[Added by Ord. No. 3-2000]
The following requirements must be complied with in the T-4 Zone.
The following uses are principal permitted uses in the T-4 Zone:
A. 
Duplexes;
B. 
Townhouses and patio houses;
C. 
Townhouses-duplex combinations;
D. 
Flats (not to exceed 20% of the total number of units permitted);
E. 
Public and private educational facilities;
F. 
Churches and other places of worship, including parish houses, Sunday School buildings and other similar uses;
G. 
Public utilities and essential services;
H. 
Parks, playgrounds, firehouses and library or municipal buildings;
I. 
Indoor and outdoor recreational facilities.
Permitted accessory uses shall include off-street parking, signs as provided herein and other uses customarily incidental to a principal permitted use.
Area, yard and bulk requirements for the uses set forth in § 600-305A through D shall be as follows:
A. 
Minimum tract area. The minimum tract area for the entire tract shall be 40 acres. For the purpose of this section, the tract may be bisected by an existing or proposed municipal street and may consist of two or more tax lots in the same or different tax blocks.
B. 
Minimum front yard. The minimum front yard setback for all buildings shall be 50 feet from the right-of-way of any state highway and 22 feet from the curbline of any other street.
C. 
Minimum side yard. There shall be a minimum side yard of 25 feet from all external property lines. The relationships of side yards from building to building on site shall be governed by § 600-309 herein.
D. 
Minimum rear yard. There shall be a minimum rear yard of 25 feet from all external property lines. The relationships of rear yards from building to building on-site shall be governed by § 600-309 herein.
E. 
Maximum improved lot coverage. The maximum improved lot coverage for all buildings and man-made improvements shall be 65%.
F. 
Maximum building height. The maximum building height for all buildings shall be 2.5 stories and 35 feet, except that where a walkout lower level is provided on the downhill side of a building, the maximum building height may be increased to 3.5 stories and 40 feet, with the lower level counted as a story. All measurements shall be taken from proposed final grades. Building height shall be measured from the average grade to the mean level of the highest gable.
G. 
Fences and walls. Fences, walls and retaining walls shall be permitted in required yards, as approved by the Board, provided that no fence shall exceed six feet in height, unless located in a front yard, where it shall not exceed four feet in height.
H. 
Bulk requirements for other uses. The bulk requirements for the uses set forth in § 600-305E through I shall be as required for the same uses in the R-2 Zone District.
A. 
The maximum permitted number of residential dwellings shall be 182 dwelling units and the maximum residential density for the T-4 Townhouse Zone shall be no greater than four dwelling units per gross tract acre. For the purpose of this section, internal streets, roads and rights-of-way shall be included in the gross tract acreage calculations, and the tract may be bisected by an existing or proposed municipal street and may consist of two or more tax lots in the same or different tax blocks.
B. 
Within the T-4 Townhouse Zone, all developments shall be designed in accordance with the applicable standards for accessibility and/or occupancy by persons who are disabled promulgated by the federal government or the State of New Jersey or through their respective departments or agencies having jurisdiction in such matters.
In the T-4 Zone, the following shall be the minimum distance between buildings, regardless of whether or not the buildings or units are located on one lot or on separate lots:
A. 
The front of one building to the front of another building: 75 feet.
B. 
The front of one building to the side of another building: 40 feet.
C. 
The front of one building to the rear of another building: 75 feet.
D. 
The side of one building to the side of another building (other than an attached unit): 30 feet.
E. 
The side of one building to the rear of another building: 40 feet.
F. 
The rear of one building to the rear of another building: 60 feet.
G. 
The maximum size of any individual building containing townhouses or patio houses shall be eight dwelling units and 220 feet in length.
H. 
The maximum size of any individual building containing a townhouse/duplex combination or flats shall be 10 dwelling units per floor and 220 feet in length.
A. 
At least 25% of the total land area of the tract shall be designed for and devoted to open space. In computing the 25% requirement, common recreation areas accessory to the residential use and required buffer areas shall be included.
B. 
Any open space as provided herein shall be owned and maintained by the homeowners' association or condominium association in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-43.
A. 
Street requirements. The requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:21 et seq. (Residential Site Improvement Standards) shall govern the design of streets unless a de minimus exception from such requirements is approved by the Board.
B. 
Utility improvements.
(1) 
The T-4 Townhouse Zone shall be served by public water and public sanitary sewerage systems.
(2) 
All utility improvements, including storm drainage systems, sanitary sewerage collection and disposal systems and water supply and distribution systems, shall be subject to review and approval by the Township in accordance with the standards and procedures established at N.J.A.C. 5:21 et seq. (Residential Site Improvement Standards) and subject to review and approval by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection as well as appropriate county and other state agencies, where applicable. Water supply and distribution facilities shall also be subject to review and approval by the Township Engineer and Fire Department and the Denville Water Department.
