[Added 9-19-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002]
The purpose of the Senior Residential (SR) Zone
is to provide for the planned development of single-family detached,
semidetached and attached dwelling units for residents who are 55
years of age or older. The zone is intended to provide a housing resource
commonly known as an active adult community for the Borough of Kinnelon
and surrounding areas.
For purposes of the SR Zone, the following definitions
shall apply:
A one-family dwelling unit attached to one or more one-family
dwellings by common vertical walls.
A one-family, freestanding dwelling unit.
A one-family, detached dwelling unit on a separate lot with
open space setbacks on three sides and with a court.
A one-family dwelling attached to one other one-family dwelling
by a common vertical wall, and each dwelling located on a separate
lot.
A single-family dwelling unit intended, erected and restricted
for the benefit of residents who are 55 years of age or older as permitted
by federal housing regulations. Nothing herein shall prohibit a spouse
residing in such development who is under the age of 55 years, provided
that such spouse is married to and residing with a person who is a
minimum of 55 years of age. No person under the age of 18 years shall
be a resident of the SR Zone.
A one-family dwelling unit in a row of at least three such
units in which each unit has its own front and rear access to the
outside; no unit is located over another unit; and each unit is separated
from any other unit by one or more vertical common walls.
Not more than two patio homes attached to one another by
a common vertical wall with each dwelling located on a separate lot.
Permitted uses in the SR Zone shall be Senior
Residential Dwellings as follows:
B.
Accessory uses:
(1)
Off-street parking including garages within principal
permitted buildings.
(2)
Common open space and on-site recreation facilities,
including, but not limited to, a clubhouse and swimming pool.
(3)
Related storage, maintenance or other accessory structures
necessary for the operation and administration of the senior residential
development.
(4)
Directional signs for building identification and
traffic safety.
(5)
Fences necessary for safety, security and screening
purposes.
(6)
One freestanding masonry monument sign of a maximum
area of 48 square feet and not larger than six feet in height nor
eight feet in width to identify the development from the public road
system.
Each SR Zone development shall comply with the
following requirements:
A.
Maximum tract density. The maximum tract density shall
not be more than one dwelling unit per gross acre of land.
B.
The minimum tract area shall be 150 acres.
C.
The minimum setback from the tract boundaries shall
be 175 feet for townhouse buildings, and 75 feet for other permitted
principal uses.
D.
The minimum required lot area for a patio home or
zero lot line shall be 5,500 square feet for an interior lot and 6,500
square feet for a corner lot.
E.
The minimum required lot width for a patio home or
zero lot line home shall be 55 feet for an interior lot and 65 feet
for a corner lot.
F.
The minimum required lot depth for a patio home or
zero lot line home shall be 100 feet.
G.
The minimum building setback from internal roadways
shall be 25 feet from any building face to the street curb for townhouse
buildings and 30 feet for all other permitted principal buildings.
H.
Maximum tract coverage. The maximum permitted tract
coverage by all impervious surfaces shall not exceed 20% percent of
the gross tract area.
[Amended 10-17-2002 by Ord. No. 17-2002]
I.
Minimum tract open space. Not less than 65% of the
gross tract area shall remain as active or passive open space. Such
open space may include freshwater wetlands and transition areas as
approved by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
All approved on-tract open space shall be protected by a permanent
conservation easement or open space easements which specify the particular
type of open space usage and activities which may occur therein as
will be approved by the Planning Board.
J.
The maximum building height for principal buildings
shall be no greater than 35 feet or 2 1/2 stories. The maximum height
of a clubhouse shall be 20 feet. The maximum height of other accessory
buildings and structures shall not exceed 16 feet.
K.
Minimum parking shall be provided in the amounts required
by the New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards (NIRSIS).
Townhouse attached dwellings shall provide a minimum of one garage
space. Patio home and zero lot line dwellings shall provide two garage
spaces. All garage spaces shall be within or attached to the dwelling
which they serve.
A.
Landscaping. Those portions of all front, rear and
side yards that are not used for off-street parking shall be attractively
planted with trees, shrubs, plants and grass lawns and shall be continuously
maintained.
B.
Buffering. Buffering shall be provided as follows:
(1)
Buffer strip. A landscape or natural buffer
strip shall be established and maintained along the exterior tract
property lines. Such buffer strips shall be a minimum of 100 feet
in width adjacent to townhouse, clubhouse and recreational buildings
and facilities. The buffer strip shall be 50 feet adjacent to other
permitted buildings and uses.
(2)
Screening and buffer strip. Whenever a developed
use in this zone abuts any single-family residential zone or use,
the buffer strip required shall also contain screening such as dense
hedges, decorative fencing or landscaping earth berms where, in the
judgment of the Planning Board, such buffering and screening is necessary
to supplement the natural existing vegetation.
(a)
Whenever a landscaped buffer strip is required,
it shall:
[1]
Be landscaped by the planting of grass and/or
ground cover, shrubs and trees. At a minimum, two shrubs and one tree
shall be provided for each 500 square feet of area or fraction thereof
of the buffer strip. If the buffer strip is naturally wooded in its
entire width and provides effective buffering to the satisfaction
of the Planning Board, it may remain, subject to Planning Board approval,
in its natural condition in place of the required shrubs and trees.
[2]
Not contain parking areas or other accessory
structures or uses except those intended and designed for decorative
or passive recreational purposes. Driveways necessary to serve off-street
parking are permitted to cross required buffer strips.
