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]
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.
[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.