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Manalapan Township City Zoning Code

§ 95-7.43

Flag lots.

Flag lots shall be permitted in the R-AG and R-R Zoning Districts only and shall be subject to the following requirements:
A. 
Flag lots shall only be permitted where the flag lot makes it possible to better utilize irregularly shaped properties or areas with resource limitations, such as wetlands, or to eliminate access to collector or arterial roads.
B. 
No more than 10% of the lots in a subdivision may be flag lots.
C. 
Flag lots shall not be permitted whenever their effect is to increase the number of lots taking access to a collector or arterial road.
D. 
Flag lots shall not be permitted on culs-de-sac except to eliminate access to a collector or arterial road.
E. 
A flag lot shall consist of an area (the "flag") located behind one or more other lots and an access strip (the "flagstaff") which extends from and connects the flag to the street. The access strip to a flag lot shall be at least 25 feet wide and provide a street frontage of at least 25 feet. The width of the access strip shall not exceed 50 feet and the street frontage shall not exceed 50 feet.
[Amended 11-8-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-18]
F. 
Each flag lot shall have its own access strip. The use of the access strip to provide a common driveway to any other lot or shared access with any other lot is prohibited.
[Amended 11-8-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-18]
G. 
The area of each flag lot shall be at least twice the minimum required lot area of the zone district. The area of the access strip shall not be included as part of the lot area for the purpose of meeting the minimum lot area requirements.
[Amended 11-8-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-18]
H. 
Access strips shall not be more than 600 feet in length and shall be improved in accordance with the requirements of the Township Engineer.
I. 
Adjoining flag lots shall be prohibited.
J. 
The minimum setback of the principal building of a flag lot from any lot line of the flag lot shall be 75 feet. The improvable area within the minimum setback shall meet the improvable area requirements of the zone district.
[Added 11-8-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-18]
K. 
Flag lots shall not be further subdivided.
[Amended 11-8-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-18]