Except as modified by the Schedule of Area,
Land and Building Requirements, Schedule I, Note 1, an open space development shall include a minimum one-hundred-foot
open space conservation easement between the proposed subdivision
and all adjacent properties and public streets. No driveways shall
enter upon or cross such conservation easement without the approval
of the Planning Board. The area within the conservation easement shall
be left in its natural state. Where the Planning Board finds existing
vegetation, topographic features, tree cover or other plan cover is
insufficient to provide an adequate conservation easement and open
space area, the Board may require any applicant to submit landscaping
plans showing sufficient plant cover and material.
In the case of any application of open space
development which contemplates development in phases, the applicant
shall provide a phasing plan indicating the phases of development
and periods of time within which development of each phase is contemplated.
Each phase shall contain sufficient land area to meet applicable Township
requirements and provide for required open space.
As part of an application for an open space development, the applicant is required to submit an environmental impact statement in accordance with Article
14, §
113-102 et seq., of Part
2, Site Plan Review.
[Added 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 2:19O1-95]
Subdivisions which were approved under Section
13.200 of the Zoning Ordinance, as amended, which section was repealed
after certain subdivision approvals were granted, or subdivisions
which were granted variances to permit the clustering of lots as a
condition of approval may construct a single-family residence on a
lot which was part of a residential cluster subdivision approved by
the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, provided that the
lot meets the area requirements of the ordinance in effect at the
time of approval, and further provided that no proposed structure
encroaches into any required building setbacks in effect at the time
of the approval. To be grandfathered as set forth herein, such lots
must be a part of a previously approved subdivision which approval
has not lapsed.