(3) 
Electric, gas and telephone service shall be provided by the developer in concert with the appropriate public utilities providing such service. Said service shall be provided as part of an underground system. If such underground facilities cannot reasonably be provided throughout the development due to topographic or geological conditions of the land or due to technical circumstances, and if the landowner shall adequately demonstrate the lack of feasibility of such an undertaking, an exception to this requirement may be granted by the Planning Board.
C. 
Off-street parking requirements.
(1) 
Within the T-4 Townhouse Zone, parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:21 (Residential Site Improvement Standards). In addition, parking shall be provided for any indoor or outdoor recreational facilities or areas proposed in a location reasonably convenient to such facilities or areas. The Planning Board, in its reasonable discretion, may seek also to require additional parking for visitors not to exceed a total of 0.25 additional visitor parking spaces per unit reasonably distributed throughout the site.
(2) 
Each townhouse, duplex or patio house unit shall provide a minimum of one garage parking space for each dwelling unit. Buildings containing flats, whether or not such buildings also contain other types of units, shall not be required to provide garage parking spaces.
(3) 
Each parking space shall be provided at a width of nine feet and a length of 18 feet.
(4) 
Parking for persons who are disabled shall be provided as required by state and federal law.
(5) 
Aisle widths for all 90° parking shall be a minimum of 24 feet wide.
(6) 
Said parking will be suitably landscaped, screened, lighted and conveniently located relative to the housing to be served. Said parking will also be suitably graded and improved with adequate drainage facilities provided.
(7) 
No common outdoor parking area shall be located closer than 10 feet to any residential building.
D. 
Emergency facilities. All housing developed within the T-4 Townhouse Zone shall be suitably designed to facilitate emergency access by police, firefighting and ambulance service vehicles.
E. 
Sidewalks. Sidewalks shall be provided within the development in accordance with the RSIS except that the Planning Board, in its reasonable discretion, may approve the substitution of pedestrian walkways not paralleling streets where appropriate.
F. 
Buffer areas.
(1) 
The applicant shall provide and maintain a buffer area within the T-4 Townhouse Zone which shall be no less than 25 feet in width from all exterior lot lines of the tract. Such buffer zone shall be kept in its natural state where wooded. When natural vegetation is sparse or non-existent, the landowner shall be required to provide a year-round visual screen as determined by the Planning Board.
(2) 
No use or structure, including parking or loading areas, but excluding fences, retaining walls, detention, retention and drainage facilities and utility structures, shall be permitted within the required buffer area.
A. 
The applicant shall submit all plans and documents to the Planning Board for review and approval. Completion review shall be done within 20 business days of the receipt of the initial application and within 10 days of any subsequent filing if the prior filing was deemed incomplete. As soon as the application is deemed complete, the Planning Board shall distribute the plans to those persons and agencies desired and/or required by the Planning Board and/or law to review, comment upon and/or approve development plans and to all other municipal agencies which normally review, comment upon and/or approve development plans. The failure of a municipal agency to submit a report to the Planning Board shall not extend the time for review and action by the Board.
B. 
The technical advisors to the Board and all such agencies shall review the complete application for technical compliance. Reports of municipal professionals, agencies and departments shall be provided to the applicant within 20 business days of a finding of completeness or the resubmission of any plan amendments or supplementary reports by the applicant. At the time of the public hearing, the applicant will have had an opportunity to resolve any technical problems associated with the submission. No further reports of the Board's advisors shall be accepted unless in response to an additional submission of the applicant. Daytime meetings shall be scheduled as often as necessary at the request of the applicant between the Board's technical advisors, coordinating committee and the applicant's advisors for this purpose.
C. 
Upon the Planning Board's receipt of the professional and agency reports submitted in response to the application, the Planning Board and/or its professional staff shall schedule the applicant for staff review and input, concept plan and/or technical review of any proposed application or applications as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 days of any such request and, in the case of a Planning Board meeting, at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Board upon 20 days' notice from the applicant, and subject to the applicant meeting all Municipal Land Use Law notice and publication requirements. The Planning Board shall schedule the application for public hearing at a regular public meeting of the Planning Board upon 20 days' notice from the applicant but not before the expiration of 35 days from a determination that the application is complete; providing, however, that the applicant has met all submission requirements and has otherwise conformed to the Planning Board's rules and regulations and New Jersey law regarding such submissions and notice. The applicant shall be given priority status at such hearing date and all succeeding hearing dates except as to Mt. Laurel applications. At least one hearing date shall be provided each calendar month to review the application (and such time as is reasonably available at a second hearing date each calendar month) continuously until the Planning Board votes on the application. At the applicant's request and cost, the Planning Board shall conduct at least one special meeting per month on the application subject to the availability of the Board members and required professional staff and consultants which members, staff and consultants shall make diligent and reasonable efforts to be available for such meetings.
D. 
The development plans submitted shall contain the information ordinarily required by ordinance for complete applications except that the applicant shall be exempted from any requirements to submit environmental and community impact statements and traffic studies.
E. 
To the extent practical, counsel for the Board shall attempt to have a memorialization resolution prepared the night of the Board's vote on the application such that the Board can vote on the application and the resolution simultaneously.