[Adopted 5-15-2000 by Ord. No. 00-692-C]
Permitted uses in the R-4 Luxury Townhouse Zone shall be townhouses meeting the following conditions:
A. 
There shall be no more than three bedrooms per unit.
B. 
No more than four units may be located in any single building.
C. 
The maximum living space, meaning finished floor area in any unit, shall not exceed 4,200 square feet, exclusive of basements, garages, and decks and patios.
D. 
All units shall have at least a two-car attached garage.
A. 
The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted, as approved in site plan review:
(1) 
Public and private utilities servicing the units.
(2) 
Internal roadways, parking areas and sidewalks.
(3) 
A recreation building, swimming pool with appurtenances, and a tennis court.
(4) 
Lighting fixtures.
(5) 
Security gate and gatehouse at the main entrance.
(6) 
Appropriate barriers at an emergency access.
(7) 
Storm water management basins and structures.
(8) 
Mail boxes or a mail box station.
(9) 
Internal traffic control devices.
(10) 
Any other accessory uses and structures approved as a part of site plan review.
B. 
The following accessory uses and structures shall be specifically prohibited:
(1) 
Any outdoor storage of goods or materials.
(2) 
Sheds, recreation equipment, or any other structures belonging to unit owners or occupants which are not approved in site plan review, it being the intention of this Article that the open areas shown on the site plan remain common areas which are open and unoccupied as green space.
A. 
Required lot area shall be a minimum of 22 acres, including any area that may be required for dedication to public right-of-way by the County of Bergen.
B. 
The maximum number of units shall not exceed 68 units.
C. 
Building coverage, including the townhouse units together with their attached garages, and decks or patios, the recreation building (excluding the pool, deck and walkways), and the gatehouse, shall not exceed land coverage of 24% of lot area.
D. 
Total improved lot coverage shall not exceed 44% of lot area, excluding any paved areas in required areas of dedication to the County of Bergen.
E. 
Building height for the townhouse units shall be limited to 2 1/2 stories and 35 feet. The recreation building and gatehouse shall be limited to one story, and have a roof pitch and architectural treatment which matches the townhouses.
A. 
All setbacks shall meet or exceed the requirements herein set forth.
B. 
Setbacks to public streets shall be measured from the closest point of a building, including decks or patios, to the street right-of-way. Setbacks to internal drives shall be measured from the building wall to the curbline. Side yard and rear yard setbacks shall be measured from the building, including decks, to the property line. In this regard, the rear yard shall be adjacent to the property line which serves as the rear boundary of adjacent single family homes, and the side yard shall be the area adjacent to the property line which is the boundary of side yards of adjacent residential homes. All side yard and rear yard areas shall remain open and unoccupied, except for storm water management basins and appurtenances, unless other structures are approved in site plan review. Setbacks between buildings shall be measured from building walls. The appropriate dimension for setbacks between building walls which are substantially angled to one another shall be determined by the planning board at the time of site plan review.
C. 
The following setback dimensions shall apply:
(1) 
Front of building to front of building: 65 feet
(2) 
Front of building to side of building: 60 feet
(3) 
Rear of building to rear of building: 60 feet
(4) 
Rear of building to side of building: 45 feet
(5) 
Side of building to side of building: 30 feet
(6) 
Building to internal drive: 20 feet
(7) 
Building to public right-of-way: 100 feet
(8) 
Building to side yard: 40 feet
(9) 
Building to rear yard: 50 feet
A. 
In order to customize the development to the greatest extent practicable within the zoning limitations established in this Article, the planning board shall review and approve a range of sizes and floor plans of unit types in connection with site plan review. The developer shall then be permitted to construct the unit types in the locations approved in the site plan. In this way, the Article contemplates there will be flexibility for the developer of the project to allow purchasers of units to choose unit types and location within the approved site plan. This flexibility is not to be used as a means to exceed the coverage provisions of the Article, or the setback provisions established for the zone. In this regard, if the specific unit types are chosen after site plan approval, the developer shall be required to provide a site plan detail for each building within the project, which establishes compliance with the Article, prior to the issuance of any building permit for the particular building.
B. 
It is contemplated that the townhouse units will have decks providing an area for outdoor living in connection with each unit. The area of decks, per unit, shall be limited to 200 square feet.
Each townhouse unit shall be provided with a minimum of four parking spaces to be located in the garage and driveway servicing the unit. In addition, recreation parking of 12 parking spaces shall be provided, plus 40 spaces for guest parking shall be established adjacent to the internal drives.
A. 
There shall be a buffer zone of no less than 25 feet adjacent to all rear and side yards, and 50 feet adjacent to all public rights-of-way. Such buffer zones shall be kept in their natural state where wooded, and when natural vegetation is sparse or nonexistent, the buffer zones shall be supplemented in order to provide a year round visual screen as determined to be appropriate by the Planning Board in site plan review. In this regard, the buffer can be a combination of vegetation and berms, where appropriate. The only visual breaks in the buffer shall be permitted at the entryway and emergency access. In areas of storm water management, it may not be feasible to meet the buffer requirements. If not, the applicant for site plan review shall provide landscaping in the area of storm water management basins which is designed to provide enhanced landscaping which is designed to provide a natural screen from adjacent properties. The buffer plantings shall be a combination of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs designed to create a natural appearance and still provide a vegetative screen.
B. 
It is contemplated that the internal drives shall be tree lined, and in this respect, the site plan shall contain a planting scheme showing trees of a species or type reasonably satisfactory to the Planning Board. Shade trees shall be a minimum of three-inch caliper when planted, and a maximum of 40 feet on center. The Planning Board shall have the power to waive the caliper and distance between trees as may be deemed appropriate upon a review of a detailed site plan.
C. 
The applicant shall prepare and submit to the Planning Board, in connection with site plan review, a landscaping plan, which in addition to the buffers, street trees, and typical foundation plantings, establishes an area of substantial landscaping between the rear of buildings internal to the development so as to create a sense of privacy for units.
A. 
The internal drives shall contain a twenty-four-foot-wide cartway, exclusive of visitor parking areas.
B. 
The ingress and egress to the development shall be provided from Chestnut Ridge Road, with County Road serving as emergency vehicle access only.
C. 
The development shall be served by public sanitary sewer and public water. The water supply established by the developer shall be serviced through the Saddle River Water Utility, and the developer's construction of the water distribution system shall be in accordance with the Saddle River Water Utility specifications.