[Added 10-17-2022 by Ord.
No. 2022-32]
The following are the specifications applicable to the TC MU
Zone.
A. Principal permitted uses. No building or premises shall be erected,
altered or used except for uses designated for each property within
the TC MU district as follows:
(1)
Retail stores and retail service establishments, including stores
or shops or retail business.
(2)
Cafeterias, full-service restaurants, snack and nonalcoholic
beverage bars, confectionery and nut stores, retail bakeries.
(3)
Banks and other financial institutions, but not including drive-in
uses.
(4)
Theatrical and motion picture theaters.
(6)
Personal service establishments.
(7)
Residences. Residential housing units, including a required
set-aside for affordable housing units.
B. Permitted accessory uses. Any of the following accessory uses are
permitted in conjunction with a permitted principal use:
(1)
Accessory uses customarily incidental to the principal or conditional
use.
(2)
Outdoor restaurant seating in accordance with §
150-7.23, provided also that a minimum of six feet is maintained on the sidewalk for pedestrian movement between the edge of any approved outdoor dining area and the curb face.
(3)
Sidewalk cafes in accordance with §
150-7.22, provided also that a minimum of six feet is maintained on the sidewalk for pedestrian movement between the edge of any approved sidewalk cafe and the curb face.
(4)
Parking lots, including structured parking garages.
(5)
Amenity space(s) serving residences such as a fitness area,
lobby, mailroom, meeting space for residences (not open to the general
public), coffee service area, and the like as may be approved by the
Verona Planning Board.
(6)
Internal roadways, parking areas, loading/unloading zones, courtyards
and sidewalks.
C. Development standards.
(1)
Any property having any portion of a building bounded by Bloomfield
Avenue shall be considered to front on Bloomfield Avenue.
(2)
All nonresidential uses shall be conducted entirely within the
confines of the first floor of a building having frontage along Bloomfield
Avenue with a maximum building footprint depth of 100 feet as measured
from the building along Bloomfield Avenue to the rear (or back), including
any setback from the street, of the retail or other nonresidential
establishment including those identified as permitted uses.
(3)
Residential buildings and parking areas may be built on any
area exceeding the 100-foot limitation as well as on any area of a
property fronting Bloomfield Avenue where there is a permitted nonresidential
use having a building depth of 50 feet as measured from the building
along Bloomfield Avenue to the rear (or back), including any set back
from the street.
(4)
Cafeterias, full-service restaurants, snack and nonalcoholic
beverage bars, confectionery and nut stores and retail bakeries shall
have a maximum seating capacity of 100 patrons and shall only be permitted
on lots having frontage on Bloomfield Avenue.
(5)
Residential units, including the required affordable units,
shall be situated on the second and third stories of the properties
fronting Bloomfield Avenue which shall have nonresidential uses on
the first 50 feet of the ground floor as measured from the building
along Bloomfield Avenue to the rear (or back), including any setback
from the street, subject to the limitations in Subsection C(6) hereof.
(6)
Residences, including the affordable units, shall be a principal
permitted use on the ground floor (or first floor) as well as the
second and third stories of the properties fronting on the side streets
of Montrose Avenue and South Prospect Street. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions, including the requirements of Subsection C(7)
hereof, when a building fronting on Bloomfield Avenue has a depth
of a minimum of 50 feet and contains nonresidential uses, then the
residences may be built on the ground floor 50 feet or further upon
the property to the south of Bloomfield Avenue.
(7)
Four pedestrian entrances to all of the residences in the TC
MU Zone, of not greater than 12 feet in width, as measured from the
inside of the door frame of each side of the door, may be provided
along Bloomfield Avenue. All other pedestrian entrances shall be provided
from the rear (or side) of any property located in the TC MU Zone
or from an entrance from Montrose Avenue or South Prospect Street.
The provisions of Subsection F, Affordable housing multifamily residential
specifications, of this section shall also be complied with.
