[Amended 4-9-2019 by Ord.
No. 4271-19]
There is hereby permitted and authorized the establishment of the Senior Citizen District in the locations reflected on the Official Zoning Map[1] of the Township of Franklin.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is available in the Clerk's office or through the Township's online version of the Code (eCode 360®).
[Amended 4-9-2019 by Ord.
No. 4271-19]
The provisions of this article shall only apply to the Senior
Citizen Village District as herein defined and in accordance with
the provisions and requirements of this article.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A planned community designed to meet the needs of and exclusively
for, the residents of an age restricted segment of the population
where the head of the household is, at a minimum age of 55 years of
age, except that due to death, a remaining spouse of less than 55
years of age shall be permitted to continue to reside and further,
provided that no person under 19 years of age shall reside in any
dwelling unit for more than 90 days in any calendar year.
A coordinated array of supportive personal and health services
available 24 hours per day to residents who have been assessed to
need these services, including residents who require formal long-term
care. Assisted living promotes resident self-direction and participation
in decisions that emphasize independence, individuality, privacy,
dignity and homelike surroundings.
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health
to provide apartment-style housing and congregate dining and to assure
that assisted living services are available when needed for four or
more adult persons unrelated to the proprietor. Apartment units offer,
at a minimum, one unfurnished room, a private bathroom, a kitchenette
and a lockable door on the units entrance.
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health
to provide room and board and to assure that assisted living services
are available when needed, to four or more adults unrelated to the
proprietor. Residential units in comprehensive personal care homes
house no more that two residents and have a lockable door on the unit
entrance.
Housing for independent and semidependent living which provides
support services, including but not limited to religious, recreational,
housekeeping, laundry, transportation, dining and health care facilities
which are contiguous to or included within the facility.
A facility so defined in N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq., and amendments
thereto.
The purpose and intent of the District is to
enable the planned development, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-45.1 to
40:55D-45.8, of a Senior Citizen Village District which shall also
provide for recreational, medical and shopping facilities and similar
services required by the residents thereof in accordance with a comprehensive
site development plan approved by the Planning Board of the Township.
A.
For the Planned Senior Citizen District, the tract
size shall be a minimum of 200 contiguous acres. For the purposes
of this section, the existence of a public street right-of-way shall
not be deemed to interrupt contiguous acreage.
B.
For the Planned Senior Citizen District Overlay, the
tract size shall be a minimum of 70 contiguous acres.
Permitted uses shall be as follows:
A.
Independent residential dwelling units.
B.
Single-family detached and semiattached dwellings.
C.
Multifamily structures containing three or more dwellings
including triplex, quadraplex, townhouse and multifamily apartment
buildings.
D.
Recreational and support facilities including club
house, swimming pool, tennis courts, etc.
E.
Licensed and other residential health care facilities
such as but not limited to assisted living/congregate care facilities,
nursing homes and adult day care.
F.
Shopping and service facilities including but not
limited to grocery store, book and stationary, pharmacy, restaurant,
doctor and dentist office, places of worship, retail goods and service
stores of a neighborhood service type including but not limited to
food, drugs, drink, household supplies, hardware stores, barbershops
and beauty shops, shoe repair and tailor shops, dry cleaning shops,
professional offices, banks and restaurants.
G.
Eating and drinking establishments.
H.
Quasi-public or private club or fraternity.
I.
Community or civic facilities included but not limited
to community residences, eleemosynary uses, and outpatient clinic.
Gross density shall be 3.8 dwelling units per
gross acre of tract. Gross density shall not include assisted living
residential units, congregate housing, comprehensive personal care
home or nursing beds.
Height, area and bulk requirements for independent
living residential dwellings shall be as follows:
A.
Single-family detached dwelling.
(1)
Minimum lot size: 4,500 square feet (not to exceed
33% of the total number of single-family lots, and further provided
that no less than 50% of all single-family lots shall be 5,500 square
feet or greater.
(2)
Lot width (at set back line): 45 feet.
(3)
Front yard: 20 feet from curb face and further provided
that no driveway shall be less than 20 feet in length measured from
the garage door to the sidewalk or curb as the case may be.
(4)
Side yard: five feet.
(5)
Both side yards: 15 feet.
(6)
Rear yard: 15 feet.
