feet.
2.
Small lot single-family detached dwelling.
(a)
Minimum lot area: 7,500 square feet.
(b)
Maximum lot area: 15,000 square feet.
(c)
Minimum lot width: 75 feet.
(d)
Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
(f)
Maximum building height: 40 feet.
(g)
Maximums building coverage: 40%.
(h)
Maximum impervious coverage: 60%.
(i)
Detached rear or side yard garage setback: five feet.
(j)
Attached garage setback: 10 feet.
3.
Community facilities, civic, institutional and religious uses.
(a)
Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet.
(b)
Maximum lot area: 40,000 square feet.
(c)
Minimum lot width: 80 feet minimum, 150 feet maximum.
(d)
Minimum lot depth: 110 feet.
(f)
Maximum building height: 45 feet; three stories.
(g)
Steeples or decorative towers: 75 feet.
(h)
Maximum building coverage: 70%.
(i)
Maximum impervious coverage: 80%.
(j)
Maximum building size: 100 feet in length, including adjacent buildings on adjacent lots if attached thereto.
(k)
Minimum interior yards: 15 feet (open space between buildings on the same lot).
(l)
All off-street parking must be in the rear yards. Alleys are recommended.