(8)
Parking lots, including structured parking garages, shall not
exceed 28 feet in height, excluding a parapet wall not greater than
six feet in height. Any parking structure shall contain a twenty-two-foot-wide
cartway, inclusive of ground floor visitor parking areas, unless the
Township Engineer approves deviation. No parking lot or structure
shall front on Bloomfield Avenue.
(9)
The internal drives shall contain a twenty-two-foot-wide cartway,
unless the Township Engineer approves a deviation.
(10)
There shall be a minimum of 100 feet between any two driveway
curb openings on Bloomfield Avenue.
(11)
Primary materials for the exterior of buildings shall be brick,
wood, HardiePlank® panels or similar
fiber cement siding, stone, precast and cast stone and manufactured
stone, and glass.
(12)
All entrances to any building shall be defined and articulated
by architectural elements such as lintels, pediments, pilasters, columns,
porticoes, porches, overhangs, railings, etc.
(13)
An appropriate roof pitch and roofline architectural treatment
is required. If a flat roof is designed (or proposed), then the architectural
treatment must be aesthetically pleasing so the building does not
look like a monolithic structure.
(14)
The affordable residential units are required to be integrated
with the market rate units.
(15)
Section
150-21.3 pertaining to residential fees shall not be applicable to the TC MU Zone.
D. Area, yard, bulk and parking regulations.
Note: All setbacks shall be measured from a structural (also
known as a dominant) building wall(s). The appropriate dimension for
building setbacks between structural building walls (defined as full
or complete walls and excluding knee or hip walls and architectural
walls or elements designed to add a wall feature and not be a load-bearing
wall) and part of any building or property boundary shall be determined
by the applicant's planner or architect at the time of site plan review
based on the geometry of the site.
1.
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Minimum lot size (square feet)
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5,000
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2.
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Minimum lot width (feet)
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50
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3.
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Minimum front yard setback (feet)
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2
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4.
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Maximum front yard setback (feet)
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30
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5.
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Minimum side yard setback-one (feet)
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0
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7.
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Minimum side yard setbacks-both (feet)
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0
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8.
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Minimum side yard setbacks-both (percentage of lot width)
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N/A
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9.
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Minimum rear yard setback (feet) (this shall exclusively mean
and is defined as the boundary with the houses of worship located
at Block 1807, Lots 1 and 13)
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18
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10.
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Maximum height for principal building (stories/feet)
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3/50
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11.
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Maximum height for accessory structures other than parking structures
(feet)
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15
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12.
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Maximum building coverage, first floor building area as a percent
of land area (percent)
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80
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13.
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Maximum improved and landscaped lot coverage, defined as first
floor building area plus impervious coverage, plus landscaped buffer
area as a percent of land area (percent)
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95
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14.
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Minimum landscaped buffer along a residential zone (feet) boundary,
or along the boundary with any house of worship
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15
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15.
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Parking provisions:
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Notwithstanding § 150-12.6B, pertaining to RSIS parking standards, which shall not apply to the TC MU Zone, any residential development(s) in the TC MU Zone shall provide a minimum of 1.5 vehicle parking spaces per residential unit.
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A minimum of 90% of such parking spaces shall be provided on-site,
and the remaining 10% of required parking spaces may be provided through
a long-term lease (or parking lot rental agreement), with a minimum
term of 10 years, of off-street parking spaces no further than 1,000
feet from the development.
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All required or designated resident parking shall be provided
within the boundaries of the TC MU Overlay Zone. Off-site parking
satisfied outside of the TC MU Zone shall be limited to required or
dedicated spaces for ground-floor commercial uses and shall be reserved
for employees or customers of those commercial uses.
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Off-site parking spaces shall only qualify for off-site parking
agreements/leases if located in public or commercial parking lots/facilities
or private parking lots/facilities which are accessory to existing
nonresidential uses where the number of parking spaces exceeds the
required amount for those existing nonresidential uses.
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Such parking agreement or lease shall be in writing at the time
a site plan application is submitted to the Verona Planning Board.
