[Amended 10-4-1978 by Ord. No. 78-26; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The following lands and premises shown and designated on the
Tax Assessment Map of the Township of Washington as revised to October
1976 are hereby classified as Class AA District:
Block
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Lots
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1102
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1, 1-A, 1-B, 1-C, 2-5, 5-A, 5-B, 6, 7, 7-A, 8, 8-A, 8-B, 9 —
11
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1103
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2 — 5, 7 — 9
|
1203
|
1 — 5
|
1204
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1 — 7
|
1205
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1 — 10
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1206
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1 — 12
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1207
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1 — 9
|
1208
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1 — 11
|
1301
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1 and 2
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1302
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1, 2, 2-A, 2-B, 3, 3-A, 3-B, 4
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1303
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1 — 8
|
1304
|
1, 2, 2-A, 3, 3-A, 4-9
|
1305
|
1, 1-A, 1-B, 1-C, 2 [Amended 12-18-2001 by Ord. No. 01-10]
|
1305-A
|
2-A
|
1306
|
1, 1-A, 1-B, 1-C, [Amended 12-18-2001 by Ord. No. 01-10]
|
1307
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1 — 4
|
1401
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1
|
1402-A
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1 — 18
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1402-B
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1 — 4
|
1403
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2 and 2-A
|
1403-A
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1 — 23
|
1404-A
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1 — 18
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1404-B
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1 — 6
|
1405-A
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1 — 19
|
1406-A
|
1 — 8
|
2101
|
2, 3, 4.01 and 7 [Amended 2-25-2002 by Ord. No. 02-3]
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2102
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1 — 4
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2103
|
1 — 17
|
2104
|
1 — 12
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2105
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1 — 10
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2106
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1 — 3
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2107
|
1 — 7
|
2108
|
1 — 16
|
2109
|
1 — 13
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2110
|
1 — 11
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2201
|
1, 1-A, 1-B, 2, 2-B, 3-6
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2201-A
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1 — 8
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2201-B
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1 — 20
|
2201-C
|
1 — 4
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2202
|
Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 (dimensions on
Zoning Map) [Amended 7-13-1987 by Ord. No. 87-8]
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2202-A
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1 — 10
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2202-B
|
1 — 9
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2203
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1, 2-A, 4-A, 6-8
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2204
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1 — 5
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2205
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1 — 14
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2206
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2 — 13
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2207
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1 — 6
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2208
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1 — 12
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2209
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1 — 12
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2210
|
1 — 4
|
2301
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1
|
2304
|
23
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2305
|
1 — 10, 10-A
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2305-A
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1 — 8
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2305-B
|
1 — 5
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2325
|
1, 1-A, 2
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2401
|
1-A
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2402
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1, 1-C, 2, 2-A, 3 — 5, 5-A, 6 — 22
|
2403
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61 — 72
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2404
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23 — 26
|
2408
|
1-A [Added 12-15-1986 by Ord.
No. 86-17]
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2501
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1, 2, 3-A, 3-B, 4-A, 5 — 10
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2502
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1 — 3, 3-A, 3-B, 3-C, 3-D, 4 — 21
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2502-A
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16 — 23
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2502-B
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20
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2503
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2, 2-A, 2-B, 3, 5 — 25
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2503-A
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1 — 7
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2503-B
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1 — 5
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2504
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1 — 14
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2505
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1, 5 — 7
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2506
|
1 — 29 [Added 12-7-1998 by Ord.
No. 98-19]
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2507
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1 — 11
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3105
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1 — 6
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3106
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1, 2, 2-A, 3 — 5
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3106-A
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1 — 18
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3106-B
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1 — 10
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3106-C
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1 — 6
|
3311
|
1
|
3401
|
1 — 3
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3405
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1
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3410
|
1
|
3501
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1 — 5, 5-A, 6 — 10, 10-A, 11 — 15, 15-A, 16,
16-A, 17 — 24
|
3502
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1 — 7
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3503
|
1, 1-A, 1-B, 1-C, 2 — 4
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3601
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3 and 5
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3601-A
|
1 — 4
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3602
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2 — 4
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3701
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1
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4501
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1 — 15
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4501-A
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1 — 16
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4501-B
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1 — 12
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4501-C
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1 — 11
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4501-D
|
1 — 4
|
[Added 12-7-1998 by Ord.
