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Editor's Note: This ordinance, in its amendment to § 125-16, Establishment of districts, excluded the R-2 Single-Family Detached Residential with Provision for Professional Offices District from the list of districts, and redesignated the provisions regarding the R-3 Multifamily Residential District, formerly designated as Art. VIII, as this Art. VII, which was formerly Art. VII, R-2 Single-Family Detached Residential with Provision for Professional Offices District, as amended 8-13-1991 by Ord. No. 7-91 and 12-10-1996 by Ord. No. 12-96.
Permitted uses:
A.
Garden apartments;
B.
Townhouses and row houses; and
C.
Housing for the elderly in garden apartment, townhouse or mid-rise
apartment buildings, subject to the following standards:
(1)
All units in the development shall be reserved by deed or covenant
for permanent residents of at least 62 years of age, except that the
spouse or one immediate relative, live-in domestic, companion or nurse,
aged 18 or older, may reside in the unit. In no event shall more than
two permanent residents reside in any one residential unit designated
as housing for the elderly. The deed or covenant reserving the unit
as housing for the elderly shall be subject to the review and approval
of the Borough Solicitor.
(2)
The residential density of developments for housing for the elderly
may be increased to a maximum of 20 units per acre.
(3)
The maximum height of a mid-rise apartment constructed for housing
for the elderly shall be 12 stories.
(4)
The minimum unit floor areas in the R-3 Residential District may
be reduced in accordance with the following schedule for units which
qualify as housing for the elderly.
|
Unit Type
|
Minimum Floor Area
(square feet)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Efficiency apartment unit
|
45
| |
|
One-bedroom apartment unit
|
600
| |
|
Two-bedroom apartment unit
|
750
| |
|
Townhouse
|
1,000
|
D.
Day-care centers, community centers and recreation facilities designed
and maintained to meet the social service needs of the residents within
the development.
A.
There shall be a minimum distance of 25 feet between any group of
single-family attached units and any other group of single-family
attached units. There shall be a minimum distance of 50 feet between
any multifamily structure and any other structure or property line
and minimum distance of 100 feet plus 10 feet for each story exceeding
six stories for any mid-rise structure.
B.
At least 20% of the gross usable site area shall be common open space
as defined by this chapter. The use of this common open space shall
be limited to active and passive recreation consistent with the preservation
of natural vegetation and wildlife.
C.
There shall be a minimum setback of 75 feet between any structure
and a state, county or municipal street.
D.
All streets, roads, access drives and parking areas shall be paved
and provided with curbing in accordance with the Borough's standards
and specifications.
E.
Pedestrian walks shall be provided wherever normal pedestrian traffic
will occur. Pedestrian walks shall be hard-surfaced in accordance
with the Borough's specifications and standards.
F.
All developments shall provide for landscaping, including shade trees,
shrubs and lawns. The landscape plan shall be subject to the review
and approval of the Planning Board.
G.
All developments shall provide sufficient illumination of streets,
roads, access drives, parking areas, dwelling entrances and pedestrian
walks. The site lighting plan shall be subject to the review and approval
of the Planning Board.
H.
Each dwelling unit shall contain a minimum of one bedroom, complete
kitchen facilities, interior storage areas, bathroom areas, adequate
living space and a minimum habitable floor area, the measurements
of which shall be submitted by floor plan with square footage measurements
for each room and common area, which shall be attached to the application
for inspection when filed by the Borough Clerk or in accordance with
the following schedule:
[Amended 7-12-2016 by Ord. No. 8-16]
|
Number of Bedrooms
|
Minimum Habitable Floor Area
(square feet)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
1
|
750
| |
|
2
|
1,000
| |
|
3
|
1,250
| |
|
4 or more
|
1,500
|
I.
All dwelling units shall be soundproof to at least a forty-five decibel
limit.
J.
Within each development, recreation areas for preschool children
and school-age children shall be provided. Recreation areas for preschool
children shall be fenced. Developments containing four or more acres
shall be provided with open areas for active recreation and surfaced
areas for court games, such as basketball, tennis, handball or volleyball.
Developments containing 15 or more acres shall provide open field
areas for group games such as softball, soccer or football.
K.
No structure apart from such facilities contained within the dwelling
structure or underground shall be permitted in multifamily developments.
L.
There shall be a twenty-foot-wide landscaped buffer along the perimeter
of the development.
See Article III.
See Article XIV.
