[Amended 7-18-2005 by Ord. No. 05-16]
Curbing shall be constructed on both sides of all streets shown
on all major and minor subdivisions and shall be required for all
plot and site plans in accordance with municipal standards. Unless
otherwise noted, all parking areas and driveways on site plans shall
be curbed. Concrete stops, unless part of a planned stormwater management
plan, shall not be permitted.
Monuments shall be of a size and shape required by N.J.S.A.
46:23-9.11, and amendments and supplements thereto, and the New Jersey
State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and shall
be placed in accordance with the statute. In addition to the required
monuments after the grading is finished, the developer shall install
a solid steel stake one inch in diameter and 30 inches in length on
lot corners, lot line angle points or other changes in direction not
marked by monuments and at all angle points or discontinuities in
easement lines where such easements are not parallel to property lines.
Where recreation areas and facilities are required or provided, the regulations and standards contained herein shall apply, along with appropriate sections of this Part
4:
A. Sufficient outdoor play and activity equipment shall be installed
in accordance with standards of the National Parks and Recreation
Association for the expected number of residents in the development.
(1)
It should be located in an area which will not be detrimental
to adjacent properties or uses.
(2)
The provision and location of such equipment shall be subject
to reviewing agency approval.
B. Private swimming pools in residential areas shall have a gross area
of water and deck designated for the needs of the residents of the
development.
(1)
All swimming pools shall be fully enclosed by a four-foot chain-link
or other fully approved fence equipped with gates and locks.
(2)
All swimming pools shall have adequate lifesaving equipment.
(3)
Within accessory building(s), all such pools shall have adequate
lavatory facilities, plus, under lock and key, storage facilities
wherein shall be kept all pool chemicals and equipment.
In order to preserve and assure the harmonious relationship
of residential units to the comprehensive neighborhood pattern and
to prevent undue similarity of design which may lead to undue impairment
of the stability and value of residential units and produce neighborhood
degeneration and blight with attendant deterioration of conditions
affecting the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the inhabitants
thereof and the ownership at large, no major subdivision shall be
approved until the planned construction (including front, side and
rear elevations) of residential units has been reviewed and approved
by the reviewing agency in accordance with the standards enumerated
below, or unless a waiver of these requirements has been granted by
the agency as provided for elsewhere in this Part 4:
A. The residential reviewing unit shall be of such character, quality
or architectural design and construction materials as will assure
that the proposed structure will be in keeping with the general character
of the area in which it is located and that:
(1)
The proposed structure will have a harmonious relationship with
area residential structures; and
(2)
The proposed structure is not likely to produce any of the harmful
effects which lead to neighborhood degeneration and blight with attendant
deterioration of conditions affecting the health, safety, morals and
general welfare of the Township at large.
B. The front facade for each residential unit shall be substantially
different from the front facade of any existing or planned residential
unit within five lots in either direction on the same side of the
street from any portion of the above-described lots; in the case of
the corner lots, the side and rear elevations of any existing or planned
residential unit or any other corner lot at the same street intersection.
To be deemed substantially different, the facade or side and rear
elevation thereof, as the case may be, must be different in at least
three of the following five respects:
(1)
The relative location of a garage, if attached, a portico, if
any, or any other such structural appurtenance with respect to the
residential unit itself.
(2)
The relative location or type of windows and doors.
(3)
The type or pitch of the roof.
(4)
The type of siding material.
(5)
The type of roofing material or the color thereof or the pattern.
[Amended 7-18-2005 by Ord. No. 05-16]
A. Sidewalk construction shall be required on both sides of all streets
within a development and entirely around the perimeter of all culs-de-sac.
Where the development abuts an existing street, the sidewalk shall
be constructed only on that side or as approved by the reviewing agency.
Sidewalks shall also be constructed at any other places, such as pedestrian
walkways or access points to open space, as shown on or required at
the approval of the final plat.
(1)
Installation of sidewalks may be waived by the reviewing agency,
with the written permission of the Township Council, at the request
of the developer or on its own initiative, provided that, upon granting
such a waiver, the developer shall be required to pay the Township
of Clark an amount equal to the reasonable cost of installing said
sidewalks, said amount to be determined by the Township Engineer upon
submission and consideration of various estimates and other documentation
from the developer, other interested parties and the office of the
Township Engineer itself.
(2)
All funds collected by the Township from developers as a result
of waivers granted in accordance with this section shall be maintained
in a sidewalk construction account, the proceeds of which shall be
available to install sidewalks throughout the Township where and as
authorized by the Township Council.
(3)
Nothing contained herein shall affect the right of the Township
to enact ordinances requiring assessments for sidewalks from property
owners as authorized under N.J.S.A. 40:65-2 or other statutory rights
granted to municipalities.
B. Sidewalks within a street right-of-way shall generally be located
with the sidewalk edge farthest from the roadway, placed one foot
from the property line. Sidewalks not within street rights-of-way
shall be located to provide for the most likely routes of pedestrian
travel. In cases where the topography dictates or a proposed development
provides for the extension of an existing street or abuts an existing
street, where sidewalks have already been installed in a location
other than as specified above or where such variations in sidewalk
locations are needed to preserve trees or natural features, the municipal
agency may approve alternate sidewalk locations in order to provide
for preservation of physical features or the continuation of the existing
sidewalks. Where appropriate, sidewalks shall be designed to discharge
stormwater away from connecting paved surfaces and toward neighboring
lawns where feasible to disconnect these impervious surfaces.
C. Sidewalks shall be four feet wide and four inches thick of Class
B, air-entrained portland cement concrete. Joints shall be cut in
the sidewalk at intervals equal to the width of the sidewalk. Preformed
cellular bituminous expansion joint filler shall be placed at joints
not more than 20 feet on centers.
D. Curb ramps for the physically handicapped shall be provided at all
curb returns on the side(s) of the street where the sidewalk either
exists or is proposed and in all curblines intersected by sidewalk.
Details of the proposed ramps shall be shown on the preliminary plans
of the proposed development.
[Amended 7-18-2005 by Ord. No. 05-16]
Stormwater management in all proposed subdivisions and residential
developments and all business, commercial and industrial developments
shall be in accordance with the Residential Site Improvement Standards
(N.J.A.C. 5:21-7), as modified by the NJDEP Stormwater Management
Rules (N.J.A.C. 7:8).
Subdivisions abutting public rights-of-way shall not be exempt from the requirements of Chapter
310, Streets and Sidewalks.
Prior to the approval of any final plat, the full approval of
any public water system must have been obtained and filed with the
municipal agency, or the final approval will be continued upon full
approval from the appropriate utility.