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Toms River City Zoning Code

§ 348-10.36 SC-AH-1 Senior Citizen Affordable Housing

1 Zone.

[Added 2-13-2002 by Ord. No. 3665-02]
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Age-restricted multifamily residential development at a density not to exceed 12 dwelling units per acre. The development shall have a mandatory 100% set aside for low- and moderate-income senior citizens. This income restriction does not apply to the unit developed for management personnel.
(2) 
Recreation, cultural and medical facilities for the sole use of residents of the development and their guests.
(3) 
Essential services.
B. 
Required accessory uses.
(1) 
Off-street parking subject to the provisions of § 348-8.20.
C. 
Permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
Fences subject to the provisions of § 348-8.13.
(2) 
Signs subject to the provisions of § 348-8.26.
(3) 
Necessary accessory buildings and uses, including facilities for maintenance, administration and streets.
D. 
Conditional uses subject to the provisions of Article IX of this chapter.
(1) 
(Reserved)
E. 
Area, yard and building requirements. No building, structure or land shall be used or erected, altered, enlarged or maintained except for an age-restricted multifamily residential development within the area which is in accordance with a site plan approved by the Planning Board. Such site plan shall meet at least the following minimum requirements:
(1) 
Minimum lot area: seven acres.
(2) 
Minimum lot width: 200 feet.
(3) 
Minimum lot frontage: 200 feet.
(4) 
Minimum lot depth: 250 feet.
(5) 
Minimum front yard setback:
(a) 
Two-story buildings: 100 feet.
(b) 
Three-story buildings: 150 feet.
(c) 
Parking area: 25 feet.
(6) 
Minimum rear yard setback:
(a) 
Principal structures: 50 feet.
(b) 
Accessory buildings: 50 feet.
(7) 
Minimum side yard setback:
(a) 
Principal buildings: 50 feet.
(b) 
Accessory buildings: 50 feet.
(8) 
Minimum unoccupied open space: 30%.
(9) 
Maximum lot coverage by buildings: 40%.
[Amended 12-9-2003 by Ord. No. 3843-03]
(10) 
Maximum building height: 40 feet subject to the provisions of § 348-5.12. In any event, the building shall not contain more than three usable floor levels counted vertically at any point in the building above the grade level as determined by the average grade elevation of the corners the building.
(11) 
Minimum distance between principal buildings:
(a) 
Twenty-five feet where neither of the facing walls has windows.
(b) 
Forty feet where one or both of the facing walls has windows.
(12) 
Maximum building length: 190 feet.
(13) 
Distance between buildings and parking areas/internal drives: No multifamily dwellings shall be located closer than 15 feet to access driveways, internal roadways or parking areas.
(14) 
Minimum buffer area: 20 feet subject to screening requirements of § 348-8.4.
(15) 
All buildings shall contain sufficient breaks and/or setbacks in the building elevation subject to approval by the Planning Board's Architectural/Landscape Review Committee.
(16) 
Full compliance with the applicable developer's agreement upon which this chapter is based shall be a requirement of this chapter and shall be an essential and nonseverable condition of project approval. In the event any developer in this zone shall secure a Planning Board approval prior to such time as COAH certifies the Township's Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, any such approval shall be further conditioned upon COAH's certification of the Township's Housing Element and Fair Share Plan or approval of at least that portion of the Housing Element and Fair Share Plan involving the subject property.