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Toms River City Zoning Code

§ 348-10.17.3

MF-10-AH Multifamily Affordable Housing Zone.

[Added 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 3914-04]
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Multifamily dwelling at a density not to exceed 10 units per gross acre, subject to the provisions of § 348-8.18 and the provisions herein. In the case of any conflicts, the provisions herein shall apply. If the total bedroom count of all market rate units are limited to the same or fewer bedrooms as would be generated if all units were two-bedroom non-age-restricted apartments, the total number of market rate units may be increased by an additional 10 one- and/or two-bedroom apartments. Any development must comply with Article XI, and 10% of the total number of units developed must be provided for low-income households, and 10% of the total number of units developed must be provided for moderate-income households.
[Amended 2-26-2019 by Ord. No. 4622-19]
(2) 
Recreational facilities, for the sole use of residents of the development and their guests, including but not limited to pools, clubhouses, tennis courts, volleyball courts and bocce courts.
(3) 
Essential services.
B. 
Required accessory uses.
(1) 
Off-street parking subject to the provisions of § 348-8.20 as modified herein.
C. 
Permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
Fences subject to § 348-8.13
(2) 
Signs subject to § 348-8.26
(3) 
Other customary accessory uses and buildings which are clearly incidental to the principal use and building
D. 
(Reserved)
E. 
Area, yard and building requirements. Development shall be in accordance with § 348-8-18. In the event of a conflict, the provisions set forth herein shall control.
(1) 
Minimum lot area: six acres.
(2) 
Minimum lot width: 75 feet.
(3) 
Minimum lot frontage: 110 feet.
(4) 
Minimum lot depth: 120 feet.
(5) 
Minimum front setback: 60 feet, provided that an average of 65 feet is achieved, and provided that no three-story building is situated closer than 75 feet to the public street except that the minimum front yard setback shall be 100 feet along the frontage of a New Jersey State highway:
(a) 
Minimum setback from drives and circulation roadways: 30 feet with sidewalks, 25 feet without sidewalks.
(b) 
Minimum setback from parking areas: 20 feet.
(c) 
Parking area setback from public right of way: 25 feet.
(6) 
Minimum rear yard setback: 40 feet.
(7) 
Minimum side yard setback: 40 feet.
(8) 
Minimum unoccupied open space: 30%.
(9) 
Maximum lot coverage: 30%.
(10) 
Maximum building height: 35 feet subject to the provisions of § 348-5.12. In any event, the building shall not contain more than three usable floor levels or two usable floor levels in multifamily complexes with more than one building in the project, counted, vertically, at any point in the building above the grade level as determined by the average grade elevation of the corners of the building.
(11) 
Minimum distance between buildings:
(a) 
No windows either building: 25 feet.
(b) 
One or both buildings with windows: 40 feet.
(12) 
Minimum distance from building to garage or carport: 40 feet.
(13) 
Buildings shall have no more than two units in a line without setbacks and/or breaks in building elevation of at least three feet.
(14) 
Maximum building length: 190 feet excluding chimneys and/or covered porches.
(15) 
Recreation area.
(a) 
Minimum area per unit: 250 square feet.
(b) 
Pool size: 15 square feet per unit, but not less than 500 square feet nor more than 2,000 square feet is required.
[Amended 2-26-2019 by Ord. No. 4622-19]
(16) 
Minimum gross habitable floor area.
(a) 
Market units: no minimum unit size.
(b) 
Affordable units: no minimum unit size.
(17) 
Parking.
(a) 
Number of parking stalls. A minimum of two parking stalls per unit shall be provided. Of this sum, not more than 15% shall be compact stalls, and not less than 2% shall be handicap parking spaces.
(b) 
Parking stall sizes. Minimum parking stall size shall be 8 1/2 feet by 18 feet, except as provided below.
[1] 
Handicap parking stalls shall comply with Subsection C, Parking space design, and Subsection D, Parking space signage of § 348-8.38 entitled "Handicapped facilities," and the American with Disabilities Act, Public Law 348-366.
[2] 
Minimum compact vehicle stalls shall be eight feet by 18 feet.
(18) 
Road width.
(a) 
Entrance roads: minimum 40 feet: two lanes, one egress 18 feet in width and one ingress 18 feet in width, separated by an island of not less than four feet in width.
(b) 
Interior roads:
[1] 
With rolled curbs: 26 feet.
[2] 
With vertical curbs: 38 feet.
(19) 
Bedroom mix.
(a) 
Market rate units: as set forth in Subsection A(1) above.
(b) 
Affordable units: in accordance with COAH regulations.
(20) 
Refuse storage areas shall be provided at not less than the rate of 100 square feet per 20 units and shall be located within 300 feet of the entrance to the units to be served.