Township of Washington, NJ Article IX Class O-R District

§ 580-63 Location.

[Amended 10-4-1978 by Ord. No. 78-26; 5-5-1980 by Ord. No. 80-6; 11-17-1980 by Ord. No. 80-26; 7-19-1982 by Ord. No. 82-11; 3-3-1986 by Ord. No. 86-1; 7-13-1987 by Ord. No. 87-8; 6-6-1988 by Ord. No. 88-15]

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 O-R District:

Block	Lots
2329	Part of Lot 2 [Amended 6-6-1988 by Ord. No. 88-16]
3202A	Lots 2 and 3

§ 580-64 Use regulations.

A. In the O-R Zone, 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:

[Amended 2-19-1980 by Ord. No. 80-1]

(1) Any use permitted under § 580-13 in the Class A Residential District. All residential uses shall comply with the lot size, rear yard, side yard, front yard, height, setback and all other bulk requirements of Class A Residential District.

(2) Office buildings.

(3) Scientific or research laboratories or testing, experimental or computation centers, provided that there shall be no use thereof that is noxious, offensive or hazardous by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise or electric, magnetic or radioactive waves.

(4) Private hospital, private medical center buildings or private nursing homes.

(5) Telephone exchange or public utility building where no public business office, no repair facilities except for equipment in the building and no storage yard or warehouses are maintained.

(6) Banks and banking buildings.

(7) Museums and art galleries.

(8) Funeral parlors with appurtenant living quarters.

B. Before the issuance of a building permit, the Planning Board shall review and approve a site development plan of the proposed use and shall ascertain that all requirements of this chapter are complied with.

C. Places of worship shall be permitted as a conditional use in the Class O-R District subject to the conditions and requirements of § 580-95.1 of this chapter.

[Added 6-20-2022 by Ord. No. 22-11]

§ 580-65 Affordable Housing Overlay District.

[Added 9-11-2017 by Ord. No. 17-16]

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: Block 3202.01 Lot 3, containing a total area consisting of approximately 9.7 acres.

C. Permitted uses.

(1) Multifamily residential apartments.

D. Development standards. The standards contained in the Affordable Housing Overlay shall supersede the existing O-R 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) Maximum residential density: 15 dwelling units per acre.

(2) Maximum permitted building height: three stories or 35 feet.

(3) Maximum impervious lot coverage: 80%.

(4) Minimum landscape buffer: A minimum twenty-foot wide landscape buffer shall be provided adjacent to any property line abutting a single-family residential use.

(5) Minimum front yard setback: 50 feet.

(6) Minimum side yard setback: 30 feet.

(7) Minimum rear yard setback: 30 feet.

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.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: See also Ch. 540, Art. XXI, Affordable Housing, and Art. XXII, Mandatory Affordable Housing Set-Aside.

§ 580-66 Street frontage and lot area requirements.

Within the O-R Zone, no plot shall have a street frontage less than 200 feet in width nor an area of less than two acres or 87,120 square feet. No building shall occupy more than 25% of the area of the plot upon which it is built.

§ 580-67 Height restrictions.

No building shall be erected to a height in excess of 35 feet above average curb elevation on adjacent street; provided, however, that this limitation shall not apply to churches, public buildings, flagpoles and monuments, nor to domes, cupolas and chimneys, air-conditioning enclosures, 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.

§ 580-68 Front yards.

A. Within the O-R Zone, a front yard is required on every plot. It shall have a mean depth of not less than 60 feet measured from the side line of the street right-of-way (right-of-way width shall be as indicated on Official Map) to the building proper.

B. Nothing in this section shall justify the violation of any existing ordinance or contract which prescribes a building line if such building line would create a front yard or equivalent open space of a greater mean depth than specified in this section.

§ 580-69 Rear yards.

Within the O-R Zone, the mean depth of a required rear yard shall be not less than 60 feet. No building or accessory building shall be erected within the area lying between any Township boundary line or residence district boundary line and a line drawn 40 feet therefrom and parallel thereto.

§ 580-70 Side yards.

Within the O-R Zone, two side yards are required, each with a minimum width of 30 feet.

§ 580-71 Split zones.

In the event creation of a zone classified under this chapter has resulted in the establishment of two different zones on one or more parcels which are in the same ownership, then parking requirements permitted hereunder may be extended into that part of the premises under one ownership which has not been classified, rezoned and changed for residential or other use district. Such extension of parking facilities shall be subject to all other requirements of environmental and site design provisions of the Site Plan Ordinance.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: See Ch. 540, Land Development, Art. XV.