Township of Brick, NJ Article X Planned Multifamily Residential Retirement Community (PMRRC) Regulations

§ 245-99 Requirements and permitted uses.

A. No building structure or land use shall be proposed except for a planned multifamily residential retirement community defined as follows:

PLANNED MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

A group of structures each containing separate units for three or more families, but which may have joint services or facilities or both. Ownership of each dwelling unit in the community shall be restricted to at least one person of the age of 55 years or older by deed, covenants, restrictions of records and bylaws and rules and regulations, and the area comprising the remainder to the community may be fee simple with common land or open spaces to be maintained through assessments against property owners within the confines of the community in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 46:8B-1 et seq.

B. All development shall be built in accordance with a site development plan and/or subdivision approved by the Planning Board and may include commercial facilities contained within the community clubhouse and designed in accordance with the development standards contained within § 245-100R. Specifically, such a planned residential retirement community shall include multifamily dwellings. Said development shall include the following:

(1) Recreational and cultural facilities for the sole use of residents of the community and their guests, including but not limited to the following:

(a) A clubhouse, which shall include a room which shall be used solely as a short-term first aid room and which shall contain a complete first aid kit as well as a bed or cot, which room shall remain open during all hours of operation of the clubhouse. There shall be no requirement that said room be staffed by any personnel.

(b) Self-service laundry facilities, in the event that each of the residential units is not provided with a clothes washer and clothes dryer.

(c) A variety of recreational facilities such as, but not necessarily including, a fitness room, tennis court, bocce ball court, shuffleboard court, swimming pool, picnic grounds and necessary accessory buildings for maintenance and administration.

(2) Age-restricted affordable dwelling units at a ratio of one affordable dwelling unit for every eight market-rate units. The affordable units must satisfy the COAH requirements for bedroom distribution and affordability. In lieu of constructing age-restricted affordable dwelling units, the Township of Brick may enter into a developer's agreement to provide for a contribution to the Township of Brick's Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

C. Provisions should be made for on-street and off-street parking. These provisions shall be in accordance with the Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS) Table 4.4. The applicant may propose additional parking facilities; however, such facilities shall be subject to the residential characteristics of the area.

D. The community may include, on property owned by the homeowners' association, an office to be occupied by an independent real estate broker or agent for the exclusive resale of dwelling units within the development. Provision should be made for on-street and off-street parking in connection with said office which shall otherwise conform to appropriate ordinances and regulations of the Township of Brick.

§ 245-100 Development standards.

No site development plan shall be considered that does not meet these development standards.

A. Residential density. There shall be no more than 15 dwelling units per net buildable acre defined as follows: Buildable land shall not include wetlands or wetland buffers or any other property which is not able to be built upon under existing federal, state, county or local law, including tidal and freshwater wetlands.

B. Residential building coverage. Not more than 30% of the net land area as calculated under residential density as defined above shall be covered by residential buildings.

C. Impervious coverage. Not more than 50% of the net land area as calculated under residential density as defined above may be covered with impervious surfaces.

D. Green area. In accordance with NJAC 7:7, Rules on Coastal Zone Management, a forest preservation area equal to 25% of the building area shall be provided. In addition to the forest preservation area, not less than 20% of the net area shall be devoted to green area, which is herewith defined to include areas not covered by residential buildings, community structures, the paved areas of streets and paved public parking areas but not submerged lands. However, lakes within a mean depth of four feet shall not be considered submerged lands up to 10% of the total area set aside for green areas.

E. Ridge height of buildings. The maximum ridge height of any building shall be 49 feet, except that there shall be no limit on the height of water towers. Residential dwellings shall be limited to no more than four stories in any one structure, consisting of a parking garage and a maximum of three stories of residential dwellings. Building height shall be measured from the average grade of the center line of the nearest street as measured along the frontage of the structure.

F. Minimum gross floor area. The minimum gross floor area for a one-bedroom unit shall be 1,200 square feet. The minimum gross floor area for two-bedroom units shall be 1,350 square feet. The minimum floor area requirement for any proposed affordable units shall be determined pursuant to site plan approval.

