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Editor's Note: Former §§ 154-119 through 154-122, General provisions, Fair-share allocation, and Identification of low- and moderate-income units, respectively, were repealed 6-13-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11.
[Amended 4-19-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-5; 5-2-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-15; 12-2-1985 by Ord. No. 1985-23; 6-13-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also changed the title of this article from "Low- and Moderate-Income Housing" to "Affordable Housing Zones."
The following sites are specifically rezoned to permit residential development as follows:
D.
The density within the adult community known as Larchmont Center, Section 14, is hereby increased from the density allowed by the revision to the PUD approval approved July 2, 1984 by the addition of 20 additional units to be used for moderate-income housing.
E.
The parcel of land located on Elbo Lane west of its intersection with Union Mill Road, said parcel consisting of approximately 110 acres and shown on the Tax Map of the Township as Block 904, Lot 14, is hereby rezoned from its existing R-3 zoning to allow as a permitted use a maximum of 770 residential dwelling units, including 29 units of low-income units and seven credits as set forth in the Housing Element and Fair Share Plan of the Mount Laurel Township Master Plan. The low-income units attributable to this development shall be constructed on the site pursuant to the phasing schedule set forth in the consent order. The moderate-income units shall be constructed off-site in two locations. Twenty units shall be developed as part of the age restricted component of Larchmont Center as described in the subsection above and 19 moderate-income units and 6 credits shall be constructed as part of the development on Union Mill Road described in the following subsection.
[Amended 11-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-30]
F.
The tract of land located between Union Mill Road and the Hainesport Township boundary line consisting of approximately 87.5 acres and designated on the Tax Map of the Township as Block 127, Lot 2 currently zoned R-8 is hereby rezoned to allow up to a maximum of 700 units of housing. This site shall contain 19 moderate-income units and 6 credits as set forth in the Housing Element and Fair Share Plan of the Master Plan of the Township of Mount Laurel.
[Amended 11-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-30]
G.
The tract of land located on the western side of Union Mill Road between Elbo Lane and Moorestown-Mount Laurel Road consisting of approximately 96 acres, currently zoned R-3 and shown on the Tax Map of the Township as Block 278, Lots 1 and 2 are hereby rezoned to permit construction of up to 512 dwelling units. This development will be required to provide 18 low-income units as set forth in the Housing Element and Fair Share Plan of the Master Plan of the Township of Mount Laurel.
[Amended 11-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-30]
H.
The following sites are either built and occupied or the subject of court approvals and/or court-ordered approvals by the Mount Laurel Township Planning Board. As such, those sites are specifically within the Mount Laurel Township Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Plan and are hereby rezoned in a manner consistent with their current existence and pursuant to court order:
[Added 11-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-30]
(1)
Block 802, Lots 5, 10 and 11.01, known as "Tricia Meadows," shall generate 43 low-income and 43 moderate-income units for a total of 86 inclusionary units.
(2)
Block 904, Lot 5, shall generate nine low-income and nine moderate-income units for a total of 18 inclusionary units.
(3)
Block 100, known as "Rencocas Pointe," shall generate 26 low-income and 26 moderate-income units for a total of 52 inclusionary units.
(4)
Block 601, Lots 23.01 and 24.04, known as "Ethel Lawrence Homes," shall generate 70 low-income and 70 moderate-income units for a total of 140 inclusionary units.
(5)
Block 701, Lot 3, shall generate 12 low-income and 13 moderate-income units for a total of 25 inclusionary units.
(6)
Block 302.15, Lots 2 and 3, or parts thereof, known as the "Senior Citizens Project," shall generate 184 units in three phases with the expectation of developing Phase 1 with 70 units, Phase 2 with 58 units and Phase 3 with 56 units. A maximum of four staff units for non-age-restricted residents may be constructed in addition to the age-restricted units.
[Amended 3-13-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-2; 7-12-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-17]
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Editor's Note: Former §§ 154-124 through 154-126, (Reserved), Inclusionary developments and Township fee waivers, respectively, were repealed 6-13-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11.