No. 98-19]
The following use shall be an additional permitted use on Lots
7 and 8, Block 2506, in the Class AA District, subject to the following
standards and restrictions:
A. Independent living adult housing; definitions.
(1) The following definitions shall be applicable to this use:
FAMILY
A single residential housekeeping unit as defined by law.
INDEPENDENT LIVING AMENITIES
Significant services and facilities specifically designed
to meet the physical or social needs of older persons, including meeting
rooms, lounges, reception areas and similar common areas within a
structure devoted to providing social and recreation programs or facilities,
continuing education classes, emergency and preventative health care,
outside maintenance and referral services and other services for the
care, comfort and support of the residents of the development.
(2) Independent living adult housing shall be required to meet the following
bulk requirements:
(a)
Minimum lot area: five acres.
(b)
Minimum street frontage: 450 feet.
(d)
Minimum building setbacks:
[2]
Side yard (one): 50 feet.
[3]
Side yards (combined): 160 feet, exclusive of any porte cocheres
or overhangs.
(e)
Maximum building length along any elevation: 280 feet; provided,
however, that there shall be at least three horizontal breaks in the
facade that vary the setback by a minimum of two feet.
(f)
Maximum building height exclusive of cupolas and ornamental
features (within 100 feet of the curbline): 39 feet.
(g)
Maximum building height inclusive of cupolas and ornamental
features (within 100 feet of the curbline): 47 feet.
(h)
Maximum number of stories excluding basements or underground
facilities (within 100 feet of the curbline): two.
(i)
Maximum building height inclusive of cupolas and ornamental
features (more than 100 feet from the curbline): 51 feet.
(j)
Maximum number of stories excluding basement or underground
facilities (more than 100 feet from the curbline): three.
(k)
Maximum density: 15.5 units per acre.
(l)
Maximum building coverage: 30%.
(m)
Maximum total impervious coverage: 75%.
(n)
Minimum width of landscaped buffer areas (inclusive of front,
side and rear yard requirements):
[1]
Abutting single-family residential uses: 25 feet.
[2]
Abutting other uses: 10 feet.
(3) Parking standards.
(a)
Parking stall size: nine feet by 18 feet.
(b)
Initial required number of spaces:
[1]
Residents: one space per unit;
[2]
Reserve parking: in addition, an area for additional parking
shall be set aside on the site plan to accommodate one space per two
units.
(c)
Reserve parking. Any resolution of approval shall contain a
condition providing that upon certification by the Township Engineer
and request of the Planning Board that insufficient or inadequate
parking exists at the facility, an additional one space per two units
shall be constructed at the location designated on the site plan.
(d)
Said parking shall be landscaped, screened, lighted and conveniently
located within 150 feet of the housing to be served.
(4) Accessory use and building standards.
(a)
The placement of one freestanding sign not exceeding 25 square
feet each side shall be permitted. Said signs may only be illuminated
by an external source.
(5) Other conditions.
(a)
The occupancy of all units shall be limited to senior adults
and adult families as defined herein pursuant to a deed restriction
as set forth in the facility master deed in a form approved by the
Township Attorney. These restrictions shall run with the land.
(b)
Units may share one or more common entrances and hallways.
(c)
All areas of an independent living adult housing development
not used for the construction of buildings, roads, accessways, recreation
areas, parking areas or sidewalks shall be landscaped. To the extent
practicable and subject to Planning Board determination in site plan
review, areas shall be left in their natural state.
(d)
One superintendent's apartment, not to exceed a one-bedroom
unit of 960 square feet or less, may be located within the development
and such unit shall not be counted when computing maximum or allowable
density.
[Added 12-18-2001 by Ord.
No. 01-10]
A. The following lands and premises shown and designated on the Tax
Assessment Map of the Township of Washington as revised, are hereby
classified as Planned Single-Family/Townhouse District: Block 1306,
Lot 2 and Block 1305, Lot 1.05.
B. The following provisions shall apply to all developments within the
Planned Single Family/Townhouse District:
(1) Permitted principal uses:
(a)
Detached single-family dwellings.
(b)
Townhouse dwelling units.
(2) Permitted accessory uses.
(c)
Recreational and passive open space areas devoted to parks,
tennis courts, swimming pools, and related accessory uses and structures
customarily incidental to principal permitted uses for use by the
occupants of the Planned Single-Family/Townhouse Zone.
(d)
Directional and traffic safety control signs.
(3) Area and bulk requirements. The following standards setting forth
area and bulk requirements shall be applicable to the Planned Single-Family/Townhouse
Zone.
