Scotch Plains City Zoning Code
§ 23-3.18
ML-1 Multifamily Zone, ML-2 Multifamily Zone.
a.
Permitted uses:
3.
Additional principal and secondary uses for ML-2 Zone (Donato) (Lot 3, Block 4901, only):
(a)
Buildings for business offices and professional offices, as specifically defined in Subsection 23-1.8, and including standards in accordance with the standards for said business office and professional office uses only as set forth in the B-4 Office Zone, and that it is the specific intent that all other uses permitted in the aforementioned B-4 Office Zone are not permitted uses on this parcel.
(b)
Off-street parking facilities in conjunction with a permitted office use, subject to the following:
b.
Density and bulk requirements:
1.
Density. Density shall be in accordance with the following schedule to produce the number of low/moderate units set forth:
Site | Acres | Density | Low/Moderate Units |
|---|---|---|---|
Donato Site (Block 4901, Lot 3) | 7.71* | 16 units per acre | 16 |
Bowcraft Site (Block 4802, Lots 9, 10, 11) | 13* | 16 units per acre | 42 |
* | The size of each parcel is an estimated size, not to be relied upon. The three sites are inclusionary sites and, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Council on Affordable Housing, shall provide sufficient set-aside so as to yield the number of low and moderate housing units indicated above. |
2.
Bulk requirements.
(a)
There shall be the following minimum distances between buildings:
Description | Minimum Distance (feet) |
|---|---|
Windowless wall to windowless wall | 20 |
Window wall to windowless wall | 20 |
Front to front: | |
Building height of up to 30 feet | 50 |
Building height of up to 30 feet or more | 75 |
Rear to rear | 50 |
End to end | 30 |
Any building face to local street curb face or edge of pavement | 40 |
Any building face collector street curb face or edge of pavement | 40 |
Any building face to arterial street curb face or edge of pavement | 50 |
Any building face except garage face to common parking area | 12 |
Garage face to common parking area | 5 |
The Planning Board shall permit the above distances to be reduced by not more than 1/3 if there is an angle of 20° or more between buildings and if extensive landscaping or buffers are placed between buildings. | |
(b)
Coverage: The maximum coverage by buildings shall not exceed 25%. The maximum coverage by all impervious surfaces, including buildings, shall not exceed 50%.
(c)
Buffer areas: No building, driveway or parking area shall be located within 20 feet of any property boundary line abutting a single-family residential use or a single-family residential zone.
c.
Parking requirements:
2.
Parking spaces in common parking areas shall be located within 150 feet of the dwelling unit served.
3.
All required parking shall be provided off-street, except that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit required parking spaces from being placed perpendicular to a one- or two-way local street, or at an angle on a one-way local street, provided that both the pavement width of the street and the length of each parking space meet the requirements set forth in this subsection.
4.
No arterial or collector street shall provide direct access to an individual required parking space.
5.
Secondary buildings, structures and uses shall be permitted in the front yard.
d.
Street specifications; stormwater detention; utilities/solid waste removal.
3.
Right-of-way width (if public): 50 feet.
5.
Utilities/solid waste removal. Same as contained in the following subsections:
Subsection No. | Subject |
|---|---|
22-6.3 | Storm drains, sanitary sewage and utilities |
22-6.5 | Streetlighting |
22-6.10 | Electric and telephone utilities |
21-5.1a21 | Site lighting |
21-5.1a34 | Garbage and recycling |