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No private parking lot/facility serving an existing use shall
receive off-site parking spaces from the TCMU Zone if such an arrangement
would cause or exacerbate a shortfall in the required number of parking
spaces for that existing use.
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A minimum of 5% of all on-site parking spaces shall be exclusively
reserved and identified for electrically charged vehicles. The parking
space(s) shall be equipped with electric charging devices (or apparatus).
In addition, if the State of New Jersey should require that a greater
number of electrically charged vehicle spaces be required than is
required herein, then that requirement shall be applicable to any
site plan application to be filed under the provisions of this chapter.
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E. Conditional uses. The following conditional uses which are permitted
within the Town Center Zone as identified in the conditional use regulations
of the Township's zoning ordinance shall not apply to the TC MU Zone,
except where specified in Subsection B hereof.
(1)
Mixed retail and residential uses.
(2)
Mixed retail and commercial (nonmedical) with residential uses.
(3)
Mixed retail and professional office (nonmedical) with residential
uses.
F. Affordable housing multifamily residential specifications. The TC
MU Zone shall supersede the preexisting TC Zone applicable to the
properties at Block 1807, Lots 2 through 12 and Lot 14 when an application
for site plan approval is filed for any multifamily residential development
having greater than two residential units.
(1)
Any residential development shall set aside 15% of the units,
when the units are rented, for affordable housing and 20% of the units
for affordable housing when the residential units are for sale.
(2)
The intent of the TC MU Zone is to permit the development of
an inclusionary multifamily residential development in which a certain
proportion of the dwelling units are set aside for occupancy by low-
and moderate-income households satisfying the FHA and Uniform Housing
Affordability Controls ("UHAC," N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq.).
(3)
The residential multifamily residences situated in the TC MU
Zone shall satisfy the following conditions:
(a)
There shall be no more than two bedrooms per residential unit,
except three-bedroom units shall be provided as required under UHAC.
(b)
No three-bedroom unit shall have an area less than 900 square
feet.
(c)
No more than 70 residential units, or 22 residential units per
acre, may be located in the TC MU.
(d)
The maximum living space, meaning finished floor area in any
unit, shall not exceed 1,200 square feet unless UHAC, or other affordable
housing rule or regulation, requires a larger unit size, which said
applicable larger unit size shall only be applicable to the affordable
units.
[Added 6-15-2015 by Ord.
No. 1-15]
A. Permitted principal uses.
(1)
Multiple-family housing developments having common open space
as an appurtenant use.
(2)
Uses as permitted in the Town Center (TC zoning district).
B. Permitted accessory uses. Any of the following accessory uses may be permitted in conjunction with a permitted multifamily housing development principal use. Accessory uses as associated with the principal uses permitted within the Town Center (TC) shall be those accessory uses permitted within the Town Center District in accordance with §
150-17.14B.
(1)
Accessory uses customarily incidental to the principal use.
(3)
Roof-top terrace and balconies.
C. Area, yard and bulk regulations.
(1)
Minimum lot size: 8,000 square feet.
(2)
Minimum lot width: 70 feet.
(3)
Minimum front yard setback: zero feet.
(4)
Minimum side yard setback (one): zero feet.
(5)
Minimum side yard setbacks (both): zero feet.
(6)
Minimum side yard setbacks (both) percentage of lot width: N/A.
(7)
Minimum rear yard setback: 15 feet.
(8)
Minimum landscaped buffer along residential zone: 15 feet.
(9)
Maximum height for principal building (stories/feet): 3/50.
(10)
Maximum height for accessory structures: 15 feet.
(11)
Minimum accessory use setback: five feet.
(12)
Maximum building coverage: 80%.
(13)
Maximum improved lot coverage: 100%.
(14)
Maximum number of units per building: 10.
(15)
Maximum number of bedrooms per unit: two.
(16)
Maximum number of bedrooms per building: 18.
(17)
Maximum number of balconies per unit: one.
D. Conditional uses. The following conditional uses are permitted within
the Town Center Redevelopment (TC) zone subject to area, yard and
bulk regulations and other controls identified in the conditional
use regulations of this chapter. There are no conditional uses permitted
when the multifamily use is the principal use.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
(1)
Mixed residential and retail subject to the mixed use standards set forth in §
150-8.3.