(a)
Tract regulations:
[1]
Minimum tract area: 10 acres.
[2]
Maximum tract density: six dwelling units per acre, but not
to exceed 48 detached single-family dwellings and 25 townhouse units.
(b)
Townhouse regulations:
[1]
Minimum lot area: 2.5 acres.
[2]
Minimum perimeter setback: 3.5 acres.
[3]
Minimum distance between buildings:
[a] Front to front units: 60 feet.
[b] Back to back units: 60 feet.
[c] Front to back units: 60 feet.
[d] Front to side units: 45 feet.
[e] Side to side units: 35 feet.
[f] Side to back units: 35 feet.
[4]
Minimum internal road setback: 22 feet.
[5]
Maximum lot area: 3.5 acres.
[6]
Maximum density: 10 dwelling units per acre, but no more than
25 units.
[7]
Maximum building height: 2.5 stories/35 feet.
[8]
Maximum building coverage: 30%.
[9]
Maximum impervious coverage: 65%.
[10] Maximum building length: 160 feet.
[11] Location. Townhouses shall occupy the eastern
portion of the tract adjacent to Clorden Street Parkway. The area
delineated for townhouse development shall be set back a maximum 400
feet from the Parkway as measured along the tract's north dimension,
a maximum of 400 feet at the midpoint of the tract's frontage with
the Parkway, and a maximum of 500 feet along the tract's south dimension
from the Parkway.
[12] Buffer area.
[a] A buffer strip of at least 20 feet shall be provided
along all external tract lines of the townhouse lot, provided that
where a unit abuts or faces a lot with a detached single-family dwelling,
a minimum twenty-five-foot buffer shall be required. This buffer strip
shall be landscaped with a dense planting of evergreen shrubs or trees
at least six feet high, either alone or in combination with a wooden
fence. The buffer strip may be coincidental with and included within
any required setbacks.
[b] No principal or accessory use or structure including,
without limitation, off-street parking areas, shall be permitted in
a required buffer, but the approving authority may permit a portion
of a buffer area to be used for utility easements or driveways to
ensure access to or from a public street or adjacent property.
[c] Required buffers shall be included for the purpose
of computing compliance with any open space requirements and may be
conveyed to unit owners as part of common elements. In no case shall
a buffer area be utilized for any active recreational or other active
area or used for such computations, but nothing herein continued shall
be deemed be require an active recreation area.
[13] Townhouse design:
[a] An overall architectural theme shall be utilized
within the townhouse development for the purpose of presenting an
aesthetically desirable effect, and shall be such that it incorporates
varied building elevations, design and appearance within the context
of the overall theme.
[b] The front facade of a row of attached units shall
not continue on the same plane for a linear distance of more than
the width of two units. Minimum two-foot offsets shall be required
at breaks in the facade planes.
[c] The townhouse development shall be provided with
a liberal and functional landscape component. Building foundation
plantings, planting clusters located in strategic areas, shade trees
along roadways and pedestrians paths shall be incorporated into an
overall landscape plan.
[d] Driveways. All roads shall be owned and maintained
by the homeowners' association and shall comply with the standards
of the Township and ordinances of the Township regarding construction.
[e] Changes. There shall be at least one enclosed one-car
garage for every dwelling unit.
[f] Off-street parking. The minimum size of each parking
space shall be nine feet by 18 feet. Where the driveway apron between
the garage and the street, or between the garage and the sidewalk,
where there is a sidewalk, equals to or exceeds nine feet by 18 feet,
this area shall be considered one off-street parking space.
[g] Lighting. All exterior lighting shall be arranged
so as to reflect light away from all adjoining residents.
[h] Open space.
[i] A minimum of 35% of the site shall be retained
as open space. The required open space shall not include areas designated
as sidewalks, roads, drives, or parking areas.
[ii] Where required, a homeowners' association shall
be established for the purpose of owning and maintaining common facilities.
The association shall comply with the provisions set forth in the
Township ordinances regulating such association.
[iii] The location of open space areas shall be consistent
with the declared function of such open spaces and, where possible,
active open space areas shall be planned as a contiguous area located
for the maximum benefit of the residents it is designated to serve.
Passive open space shall be designed to preserve and, where possible,
enhance natural features. The required open spaces shall only be for
the use of the owners or occupants of the development and their guests.
These areas may contain active or passive recreational facilities
or remain in its natural state, as determined to be appropriate. The
Planning Board may require provision for reasonable landscaping to
supplement areas where natural vegetation is sparse or nonexistent.