(b)
Screening. Whenever screening has been specified
by this chapter or is required by the Planning Board, such screening
shall comply with the following standards:
[1]
Screening shall consist of either dense evergreen
trees (conifers) other than white pines or a combination of not less
than 50% percent evergreen trees and dense hedges of deciduous plants.
Recommended species of evergreens include Douglas Fir, Norway Spruce
and Colorado Blue Spruce.
[2]
If only evergreen trees are used, they shall
be planted at five feet on center in a single row or at 10 feet on
center in each of two staggered rows. All evergreens shall be a minimum
of six feet tall and shall be planted in a manner to form an effective,
solid barrier to vision at the time of planting; or
[3]
If a combination of evergreens and deciduous
hedge is used, all plantings shall be at 30 inches on center in a
single row or at five feet on center in each of two staggered rows.
All evergreens shall be a minimum of six feet tall at the time of
planting. All deciduous plants shall be a minimum of five feet to
six feet tall at the time of planting; or
[4]
Subject to Planning Board approval, a solid
fence of natural durable material, such as cedar, cypress or redwood
not less than five feet tall and open to the ground not more than
four inches above ground level may be installed, or subject to Planning
Board approval, at landscaped earth berm not less than five feet in
height may be constructed.
C.
Shade Trees. Shade trees shall be planted along the
roadways and interior drives of SR Zone developments as follows:
(1)
Trees shall be nursery stock, balled and burlapped,
of an approved species, and grown under the same climatic conditions
as found at the location of the development. Trees shall be of symmetrical
growth, free of insects, pests and disease, and suitable for street
use and durable under the maintenance contemplated.
(2)
The average trunk diameter measured at a height
of six feet above the finished grade level shall be a minimum of 2
1/2 inches to three inches caliper, depending on good practice with
reference to the particular species planted. Trees shall be planted
at intervals of 40 to 50 feet apart, depending upon the species, along
both sides of the SR development roadways as will be approved by the
Planning Board.
(3)
All plantings shall be done in conformance with
good nursery and landscape practice.
D.
Planting strips and islands. All planting strips or
islands within interior site areas, or interior roadways shall be
finished graded, properly prepared and sodded with lawn grass in conformance
with good nursery and landscape practice. In the alternative, for
maintenance purposes, they may be landscaped and stabilized with appropriate
ground cover, decorative stone, bark or other suitable material as
will be approved by the Planning Board.
A.
Within the minimum required open space of a development
in the SR Zone not more than 20% of said area shall be used as stormwater
detention facilities. All on-site open space shall comply with the
definition of open space as contained in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-5.
B.
All residents of the SR Zone shall have the right
to use the common open space subject to whatever restrictions may
be imposed by conservation or other easements.
C.
Common open space may be dedicated to the Borough
if accepted by the Borough Council, or to an open space organization
or trust, or to a private, nonprofit organization charged with providing
recreation activities for the residents of the SR development.
D.
All common open space which may be deeded to an open
space organization, trust or private organization shall be owned and
maintained as provided for in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-43.
A.
Site lighting shall be provided in all areas of SR
Zone developments which are accessible to guests and visitors of the
residents and to the public as follows:
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Area
|
Average
Maintained Footcandles
| |
|---|---|---|
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Parking lots and access drives
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0.4 to 1.0
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Pedestrianways and sidewalks
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0.5
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B.
All lighting from fixtures shall be shielded and cut
off at property lines adjoining residential zones and areas so that
lamp or refractor is not visible from these areas or adjoining roadways.
All sky-glow effects shall be prohibited. The maximum permissible
luminary mounting height shall not exceed 15 feet above ground level.
Each SR Zone development shall be served by
Kinnelon Borough public water and sewers. All electric utilities,
phone, CATV or other utility services shall be installed underground.
Any public water, sewer or drainage utility easement shall be a minimum
of 20 feet in width. All other easements shall be located and dimensioned
in consultation with the companies or agencies providing the service.
Each SR Zone development shall provide for screened
and accessible dumpster areas for regular trash and garbage disposal
and for the collection and disposal of recyclable materials. Details
of such plans shall be submitted to the Planning Board at the time
of site plan review.
Each SR Zone development shall be served by
paved roads, driveways and parking areas constructed in accordance
with the New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards (NJRSIS).
All improvements shall be appropriately drained in accordance therewith.
A.
Each SR Zone development shall provide drainage improvements
in compliance with NJRSIS.
B.
Where nonstructural means of controlling surface runoff,
such as swales, are feasible and adequate, such nonstructural means
shall be used.
C.
The system shall be adequate to carry off the stormwater
and natural drainage water which originates within the lot or tract
boundaries and that which originates beyond the lot or tract boundaries
and that which originates beyond the lot or tract boundaries in their
current state of development. No stormwater runoff or natural drainage
shall be so diverted as to overload existing systems or create flooding
or the need for additional drainage structures on other private properties
or public lands without proper and approved provisions being made
for taking care of these conditions.
D.
All grading shall be done in a manner that will secure
proper drainage away from buildings. Additionally, drainage shall
be provided in a manner which will prevent the collection of stormwater
in pools or other unauthorized concentrations of flow.
E.
Approval of drainage structures shall be obtained
where necessary from the appropriate municipal, county, state and
federal agencies and offices.
F.
Where required by the Planning Board and as indicated
on an approval site development plan, a drainage right-of-way easement
shall be provided to the Borough where a tract or lot is traversed
by a drainage system, channel or stream. The drainage right-of-way
easement shall be dimensioned appropriately based upon the recommendation
of the Borough Engineer.
Each SR development shall address and comply with the provisions of Article XV Environmentally Sensitive Areas.
