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Township of Montville, NJ
Morris County
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New Laws (24) Index Notes (1)
The following uses are permitted in planned unit residential developments:
A. 
One-family dwellings.
B. 
Townhouses.
C. 
Indoor and outdoor recreational facilities, including community centers, tennis courts, swimming pools and other similar facilities.
D. 
Essential public utility and service facilities, including maintenance facilities and structures.
E. 
Other accessory uses as set forth in Schedule C, Schedule of Permitted Uses, included at the end of this chapter.
Plot and lot sizes and dimensions, structural heights and locations may be freely disposed and arranged in conformity with the overall density standards herein and the conditions of comprehensive plans therefor, the general features and design of which shall be approved by the Planning Board. The minimum development standards of a planned unit residential development shall be as follows:
A. 
Minimum size of a planned unit residential development. No tract, parcel or lot to be used for a planned unit residential development shall contain less than 50 acres. Public or private streets, roads or rights-of-way shall not be deemed to divide acreage of a planned unit residential development.
B. 
Boundary line setback and buffer zone.
(1) 
No building or structure in a planned unit residential development shall be erected within 100 feet of the perimeter of any planned unit residential development tract.
(2) 
Buffer zone requirements.
(a) 
The landowner shall be required to maintain a buffer zone of at least 50 feet along the perimeter of any planned unit residential development tract. Said buffer zone shall be kept in its natural state where wooded, and, when natural vegetation is scarce or nonexistent, the landowner may be required to provide a planted visual screen.
(b) 
Within said buffer zone, no principal or accessory structure or any off-street parking or loading areas or other uses shall be permitted. Within said buffer zone, utility easements and streets may be permitted to ensure continuity with adjoining properties.
(c) 
Said buffer zone may be included for the purpose of computing the planned unit residential development open space requirements.
(d) 
The buffer zone requirements may be reduced or eliminated by the Planning Board where planned unit residential developments abut or where the planned unit residential development is consistent and compatible with adjoining uses.
C. 
Street setback requirements. No building or structure shall be erected within 25 feet of the right-of-way or of any public or private street or road. Every dwelling unit shall be served from a roadway that is other than a major traffic street.
D. 
Distance between buildings. There shall be a minimum distance between townhouse dwelling structures of 75 feet, except that where an end wall of one townhouse dwelling structure faces an end wall of another dwelling structure, there shall be a minimum distance of 25 feet. This distance shall be increased to at least 50 feet if a driveway is located between structures.
E. 
Densities and lot sizes.
(1) 
The gross density of any planned unit residential development shall not exceed three dwelling units per acre.
(2) 
The maximum total net density for townhouses in a planned unit residential development shall be eight dwelling units per acre.
(3) 
Each one-family dwelling shall be located on a lot having an area of not less than 15,000 square feet.
F. 
Distribution of dwelling unit types. At least 10% of the total number of dwelling units shall be one-family dwellings.
G. 
Maximum building height. No building shall exceed a height of 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet, whichever is the lesser.
H. 
Common open space requirements. At least 35% of the total land area of a planned unit residential development shall be devoted to common open space as herein defined. Said open space may be developed with active and passive recreational facilities or may remain undeveloped. These common open spaces shall be kept in their natural state where wooded, and, where natural vegetation is sparse or nonexistent, the Planning Board may require the provision for reasonable landscaping of these areas.
I. 
Protection of open space. All open spaces between structures shall be protected, where necessary, by fully recorded covenants running with the land, conveyances or dedications.
J. 
Lot designation. Every structure or group of structures and uses, including those of a public or institutional nature, and every cluster unit having services, facilities or utilities in common private usage and in common ownership or control by its occupants or which functions as an independent corporate property owner or agent of management shall be located upon and within a lot or plot of land, which shall be fully dimensioned and designated as representing the area of responsibility and extent of such individual or group ownership or management as may be established by ownership in full or partial fee or for lease under deed, covenant, lease contract or such other conditions of usage or occupancy legally established and recorded therefor, and a description or plan of each such lot or plat shall be filed separately or as part of the descriptive maps of a planned unit residential development with the Township Tax Assessor.