An annual licensing fee for mobile homes is hereby established. Said fee shall be set in the amount of $150 per annum for each home. No fee is charged for the park. One-half (1/2) the above fee shall be charged for those units which are subject to the 20% mandatory set aside for low- and moderate-income persons. Initial fees shall be due and paid at the time of the issuance of the certificate of occupancy and apportioned on a per annum basis. Thereafter, fees shall be due on the first day of January of each succeeding year. The park owner shall be responsible for payment of the fees. This provision shall no longer be applicable when the moratorium prohibiting taxation of mobile home units as realty is removed.
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Editor's Note: Former §§ 154-128 through 154-131.1, Site inspection and plan review, Period of repose, Future change in Mount Laurel doctrine, Downpayment assistance, and Condemnation, were repealed 6-13-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11.
[Added 3-13-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-2]
A.
Senior affordable apartments shall consist of multifamily buildings, architecturally designed for elderly and/or handicapped persons, designed for rental of individual units, and designed in accordance with the requirements for such dwellings set forth in this article.
B.
Residency in units developed under this section shall be limited to persons age 55 and over in accordance with the Housing for Older Persons Act ("HOPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 3607 et seq. Additionally, up to four additional units in the overall complex may be occupied by a resident manager/staff younger than 55 years of age. An appropriate deed restriction shall be recorded in accordance with HOPA.
C.
Senior affordable apartments may include meeting rooms, management offices, exercise room, health clinic or other uses appropriate for the operation and maintenance of the complex.
D.
the maximum height of any building shall be 55 feet as measured from the high point of the ridge line to the average elevation of the building at the grade line.
[Amended 7-12-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-17]
E.
Setbacks from perimeter property lines and from streets.
(1)
Setbacks: No multifamily building shall be closer than 50 feet to any perimeter property line of the tract, and no parking space shall be closer than 40 feet to any perimeter property line of the tract. There shall be no setback requirements to any interior lot line within the project tract that is created for financing purposes.
F.
Building coverage and impervious surface coverage. Not less than 50% of the gross area of the senior affordable apartment development shall be devoted to green area. The 50% impervious surface coverage can be apportioned in any manner among building coverage, accessory building coverage and paving coverage, including parking lot coverage, cartways and sidewalk. The requirements created herein shall consider the entire project area and not the development or approval of the phased development created for financing purposes.
[Amended 7-12-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-17]
G.
Buffers. Buffer areas are required between residential and nonresidential development and also between multifamily developments, including townhouse developments and areas zoned, developed or proposed for single-family dwellings, whether part of the same project or on an adjacent tract. For uses within the same project, the Planning Board shall waive this buffer requirement if appropriate transitional uses are employed or if topography eliminates the need for said buffer. No buffer is required if the perimeter property line abuts a roadway and the setbacks, set forth in this article, are adhered to. Where a buffer is required along a side or rear property line, a strip of land at least 20 feet wide in the yard or setback area shall be designated as a buffer area. Buffer areas shall adjoin residential property lines and be of uniform width. The buffer shall contain a landscape screen consisting of a six-foot-high visual barrier of plantings of suitable materials set in a double row, staggered and spaced to accomplish this purpose or a landscaped earthen berm parallel to the lot line and set back an appropriate distance, said berm to be improved with suitable landscaping treatment. Plant materials, spacing and location of the plant materials, as set forth elsewhere in the development ordinances of the Township, shall be controlling. The requirements created herein shall consider the entire project area and not the development or approval of the phased development created for financing purposes.
[Amended 7-12-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-17]
H.
The developer of senior affordable apartments shall not be required to post performance or maintenance guarantees other than for public improvements approved by the Planning Board.
I.
The minimum number of parking spaces for senior affordable apartments shall be one parking space for every affordable apartment unit.
J.
The Residential Site Improvements Standards shall apply to the development of senior affordable apartments to the extent not in conflict with the terms of this § 154-131.1.1.
K.
Section 124-5D shall not apply to preliminary site plan approval granted for senior affordable apartments.
L.
This § 154-131.1.1 shall control if any of its provisions conflict with any other provisions of the Township of Mount Laurel Code.
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Editor's Note: Former § 154-131.2, Definitions, was repealed 6-13-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11.
A.
Each project shall contain not less than 20% open space.
B.