The developer shall furnish a plan at the time of the application
specifying the type of recreational improvements, if any, to be provided.
Active recreation facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts
and nature paths shall be permitted.
[14] Additional townhouse regulations:
[a] Minimum unit width: 20 feet.
[b] Minimum total parking per unit: as per RSIS.
[c] Minimum garage parking space per unit: one space.
[d] Minimum aisle width (two-way): 24 feet.
[e] Minimum aisle width (one-way): 12 feet.
[f] Minimum ingress/egress per unit: two.
[g] Minimum no walls with window exposures: two.
[h] Maximum number of units per building: six units.
(c)
Detached single-family dwelling regulations.
[1]
Minimum lot area: 6,000 square feet.
[2]
Minimum lot width: 60 feet.
[3]
Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
[4]
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
[5]
Minimum side yards: nine feet each.
[6]
Minimum side yards, combined: 20 feet.
[7]
Minimum rear yard: 25 feet.
[8]
Minimum landscaped buffer: 10 feet to tract perimeter.
[9]
Minimum setback to Van Emburgh Avenue: 25 feet.
[10] Maximum building coverage: 25%, provided that
lots abutting the townhouse tract may have a building coverage of
27%.
[11] Maximum impervious coverage: 50%.
[12] Maximum building height: 2.5 stories/35 feet.
(d)
Contribution to Township of Washington Mount Laurel Housing
Trust Fund. The developer shall be required to provide a contribution
of a fee to be deposited into the Township of Washington Mount Laurel
Housing Trust Fund, as provided in the Stipulation of Settlement in
the matter of Viviano v Township of Washington.
(e)
Homeowners' association. Where individual attached dwelling
units are for safe units, homeowners' association shall be established
which shall own open spaces, common areas and recreational open space
areas and facilities for the purposes of owning and maintaining such
areas designed within the development. The homeowners' association
shall incorporate the following provisions.
[1]
The association shall be responsible for liability insurance,
taxes, maintenance and any other obligations assumed by the association
and shall hold the Township harmless from any liability.
[2]
The association shall maintain the common property and all facilities
thereon and, in case of a default by the association, the Township
shall have the power to maintain the common property, open spaces,
recreational open space areas and facilities in accordance with the
provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-43.
[3]
The Articles of Incorporation, covenants, bylaws, model deeds
and other legal instruments shall ensure that control of the homeowners'
association shall be transferred to the property owners based on a
percentage of the dwelling units sold and/or occupied and shall clearly
indicate that the Township may perform such maintenance and repair
work that may be required in the public interest where the association
has not performed, with the costs being levied upon each property
owner according to the pro rata share in the association and which
may become a lien on the property not only owned by the association
but pro rata upon each property owner's dwelling unit.
[4]
The homeowners' association shall not be dissolved and shall
not dispose of any common areas, open spaces, recreational open space
areas and facilities by sale, conveyance or otherwise, except to an
organization conceived and established to own and maintain the open
space, common areas, recreational open space areas and facilities
for the benefit of such development, and thereafter such organization
shall not be dissolved or dispose of any of its common areas, open
spaces, recreational open space areas and facilities without first
offering to dedicate the same to the Township provided, however, that
the Township agrees to accept such.
[Added 9-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 17-17]
A. Purpose. The purpose of the Affordable Housing Overlay District is
to provide development that contributes to the Township of Washington's
municipal affordable housing obligation, while allowing developers
increased flexibility to provide more residential units when a required
on-site affordable housing set-aside is provided.
B. Location. There is hereby established an Affordable Housing Overlay
District, comprised of the following lands and premises shown and
designated on the Tax Assessment Map of the Township of Washington
as revised (and as shown in Attachment A): Block 3405 Lot 1 containing a total area consisting of
approximately 2.4 acres.
C. Permitted uses.
(1) Multifamily residential apartments.
D. Development standards. The standards contained in the Affordable
Housing Overlay shall supersede the existing AA District standards
for area, yard, frontage, height and other bulk requirements. The
remaining provisions of the Washington Township Land Use and Zoning
regulations shall apply as appropriate.
(1) Townhouse developments shall conform to the minimum requirements of §§
580-76B and
580-77
(2) Multifamily developments shall provide the following minimum setbacks:
(b)
Side yard combined: 60 feet.
(3) Townhouse and multifamily developments shall not exceed the following
maximum requirements:
(a)
Maximum residential density: eight dwelling units per acre.
