[Amended 5-5-1980 by Ord. No. 80-6; 11-17-1980 by Ord. No. 80-26; 7-19-1982 by Ord. No. 82-11; 7-16-1984 by Ord. No. 84-10; 3-3-1986 by Ord. No. 86-1]
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 Planned Residential Townhouse Development District (PRTD):
Block
Lots
2101
4, 5 and 6-A
[Amended 2-25-2002 by Ord. No. 02-03]
2407
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
2408
1
2417
1, 2, 3, 37, 38 and 39
3201
1, 2, 3 and 4
3202
1
3204
1 — 4
3502
8, 9, 10 and 11
3601
1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9
[Amended 5-5-1980 by Ord. No. 80-6]
In the Planned Residential Townhouse Development District, 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:
A. 
Any residential use permitted in the Class AA Residential District, in accordance with the bulk requirements for said use.
B. 
Single-family townhouses developed as a planned unit residential cluster.
In the Planned Residential Townhouse Development District (PRTD), the following accessory uses are permitted:
A. 
Other accessory buildings customarily incidental to any use permitted in § 580-73 herein, provided that such accessory building shall be on the same site as the building to which it is accessory, and also provided that such accessory building shall not be used for residential purposes.
B. 
Indoor and outdoor recreational facilities, including tennis courts, swimming pools, garden areas, common open space areas and community center buildings, developed and maintained in conjunction with a townhouse development, provided that the same is owned and operated as established in § 580-76 herein.
A. 
Under the provisions of this chapter and state statutes, the Township of Washington, other government agencies, the Board of Education, state, County and other public bodies can be designated to maintain and accept public open space for recreational or conservational uses. Approval of a planned residential townhouse development shall not require as a condition that land proposed to be set aside for common open space be designated or made available to public use.
(1) 
Where a site plan or subdivision is required and an open space program and accessory recreational facilities are proposed, the developer shall provide an organization for the ownership and maintenance of any open space for the benefit of owners or residents of the development if said open space is not dedicated to the municipality or other governmental agency. 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 thereafter such organization shall not be dissolved or dispose of any of its open space without first offering to dedicate the same to the Township of Washington.
(2) 
In the event such organization shall fail to maintain the open space in reasonable order and condition, the Chief Construction Official may serve written notice upon such organization or upon the owners of the development, setting forth the manner in which the organization has failed to maintain the open space in reasonable condition, and said notice shall include a demand that such deficiencies of maintenance be cured within 35 days thereof and shall state the date and place of a hearing thereon, which shall be held within 15 days of the notice. At such hearing, the Chief Construction Official may modify the terms of the original notice as to deficiencies and may give a reasonable extension of time, not to exceed 65 days, within which they may be cured. If the deficiencies set forth in the original notice or in the modification thereof shall not be cured within said 35 days or any permitted extension thereof, the Township, in order to preserve the open space and maintain the same for a period of one year, may enter upon and maintain such land. Said entry and maintenance shall not vest in the public any rights to use the open space except when the same is voluntarily dedicated to the public by the owners. Before the expiration of said year, the Township Council shall, upon its initiative or upon the request of the organization theretofore responsible for the maintenance of the open space, call a public hearing upon 15 days' written notice to such organization and the owners of the development, to be held by such Township Council, at which hearing such organization and the owners of the development shall show cause why such maintenance by the Township shall not, at the election of the Township, continue for a succeeding year. If the Township Council shall determine that such organization is ready and able to maintain said open space in reasonable condition, the Township shall cease to maintain said open space at the end of said year. If the Township Council shall determine that such organization is not ready and able to maintain said open space in a reasonable condition, the Township Council may, in its discretion, continue to maintain said open space during the next succeeding year, subject to a similar hearing and determination in each year thereafter. The decision of the Township Council in any such case shall constitute a final administrative decision, subject to judicial review.
[Amended 6-6-1988 by Ord. No. 88-14]
(3) 
The cost of such maintenance by the Township shall be assessed pro rata against the properties within the development that have a right of enjoyment of the open space in accordance with assessed value at the time of imposition of the lien and shall become a lien and tax on said properties and be added to and be a part of the taxes to be levied and assessed thereon and shall be enforced and collected with interest by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes.
B. 
No certificate of occupancy or temporary certificate of occupancy will be applied for or issued by the Township unless and until all proposed accessory recreational facilities, such as but not limited to tennis courts and swimming pools, are completed and certified as operational by the Chief Construction Official of the Township.
[Added 5-5-1980 by Ord. No. 80-6]
A planned residential townhouse development may be developed in a fee simple, condominium or cooperative ownership, or combination thereof. The following area, bulk and yard requirements shall be applicable to any development, regardless of the ownership form:
A. 
Overall site restrictions.
(1) 
Minimum parcel area. Each planned residential townhouse development site shall have a minimum overall site area of four acres.
(2) 
Maximum overall site density. The maximum overall site density shall be 4.51 dwelling units per acre.
(3) 
Minimum overall lot frontage. The minimum overall lot frontage shall be 225 feet.
(4) 
Minimum overall lot depth. The minimum overall lot depth, measured perpendicularly to the lot frontage, shall be 700 feet.
(5) 
Minimum overall yard requirements. The minimum yard requirements for the overall lot area are as follows:
(a) 
Front yard: 100 feet.
(b) 
Rear yard: 60 feet.
(c) 
Each side yard: 50 feet.
(6) 
Maximum lot coverage for overall site. The maximum lot coverage for the overall site shall not exceed 18% exclusive of accessory structures and outdoor recreation areas.
(7) 
Maximum building height. The maximum building height for all principal buildings shall be 2 1/2 stories but no greater than 35 feet, including mechanical equipment, but exclusive of firesafety apparatus and devices as required by law. All apparatus and mechanicals on the roof of each building shall be suitably screened. No accessory building or structure shall exceed 20 feet in height.
[Amended 12-1-1980 by Ord. No. 80-24]
B. 
Requirements for individual parcels.
(1) 
Minimum lot area. Each townhouse lot shall be not less than 1,400 square feet in area.
(2) 
Minimum lot width. Each townhouse lot shall have a minimum lot width of 20 feet.
(3) 
Minimum lot depth. Each townhouse lot shall have a minimum lot depth of 70 feet.
(4) 
Minimum separation between buildings. The minimum separation distance between dwelling units shall be as follows:
(a) 
Front-to-front: 25 feet.
(b) 
Rear-to-rear: 35 feet.
(c) 
Front-to-side: 25 feet.
(d) 
Rear-to-side: 25 feet.
(e) 
Side-to-side: none, except where provided, a minimum of 25 feet.
(5) 
Maximum lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage for each townhouse lot shall not exceed 70%.
A. 
Individual planned residential townhouse development units may be combined into one building, provided said overall structure shall not contain more than six units.
B. 
No such group of units shall exceed a length of 180 feet.
C. 
No more than four adjacent units shall be constructed without providing a staggered front building wall offset of not less than four feet.
D. 
Each unit shall have not less than two means of ingress and egress into each dwelling unit.
E. 
Each unit shall have no less than two walls with window exposure.