West Caldwell City Zoning Code

§ 20-17.29

Mixed-Use Inclusionary Development.

[Added 6-15-2021 by Ord. No. 1844-2021]

Mixed-use inclusionary development may contain ground floor retail sale, display or rental of commodities or services, office and professional uses, restaurants, parking, residential lobbies, and/or residential tenant amenities. Mixed-use inclusionary development may contain multi-family residential units on the upper floors.

Mixed-use inclusionary development may have the following permitted accessory uses:

First floor parking incorporated into the building design and off-street parking areas.

Resident amenities including, but not limited to, clubrooms, lounges, game rooms, mail rooms, leasing office, and similar interior common resident amenities incorporated into a larger building design. These accessory uses shall not be in stand-alone structures.

Fences and walls complying with Subsection 20-21.14.

Signs.

Trash enclosures.

Public and private utilities.

Mixed-use inclusionary development shall be subject to the following conditions:

Parcels shall have direct frontage on Bloomfield Avenue or Passaic Avenue.

Parcels shall have a minimum lot size of four acres.

The maximum density shall be 20 units to the acre.

The maximum building height shall be four stories and 45 feet.

Twenty percent of all units shall be set aside for low- (including very-low-) and moderate-income households, regardless of tenure.

Mixed-use development shall be subject to the following requirements, however, any deviations from the below shall be treated as a "C" bulk variance:

Minimum lot width - 200 feet.

Minimum front yard setback - 40 feet.

Minimum side yard setback, each - 20 feet.

Minimum rear yard setback - 30 feet.

Maximum building coverage - 60%.

Maximum lot coverage - 90%.

Affordable Housing Requirements.

Affordable units shall be governed by deed restrictions ensuring long-term affordability controls in accordance with Chapter 23, Affordable Housing.

The development, unit distribution, and marketing of all affordable units shall be undertaken consistent with Chapter 23, Affordable Housing, and all other applicable law, rules, and regulations, including applicable COAH regulations, the Fair Housing Act, and its requirement that at least 13% of all affordable units associated with this project be made affordable to very-low income households.

The developer shall be responsible for all costs associated with the initial rental of the affordable units, and for the continuing administration of the affordable units and the preservation of the creditworthiness of the units.

Buffer. A buffer shall be provided along any adjacent property containing a single-family detached home. Said buffer shall consist of either a solid six-foot-tall fence or a five-foot-wide evergreen buffer that is six feet tall.

Parking Requirements.

Parking shall be provided in accordance with Residential Site Improvement Standards for the multi-family residential units.

For all other uses, parking shall be provided at the rate of one space for each 250 square feet of floor area.

Spaces shall measure nine feet wide by 18 feet long.

Up to 10% of the parking spaces may be compact parking spaces.

Parking areas shall comply with Subsections 20-23.3 and 20-23.5.

Architecture.

Buildings shall avoid long, monotonous, uninterrupted walls or roof planes. Building wall offsets, including projections such as canopies and recesses, shall be used in order to add architectural interest and variety and to relieve the visual effect of a simple, long wall. Similarly, in the case of a pitched roof, roofline offsets, dormers or gables shall be provided in order to provide architectural interest and variety to the massing of a building and to relieve the effect of a single, long roof.

The maximum spacing between building wall offsets shall be 75 feet.

The minimum projection or depth of any individual vertical offset shall be one foot.

The maximum spacing between roof offsets shall be 75 feet.

The architectural treatment of the front facade shall be continued in its major features around all visibly exposed sides of a building. All sides of a building facing a public street shall be architecturally designed to be consistent with regard to style, materials, colors, and details.

Fenestration shall be architecturally compatible with the style, materials, colors, and details of the building. Windows shall be vertically proportioned.

All entrances to a building shall be defined and articulated by architectural elements such as lintels, pediments, pilasters, columns, porticoes, porches, overhangs, railings, etc.

Heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems, utility meters and regulators, exhaust pipes and stacks, satellite dishes and other telecommunications receiving devices shall be screened or otherwise specially treated to be, as much as possible, inconspicuous as viewed from the public right-of-way and adjacent properties.

All rooftop mechanical equipment, inclusive of solar equipment, shall be screened from view from all vantage points at grade or below the roof.

Placement of any packaged terminal air-conditioner units within the facade is prohibited.

Landscaping.

Street trees shall be provided on average every 50 feet. Street trees shall have a caliper of three inches at installation.

Parking areas containing a row of parking stalls running in a straight line for more than 20 spaces shall provide a landscaped island between every 20 spaces. Said island shall be no less than 162 square feet and landscaped with at least one shade tree and low ground cover. Said shade tree shall have a caliper of three inches at installation.

Parking spaces within 25 feet of an adjacent residential property line shall be screened with a six-foot-tall fence or evergreen trees of at least four feet in height to shield vehicular headlights.

Sixty percent of the perimeter of the building shall be surrounded by a landscaped, planted strip at least three feet in width. Walkways leading to pedestrian entrances and driveways may cross this landscape strip.

Lighting.

Pedestrian walkways shall be illuminated with a minimum average of 0.5 footcandle.

Parking areas shall be illuminated with a minimum average of 1.0 footcandle.

Illumination shall not exceed 0.5 footcandle at the property line. However, this regulation shall not apply to entrance and/or exit driveways.

Trash. All trash/recycling storage areas shall be enclosed on all four sides and screened. Trash may be stored inside the building.

Signs.

Signs shall be permitted in accordance with Subsections 20-24.2 and 20-24.3.

Each non-residential tenant may have one wall sign, which complies with the requirements of Subsection 20-24.4k paragraphs 1 through 3. Said signs may be internally or externally illuminated.

One identification sign shall be permitted per parcel, which shall be free-standing, and no more than 20 square feet in size. Said sign may be internally or externally illuminated and shall be set back at least 10 feet from any property line.

West Caldwell City Zoning Code

§ 20-17.29

Mixed-Use Inclusionary Development.

[Added 6-15-2021 by Ord. No. 1844-2021]

Mixed-use inclusionary development may contain ground floor retail sale, display or rental of commodities or services, office and professional uses, restaurants, parking, residential lobbies, and/or residential tenant amenities. Mixed-use inclusionary development may contain multi-family residential units on the upper floors.

Mixed-use inclusionary development may have the following permitted accessory uses:

First floor parking incorporated into the building design and off-street parking areas.

Resident amenities including, but not limited to, clubrooms, lounges, game rooms, mail rooms, leasing office, and similar interior common resident amenities incorporated into a larger building design. These accessory uses shall not be in stand-alone structures.

Fences and walls complying with Subsection 20-21.14.

Signs.

Trash enclosures.

Public and private utilities.

Mixed-use inclusionary development shall be subject to the following conditions:

Parcels shall have direct frontage on Bloomfield Avenue or Passaic Avenue.

Parcels shall have a minimum lot size of four acres.

The maximum density shall be 20 units to the acre.

The maximum building height shall be four stories and 45 feet.

Twenty percent of all units shall be set aside for low- (including very-low-) and moderate-income households, regardless of tenure.

Mixed-use development shall be subject to the following requirements, however, any deviations from the below shall be treated as a "C" bulk variance:

Minimum lot width - 200 feet.

Minimum front yard setback - 40 feet.

Minimum side yard setback, each - 20 feet.

Minimum rear yard setback - 30 feet.

Maximum building coverage - 60%.

Maximum lot coverage - 90%.

Affordable Housing Requirements.

Affordable units shall be governed by deed restrictions ensuring long-term affordability controls in accordance with Chapter 23, Affordable Housing.

The development, unit distribution, and marketing of all affordable units shall be undertaken consistent with Chapter 23, Affordable Housing, and all other applicable law, rules, and regulations, including applicable COAH regulations, the Fair Housing Act, and its requirement that at least 13% of all affordable units associated with this project be made affordable to very-low income households.

