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City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XIIIA

PR-4 Planned Residential Four District

§ 285-79.1 Purpose; reduction of lot size; calculation of housing units.

A. 
It is the purpose of the PR-4 Planned Residential Four District to permit single-family development to be built on lands formerly zoned rural and designated in the Master Plan as R/L4.
B. 
After a tract of rural land has been granted rezoning to PR-4, the applicant may reduce the size of lots to the dimensions specified in this article. However, the total number of units permitted may not exceed 1.2 houses per gross acre. Freshwater wetlands as defined in the New Jersey Fresh Water Wetlands Protection Act of 1987, N.J.S.A. 13:9B-1 et seq., one-hundred-year floodplains, floodways and flood hazard areas are included in gross acreage for purposes of calculating units per gross acre.

§ 285-79.2 Permitted and conditional uses.

All of the permitted and conditional uses allowed in the PR-1 Planned Residential One District shall be allowed.
A. 
Cooperative sober living residences and all other rooming and boarding houses are prohibited.
[Added 10-11-2023 by Ord. No. 20-2023]

§ 285-79.3 Accessory uses.

All of the accessory uses permitted in the PR-1 Planned Residential One District shall be allowed.

§ 285-79.4 Area and bulk regulations.

[Amended 9-25-2024 by Ord. No. 12-2024]
A. 
The following bulk regulations shall apply:
(1) 
Minimum lot size for agricultural uses: 5 1/2 acres.
(2) 
Minimum lot size for other uses: 7,500 square feet.
(3) 
Maximum density per gross acre: 1.2 units.
(4) 
Minimum lot width: 75 feet.
(5) 
Minimum lot depth: 85 feet.
(6) 
Maximum building coverage: 35% residential; 10% agricultural.
(7) 
Minimum front yard: 20 feet.
(8) 
Minimum side yards: eight feet each.
(9) 
Minimum rear yard: 20 feet.
(10) 
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
(11) 
Maximum impervious coverage: 40% residential; 15% agricultural.
B. 
Freshwater wetlands as defined in the New Jersey Fresh Water Wetlands Protection Act of 1987, N.J.S.A. 13:9B-1 et seq., one-hundred-year floodplains, floodways and flood hazard areas are included in gross acreage for purpose of calculating units per gross acre in Subsection A and B of this section.

§ 285-79.5 Open space requirements.

There shall be an open space requirement of 37% for the PR-4 Zone.

§ 285-79.6 Neighborhood commercial regulations.

The provisions of § 285-58 of the PR-1 Planned Residential One District shall apply.

§ 285-79.7 Other regulations.

The provisions of § 285-61 of the PR-1 Planned Residential One District shall apply.