Rockaway Township City Zoning Code
§ 54-30.44
OR-3 Office-Residential District.
[Ord. No. 95-24 § 54-126; Ord. No. 07-19 § 11]
A.
Permitted principal uses.[1] The OR-3 district is designed to accommodate and permit office building development and/or retail sales and service development and/or those types of residential development permitted in the PRD-1 district. No office building, retail sales or service use shall be permitted unless it is part of a development which complies with the requirements for the construction of low and moderate-income housing as set forth below.
[1]
Note: See Appendix A, included as an attachment to this chapter.
B.
Permitted accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures permitted in the OR-3 district are those uses and structures which are customarily incidental and subordinate to a permitted principal use. In case of a question concerning whether a use or structure is accessory to a permitted principal use, the determination thereof shall lie with the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
D.
Prohibited uses. Any use other than those uses specifically permitted in paragraphs A, B and C above is prohibited.
E.
Required conditions.
(1)
Office development shall meet all requirements of the O-1 district.
(2)
Retail sales and service development or a mix of retail sales and service and office development in the same building shall meet the front, side and rear yard setback requirements of the B-2 district as well as the following requirements:
(a)
Maximum floor area. There shall be a maximum floor area of 95,000 square feet.
(b)
Maximum site area. The total site area, or part thereof, devoted to retail sales and service or a mixed retail sales and service with office space contained therein shall be limited to 15 acres.
(c)
Orientation. The placement of any building or group of buildings containing retail sales and service or a mixed retail sales and service with office space contained therein, shall be oriented toward the residential complex it is designed to serve and not the transient traffic on the abutting State highway. This shall not be construed to prohibit direct access from any State highway.
(3)
All residential development shall meet the requirements of the PRD-1 district as set forth in subsections 54-30E(1), (2), (3), (4), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), and (12) as well as:
(a)
Minimum lot area for individual lots. Every individual lot developed with a single-family detached dwelling shall have a minimum lot size of 5,000 square feet. Every individual lot developed with a two-family dwelling shall have a minimum lot area of 6,000 square feet.
(b)
Minimum lot width for individual lots. Every individual lot developed with a single-family detached dwelling shall have a minimum lot width of 50 feet. Every individual lot developed with a two-family dwelling shall have a minimum lot width of 60 feet. Every individual lot developed with a single-family attached dwelling shall have a minimum lot width of 16 feet.
(c)
Maximum gross density. The maximum gross density for residential development shall be eight dwelling units per acre; provided, however, a density bonus shall be permitted, as herein regulated, which is related to a reduction in energy consumption or demand. The reduction shall be based on comparison of the proposed development over the minimum requirements of the F.H.A. energy standards. The relationship of energy conservation to permitted density is as follows:
[1]
Gross density with less than 10% energy savings: eight dwelling units per acre.
[2]
Gross density with at least 10% but less than 20% energy savings: 8.8 dwelling units per acre.
[3]
Gross density with at least 20% but less than 30% energy savings: 9.6 dwelling units per acre.
[4]
Gross density with at least 30% energy savings: 10.4 dwelling units per acre.
(4)
Any nonresidential use permitted in the OR-3 district, such as office buildings and/or retail sales and service establishments as above regulated, shall only be permitted if the developer constructs one housing unit of low and moderate-income housing for every 2,000 square feet of the office building and/or retail sales and service floor area constructed by the developer. The affordable housing units shall be constructed at a ratio of 50% low-income housing units and 50% moderate-income housing units.
(5)
Maximum impervious coverage. The total amount of impervious coverage for any development shall not exceed 75% of the lot area; provided that if the lot is also located in the CWR district, the total amount of impervious coverage shall not exceed 45% of the lot area.