Point Pleasant City Zoning Code

Purpose. The Affordable Housing-2 Overlay Zone is intended to promote development that accommodates mixed use and multi-family housing in a location that can address the housing needs and preferences of market rate and affordable households, and which also supports the underlying district.

Location. The Affordable Housing-2 Overlay Zone is a mixed-use and multi-family overlay option in the Borough's GC (General Commercial) zoning district on the following lots:

Within the overlay zone district, the development of a new mixed-use and multi-family development, with a required on-site affordable housing component, is permitted as an option to the uses otherwise permitted in the GC zoning district.

Density. The maximum density permitted for the AH-1 overlay district is 12 dwelling units per acre.

Permitted uses, area, yard and building requirements shall comply with the AH overlay district regulations.

Parking: On-site parking must be provided for all uses on site in accordance with RSIS standards.

Affordable housing set-aside: The on-site affordable housing set-aside of 20% is required. Affordable units in said projects must be affordable to very low, low- and moderate-income households in accordance with the Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301, et seq. ("FHA"), Uniform Housing Affordability Controls, N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq. ("UHAC"), and New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) Prior Round regulations, N.J.A.C. 5:93-1 et seq. If there are multiple dwelling units within each building, then the affordable units shall be evenly dispersed with market-rate units in each building. Affordable units shall have equal access to all amenities and recreational areas available to market-rate units.

Income distribution of affordable units: The income distribution for the affordable units in each project shall be as follows: no more than 50% within each bedroom distribution may be moderate income units, at least 37% within each bedroom distribution shall be low income units and at least 13% within each bedroom distribution shall be very low income units.

Affirmative marketing of affordable units: The affordable units must be affirmatively marketed to the housing region in accordance with the Borough's Affirmative Marketing Plan.

Affordable housing ordinance requirements: The provisions of the Borough's Affordable Housing Ordinance, shall apply to mixed-use and multi-family affordable housing developments, including, but not limited to, the UHAC required bedroom mix: at least 20% of the affordable units in each project shall be three bedroom units; at least, but not more than, 20% of the affordable units in each project shall be efficiency and one bedroom units; at least 30% of the affordable units in each project shall be two bedroom units; the balance may be two or three-bedroom units, at the discretion of the developer.

Deed restriction of affordable units: The developer shall have an obligation to deed restrict the affordable units in any project as very low, low or moderate income affordable units for a period of at least 30 years for for-sale units and 40 years for rental units, until such time and under such conditions as the Borough takes action to release the deed restriction, so that the Borough may count the affordable units against its affordable housing obligation.