(b)
Maximum permitted building height: three stories or 35 feet.
(c)
Maximum impervious lot coverage: 80%.
(4) Townhouse and multifamily developments shall provide a minimum landscape
buffer of 20 feet wide adjacent to any property line abutting an existing
single-family residential use.
E. Affordable housing requirements.
(1) A minimum of 15% of rental units and 20% of for-sale units shall
be reserved as affordable units.
(2) At least 50% of the affordable units shall be affordable to very
low- and low-income households. If only one affordable unit is created
in a project, the unit shall be a very low- or low-income unit.
(3) At least 13% of the total number of affordable rental units shall
be affordable to very low-income households.
(4) The affordable units shall be affirmatively marketed to the housing
region in accordance with the Township's Affirmative Marketing Plan.
(5) Affordability controls shall be maintained for a minimum of 30 years.
(6) Rental increases shall be in accordance with percentages approved
by COAH or other applicable affordable housing authority or entity.
(7) All affordable units shall be subject to the provisions of the Township's
Affordable Housing Ordinance.
[Amended 6-20-2022 by Ord. No. 22-11]
A. Within any Class AA District, no building or structure or area shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected to be used in whole or in part for any purpose other than the specified purposes permitted in Article
IV, §
580-13 above.
B. Places of worship shall be permitted as a conditional use in the Class AA District subject to the conditions and requirements of §
580-95.1 of this chapter.
Within any AA District, no lot or plot shall have a street frontage
less than 100 feet in width nor an area of less than 1/2 acre. No
building shall occupy an area greater than 20% of the area of the
lot upon which it is built.
[Amended 12-1-1980 by Ord. No. 80-24; 5-21-1990 by Ord. No. 90-3]
No principal building shall be erected to a height in excess
of 2 1/2 stories nor greater than 30 feet; provided, however,
that this limitation shall not apply to churches and public buildings,
nor to flagpoles or monuments, nor to domes, cupolas and chimneys,
provided that the aggregate horizontal area of such parts shall not
exceed 10% of the ground area covered by the main building. Radio
and television antennas, poles, masts or towers shall not exceed 50
feet in height above ground level measured from the structure on which
located. All accessory buildings or structures shall not exceed 20
feet in height.
Within any AA District, the mean depth of a required rear yard
shall be 25 feet, and for each foot that a residence building on the
lot exceeds a height of 25 feet, there shall be added one foot to
the required depth.
Within any AA District, two side yards are required, each of
a minimum width of 15 feet, and for each foot that a residence building
exceeds a height of 25 feet, there shall be added six inches to the
required width of such side yard.
[Added 12-1-1980 by Ord.
No. 80-24]
Within any Class AA District, no building, accessory or otherwise,
shall be nearer to the rear lot line than 10 feet.
[Added 10-1-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-12]
A. Purpose. The purpose of the Inclusionary Multifamily Affordable Housing
Overlay District is to provide development that contributes to the
Township of Washington's municipal affordable housing obligation in
accordance with the Township's Affordable Housing ordinances and to
implement and incorporate the court approved settlement agreement,
captioned In the Matter of the Application of the Township of Washington
Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Bergen County, Docket
No. BER-L-6067-15, which was approved by the Superior Court of New
Jersey at a Fairness Hearing on May 11, 2017.
B. Location. The following lands and premises shown and designated on
the Tax Assessment Map of the Township of Washington, as revised,
are hereby classified as the Inclusionary Multifamily Affordable Housing
Overlay District: Block 1102, Lots 1.04, 2, 11 and a portion of Lot
9.
C. Permitted uses. No building or land shall be used and no building
or other structure shall be built, altered or erected to be used for
any other purpose than those specified as follows:
D. Permitted accessory uses. Uses customary and incidental to the principal
use, including but not limited to meeting rooms, gyms, and other amenities
for the sole use of residents and their guests, shall be permitted.
E. Density. The residential density shall not exceed 44 dwelling units.
F. Affordable housing requirements.
(1)
At least 15% of the total number of dwelling units to be constructed
on the site, or seven units, shall be set aside as affordable family
units
(2)
Affordable units shall further be reserved as follows: one very-low-income;
three low-income; and three moderate-income.
(3)
All affordable units shall be subject to the provisions, where not referenced herein, of Article
XXI, Affordable Housing, of Chapter
540 of the Township of Washington Code.
G. Bulk requirements. Any proposed development shall comply with the
following bulk standards:
(1)
Minimum tract area: 13 acres.
