Little Falls City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVIIA
Affordable Housing Overlay II Zone
§ 280-139.1 Purpose.
The purpose of this overlay zone is to create an additional realistic opportunity for the construction of low- and moderate-income housing in the Township of Little Falls utilizing single-family houses and thereby to provide an additional means of addressing the unmet-need portion of the fair share housing obligation of the Township of Little Falls under the New Jersey Fair Housing Act.
§ 280-139.2 Geographic scope.
This overlay zone includes the properties as identified by Block 237, Lots 30, 44, 52 and 59 as they appear on the Township's official Tax Map.
§ 280-139.3 Permitted uses.
In addition to the uses otherwise permitted on the property, the following uses are permitted on a site located on one or more contiguous lots with an aggregate area of at least six acres:
A.
Single-family detached houses is constructed at a gross density no greater than 3.57 units per acre, but totaling no more than 24 housing units in the overlay zone.
B.
Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above uses.
C.
Signs.
§ 280-139.4 Affordable housing.
A.
Twenty percent of the total number of units shall be affordable to low- and moderate-income households. The developer may construct the low- and moderate-income housing units on-site or, alternatively, the developer may make a payment in lieu (PIL) of construction for the low- and moderate-income housing units, pursuant to § 280-139.5. If the developer chooses to construct the affordable housing units on-site, any computation resulting in a fraction of less than 0.5 shall be rounded down; any computation resulting in a fraction of 0.5 or greater shall be rounded up. If the developer chooses to make a payment in lieu of construction for the low- and moderate-income housing units, any fractional unit resulting from that computation shall be not be rounded off and shall be paid for by the developer at a prorated share of the PIL amount.
B.
The housing units set aside for low- and moderate-income households shall be constructed, marketed, and rented or sold in accordance with the regulations of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, including:
§ 280-139.5 Payment in lieu of construction of low- and moderate-income housing.
When payment in lieu of construction is selected by the developer, the developer and/or property owner may develop all the residential units permitted under this article as market-priced units and shall deposit $35,000 into the Township's Mt. Laurel Housing Fund for each low- and moderate-income housing unit otherwise required. Should a fractional unit result from the computation of the number of low- and moderate-income housing units required, the fraction shall not be rounded off and the developer shall pay the full PIL fee, including the prorated share for the fractional unit. The developer and/or property owner may make the $35,000 PIL deposit separately for each four units constructed, except that if fewer than four units remain to be constructed, the final deposit shall be prorated. For each four units, the PIL deposit shall be made in two payments, half at the time of the issuance of the first building permit and half prior to the issuance of the first certificate of occupancy.
§ 280-139.7 Signs.
This use may include one sign identifying the development plus directional and official signs. The development sign shall be set back at least five feet from all lot lines. The permitted total display area of the development sign shall not exceed 18 square feet; the maximum height shall not exceed eight feet; the maximum width of the sign face shall be six feet. The development sign shall be of durable construction and shall contain only the name of the development. If illuminated, the illumination shall be nonflashing and provided by a ground source.