C.
Triplex/Quadraplex (three to four single-family units
in one structure). [Note: No front-to-back building arrangement shall
be permitted.]
E.
Multifamily structure (more than eight units in one
structure). [Note: No front-to-back building arrangement shall be
permitted.]
Height, area and bulk requirements for commercial
and senior citizen support uses, including assisted living residential
health care facilities, comprehensive personal care home and nursing
home shall be as follows:
A.
Minimum lot size: two acres.
B.
Minimum lot frontage: 100 feet.
C.
Minimum front yard: 75 feet.
D.
Minimum side yard: 20 feet.
E.
Minimum both side yards: 50 feet.
F.
Minimum rear yard: 30 feet.
G.
Maximum height: 50 feet.
H.
Maximum percent lot coverage by buildings: 40%.
I.
Maximum percent impervious coverage by buildings and
pavement (total impervious surface): 80%.
Requirements and restrictions for commercial
and senior citizen support facilities and uses shall be as follows:
A.
Commercial retail and service uses shall not be permitted
in any structure containing a dwelling unit.
B.
The required minimum/maximum percent of gross project
area to be developed for commercial purposes shall be 0% minimum/3%
maximum, and for senior citizen support facilities shall be 0% minimum/5%
maximum. Such uses shall be separate and apart from common area proposed,
except that limited retail/service uses of no more than 10,000 square
feet of floor area may be located within a structure(s) owned by the
owners' association.
Required housing type mix of independent living
residential dwellings shall be as follows:
|
Type
|
Percent of Total
|
|---|---|
|
Detached
|
50 - 80
|
|
Semiattached
|
0 - 25
|
|
Triplex/Quadroplex
|
0 - 25
|
|
Townhomes
|
0 - 25
|
|
Apartments/Condo Flats
|
5 - 35
|
A.
Clubhouse facility or facilities providing pool, tennis,
and other activities including game rooms and general multipurpose
space: a minimum of 14 square feet of floor area per independent living
unit shall be provided.
B.
Open space/recreation facilities and area: 20.0% of
the gross acreage of the tract shall be open space and improved recreation
areas of which a minimum of 7.5% of the gross acreage shall be improved
recreational facilities including but not limited to clubhouse, tennis,
pool, bikeways, village parks, play field areas and support facilities.
Open space/recreation areas shall not include paved roadways, parking
areas provided for attached residential dwellings or any portion of
a lot in fee simple individual ownership. Pedestrian walkways shall
be included in the open space/recreation area calculation.
C.
Pedestrian paths/bikeways: Each dwelling shall have
immediate access to a pedestrian path (sidewalk) or bikeway located
to the front, side or rear of the dwellings. Bikeways shall be required
along main access roadways. An off-site bikeways shall connect the
senior citizen village to state, county, or Township open space/recreation
facilities adjacent to or in close proximity to the tract.
D.
Off-street parking: 1.8 spaces per attached independent
residential living unit. All detached dwellings shall have a garage
and a private driveway.
E.
Provision for emergency services: A developer of licensed
health care facility as defined and provided herein shall own, lease,
rent or have immediately available by other arrangement an ambulance
for the conveyance of nonambulatory as well as emergency patients.
F.
Site transition areas, security and access.
(1)
For Planned Senior Citizen Village Districts: A buffer
shall be provided of 50 feet in width along the tract boundary and
shall be increased to 250 feet where any portion of the tract abuts
the D&R Canal, except that existing dwellings shall be permitted
to remain within any required buffer area. Earth berms, landscaping,
ornamental fencing and security stations shall be provided within
the required buffer areas.
(2)
For planned senior citizen village district overlays:
An average buffer shall be provided of 50 feet in width along the
tract boundary and may be modified by the Planning Board during the
review process, with a minimum width of 35 feet. Earth berms, landscaping,
ornamental fencing and security stations shall be provided within
the required buffer areas.
[Added 4-9-2019 by Ord.
No. 4271-19]
The following properties located within the SCV Zoning District
but not included in the Canal Walk development (i.e., the lands encumbered
by Lots 1.01, 2.01, 3, 4.01, 12.02, 13.02, 16 and 17) shall be subject
to the use and bulk requirements of the R-40 (Single-Family Residential)
Zoning District.
