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Rumson City Zoning Code

§ 22-5.22

Carton Street Affordable Housing Zone AH-1.

[Added 12-15-2020 by Ord. No. 20-017D; amended 10-10-2023 by Ord. No. 23-003D]
a. 
Purpose: The AH-1 Zone is intended to provide for development of 100% affordable dwelling units. The AH-1 Zone shall provide for 12 age-restricted rental units.
b. 
Location. The AH-1 Zone is applicable to Block 59, Lot 10.
c. 
Permitted uses. The following principal uses shall be permitted:
1. 
Multifamily rental housing; and
2. 
Supportive and special needs housing.
d. 
Accessory uses permitted. The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted provided they are located on the same premises as the principal use or structure to which they are accessory and are located in the rear or side yard:
1. 
Accessory uses on the same lot with, and customarily incidental to, any of the above permitted uses.
2. 
Surface parking area and garages.
3. 
Active and passive recreational amenities.
e. 
Development standards.
1. 
Minimum lot size is equal to the size of Block 59, Lot 10.
2. 
Maximum height: 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet.
3. 
Maximum building coverage: 60%.
4. 
Maximum lot coverage: 95%.
5. 
Minimum front yard setback: 0 feet.
6. 
Minimum side yard setback: 10 feet.
7. 
Minimum rear yard setback: 20 feet.
8. 
Reserved.
9. 
Lighting for parking areas and driveways shall not exceed 12 feet in height.
10. 
All refuse and recycling storage shall be fully enclosed and screened within a masonry refuse enclosure that is a minimum of six feet in height on all sides and shall contain facade materials that are consistent with the materials used for the principal structure.
11. 
Compliance with Residential Site Improvement Standards (N.J.A.C. 5:21) is not required and, if appropriate, the Planning Board may grant a de minimis exception.
12. 
Building design.
(a) 
Buildings shall be required to incorporate high-quality architectural features that are characteristic of and complimentary to significant buildings reflecting the traditional architecture in the NB, GB and POB Zoning Districts. The applicant for any development shall demonstrate such design by providing examples of and comparisons with existing high-quality architecturally significant buildings.
(b) 
All HVAC and mechanical equipment shall be adequately screened from view from the public right-of-way or residential dwellings.
13. 
Affordable Housing.
(a) 
The AH-1 Zone shall provide twelve (12) age-restricted rental units. Affordable units in said projects must be affordable to very-low-, low- and moderate-income households in accordance with the Borough's Affordable Housing Ordinance, the Borough's Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, any applicable Order of the Court (including a judgment of compliance and repose order), 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 applicable New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) Prior Round regulations, N.J.A.C. 5:93-1 et seq.
(b) 
The age-restricted rental affordable housing shall include standards for the split between very-low-, low- and moderate-income housing providing a minimum of 13% of the affordable units within each bedroom distribution as very-low-income units at 30% of the median income, 37% of the affordable units within each bedroom distribution as low-income units, with the 50% balance of units within each bedroom distribution allowed to be moderate-income units, unless otherwise agreed to by Fair Share Housing Center and Rumson in a court-approved writing. Said affordable housing will also comply with pricing and rent of units, affirmative marketing, at least thirty-year minimum affordability controls set by deed restriction in accordance with UHAC and the Borough's Affordable Housing Ordinance, and the affordability controls shall remain unless and until the Borough, in its sole discretion, takes action to extend or release the unit from such controls. Construction phasing with any market rate units developed on the tract is required by N.J.A.C. 5:93-5.6(d).
(c) 
The Borough-designated affordable housing administrative agent, or a qualified administrative agent selected by the developer, shall be responsible to affirmatively market, administer and certify the occupant of each on-site affordable unit, in accordance with the Borough's affirmative marketing plan and applicable law, including the posting of all affordable units on the online New Jersey Housing Resource Center website, with all administrative costs to be paid by the developer.