Rockaway Township City Zoning Code
§ 54-29.20
Energy conservation and recycling.
[Ord. No. 95-24 § 54-97; Ord. No. 08-1 § 1]
A.
General. Site plans and subdivisions shall be designed, to the greatest degree practicable, in accordance with the following provisions:
(1)
Streets and lots shall be oriented in order to permit buildings to be constructed to maximize solar gain. Where possible, streets shall run in an east-west direction, and the long axis of a lot shall run in a north-south direction.
(2)
Development shall take advantage of topographic conditions in order to permit buildings to be constructed to maximize solar gain and in order to provide protection from winter winds. Where possible, development shall be oriented to south-facing slopes.
(3)
Existing vegetation shall be preserved, and new landscaping provided, to enable vegetation to provide protection from winter winds and summer sun. Where practical, evergreen trees shall be placed on the north and west sides of buildings, and deciduous trees placed on the south and east sides of buildings.
(4)
A recycling plan shall be submitted in compliance with the Statewide Mandatory Source Separation Act, as referred to in the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28b(12). Any application to the Township Planning Board for subdivision or site plan approval for the construction of multifamily dwellings of three or more units, single-family developments of 50 or more units or any commercial, institutional or industrial development for the utilization of 1,000 square feet or more of land, shall submit a recycling plan that must contain, at a minimum, the following:
(a)
A detailed analysis of the expected composition and amounts of solid waste and recyclables generated at the proposed development; and
(b)
Locations documented on the applicant's site plan that provide for convenient recycling opportunities for all owners, tenants and occupants. The recycling area shall be of sufficient size, convenient location and contain other attributes (signage, lighting, fencing, etc.) as may be determined by the Municipal Recycling Coordinator.
Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy by the Township of Rockaway, the owner of any new multifamily housing or commercial, institutional, or industrial development must supply a copy of a duly executed contract with a hauling company for the purposes of collection and recycling of source-separated recyclable materials. The applicant shall make provisions for the indoor, or enclosed outdoor, storage and pickup of solid waste. Said provisions shall be approved by the Township of Rockaway engineer.