E. Additional requirements for the multifamily use.
(1)
Access.
(a)
Vehicular. No driveway or access or egress from a parking area
shall be located closer than 40 feet from any intersection or as required
by county or state regulations.
(b)
Pedestrian. Pedestrian access shall be from a public right-of-way.
(2)
Roof-top parapet: Any roof-top parapet shall not exceed five
feet in height.
F. Multifamily design standards.
(1)
Building design.
(a)
Each building shall have two livable floors located over a below-structure
parking garage serviced by interior stairwell and elevator.
(b)
Each building shall have maximum of 10 units with a maximum
of 18 bedrooms per building.
(c)
Each building shall have a maximum of two bedrooms per unit.
(d)
Each unit shall have a balcony which may not extend beyond the
building footprint.
(e)
Each unit is prohibited using grills on the outdoor balconies.
(f)
Each unit shall have its own separate laundry facilities.
(g)
Each unit shall have its own utility connection with an individual
meter for gas and water use as well as its own HVAC system.
(h)
Each building shall provide an interior elevator for access
to all floors, including the parking and any roof areas used for tenant
purposes.
(i)
Each building shall provide fire sprinkler systems for all floors,
including the parking garage.
(j)
Each building may provide a roof terrace area with a stairwell
access in addition to the elevator access to the ground exterior.
(k)
The ground floor parking area shall remain partially open for
ventilation and mechanically gated with key actuation provided.
(l)
The ground floor shall provide a separate room for the storage
of trash and recyclables which will be picked up by a private hauler.
(m)
Tandem parking spaces will be assigned to individual units.
(n)
The building exterior finish shall be a combination of brick,
stone and masonry veneer. No PVC siding materials are to be used other
than exterior trim.
(o)
Exterior rooftop lighting and HVAC equipment shall be screened
from adjoining properties.
(p)
No more than 33% of the entire roof area may be utilized for
each roof-top terrace and associated access improvements.
(q)
Any area that is open to the tenants of the building (public
area) must be separated from any utilitarian portion of the roof (nonpublic)
by a physical barrier of a least three feet in height.
(r)
All public rooftop areas must be adequately illuminated by lighting
no higher than 36 inches except for safety and/or security lighting.
(s)
All access points from inside the building to a proposed roof
terrace must be monitored by a security system.
(t)
A single gate from the public rooftop area to the nonpublic
area may be installed to allow for the maintenance of said rooftop
utilities.
(u)
Exterior security lighting shall be screened such the source
of the light is not visible from adjoining properties.
(2)
Parking.
(a)
Parking spaces shall be a minimum of nine feet in width and
18 feet in depth; consistent with the residential site improvement
standards.
(b)
Ground-floor enclosed parking must be covered by a sprinkler
system.
(c)
Tandem parking spaces (two parking spaces front to back) shall
be assigned so as to have one unit utilizing two tandem spaces, similar
to that of requirements for single-family homes with a garage and
a driveway parking space.
(d)
Plans consisting of two separate lots separated by a right-of-way,
parking requirements may be met accumulatively by both properties.
(e)
Aisle widths in the parking lot must maintain 24 feet.
(f)
Assigned parking spaces are for use of the tenants only.
(g)
Garage parking areas shall be adequately lighted and accessible
by emergency services.
(h)
One parking space shall be permitted within the buffer area
of each lot.
(3)
Signage.
(a)
No monument or window signs are permitted.
(b)
One building identification sign is permitted per building and
located on the street side of the building and shall not exceed 40
square feet per building.
(4)
Utilities.
(a)
All units and common areas must contain a sprinkler system.
(b)
Air conditioning compressors and other utilities (including
generators) must be located on the roof of the building.
(c)
No above-ground utilities shall be permitted in any buffer.
(d)
All individual utilities must vent through the roof and not
the side of the building.
