Warren City Zoning Code
§ 16-22A.4
Development Standards and Requirements.
a. | Townhouse Areas. | ||
1. | Maximum number of units | No more than 115 units shall be permitted, of which 107 shall be market-rate for-sale units and 8 shall be affordable units | |
2. | Minimum percentage of market-rate units with master bedrooms on ground level | 10% | |
3. | Maximum building height | 3 stories/40 feet (whichever is less) as measured from average finished grade. | |
If all units within a building contain a walk-out or day-light rear basement or cellar wall with a minimum four-foot exposure above finished grade, the height of that building may be increased to 48 feet | |||
4. | Minimum habitable space for income-restricted affordable units* | 1-bedroom: 600 square feet | |
2-bedroom: 750 square feet | |||
3-bedroom: 850 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.
5. | Maximum units per building | 6, except that a townhouse unit footprint can be replaced with 2 stacked multifamily units to a maximum of 12 units | |
6. | Maximum number of bedrooms per unit | 4/unit | |
7. | Maximum average* market-rate habitable unit floor area | Townhome unit: 2,800 square feet multifamily dwellings, which shall include stacked townhouses in Unit 1: 1,850 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.
8. | Townhouse and Multifamily dwellings shall comply with the following: | ||||
(a) | Minimum building setback from any tract boundary line, except minimum building setback from Block 5, Lot 85.01 shall be 20 feet | 50 feet | |||
9. | Townhouse and multifamily dwelling units shall be zero lot line and without additional setback requirements. | ||||
10. | Parking | ||||
(a) | Minimum parking setback from any tract boundary line | 15 feet | |||
(b) | Parking spaces may be provided as surface parking or within a building in accordance with RSIS | ||||
b. | Multifamily housing area. | ||||
1. | Maximum number of units: | No more than 220 shall be permitted, of which 153 shall be market rate rental units and 67 shall be affordable units | |||
2. | Maximum building height | ||||
(a) | Multifamily buildings | 4 stories/52 feet (whichever is less) as measured from average finished grade. Basement parking, if any, shall not be considered a story | |||
(b) | Clubhouse building: | 35 feet | |||
(c) | Parking deck: | 40 feet to the parapet wall | |||
3. | Minimum habitable space for income restricted affordable units* | 1-bedroom: 600 square feet | |||
2-bedroom: 750 square feet | |||||
3-bedroom: 850 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.
4. | Maximum units per building | 125 units | ||
5. | Maximum number of bedrooms per unit | 3/unit | ||
6. | Maximum average* habitable unit floor area | 1,650 square feet | ||
7. | Multi-family buildings (excluding accessory structures and buildings) shall comply with the following: | |||
(a) | Minimum building setback from any tract boundary line | 50 feet | ||
(b) | Minimum building setback from the curb line or edge of pavement of any internal street, parking space or other vehicular area, except at entrances to underbuilding parking | 10 feet | ||
8. | Parking | |||
(a) | Minimum parking setback from any tract boundary line | 15 feet | ||
(b) | Parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with RSIS. | |||
(c) | Buildings within a multifamily housing area shall be zero lot line and without additional setback requirements. | |||
(d) | Parking may be permitted in the front yard provided landscaping and/or fencing is provided between the parking area and street. | |||
c. | Hotel Area | |||
1. | Maximum number of hotel guest rooms/guest suites | 130 | ||
2. | Maximum restaurant building area | 8,000 square feet | ||
3. | Maximum building height | |||
(a) | Hotels | 4 stories/52 feet | ||
(b) | Restaurant | 1 story/35 feet | ||
4. | Minimum building setback from any tract boundary (hotel and restaurant) | 50 feet | ||
5. | Parking | |||
(a) | Minimum parking setback from any tract boundary line | 15 feet | ||
(b) | Parking may be permitted in the front yard provided landscaping and/or fencing is provided between the parking area and street. | |||
(c) | Parking spaces shall be provided as surface parking at a minimum of 1 space for each guest room/guest suite, plus 1 space per 300 gross floor area of restaurant area | |||