The provisions of this article shall only apply to the Planned Adult Community (PAC) District as herein defined and in accordance with the provisions and requirements of this section.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PLANNED ADULT COMMUNITY (PAC)
A planned adult community designed to meet the needs of an age-restricted segment of the population where the head of the household is, at a minimum, 55 years of age, except that due to the death a remaining spouse of less than 55 shall be allowed to remain; no person under 19 years of age shall reside in any dwelling unit for more than 90 days in any calendar year; and where an equivalent of at least 10% of all units, including non-age-restricted, shall be provided for low- and moderate-income households. The PAC District shall also include 150 of the total units as non-age-restricted units. Further, a minimum of 5% shall and up to 10% of the tract may be developed for commercial uses.
The purpose and intent of the PAC District is to enable the planned development, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-45.1 to 40:55D-45.8, of a PAC District which shall also provide for recreational, medical and shopping facilities, employment opportunities and similar services required by the residents thereof in accordance with a comprehensive site development plan approved by the Planning Board of the Township.
For the PAC District, the required tract size shall be a minimum of 150 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.
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 clubhouse, swimming pool, tennis courts, etc.
E. 
Shopping and service facilities including but not limited to grocery store, book and stationery, 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.
F. 
Eating and drinking establishments.
G. 
Quasi-public or private club or fraternity.
H. 
Community or civic facilities included but not limited to community residences, eleemosynary uses, and outpatient clinics.
A gross density of 6.0 dwelling units per gross acre of the tract shall be permitted for independent residential dwelling units including common areas, except that no more than 900 units including COAH eligible affordable units shall be permitted.
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.
(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 which ever is closer.
(4) 
Side yard: five feet.
(5) 
Both side yards: 15 feet.
(6) 
Rear yard: 20 feet.
B. 
Semidetached.
(1) 
Minimum lot size: 3,750 square feet.
(2) 
Lot width (at set back line): 35 feet.
(3) 
All other bulk standards: same as above, except side yard: 0 feet.
(4) 
Both side yards: 10 feet.
C. 
Triplex/quadraplex (three to four single-family units in one structure). [Note: No front-to-back building arrangement shall be permitted.]
(1) 
Front yard: 20 feet from sidewalk or curb, whichever is closer.
(2) 
Side yard: 15 feet side to side of adjacent buildings or five feet to lot line, whichever the greater.
(3) 
Rear yard: 30 feet back to back of adjacent buildings or 15 feet to lot line, whichever the greater.
D. 
Townhouse (five to eight units in one structure). [Note: No front-to-back building arrangement shall be permitted.]
(1) 
Front yard: 20 feet from sidewalk or curb, whichever is closer.
(2) 
Side yard: 15 feet side to side of adjacent buildings.
(3) 
Rear yard: 50 feet back to back of adjacent buildings.
E. 
Multifamily structure (more than eight units in one structure). [Note: No front-to-back building arrangement shall be permitted.]
(1) 
Maximum height: three stories/50 feet maximum height.
(2) 
Maximum units per structure: 80 units.
(3) 
Side yard: 15 feet side to side of adjacent buildings.
(4) 
Rear yard: 50 feet back to back of adjacent buildings.
Commercial height, area and bulk requirements shall be as follows:
A. 
Minimum lot size: two acres.
B. 
Minimum lot frontage: 100 feet.
C. 
Minimum front yard: 50 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): 65% subject to compliance with the New Jersey Elimination Discharge System and Stormwater Regulations (N.J.A.C. 7:14A1-25) and to no increase in runoff from the site.
Requirements and restrictions for commercial and senior citizen support facilities and uses shall be as follows:
A. 
Commercial retail service uses and light manufacturing shall not be permitted in any structure containing a dwelling unit.
B. 
The maximum percent of gross project area to be developed for commercial purposes shall be 10%.
C. 
The maximum percent of gross project area to be developed for senior citizen support facilities shall be 5%.
D. 
Such uses shall be separate and apart from common area proposed.
Required housing type mix of independent living residential dwellings shall be as follows:
Type
Percent of Total
Detached
0-50
Semiattached
0-25
Triplex/Quadraplex
0-25
Townhomes
0-50
Apartments/Condo Flats
25-75
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. Improved recreation areas shall be an additional 5% of the gross acreage and 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, exclusive of sidewalks along streets, shall be included in the open space/recreation area calculation.
C. 
Pedestrian paths/bikeways: Each swelling 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 bikeway shall connect the PAC to state, county or Township open space/recreation facilities or existing bikeways connecting to such facilities, that are adjacent to or in close proximity to the tract.
D. 
Off-street parking: 1.8 spaces per attached independent residential living unit shall be provided. 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: 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.
G. 
Access to Weston Canal Road prohibited: No private or public roadway shall connect to Weston Canal Road except that the Planning Board, in its sole discretion, may permit emergency access.
H. 
Provision of low- and moderate-income housing; mandatory set-aside requirements. A developer shall provide or cause others to provide low- and moderate-income dwelling units which shall be equivalent to not less than 10% of the total number of dwelling units specified in the development plan and further provided that 50 of the required low- and moderate-income units shall be dedicated to the Township by fee simple deed or other instrument acceptable to the Township. All units or equivalents shall be provided in accordance with §§ 112-75, 112-76, 112-78, and 112-79.