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Raritan Township City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XV

Low- and Moderate-Income Housing

§ 296-145 Regulations Applicable to R-5, R-6LM and R-7 Districts.

The following regulations shall apply to all low- and moderate-income housing units in the R-5 District, R-6LM District and R-7 District:
A. 
Fifty percent of all low- and moderate-income units shall be priced so as to be eligible for rent or purchase by low-income households and 50% shall be eligible for rent or purchase by moderate-income households. If a fraction results from the above 50% calculation, the number of moderate-income units may exceed the number of low-income units by one.
B. 
Bedroom distribution.
(1) 
At a minimum, 35% of all low- and moderate-income units shall be two-bedroom units.
(2) 
At a minimum, 15% of all low- and moderate-income units shall be three-bedroom units.
(3) 
No more than 20% of all low- and moderate-income units may be efficiency units.
(4) 
At least 1/2 of all two-bedroom and 1/2 of all three-bedroom units shall be for low-income households.
(5) 
The above shall not apply to age-restricted housing units.
C. 
Construction sequencing. Low- and moderate-income housing units shall be built in accordance with the following schedule:
Minimum Percentage of Low- and Moderate-Income Units Completed
Percentage of Market Housing Units Completed
0%
25%
10%
25% + 1 unit
50%
50%
75%
75%
100%
90%
100%
D. 
Low- and moderate-income units shall be subject to all Raritan Township non-zoning affordable housing ordinances and regulations in effect or as may be adopted or amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 170, Affordable Housing.
E. 
Low- and moderate-income housing units shall be designated on the site plan and shall have compatible exteriors to non-low- and moderate-income housing units and shall be located so that such low- and moderate-income housing units will have comparable access to that of non-low- and moderate-income housing units to all common elements within the development.
F. 
Low- and moderate-income housing units shall be evenly dispersed throughout the entire development in as uniform a fashion as is practical, such that an inclusionary development shall integrate the low- and moderate-income units with market units. No more than 50% of the units in any single, multiunit structure shall be reserved for low- or moderate-income households, unless this requirement is specifically waived by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment as a condition of site plan approval. Such waiver shall nonetheless further the integration of low- and moderate-income units with market units in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5.93-5.6(e).[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: N.J.A.C. 5:93 expired 10-16-2016.