G. Exterior boundary setbacks. No building lot line or structures other than entrance gatehouses, walls, fences or carports shall be located within 50 feet of any exterior commercial boundary line of the tract or within 60 feet of any exterior residential boundary line of the tract.

H. Distance between buildings. There shall be a minimum distance of 50 feet between all residential buildings.

I. Roads. Interior roads shall have a paved width of 30 feet and shall be centered within a right-of-way of 50 feet and shall be paved and maintained in good repair, with curbs, sidewalks and streetlights spaced at a minimum intervals of 300 feet. Culs-de-sac, if proposed, shall have a minimum radius of 50 feet, said radius to be determined from the curbline. All streets shall be dedicated to public use. Sidewalks shall be required on two sides of the street. Interior walkways/meandering paths shall be required for interior access to the site amenities.

J. Egress to the site shall be from ramp "D" as depicted on the Brick Township Tax Map. No dwelling unit or other structure shall have ingress or egress provided from an existing public street. Emergency access shall be provided to the adjacent Vornado Shopping Center, Block 701, Lots 7, 8, 15 and 16. Said access need not be paved.

K. All roads constructed on the site shall provide continuity with the existing road system of the Township of Brick and shall be so constructed as to provide for the future flow of traffic in the area of the PMRRC.

L. Off-street parking shall be in accordance with the RSIS Table 4.4. The recreation and clubhouse parking shall be part of the total visitor parking required.

M. Yards. All buildings shall have a minimum front yard of 15 feet from the edge of pavement. Although a minimum distance of 50 feet must be maintained between buildings, a porch, veranda, deck or patio may be a minimum of 35 feet to the nearest building and 20 feet to the nearest porch, veranda, deck or patio.

N. No more than 50 units shall be constructed or permitted in any building or under any common roof.

O. Maximum building size is 250 feet long by 120 feet deep. Building material and exterior design shall be subject to the review and approval of the Architectural Review Committee of the Planning Board.

P. All on-site, off-site and off-tract drainage shall be provided for in accordance with the CAFRA permit to be obtained by the Township of Brick.

Q. Utilities. The community shall be serviced by a water supply and sewerage system in accordance with local and state regulations, and the applicant shall grant public easements to the municipality or the Brick Township Municipal Utility Authority (BTMUA), or both, for all public utilities which shall be regulated and controlled by the municipality in accordance with its applicable ordinances. Easements, if required, shall be a minimum of 20 feet wide. All utilities shall be installed underground.

R. Clubhouses, community buildings and recreational facilities.

(1) There shall in each PMRRC be at least one clubhouse or community building within which there may be at least one area for commercial use. There shall be at least 20 square feet of clubhouse building space provided for each proposed dwelling unit. Commercial space, if proposed, shall be a minimum of four square feet and a maximum of 10 square feet for each dwelling unit. Said commercial space must be located within the structure.

(2) The clubhouse and other recreational facilities shall be completed and in operation before the 25th dwelling unit has been completed and a certificate of occupancy issued thereupon or with six months of the first certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs sooner. The common elements shall be deeded to the homeowners' association. The common lands or open spaces shall not be conveyed to any other body, and such restriction shall be placed in the master deed. Such documents required by Part 2 of this chapter shall provide that any common lands or open lands, recreational facilities and properties intended to be deeded and conveyed to a nonprofit corporation or an analogous body immediately upon its incorporation and organization and be free and clear of any encumbrances or liens at the time of passing of control to the homeowners' association.

(3) Parking requirements for recreational buildings shall be at one space per every eight seats or potential seats.

S. In addition to the clubhouse, a swimming pool of not less than 2,500 square feet or 2,500 square feet of various recreational facilities shall be required. All ground surrounding recreational and administrative facilities shall be attractively landscaped with appropriate walkways. Underground irrigation shall be installed for all such areas. Said complex and facilities may be separate and at different locations within the community.

T. Recreational areas and green areas shall be dedicated to a homeowners' association or analogous body.

U. Recreational vehicle storage space may be proposed; however, it must be screened with a vegetative buffer.