(e)
Each building shall be designed in such a way that solid waste
and recycling areas are provided on the ground floor and accessible
from the public right-of-way.
(f)
All roof leaders must drain to catch basins and a water quality
structure prior to being released into the municipal stormwater system.
[Added 7-11-2016 by Ord.
No. 14-16]
A. Permitted principal uses.
(1)
Multiple-family housing developments having common open space
as an appurtenant use.
(2)
Uses as permitted in the Extended Town Center (ETC - Zoning
District), except that there shall be no commercial uses permitted
above the third floor.
(3)
Mixed-use retail and residential buildings with retail uses
are limited to the first floor.
B. Permitted accessory uses. In addition to accessory uses associated with permitted principal uses permitted within the Extended Town Center (ETC) in accordance with §
150-17.15B, the following uses are permitted in conjunction with multifamily housing development principal use.
(1)
Accessory uses customarily incidental to the principal use:
(3)
Roof-top terraces and balconies.
C. Extended Town Center. All other permitted uses located within the Extended Town Center Redevelopment (ETC-R) zone shall be subject to area, yard and bulk regulations and other controls identified for the use within the ETC in accordance with §
150-17.15C.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
D. Multifamily area, yard, and bulk standards:
[Amended 10-3-2016 by Ord. No. 23-16]
(1)
Minimum lot size: 1.5 acres.
(2)
Maximum residential density: 30 units per acre.
(3)
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
(4)
Minimum front yard setback: 30 feet.
(5)
Minimum side yard setback: 20 feet.
(6)
Minimum side yard setback (both): 40 feet.
(7)
Minimum rear yard setback: 25 feet.
(8)
Minimum common open space (percent of lot area): 15.
(9)
Minimum landscaped buffer along residential zone: six feet.
(10)
Maximum height, principal building (stories/feet): 6/80.
(11)
Maximum building coverage (percent of lot area): 70.
(12)
Maximum improved lot coverage (percent of lot area): 85.
(13)
Maximum number of buildings per lot: two.
(14)
Minimum distance between principal buildings: 30 feet.
(15)
Maximum number of units per building: 70.
(16)
Maximum number of bedrooms per unit: three.
(17)
Maximum number of bedrooms per building: 90.
(18)
Maximum number of balconies per unit: one.
(19)
Maximum percentage of studio units per building: 15.
(20)
Maximum percentage of three-bedroom units per building: 10%.
(21)
Maximum unit size: 1,500 square feet.
(22)
Minimum unit size (square feet):
(23)
Maximum accessory use height: 15 feet.
(24)
Minimum accessory use setback: six feet.
(25)
Minimum number of parking spaces per unit: 1.4.
E. Additional requirements for the multifamily use.
(1)
Access.
(a)
Vehicular. No ingress or egress from a parking area shall be
located closer than 40 feet from any intersection or as required by
county or state regulations.
(b)
Ingress or egress is limited to Bloomfield Avenue and Mount
Prospect Avenue only.
(c)
Pedestrian ingress or egress shall be from a public right-of-way
of Bloomfield Avenue and Mt. Prospect Avenue.
F. Multifamily design standards.
(1)
Building design.
(a)
Each building with below-structure parking shall have a maximum
of five livable floors located over the below-structure parking garage.
All below-structure parking shall be serviced by an interior stairwell
and elevator.
(b)
Buildings without a below structure parking shall have a maximum
of six livable floors.
(c)
Each building facade shall be designed to have a delineated
floor line between street level and the upper floors consisting of
a masonry belt course, concrete or brick material or cornice line.
(d)
Each building located within 40 feet of the public right-of-way
shall have an additional setback from the public right-of-way of the
fourth and fifth floors of at least six feet from the building footprint
of the third floor of six feet for the floors over three stories.
The top floor of any building located within 40 feet of the public
right-of-way that is more than three stories shall be set back at
least six feet from the floor below.
[Amended 10-3-2016 by Ord. No. 23-16]
(e)
Each building facing a public right-of-way must have elements
of vertical articulation comprised of windows, piers, recessed windows,
entry designs, overhangs, ornamental projection of molding, change
in materials or wall coloring or recessed portions of the buildings
of the wall itself.