The developer shall be responsible for all costs associated with the initial rental of the affordable units, and for the continuing administration of the affordable units and the preservation of the creditworthiness of the units.

Buffer. A buffer shall be provided along any adjacent property containing a single-family detached home. Said buffer shall consist of either a solid six-foot-tall fence or a five-foot-wide evergreen buffer that is six feet tall.

Parking Requirements.

Parking shall be provided in accordance with Residential Site Improvement Standards for the multi-family residential units.

For all other uses, parking shall be provided at the rate of one space for each 250 square feet of floor area.

Spaces shall measure nine feet wide by 18 feet long.

Up to 10% of the parking spaces may be compact parking spaces.

Parking areas shall comply with Subsections 20-23.3 and 20-23.5.

Architecture.

Buildings shall avoid long, monotonous, uninterrupted walls or roof planes. Building wall offsets, including projections such as canopies and recesses, shall be used in order to add architectural interest and variety and to relieve the visual effect of a simple, long wall. Similarly, in the case of a pitched roof, roofline offsets, dormers or gables shall be provided in order to provide architectural interest and variety to the massing of a building and to relieve the effect of a single, long roof.

The maximum spacing between building wall offsets shall be 75 feet.

The minimum projection or depth of any individual vertical offset shall be one foot.

The maximum spacing between roof offsets shall be 75 feet.

The architectural treatment of the front facade shall be continued in its major features around all visibly exposed sides of a building. All sides of a building facing a public street shall be architecturally designed to be consistent with regard to style, materials, colors, and details.

Fenestration shall be architecturally compatible with the style, materials, colors, and details of the building. Windows shall be vertically proportioned.

All entrances to a building shall be defined and articulated by architectural elements such as lintels, pediments, pilasters, columns, porticoes, porches, overhangs, railings, etc.

Heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems, utility meters and regulators, exhaust pipes and stacks, satellite dishes and other telecommunications receiving devices shall be screened or otherwise specially treated to be, as much as possible, inconspicuous as viewed from the public right-of-way and adjacent properties.

All rooftop mechanical equipment, inclusive of solar equipment, shall be screened from view from all vantage points at grade or below the roof.

Placement of any packaged terminal air-conditioner units within the facade is prohibited.

Landscaping.

Street trees shall be provided on average every 50 feet. Street trees shall have a caliper of three inches at installation.

Parking areas containing a row of parking stalls running in a straight line for more than 20 spaces shall provide a landscaped island between every 20 spaces. Said island shall be no less than 162 square feet and landscaped with at least one shade tree and low ground cover. Said shade tree shall have a caliper of three inches at installation.

Parking spaces within 25 feet of an adjacent residential property line shall be screened with a six-foot-tall fence or evergreen trees of at least four feet in height to shield vehicular headlights.

Sixty percent of the perimeter of the building shall be surrounded by a landscaped, planted strip at least three feet in width. Walkways leading to pedestrian entrances and driveways may cross this landscape strip.

Lighting.

Pedestrian walkways shall be illuminated with a minimum average of 0.5 footcandle.

Parking areas shall be illuminated with a minimum average of 1.0 footcandle.

Illumination shall not exceed 0.5 footcandle at the property line. However, this regulation shall not apply to entrance and/or exit driveways.

Trash. All trash/recycling storage areas shall be enclosed on all four sides and screened. Trash may be stored inside the building.

Signs.

Signs shall be permitted in accordance with Subsections 20-24.2 and 20-24.3.

Each non-residential tenant may have one wall sign, which complies with the requirements of Subsection 20-24.4k paragraphs 1 through 3. Said signs may be internally or externally illuminated.

One identification sign shall be permitted per parcel, which shall be free-standing, and no more than 20 square feet in size. Said sign may be internally or externally illuminated and shall be set back at least 10 feet from any property line.