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Borough of North Haledon, NJ
Passaic County
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New Laws (16) Index Notes (1)
[Added 3-21-2007 by Ord. No. 2-2007]
A. 
The purpose of the Multifamily Townhouse Housing (MFTH) District is to provide an additional housing option for North Haledon residents in the form of a high-quality age-restricted residential community limited to persons 55 years old and over. No children under the age of 18 years of old will be permitted to reside within the residences.
B. 
The purpose of this chapter is establish rules, regulations, standards and procedures designed to promote the integrated and logical development of an area within the designated Block 19, Lot 1, on the Borough's Official Tax Maps.
In the Residential/Townhouse Zone, only townhouses shall be permitted.
A. 
Signs.
(1) 
No signs shall be permitted identifying the development.
(2) 
Other signs, such as directional signs, shall be provided as otherwise regulated in Borough ordinances.
B. 
Off-street parking for private vehicles.
C. 
Fences and walls.
A. 
Site plan approval shall be required for all townhouse developments.
B. 
The site plan review shall consider solid waste management, lighting, pedestrian and vehicular circulation, parking location and arrangement, building siting and arrangement, signs, landscaping and open space.
C. 
The common open space provided as part of any townhouse development shall be owned and maintained in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-43. An applicant shall submit to the Board the master deed or such other legal documents establishing said open space organization, providing for the use, enjoyment and responsibilities of all of the owners of the units who would benefit from the common open space. Such master deed or other legal documents shall be approved by the Planning Board Attorney.
D. 
All facilities and utilities shall be built to Borough specifications.
The maximum density shall be eight units per acre.
The floor area ratio shall not exceed 0.75. This calculation shall be made exclusive of the garage and parking structures.
A. 
Minimum lot area: 0.50 acre.
B. 
Maximum height: 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet.
C. 
Minimum lot frontage along a county or municipal road: 100 feet.
D. 
Minimum setbacks from roadways: 25 feet from the right-of-way line of any exterior public road; 10 feet from the center line of any private interior road; and 20 feet from any perimeter boundary.
E. 
Minimum side yard shall be 15 feet.
F. 
A buffer of 20 feet from adjacent existing single-family developments.
G. 
End wall to end wall (no windows): 20 feet.
H. 
End wall to window wall: 30 feet.
I. 
Window wall to window wall: 40 feet.
J. 
Maximum building coverage shall be 25%.
K. 
Maximum impervious coverage shall be 50%.
[Amended 8-15-2018 by Ord. No. 15-2018]
L. 
Minimum interior road from curb to curb shall be not less than 24 feet wide.
A. 
Width. No residential townhouses shall be less than 22 feet wide.
B. 
Patio. All townhouses, if providing patios, shall be provided with not less than 10 feet in depth.
C. 
There shall not be more than eight townhouses in a single row.
D. 
Not more than two adjacent dwelling units shall be constructed without providing a front wall setback of not less than four feet.
E. 
The buildings shall front upon and face High Mountain Road.
A. 
No parking shall be permitted on any road or accessway within the townhouse development.
B. 
A minimum of 1.8 parking spaces and 2.0 parking spaces shall be provided for one- and two-bedroom dwellings, respectively, as per New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS).
C. 
All parking shall be confined to the area specifically designated on the site plan for such purpose.
D. 
Parking areas shall be paved and curbed and provided with an adequate system of stormwater drainage.
E. 
No parking area shall be constructed within a required front yard setback area. Parking area may be constructed in the rear and side yards but in no event closer than five feet to any side or rear lot line.
F. 
Visitor parking will be on site and be no less than one parking space per unit. The Planning Board, upon submission of credible evidence, may grant variances on this requirement.
A. 
Refuse and recyclable materials shall be placed curbside.
B. 
All utility wiring shall be underground. Utility connections for each separate apartment shall be independently or jointly metered as would be appropriate to the form of occupancy/ownership of the apartments.
C. 
Open space areas shall be attractively landscaped and shall be concentrated and located at the south end of the site adjacent to the Borough-owned lands. The landscape plan shall be subject to approval by the Planning Board.
D. 
Sidewalks or other suitable means of pedestrian circulation shall be provided throughout the development along all streets and between buildings and any sidewalks within the public right-of-way.
E. 
Vehicular access shall be from Oakwood Avenue.
F. 
Garage doors shall face Oakwood Avenue.
A. 
A minimum of 10% of the total site area shall be set aside as passive open space.
B. 
Buffer areas, wetlands and conservation easements shall be eligible as open space as required by this section.
C. 
All passive open space shall be connected to residential areas with walkways or other reasonable means of access.
All public streets, internal roadways and private driveways shall be in accordance with the requirements of the New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards.
Any development in the Townhouse District shall be subject to all applicable ordinances of the Borough of North Haledon. Where there is any conflict between the provisions of this article and the provisions of Chapter 490, Site Plan Review, and/or Chapter 530, Subdivision of Land, the provisions of this article shall prevail.
A. 
Any residential development in the MFTH District shall be developed in accordance with and be subject to the terms and requirements set forth in the Borough's Affordable Housing and Marketing Regulations, Ordinance No. 16-2021,[1] and the requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:93-5.6.
[Amended 12-8-2021 by Ord. No. 24-2021]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 182, Art. II.
B. 
Under Third-Round Rules, one affordable housing unit is required for every eight market-rate units constructed. If the affordable housing requirement incurred on a proposed development within this zone is a fractional amount based on the 1-for-8 ratio, the developer is still required to pay the proportional amount of $125,000 for money in lieu of construction for affordable housing units.
C. 
If an affordable housing unit is to be built within the Multifamily Townhouse Zone, this unit shall be subject to the affordability controls as determined by the Council on Affordable Housing and the eighteen-and-under and the fifty-five-and-over age-restricted controls.