[Amended 4-12-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-6; 5-27-1997 by Ord. No.
1997-10; 1-24-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-1]
The purpose of this article is to create standards for multifamily dwellings allowed in the Residential Zone R-3. These multifamily dwellings shall be at a maximum density of nine units per acre except housing for the elderly as permitted by § 340-44.
Within this zone, no lot or building shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered to be used in whole or in part unless it complies with the schedule of Article III and the following regulations.
[Amended 7-11-1988]
The following uses shall be permitted in the Residential Zone
R-3:
A.
Garden apartments.
B.
Townhouses and row houses.
C.
Two-family attached houses (duplex).
D.
Housing for the elderly in garden apartment, townhouses or mid-rise
apartment buildings, subject to the following standards and conditions:
(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 Township 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 five stories.
(4)
The minimum unit floor areas 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
|
450
| |
|
1-bedroom apartment unit
|
600
| |
|
2-bedroom apartment unit
|
750
| |
|
Townhouse
|
1,000
|
E.
Day-care centers, community centers and recreational facilities designed
and maintained to meet the social service needs of the residents within
the development.
F.
Within the Pinelands Area, all those uses permitted in the R-1 Zone, with the exception of that listed in § 340-30H, shall be permitted.
[Amended 4-12-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-6; 5-27-1997 by Ord. No.
1997-10]
G.
Affordable housing in location of this zone as designated in the
Township's most current Housing Element and Fair Share Plan.
[Added 1-24-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-1]
(Reserved)
[Amended 7-11-1988]
A.
The area and yard requirements for the Residential Zone R-3 shall
be as follows:
(1)
Density: nine units per acre.
[Amended 4-12-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-6; 5-27-1997 by Ord. No.
1997-10; 1-24-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-1]
(2)
Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet.
(3)
Minimum lot frontage: 85 feet.
(4)
Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
(7)
Maximum height: 35 feet, except for high-rises which will have a
maximum of 50 feet.
See Article XVI, Off Street Parking and Loading Areas.
