West Orange City Zoning Code

Multifamily residential.

Open space.

Residential amenities including but not limited to the following, by way of example: clubhouse buildings, swimming pools, fitness centers, lounges, common or private terraces and balconies, courts or open lawn areas for multipurpose use such as lawn games, i.e., corn hole, bocce, badminton, croquet, and the like; work space or meeting space for tenants, tenant storage, dog parks and/or dog playgrounds. Rooftop amenities shall be permitted including observation areas or rooms, multipurpose or recreation rooms, vestibules, outdoor terraces, pergolas, shade structures, or the like.

Pet-friendly amenities. As part of the amenity package, in addition to dog parks and/or playgrounds above, a development shall be permitted to include an onsite pet service that shall be permitted to offer walking services, pet-sitting services, a pet spa or grooming service, overnight boarding, or related services, which shall be permitted to operate indoors as part of a building and/or as a stand-alone building.

Residential accessory uses such as leasing and management offices, maintenance buildings, dwelling units for onsite building superintendents, and model units.

Parking, which shall be permitted to be structured or surface, and further provided that tandem parking shall be permitted where such spaces are assigned to the same unit.

Fences and walls.

Signs.

Any use that is customarily incidental to a permitted principal use.

One-bedroom: 650 square feet.

Two-bedroom: 875 square feet.

Three-bedroom: 1,150 square feet.

The building height shall be a vertical dimension measured in a straight line from first story finished floor elevation to the roof line elevation of a flat roof, or the midpoint elevation of a pitched roof.

The first story shall mean the lowest story that has its finished floor entirely above grade. Cellars and basements shall not be considered a first story.

The building height shall not be measured based on the grading around the building.

"Story" shall mean the space of a building between the surface of a floor and any floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling above it, and as further refined below.

Any level with a finished floor entirely below grade or partially below grade shall not be considered a story, such as cellars and basements, including walk-out basements and "garage-under" levels.

Any level that contains 10 or more parking spaces shall not be considered a story.

Mezzanines shall not be considered a story, provided the floor area of the mezzanine is no greater than 33% of the floor area below it.

Lofts serving individual dwelling units as permitted by building code shall not be considered a story.

Rooftop amenities and rooftop features shall not be considered a story or fractional portion thereof.

Architectural roof design features such as attics, mansards, parapets, cupolas, and other similar architectural design features and/or appurtenances shall not be considered a story or fractional portion thereof.

The maximum exposure of perimeter walls for basements, cellars, or building foundations shall not exceed 50% of the total surface area of such walls, which shall be based on the aggregate area of all perimeter walls, not each wall individually.

Walkout basements and "garage under" designs shall be permitted and shall be permitted to have one or more perimeter walls entirely exposed, and further provided that the 50% exposure threshold set forth above for all perimeter walls shall still apply.

Tree baseline loss shall be established by multiplying the proposed number of acres disturbed by the existing 212 trees per acre on the tract; by way of example, a proposed disturbance area of 25 acres shall calculated to a tree baseline loss of 5,300 trees, which figure would increase or decrease based upon the final acreage disturbed.

Tree baseline loss shall be reduced for each healthy major tree (greater than six inches) within the proposed area of disturbance that is not removed in connection with a proposed development.

Tree baseline loss shall be reduced for each noninvasive major tree or minor tree (as defined in the Township of West Orange Code) proposed as part of a landscape plan. The tree replacement calculation shall apply one credit for each such tree which is a native species and 1/4 credit for each such tree which is not a native species.

The tree baseline loss shall be reduced by 212 trees for each acre of forest outside the area of disturbance enclosed by a controlled, gated access deer fence that is eight feet in height, the purpose of which is to regenerate the growth of the native forest, and which deer fencing shall be maintained in perpetuity.

Adjusted tree baseline loss shall be calculated as the tree baseline loss after crediting.

If the adjusted tree baseline loss calculates to zero, or less than zero, the developer shall have no further obligation regarding tree removal or replacement in connection with a proposed development.

If the adjusted tree baseline loss calculates to a number greater than zero, then the development shall satisfy the requirements of the West Orange Tree Ordinance only with respect to the adjusted tree baseline loss.