No more than 10 townhouses may be attached in a straight line. Consideration must be given to facade treatment with an air toward variety and/or breaks in the line of the facade. The maximum building length in any one plane for any multifamily housing structure shall be 250 feet. Plane shall be defined as the general building line including facades or roof line with breaks and/or projections. It is not intended to be interpreted as only those perfectly straight lines.
C.
No unit shall exceed three stories in height from ground level. Where topography permits, three-story buildings shall be constructed with the first story dwelling unit at ground level on one side of the structure and the second tier of units fronting on the other side of the structure at ground level. There shall be no dwelling units below ground or below the first story unless those units front on one side of the structure at ground level with the second tier of units fronting on the other side at ground level.
D.
The maximum number of garden apartment units per structure shall be 24, and the maximum number of townhouses per structure shall be 12 units.
E.
The maximum height of any building shall be 40 feet as measured from the high point of the ridge line to the average elevation of the building at the grade line.
F.
Setbacks from perimeter property lines, from streets and from one building to the other.
(1)
Setbacks. No multifamily building shall be closer than 75 feet to any perimeter property line of the tract and no paved or otherwise improved impervious surface shall be closer than 50 feet to any perimeter property line.
(2)
The distances between multifamily buildings and any other residential building, whether single-family or multifamily shall be as follows:
Parameter | Minimum Distance (feet) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Windowless wall to windowless wall | 20 | ||
Window wall to windowless wall | 30 | ||
Window wall to window wall: | |||
Front to front | 60 | ||
Rear to rear | 50 | ||
End to end | 30 | ||
(3)
No multifamily structure shall be located closer than 25 feet to the roadway right-of-way line, from which access is obtained.
G.
Building coverage and impervious surface coverage. Not less than 50% of the gross area of the multifamily development shall be devoted to green area. The fifty-percent impervious surface coverage can be apportioned in any manner among building coverage, accessory building coverage and paving coverage, including parking lot coverage, cartways and sidewalk.
H.
Buffers. Buffer areas are required between residential and nonresidential development and also between multifamily development, including townhouse development and areas zoned, developed or proposed for single-family dwellings whether part of the same project or on an adjacent tract. For uses within the same project, the Planning Board shall waive this buffer requirement if appropriate transitional uses are employed or if topography eliminates the need for said buffer. No buffer is required if the perimeter property line abuts a roadway and the setbacks, set forth in this article, are adhered to. Where a buffer is required along a side or rear property line, a strip of land at least 20 feet wide in the yard or setback area shall be designated as a buffer area. Buffer areas shall adjoin residential property lines and be of uniform width. The buffer area shall contain a landscape screen consisting of a six-foot-high visual barrier of plantings of suitable materials set in a double row, staggered and spaced to accomplish this purpose or a landscaped earthen berm parallel to the lot line and set back an appropriate distance, said berm to be improved with suitable landscaping treatment. Plant materials, spacing and location of the plant materials as set forth elsewhere in the developmental ordinances of the Township, shall be controlling.
A.
The minimum lot size for each single-family detached dwelling shall be not less than 6,000 square feet.
B.
The median lot frontage shall be 50 feet. Some individual lots may be more or less than this requirement, provided that the median frontage for all lots in the development shall not be less than 50 feet.
C.
The front yard setback shall be not less than 25 feet, and all garage driveway aprons shall be not less than 20 feet from the interior of the sidewalk to ensure that vehicles do not overhang the sidewalk.
D.
The rear yard depth shall be not less than 20 feet.
E.
Each side yard shall be not less than 10 feet in width.
F.
All installations of utilities on the site shall be underground.
G.
Minimum parking requirements for single-family detached housing in an inclusionary development shall provide not less than one nine-by-eighteen-foot off-street parking space, exclusive of garage, if any, for each unit, if each unit has frontage on a street with a cartway width sufficient to allow parking on both sides thereof. Units built fronting on streets with less cartway width shall have not less than two off-street parking spaces exclusive of garage. All single-family detached housing developments must be built on streets with cartways sufficiently wide enough to permit parking on at least one side or must provide supplementary common parking available for guest and overflow parking.
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Editor's Note: Former §§ 154-131.5 through 154-131.21, were repealed 6-13-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11.