The purpose of the MFS Zone is to create an opportunity for
the construction of low- and moderate-income and senior housing in
the Township of Little Falls and thereby address the unmet-need portion
of the fair share housing obligation of the Township of Little Falls
under the New Jersey Fair Housing Act. This zone shall be additionally
regulated by the Little Falls' Affordable Housing Ordinance.
The MFS Zone is identified by the following properties: Block
168, Lots 35-41, Lots 46-63, and Lots 65-74, as they appear on the
Township's Official Tax Map.
The applicable bulk standards are as follows and also appear
on the Township of Little Falls Bulk Schedule Table:
A. Minimum lot area: 79,000 square feet.
B. Minimum lot width: 325 feet.
C. Minimum lot depth: 200 feet.
D. Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
E. Minimum side yard: 25 feet.
F. Minimum rear yard: 25 feet.
G. Maximum building coverage: 40%.
H. Maximum impervious coverage: 75%.
I. Maximum height:
(1)
Multifamily: 3 stories/40 feet.
(2)
Senior housing: 3 stories/40 feet.
J. Distance between buildings: The minimum distance between buildings
shall be 50 feet, except that the side-to-side minimum distance between
buildings shall be 25 feet.
A landscaped buffer a minimum of 15 feet in width and eight
feet in height at planting shall be provided for any development permitted
in this Multi-Family/Senior District which is adjacent to a single-family
residential use. Said buffer shall be subject to review and approval
by the Planning Board/Zoning Board pursuant to site plan review.
A. No use or structure, including parking or loading areas, shall be
permitted within the required buffer area, but the Planning Board
may, upon a finding of reasons therefor, permit a portion of a buffer
area to be used for utility easements or streets to ensure access
to or from adjacent property, and the Board may also permit a portion
of a buffer area to be used for a detention or retention basin, provided
that the basin is designed as a landscaping feature, and further provided
that the landscaping plan for the buffer area is determined by the
Planning Board to meet the objective of a buffer area.
All of the foregoing shall be subject to site plan review.