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Lakehurst City Zoning Code

§ 25-30.11

Planned Retirement Community Development.

[Ord. No. 90-08 § 4]
a. 
Permitted Uses.
1. 
Single-family dwellings, attached or detached.
2. 
Recreation, cultural and medical facilities for the sole use of residents of the community and their guests, including but not limited to the following:
(a) 
Clubhouse.
(b) 
Picnic grounds.
(c) 
Shuffleboard court.
(d) 
Horseshoe court.
3. 
Essential services.
b. 
Required Accessory Uses.
1. 
Off-street parking subject to the provisions set forth in this section.
c. 
Permitted Accessory Uses.
1. 
Necessary accessory buildings and uses, including facilities for maintenance, administration, streets and off-street parking facilities.
d. 
Conditional Uses Subject to this Section.
1. 
Community residences for the developmentally disabled.
e. 
Area, Yard and Building Requirements. No building, structure or land shall be used or erected, altered, enlarged or maintained except for a planned retirement community within the area which is in accordance with a site development plan and subdivision plat approved by the Planning Board. Such site development plan shall meet at least the following minimum requirements:
1. 
Residential density. There shall be not more than three dwelling units for each acre of residential land planned and approved under this article.
2. 
Maximum building height. Thirty-five feet, subject to the provisions of this section. In any event, the building shall not contain more than three usable floor levels counted vertically at any point in the building above the grade level as determined by the average grade elevation of the corners of the building.
3. 
Setbacks from tract boundary. No building or structure, other than entrance gatehouses, walls or fences, shall be located within 40 feet of any exterior boundary line of the tracts.
4. 
Off-street parking. At least the following number of off-street parking spaces shall be provided: 1 1/2 parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
5. 
Minimum floor space per unit.
(a) 
Efficiency unit: 700 square feet.
(b) 
One-bedroom unit: 800 square feet.
(c) 
Two-bedroom unit: 900 square feet.
(d) 
Three-bedroom unit: 900 square feet.
6. 
Minimum lot size. Each such unit shall have allocated to it a minimum lot of 5,000 square feet, with an additional 5,000 square feet to be set aside for or restricted to green area.
7. 
Front yards, side yards and rear yards. All buildings shall have front yard setbacks of not less than 20 feet, side yard setbacks of not less than eight feet and rear yard setbacks of not less than 20 feet, except attached structures, which may have one side setback of zero feet.
8. 
Maximum dwelling units per building. No more than two dwelling units shall be constructed or permitted in any building or under any common roof.
9. 
Roadways, parking areas, driveways, sidewalks and walkways. The developer shall provide for the ownership and maintenance of all roadways, parking areas, driveways, sidewalks and walkways. Such responsibility shall remain with the developer, except that it may be transferred to an organization conceived and established to own and maintain the roadways, parking areas, driveways, sidewalks and walkways for the benefit of such development.
10. 
All residential lots shall front on private roadways in accordance with a site development plan and subdivision plat approval by the Borough of Lakehurst.