Be designed with a lower per lot cost for streets and utilities.

Result in a lower total length of streets and utility lines, thereby lowering the municipality's costs of service and maintenance.

Be developed to encourage separation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

Be developed to include recreational facilities in appropriate relationship to places of residence.

Serve the purposes of the conservation plan element of the Master Plan by permitting the preservation of the natural ecological features of the community and enhancing the quality of life of the inhabitants therein.

The land area which would otherwise be required for house lots, but which is not so used under the permitted lot size reduction provisions of this subsection, shall be devoted instead to contiguous common open space. The Township Committee may, at any time, upon the recommendation of the Township Planning Board or Board of Adjustment and Township Planner, accept the dedication of such open space or any interest therein for public use and maintenance, but such dedication shall not be required as a condition of the approval of the development.

If such open space is not conveyed to the Township, a homeowners association must be established in accordance with the provisions of Section 137 for the purpose of owning and maintaining the common open space within the development.

Any lot of contiguous common open space so provided shall be not less than five acres in area at least half of which shall be located on noncritical lands.

The average lot area of the development, inclusive of lands to be devoted to roads and common open space, shall be not less than the minimum lot area otherwise required by the Schedule of Bulk Requirements for the zone district in which the development is located.

Front yards may be reduced to a minimum of 50 feet, provided that such reduction does not adversely affect adjacent or nearby property on the same street and further provided that such reduction does not contribute to any nuisance or safety hazard.

Rear yards may be reduced by not more than 30% from that normally required by the Schedule of Bulk Requirements, provided that all rear yards shall be at least 25 feet in depth.

Side yards may be reduced by not more than 30% from that normally required in the Schedule of Bulk Requirements, provided that all side yards shall be at least 10 feet in width and the aggregate width of the two side yards combined shall be at least 30% of the lot width at the building line.

Lot widths may be reduced by not more than 30% from that normally required by the Schedule of Bulk Requirements provided that all lot widths shall be at least 100 feet in width.