North Brunswick City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIIC
R-10 Mid-Rise Family Residential
§ 205-64.3 Uses; standards; requirements.
B.
Required accessory uses.
(1)
In accordance with the Residential Site Improvement Standards, table 4.4, midrise apartments shall meet the parking requirements for garden apartment units as follows: 1.8 spaces per one-bedroom unit, two spaces per two-bedroom unit and 2.1 spaces per three-bedroom unit.
(2)
Both outdoor active and passive recreation space, exclusive of required yard areas.
(3)
Laundry facilities, including both washers and dryers, for the use of residents on each floor of the building, unless a washer and dryer is provided within each unit.
(4)
A garbage and recycling area that is surrounded on three sides by a six-foot-high wall that is similar in appearance to the outside facades of the building.
(5)
An appropriate loading/unloading space that is located near the front of the building for mail-order deliveries and moving trucks.
(6)
Bicycle racks providing, at a minimum, space for one bicycle for every 10 units.
C.
Permitted accessory uses.
(1)
Freestanding buildings to garage vehicles of residents, with each garage space required to provide an outlet sufficient to handle level 2 electric vehicle charging equipment.
(2)
Electric vehicle charging equipment and "make ready" spaces that, at a minimum, comply with state statute.
(3)
Signs, in accordance with Article XXV of this chapter, as well as one freestanding sign not exceeding 40 square feet in area and one facade sign not exceeding 100 square feet in area.
(5)
Other customary accessory uses and structures that are clearly incidental to the principal building.
E.
Development standards.
(1)
Minimum lot size of six acres.
(2)
Maximum density of 14 units per acre.
(3)
No building shall be higher than four stories in height or 50 feet in height from the midpoint of the first-floor elevation to the highest point of the roof, inclusive of parapet walls.
(4)
A landscaped buffer strip of 30 feet shall be provided between the building and Route 1 and between the building and any commercial use, provided that the required buffer may be reduced by the Planning Board to a lesser width if the fencing and plantings shown on the plans satisfy the Board and its professionals that a lesser buffer width is adequate.
(5)
Parking spaces and driveways shall not be located in a designated buffer area.
(6)
All buildings shall be set back a minimum of 100 feet from Route 1, a minimum of 40 feet from all other property lines, and a minimum of 30 feet from all other public or private roads.
(7)
All buildings shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from driveways and parking lots, with the exception of under-building parking and driveways accessing same.
(8)
No parking shall be permitted within 30 feet of Route 1 and 10 feet of any other property line.
(9)
All roof-top equipment shall be shielded from public view.
(10)
This property is located adjacent to properties that have been determined by the Planning Board and the Township Council to be an Area in Need of Redevelopment in accordance with state statute. At the time of adoption of this ordinance, the Township Council has yet to adopt a redevelopment plan for this site. As such, the future redevelopment plan and redevelopment regulations to be adopted by the Township Council for this Area in Need of Redevelopment shall not be limited by provisions in Chapter 205, Land Use, pertaining to buffers between residential and nonresidential uses, and the required distance between truck loading/unloading and residential uses.
F.
Requirement for lower-income units.
(1)
A minimum of 25% of the residential units shall be affordable housing subject to the requirements of the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls relative to income limits, apartment rents and bedroom mix.
(2)
Those units designated as very-low-income, low-income and moderate-income shall be designated on the plans submitted to the Planning Board for approval.