[Amended 12-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-16]
The purpose of this district is to provide for multiple-dwelling units such as apartments, townhouses and age-restricted multifamily dwellings. It is intended and declared that apartments or other multiple-dwelling units be planned and controlled to provide proper aesthetic and design considerations, including optimum recreation, open areas and parking facilities at a low cost to users.
[Amended 12-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-16]
All uses permitted in the RA and RB Districts, age-restricted multifamily dwellings and groups of apartments and townhouses shall be permitted as principal uses in the RC District.
All accessory uses of the RB District shall be permitted in the RC District.
A. 
No application for multiple-dwelling structures shall be considered unless the proposed location meets the following minimum requirements:
(1) 
The plot to be developed shall front on an existing road, paved in accordance with the provisions herein, or the developer's performance guaranty as herein required and the subdivision requirements of this chapter shall include the cost of construction or reconstruction and upgrading of any road or street to serve the development.
(2) 
The plot shall be in an area served by public water and sewer, or the performance guaranty of the developer shall include the cost of construction and installation of such services, together with the cost to upgrade and survey the sewage treatment facility, if necessary.
B. 
The plan requirements set forth in this section are in addition to all other plans for subdivision and site plan required by this chapter.
[Amended 12-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-16]
A minimum of 25% of the entire tract shall be set aside for open space in accordance with Article XX. Age-restricted multifamily developments of less than 40 units shall be exempt from this requirement, provided that off-site recreation shall be coordinated with the approving authority.
[Amended 12-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-16]
Bulk and area requirements shall be as follows:
A. 
Minimum lot area: five acres; four acres for age-restricted multifamily developments.
B. 
Maximum density: 12 units per acre.
C. 
Minimum lot width: 250 feet; 200 feet for age-restricted multifamily developments.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 50 feet; 35 feet for age-restricted multifamily developments.
E. 
Minimum side yards: 30 feet each, except that in an age-restricted multifamily development, the Planning Board may allow up to 15 feet of the side yard requirement to be satisfied by a deed-restricted landscape buffer easement area abutting the development on an adjacent property.
F. 
Minimum rear yard: 50 feet; 45 feet for age-restricted multifamily developments.
G. 
Minimum distance between buildings: 60 feet; 20 feet for age-restricted multifamily developments.
H. 
Maximum lot coverage: 40%; 50% for age-restricted multifamily developments.
I. 
Maximum height: two stories, with the basement not to be used for living space.
J. 
Maximum units per building: 10.
K. 
Each individual unit shall contain the following minimum requirements:
(1) 
Kitchen, bath and two additional rooms.
(2) 
Sixty square feet of storage space, in addition to closets, with a minimum height of six feet, which may be located in the basement. Said storage space shall have a fireproof ceiling with a minimum two-hour rating, a fire alarm system, an underwriter-approved method of automatic fire control and proper and adequate lighting. For age-restricted multifamily developments, a thirty-square-foot outdoor storage area shall be provided in lieu of a sixty-square-foot storage area.
(3) 
Private and separate entrance.
(4) 
Heating, with an independent control for each unit, sufficient to maintain a temperature of 72° F. when the outside temperature is 0° F.
(5) 
Air conditioning, with independent controls for each unit, sufficient to maintain a per-unit temperature of 15° below the outside temperature. No window-type units shall be permitted.
(6) 
Adequate garbage and trash storage and pickup by means of self-dumping bulk-material handlers. Storage areas shall be located with a view toward convenience and minimizing the detrimental effect on the aesthetic character of the structures. Storage areas shall be enclosed and shielded from view by fencing and/or shrubbery at least six feet in height. For age-restricted multifamily developments, conventional, curbside trash pickup shall be permitted.
(7) 
A minimum of six inches of soundproofing material shall be used between units and in no event shall this requirement be less than any state or municipal building code provisions in force and effect in Florence Township at the time the application is filed.
(8) 
Off-street parking shall be provided with a ratio of 1 3/4 spaces in agreement with the parking standards of this chapter (each space to be 10 feet by 20 feet, with a rear clearance of 24 feet) for each dwelling unit, with no more than 20 spaces in one parking area. All parking areas shall be located within the permitted buildable area or in the rear yard area; provided, however, that in the latter case, a ten-foot-wide buffer strip shall be maintained along the entire length of the rear lot and such other lines or portions thereof as shall be required by the Planning Board. No on-street parking shall be permitted.
L. 
Except as provided in this section, no dwelling unit shall be erected with a living area of less than 1,250 square feet. Age-restricted multifamily developments shall be permitted to reduce the living area to 790 square feet for a one-bedroom unit and 850 square feet for a two-bedroom unit.