(f)
Buildings located on the same lot shall have the same elements
of architectural design.
(g)
Buildings containing a sixth story shall have an additional
setback of the sixth floor of at least six feet from the building
footprint of the fifth floor, and may include an outdoor balcony;
provided, that the balcony does not exceed beyond the outer wall of
the fifth floor.
(h)
Each unit may have a balcony which may not extend beyond the
building footprint.
(i)
Each unit shall have its own separate laundry facilities.
(j)
Each unit shall have its own utility connection with individual
sub-meters for gas and water.
(k)
Each unit shall have its own HVAC system.
(l)
Each building having three or more floors shall provide an interior
elevator for access to all floors, including the parking and roof
areas.
(m)
Each building shall provide fire sprinkler systems for all floors,
including the parking garage.
(n)
Each building shall provide an interior stairwell access in
addition to the elevator access to the ground exterior.
(o)
The ground floor parking area shall remain partially open for
ventilation and mechanically gated with key access provided.
(p)
The ground floor shall provide a separate room for the storage
of trash and recyclables.
(q)
Tandem parking spaces are not permitted.
(r)
The building exterior finish shall be a combination of brick
and stone veneer. No PVC siding materials are to be used other than
for exterior trim.
(s)
Exterior rooftop lighting and HVAC equipment shall be screened
from adjoining properties.
(t)
Exterior security lighting shall be screened such the source
of the light is not visible from adjoining properties.
(2)
Automobile parking and access.
(a)
Front yard parking is permitted; provided, that it is at least
10 feet from the right-of-way and that there is a buffer in the 10
feet between the right-of-way and the parking area extending along
no less than 60% of the front of the parking area.. Vehicle overhang
may protrude a maximum of two feet into the front yard setback.
(b)
Parking spaces shall be a minimum of nine feet in width and
18 feet in depth and in all respects shall be consistent with the
residential site improvement standards.
(c)
Ground floor enclosed parking must be covered by a fire protection
sprinkler system.
(d)
Access shall be limited to Bloomfield Avenue and Mount Prospect
Avenue. There shall be no access permitted from or to Douglas Place.
(e)
Parking requirements may be met by sharing spaces on other properties
within the ETC Redevelopment zone; provided, that all minimum parking
requirements are met for all the respective properties.
(f)
Parking lot aisle widths shall be a minimum 24 feet.
(g)
Garage parking areas shall be adequately lighted and accessible
by emergency services.
(h)
There shall be no parking permitted in any buffer area.
(3)
Utilities.
(a)
All units shall have a separate connection and meter for all
utilities.
(b)
All units and common areas must contain a sprinkler system.
(c)
Air-conditioning compressors and other utilities (including
generators) may be located on the roof of the building or in the rear
yard of the property.
(d)
No above-ground utilities shall be permitted in any buffer.
(e)
All individual utilities must vent through the roof and not
the side of the building when the side of the building faces other
residential properties.
(f)
Each building shall be designed in such a way that solid waste
and recycling areas are provided on the ground floor and accessible
from the public right-of-way.
(4)
Signs.
(a)
Shall be back lit or externally illuminated.
(b)
Wall sign. One per building; maximum size 32 square feet each.
(c)
No window signs permitted.
(d)
Monument sign: 40 square feet per face, including background
area, limited to one sign per each 150 feet of street frontage on
Bloomfield Avenue. Maximum height: six feet, externally illuminated.
(e)
Temporary marking signs are permitted up to one year from the
issuance of last certificate of occupancy.
(f)
Directional signs for vehicles and pedestrians shall be permitted
and located so as to not interfere with the safe means of access into
the property.
G. Steep slope areas. Article
XXIII, Steep Slopes, of this chapter shall apply only to natural or undeveloped steep slopes. Article
XXIII, Steep Slopes, shall not apply to disturbance of currently developed properties within the redevelopment zone.