Oakland is constitutionally obligated to provide a reasonable opportunity to comply with its affordable housing obligation. Establishing the RA-4AH Zone will assist the Borough in satisfying this obligation by creating a reasonable opportunity for the construction of affordable housing.

Permitted principal uses in this Zone include:

Permitted accessory uses in this Zone include:

Lot area and other dimensions. Minimum required lot area in this Zone is 55,000 square feet. Minimum lot width shall be 300 feet, minimum lot depth shall be no less than 100 feet.

Yards. No principal building shall be located closer than 20 feet to the front property line. Required side yard setbacks are 15 feet. Each development shall be provided a rear yard of not less than 25 feet. Accessory structures, recreation facilities and on-site parking are all permitted in any side or rear yard, or within the front yard created by the main stem of an interstate highway or part of its ancillary ramp system, provided that no accessory structure shall project closer than 15 feet to any property line. These zoning provisions shall be inserted in Schedule A: Limiting Lot and Yard Sizes and Bulk Principal Building and Use.

Permitted density shall not exceed 15 dwelling units per acre.

Building height shall not exceed four stories and 52 feet.

Building coverage shall not exceed 30% of the lot.

All areas of the subject site not covered with building, recreational amenities, pavement or walkways shall be suitably landscaped.

Impervious coverage shall not exceed 50% of the lot.

No more than two signs are permitted, one sign may be a building mounted wall sign. Said wall sign shall not exceed 30 square feet. A monument sign of 24 square feet is permitted. Such sign shall not exceed 12 feet in height. Said sign may be illuminated and shall be setback no less than 10 feet from the front lot line. Any proposed sign shall be constructed outside any area necessary for the provision of safe sight distance.

No construction permit shall be issued for a building in this district until and unless a site plan application has been submitted and approved pursuant to this chapter.

No building construction shall commence and no certificate of occupancy shall be issued until and unless the building owner has been issued a valid New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection treatment works approval permit and the building is physically connected to, through approved plumbing connections, a sanitary sewer treatment facility and the building owner has been issued all necessary permits for the sewer connection.

Twenty percent of all dwellings shall be affordable to very-low, low- and moderate-income households in strict compliance with Oakland's Affordable Housing Ordinance.

The affordable housing units generated by this Zone shall comply in all respects with the requirements and conditions contained within the Settlement Agreement between Oakland and Fair Share Housing Center I.T.M. No. BER-L-6359-15, all relevant orders of the Honorable Christine A. Farrington, J.S.C., Oakland's Affordable Housing Ordinance and all applicable New Jersey requirements pertaining to the operation of privately developed affordable housing.