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Hardyston City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XXII

R-5 Attached Single-Family/Multifamily Residential District 1

§ 185-94 Use regulations.

A. 
Principal uses. The following principal uses shall be permitted in the R-5 District:
(1) 
Attached single-family dwellings.
(2) 
Quadraplex dwellings.
B. 
Accessory uses. The following accessory uses shall be permitted in the R-5 District:
(1) 
Required off-street parking spaces.
(2) 
Private garages and private patios and decks, as defined in this chapter.
(3) 
Signs as permitted by Article XIX.
(4) 
Community swimming pools, tennis courts and clubhouses and gyms not to exceed 25 feet in height.
(5) 
Stormwater management structures.
(6) 
Rental/management office.
(7) 
Maintenance/storage buildings.
(8) 
Any other use which the applicable Board determines is customarily incidental to the principal permitted use on the premises.
C. 
Conditionally Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted only after review and approval by the Planning Board pursuant to the standards and criteria set forth in Article XVI.
(1) 
Institutional and public uses.
(2) 
Public utility uses and essential services.

§ 185-95 Bulk requirements and other conditions.

A. 
Maximum number of residential units permitted in the district shall be 303.
B. 
Maximum building coverage in the district shall be 20%.
C. 
Minimum perimeter setback to the zone boundary is 25 feet.
D. 
Minimum distance from a townhouse unit and a quadraplex unit is 80 feet.
E. 
Attached single-family dwellings and quadraplex dwellings: See § 185-196 (Schedule of Bulk Requirements below).
F. 
Accessory structures: all accessory structures shall meet the bulk and other requirements of the R-3 Districts except as may otherwise be specifically provided in § 185-196.
G. 
All required off-street parking shall conform to the Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS).
H. 
Recreation amenities shall be constructed throughout the entire tract consistent with the amenities which have already been constructed and shall include both passive and active amenities including but not limited to walking paths, tot lots, open space, athletic fields and park/picnic areas.
I. 
Affordable Housing: A minimum of 24 affordable housing units shall be required to be built in connection with the construction of market rate residential units. Construction of the affordable units shall be phased to achieve a balanced mix of both affordable and market rate units. The mix of bedroom types and income distribution shall be subject to the requirements of the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls (UHAC), N.J.A.C 5:80-26.1 et seq.

§ 185-96 Attached single-family house and quadraplex dwellings in the R-5 attached single Family/Multifamily Residential District.

Schedule of Bulk Requirements
Development Standard
Attached Single-Family
Quadraplex Dwellings
Maximum number of units per structure
6
4
Maximum length of structure
200 feet
100 feet
Maximum number of single units served by a single common entrance
1
1
Minimum number of entrance/exits per unit
2
1
Maximum height1
35 feet
35 feet
Minimum distance between groups of structures:
End to end
35 feet
15 feet
Rear to rear
60 feet
25 feet
Front to rear
75 feet
75 feet
Front to front
75 feet
75 feet
Front to side (except that buildings may join at corners)
50 feet
50 feet
Minimum distance to public road
65 feet
65 feet
Minimum distance to private road
25 feet
25 feet
Minimum lot width at street
12 feet
N/A
Minimum lot width at building front line
18 feet
N/A
Minimum distance to side property line
25 feet
N/A
Minimum distance to rear property line
25 feet
N/A
Minimum front yard
25 feet
N/A
Minimum rear yard
25 feet
N/A
Required off-set
Minimum of 4 feet every 50 feet
Minimum of 4 feet every 50 feet2
Required off-street parking spaces
Per Residential Site Improvement Standards
Per Residential Site Improvement Standards
Patios and decks
Permitted in rear yard but not within 15 feet of a rear property line
Permitted within the rear yard but not within 25 feet of another building3
Notes:
1
Accessory structures shall not exceed 25 feet in height.
2
Applies only to the front (street-facing) facade of the building.
3
Patios and/or decks attached to the rear of one building shall be setback the following minimum distance from a patio and/or deck attached to the rear of another building: when facing rear to rear, 25 feet; when facing side to side, 15 feet.