The R-10A District is intended to promote and encourage the
development of the zone for single-family detached or townhouse dwelling
units having a common open space area in accordance with appropriate
standards.
The following principal uses and structures shall be permitted
in the R-10A Zone District:
A. Single-family detached dwelling units.
B. Townhouse dwelling units.
C. Any use permitted in all zone districts or in all residential zone districts by Chapter
166, Land Use and Development, of the Code of the Township of Hanover.
Permitted accessory uses shall be limited to those uses customarily incidental to permitted principal uses in the district, subject to the prohibitions in §
166-176.4. The permitted accessory uses may include, but are not limited to:
B. Decks, patios, porches and steps.
C. Off-street parking areas.
E. Signs in accordance with §
166-142 of this chapter.
Any use other than the uses permitted by §§
166-176.2 and
166-176.3 above shall be prohibited. In addition, the following uses and structures shall be specifically prohibited:
A. Swimming pools, wading pools and other similar water features.
B. Detached garages, sheds, gazebos, tents and other detached accessory
buildings.
C. Outdoor play equipment, including but not limited to swings, slides,
tree houses, play/climbing structures, sand boxes, tennis or racquet
courts, basketball courts and hoops. The foregoing shall not be construed
to prohibit barbecue equipment located on a deck, porch or patio.
D. Outdoor storage of commercial vehicles, boats, trailers, campers and similar vehicles. This shall not be construed to prohibit the parking of personal vehicles used on a daily basis permitted and regulated by §
166-124B(1).
In addition to any other applicable requirements of this chapter
or any other applicable requirement, the following requirements shall
apply to development of single-family detached dwelling units within
the R-10A Zone District. For the purposes of administering these requirements,
a parcel of land occupied by only one dwelling in a multiple dwelling
development, such as in a condominium form of ownership, shall not
be considered a "lot."
A. Minimum lot/tract area: 3.5 acres (152,460 square feet), exclusive
of any public street rights-of-way, road widening easements and road
widening dedications for such streets.
B. Maximum density: 4.35 dwelling units per acre, exclusive of any public
street rights-of-way, road widening easements and road widening dedications
for such streets. In addition, no more than four bedrooms per dwelling
shall be permitted.
C. Minimum yard depths. The minimum yard depths applicable to buildings
shall be as follows:
(1)
Fifty feet between any public street right-of-way or any road
widening easements, whichever is more restrictive, and the closest
point of any building wall, or support column in the case of roofed
areas without walls, but excluding roof overhangs beyond walls and
support columns.
(2)
Twenty feet between the edge of pavement of any private roadway,
or 25 feet in the case of a private roadway with a sidewalk, and the
closest point of any building wall, or support column in the case
of roofed areas without walls, but excluding roof overhangs beyond
walls and support columns.
(3)
Forty feet abutting any other tract boundary and the closest
point of any building wall, or support column in the case of roofed
areas without walls, but excluding roof overhangs beyond walls and
support columns; provided however, that a minimum yard depth of 35
feet shall be permitted for up to one half of the dwellings in the
development. The location of the reduced thirty-five-foot yard depths
shall be where such reduced depth will have a lessened impact on adjacent
properties, as determined by the Planning Board during the site plan
review process and made a condition of any approval that may be granted,
In those locations where a yard depth of less than 40 feet is proposed,
the Board may, at its discretion, require an increase in buffer depth,
planting density or other enhanced buffer/screening techniques.
D. Minimum distance between dwellings. The following minimum dimensions
shall separate principal buildings, with such distance measured between
the closest points of building walls, or support columns in the case
of roofed areas without walls, but excluding roof overhangs without
support columns:
(1)
Front wall facing front wall: 70 feet.
(2)
Front wall facing rear wall: 60 feet.
(3)
Front wall facing end/side wall: 50 feet.
(4)
End/side wall facing end/side wall: 16 feet.
(5)
End/side wall facing rear wall: 30 feet.
(6)
Rear wall facing rear wall: 45 feet.
E. Maximum height of principal buildings: 2 1/2 stories and 35
feet.
F. Maximum floor area ratio: 35% of the lot/tract area, cumulative for
all buildings including the area of any private roadway, but excluding
the right-of-way and any road widening easement or dedication for
public streets.
G. Maximum building coverage: 20% of the lot/tract area, cumulative
for all buildings including the area of any private roadway, but excluding
the right-of-way and any road widening easement or dedication for
public streets.
H. Maximum improvement coverage: 40% of the lot/tract area, cumulative
for all buildings, including the area of any private roadway, but
excluding the right-of-way and any road widening easement or dedication
for public streets.
In addition to any other applicable requirements of this chapter
or any other applicable requirement, the following requirements shall
apply to development of townhouse dwelling units within the R-10A
Zone District. For the purposes of administering these requirements,
a parcel of land occupied by only one dwelling in a multiple dwelling
development, such as in a condominium form of ownership, shall not
be considered a "lot."
A. Minimum lot/tract area: 3.5 acres (152,460 square feet), exclusive
of any public street rights-of-way, road widening easements and road
widening dedications for such streets.
B. Maximum density: 4.1 dwelling units per acre, exclusive of any public
street rights-of-way, road widening easements and road widening dedications
for such streets. In addition, no more than four bedrooms per dwelling
shall be permitted.
C. Minimum yard depths. The minimum yard depths applicable to buildings
shall be as follows:
(1)
Fifty feet between any public street right-of-way or any road
widening easements, whichever is more restrictive, and the closest
point of any building wall, or support column in the case of roofed
areas without walls, but excluding roof overhangs beyond walls and
support columns.
(2)
Twenty feet between the edge of pavement of any private roadway,
or 25 feet in the case of a private roadway with a sidewalk, and the
closest point of any building wall, or support column in the case
of roofed areas without walls, but excluding roof overhangs beyond
walls and support columns.
(3)
Forty feet abutting any other tract boundary and the closest
point of any building wall, or support column in the case of roofed
areas without walls, but excluding roof overhangs beyond walls and
support columns.
D. Minimum distance between dwellings. The following minimum dimensions
shall separate principal buildings, with such distance measured between
the closest points of building walls, or support columns in the case
of roofed areas without walls, but excluding roof overhangs without
support columns:
(1)
Front wall facing front wall: 70 feet.
(2)
Front wall facing rear wall: 60 feet.
(3)
Front wall facing end/side wall: 50 feet.
(4)
End/side wall facing end/side wall: 20 feet.
(5)
End/side wall facing rear wall: 30 feet.
(6)
Rear wall facing rear wall: 45 feet.
E. Maximum height of principal buildings: 2 1/2 stories and 35
feet.
F. Maximum floor area ratio: 35% of the lot/tract area, cumulative for
all buildings, including the area of any private roadway, but excluding
the right-of-way and any road widening easement or dedication for
public streets.
G. Maximum building coverage: 21% of the lot/tract area, cumulative
for all buildings, including the area of any private roadway, but
excluding the right-of-way and any road widening easement or dedication
for public streets.
H. Maximum improvement coverage: 38% of the lot/tract area, cumulative
for all buildings, including the area of any private roadway, but
excluding the right-of-way and any road widening easement or dedication
for public streets.