Warren City Zoning Code
§ 16-20.2
Development Standards and Requirements.
a. | Permitted uses | Side-by-side attached units commonly called a townhouse |
Multifamily dwellings, which shall include stacked townhouses in which 2 or more dwelling units are included in a building section with the dwelling units in a section separated from each other by vertical and/or horizontal walls and each dwelling unit having a separate entrance | ||
Apartments where units may be designed to be 1 above another | ||
b. | Accessory uses | Patios, balconies, decks |
Fences and walls Signs | ||
Stormwater facilities | ||
Pump stations | ||
Refuse corrals | ||
Common recreational facilities | ||
c. | Housing units Permitted | No more than 192 dwelling units shall be permitted, of of which 48 shall be affordable units |
d. | Minimum habitable space for income-restricted affordable units* | 1-bedroom: 700 square feet |
2-bedroom: 750 square feet | ||
3-bedroom: 1,200 square feet | ||
*Habitable space shall not include garage, unfinished attic and basement floor space whether finished or not. Habitable space shall be calculated using outside wall dimensions. The affordable housing bedroom distribution mix shall be as per UHAC regulations, N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.3. | ||
e. | Minimum/maximum units | 8/18 |
f. | Maximum number of bedrooms per unit | 3/unit |
g. | Maximum average habitable unit floor area | Townhome unit: 2,200 square feet |
Apartment unit: 2,200 square feet | ||
h. | Maximum building height | 3 stories/40 feet (whichever is less), measured from average finished grade |
i. | Minimum building setback | |
Tract boundary | 50 feet | |
(Tract includes land located in the Township of Berkeley Heights) | ||
Front yard from Hillcrest Road and Emerson Lane | 50 feet | |
Front yard from private street | 20 feet (curbline) | |
Side yard | 25 feet | |
Rear yard | 25 feet | |
j. | Lot coverage. | |
Maximum building coverage | 20% | |
Maximum total impervious coverage | 40% | |
k. | Parking standards | Development shall meet Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS) and each market rate dwelling unit shall have a garage |
l. | Signage | Development ID permitted at entrances. ID sign face shall have maximum area of 25 square feet and height of no greater than 5 feet. Sign shall be no less than 10 feet from public right-of-way |
m. | Buffer | A fifty-foot buffer coinciding with the tract boundary and all land in Berkeley Heights shall remain in its natural state, as supplemented pursuant to the requirements of § 16-20.6 of Chapter XVI. Roads providing ingress and egress, signs and stormwater management facilities shall be permitted in buffers, except for the buffer described in the preceding sentence |
n. | Recreation | The development shall provide active and passive recreational opportunities for site residents |
o. | Housing affordability | 48 units shall be affordable pursuant to requirements of § 16-6 of Chapter XVI (Zoning Ordinance). |