Norwood City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Mount Laurel Zone
§ 233-46 Compliance required.
Within the ML Zone, no premises, lot, building or structure shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected or altered to be used in whole or in part for any other use, except the following specified purposes.
§ 233-47 Purpose.
The purpose of this article is to establish a lower income housing zone (ML) of the townhouse or garden apartment development to be constructed by the Housing Development Corporation of Bergen County (HDC) or the Borough itself or whoever the Borough may select or designate as the developer or builder. This article is being adopted for the purpose of resolution of Norwood Easthill Associates, et al v. Borough of Norwood, et al, L-24219-83, L-16258-80 and L-00491-83, insofar as the case involves the Borough of Norwood in accordance with the revised Settlement Agreement dated October 16, 1985, as may be further amended or revised from time to time as required by the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey and to help the Borough satisfy the conditions and obligations imposed on it by the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). The purposes of this article constitute the reasons for deviation with the land use plan element of the Master Plan of the Borough of Norwood in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-62a.
§ 233-48 Permitted uses.
Multifamily garden apartment, townhouse or condominium developments shall be permitted in the ML zone in accordance with the requirements of this article.
§ 233-49 Development constraints.
A.
Development under the terms of this section shall be permitted in the ML zone, except:
(1)
Where the bedrock is within four feet of the ground surface and the topography makes it impossible to construct water and sewer lines without extensive blasting.
(2)
On slopes in excess of 25%.
(3)
In areas where residential development is prohibited by state or federal law.
(4)
In areas where residential development would create a significant danger to public health or safety which cannot reasonably be substantially ameliorated by actions of the developer or the municipality.
(5)
Within 25 feet of features of unique cultural or historical significance which cannot be otherwise adequately protected through site layout and design or other reasonable measures by the developer.
B.
Nothing in this article shall limit the discretion of any municipal agency to require the reasonable steps to be taken to ameliorate problems of drainage, soil erosion or other substantial environmental problems that may be caused by development under the terms of this article.
C.
Land which may not be developed under this article may be included in a development under the terms of this article for purposes of calculating lot coverage, gross density, open space and setbacks.
[Amended 9-14-2016 by Ord. No. 16:21]
§ 233-50 Design standards.
[Amended 9-14-2016 by Ord. No. 16:21]
The following design standards shall apply to the ML Zone:
Minimum lot size | 4 acres |
Maximum gross density (dwelling units/acre) | 12.5 units/acre |
Front setback requirement (feet) | 25 |
Rear setback requirement (feet) | 20 |
Side yard setback (feet) | 10 |
Lot coverage | 40 percent |
Maximum building height | 3 stories 40 feet |
Usable open space | 20 percent |
§ 233-51 Recreation.
Multifamily developments in the ML Zone shall provide space in a usable configuration for play lots or a shaded area for the elderly or other space for recreation which is appropriate for that development, distributed throughout the development so as to be convenient to residents.
§ 233-52 Off-street parking.
§ 233-53 Street widths, shoulders and rights-of-way.
Street widths, shoulders and rights-of-way shall be provided as follows:
A.
Paved widths.
(2)
Minor streets:
(a)
Thirty feet for two lanes and parking on two sides.
(b)
Twenty-two feet for two lanes and parking on one side or culs-de-sac over 300 feet long.
(c)
Twenty feet for culs-de-sac up to 300 feet long.
(d)
Eighteen feet for short one-way loops serving up to 15 dwelling units or for culs-de-sac serving five to seven dwellings.
B.
Shoulders. A planted shoulder of at least 8 1/2 feet shall be provided on either side of the paved roadway.
C.
Right-of-way. The total right-of-way to be reserved shall be computed by adding the shoulder requirement to the paved roadway width required.
E.
Road gradients. Road gradients shall not be less than 0.5% for any road. The maximum gradient shall be 15% for minor streets and 10% for collector streets.
F.
Culs-de-sac. Culs-de-sac shall serve a maximum of 25 units or shall not be longer than 1,000 feet, whichever is less. The paved right-of-way of a cul-de-sac turnaround shall be at least 80 feet in diameter and the right-of-way radius shall not be less than 50 feet.
§ 233-54 Additional standards.
A.
There shall be no minimum project size requirement.
B.
There shall be no minimum requirements for dwelling unit sizes or occupancy-based size requirements, other than contained in the State Housing Code and Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law.
C.
There shall be no requirements concerning:
(1)
Architectural uniformity.
(2)
Facade materials or color type.
(3)
Maximum building lengths or staggering of units.
(4)
Mandatory storage areas.
(5)
Enclosed garages.
(6)
Varied building heights or uniform roof lines.
(7)
Separate entrances.
(8)
Superintendent occupancy, except as required in subsidized projects.
§ 233-55 Low- and moderate-income housing requirements.
At least 50% of the total number of dwelling units in each development in the Mount Laurel Zone shall be made affordable to and sold or rented to low-income households and the remainder shall be made affordable to and sold or rented to moderate-income households, as defined in Article XI, Affordable Housing Requirements.
§ 233-56 Municipal cooperation.
The municipality shall take all reasonable steps to foster development of the units affordable to low- and moderate-income households in the ML Zone, including but not limited to:
A.
Adoption of such resolutions of need, execution of payment-in-lieu-of-taxes resolutions or public housing cooperation agreements with the Bergen County Housing Authority as may be necessary to facilitate a developer in obtaining public subsidies for the construction of housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households.
B.
Providing for expedited disposition of site plan applications and municipal approvals by the developer.
C.
Cooperation with the developer in securing sewage and water connections.
D.
Cooperation with the needs of the developer and the requirements of relevant state and federal agencies concerning the administration of resale price controls.
§ 233-57 Boundaries.
A parcel of land lying in the Borough of Norwood described as follows:
Being known and designated as Lot 1, Block 177 and portions of Lot 1, Block 176 and Lot 7, Block 167 and a portion of Grant Avenue in the Borough of Norwood, Bergen County, New Jersey and being more particularly described as follows: | |
Beginning at the point formed by the intersection of the southerly sideline of Williams Avenue and Feitner Street running; thence | |
1. | Southerly, along the said westerly sideline of Feitner Street 285 feet more or less to a point therein; thence |
2. | Westerly by a new line through Lot 1.01, Block 176 and Lot 7.01, Block 167, parallel with the said southerly sideline of Williams Avenue, 727 feet more or less to the easterly sideline of McClellan Street; thence |
3. | Northerly, along the various courses of the said easterly sideline of McClellan Street 351 feet more or less to the southerly sideline of Williams Avenue produced westerly; thence |
4. | Easterly, along the said southerly sideline of Williams Avenue, parallel with the second course herein, 528 feet more or less to the said westerly sideline of Feitner Street and the point of Beginning. |
Contains 4.02 acres more or less. | |