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Wantage Township City Zoning Code

§ 13-7.2

General M-R Development Standards.

a. 
Total minimum tract size - 25 acres.
b. 
Maximum tract area for retail stores, service establishments and professional uses, and accessory uses customarily and incidental to same, shall not exceed 10% of the total tract area.
c. 
Minimum tract area for open spaces shall be 15%. In the computation of percent tract area for open spaces, areas used for retail shops and personal service facilities shall be excluded.
d. 
Maximum overall tract density for residential dwellings - six dwelling units per acre. In computation of dwelling unit density, the areas used for retail shops and personal service facilities shall be excluded.
e. 
All public utilities shall be installed in accordance with the township subdivision ordinance standards.
f. 
Tract width - 300 feet. Tract depth - 500 feet.
g. 
Maximum building coverage - 20% of the total area of the tract.
h. 
Minimum distance between buildings - 50 feet, as measured to the closest point.
i. 
The design layout of buildings shall provide, where possible, that the front of one building does not face the back of another building or accessory building.
j. 
Minimum distance of buildings from interior street or driveway - 30 feet.
k. 
Minimum distance of building from any on-site parking area, garage or other accessory building - 20 feet.
l. 
Buildings shall not exceed two stores or 35 feet in height, whichever is lesser. Height shall be measured from ground level or finished grade to the highest point on the roof line.
m. 
Means of traffic ingress and egress shall comply with the standards for access to a major subdivision established in chapter XII, "Land Subdivision" of the Revised General Ordinances of Wantage Township, 1974, and amendments thereto.
n. 
Points of ingress and egress shall not be located within 100 feet of an existing intersection.
o. 
Interior streets, roads, sidewalks and driveways shall comply with the improvement and design standards established in chapter XII, "Land Subdivision", of the Revised General Ordinances of Wantage Township, 1974, and amendments thereto.
p. 
All interior streets, roads and driveways shall contain curbs, gutters and sidewalks.
q. 
Pedestrian sidewalks shall also be provided in other suitable locations wherever normal pedestrian traffic will occur, and in order to handle the pedestrian traffic which the development will create.
r. 
Buildings may be owned either in the conventional manner, or as a condominium, provided, however, that two types of ownership shall not co-exist in any tract.
s. 
Townhouses and garden apartment units shall not be permitted in the same building with each other.