(2)
Minimum lot size: 100,000 square feet.
(3)
Minimum front yard setback: 125 feet measured from the property
boundary between Lot 1.04 and Van Emburgh Avenue as depicted on the
official tax map of the Township of Washington.
(4)
Minimum side yard setback: 45 feet.
(5)
Minimum rear yard setback: 200 feet.
(6)
Maximum coverage by buildings or impervious surfaces: 25%.
(7)
Maximum building height:
(a)
Not more than 34 feet at that point of the building closest
to Van Emburgh Avenue, as viewed from the easterly right-of-way line
of Van Emburgh Avenue;
(b)
Not more than 63 feet from the average ground elevation around
the foundation of the building to the highest point of the building;
(c)
Not more than 75 feet overall to the highest point of the building.
H. Off-street parking. Number and size of off-street parking spaces
shall be provided in accordance with the residential site improvement
standards.
(1)
Driveway and parking area setback: Setback of driveways and
parking areas from adjacent residential uses and property boundaries
shall be at least 20 feet.
I. Lighting. Site lighting shall be provided at the minimum level to
accommodate safe pedestrian and vehicular movements.
(1)
Exterior lighting shall be shielded to prevent glare or illumination
on adjacent properties and residential uses.
(2)
Pedestrian-level, bollard-style lighting, or other glare-controlled
fixtures mounted on building or landscape walls shall be used to light
pedestrian walkways and not exceed four feet in height.
(3)
Parking lot lights shall not exceed 12 feet in height.
J. Landscape and buffering requirements: All landscaped areas are recommended
to provide a variety of flowering and evergreen trees, shrubs and
perennial plants to provide seasonal interest.
(1)
A minimum twenty-foot-wide landscaped buffer shall be provided
along all parking areas and driveways that abut a property line of
an adjacent residential use or property. This buffer shall be comprised
of the following planting requirements:
(a)
Evergreen row: A minimum twelve-foot-wide portion of the buffer
that is closest to the adjacent property line shall be planted with
a staggered row of evergreen trees.
(b)
Shrub row: A minimum eight-foot-wide section of the buffer between
the row of evergreens and the grass strip shall be planted with a
staggered row of shrubs.
[1] Within the shrub row, one deciduous shade tree
shall be provided every 30 linear feet or one flowering tree shall
be provided every 20 linear feet.
(2)
A minimum fifty-foot-wide natural buffer shall be provided along
the property boundary between Lot 1.04 and Lot 1.02.
(a)
The natural buffer shall consist of trees, shrubs and groundcovers
existing on the property at the time of development.
(b)
The area of the natural buffer shall be protected from construction,
grading or other activity which might cause damage to or reduction
of the area of the buffer and the plant materials within.
(c)
The natural buffer may be supplemented by additional plantings
at the perimeter of the buffer to provide additional screening.
(3)
A minimum ten-foot-wide landscaped buffer shall be provided
along the perimeter of parking areas not abutting a property boundary.
This buffer shall be planted in a manner that will provide a continuous
visual screen throughout the entire year.
K. Open space. All areas of the tract that are not developed with principal
buildings, drives, parking areas and stormwater management facilities
shall be reserved as open space for passive recreation or conservation
purposes and dedicated to an organization responsible for the ownership
and maintenance of such open space for the benefit of owners or residents
of the development. Such organization shall not be dissolved and shall
not dispose of any open space, by sale or otherwise, except to an
organization conceived and established to own and maintain the open
space for the benefit of such development, and shall not dispose of
such open space without first offering to dedicate the same to the
Township of Washington.
(1)
Minimum open space area: At least nine contiguous acres of the
tract area shall be reserved as open space.
L. Signs. The following signs shall be permitted:
(1)
Ground identification sign: One ground identification sign shall
be permitted at the entrance to the development on Van Emburgh Avenue.
(a)
The sign face of the ground identification sign shall not exceed
four feet in height and shall not exceed 32 square feet in area.
(2)
Way-finding or directional signage, building identification,
building entrance and similar incidental signage shall be permitted.
(a)
The sign face of way-finding or directional signage shall not
exceed two square feet in area per sign.
[1] No illumination of way-finding or directional signage
shall be permitted.
(b)
Building identification signage shall not exceed 10 square feet
in area per sign.
[1] Building identification signage may be externally
illuminated with a light level of an intensity not to exceed the equivalent
of 75 watts or 1,100 lumens each, that are shielded and directed solely
at the sign.