The purpose of the AMF Overlay Zone is to create an opportunity
for the construction of low- and moderate-income 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 overlay zone shall be additionally
regulated by the Little Falls' Affordable Housing Ordinance.
The AMF Overlay Zone is identified by the following properties:
Block 251, Lots 1-8, the unimproved portions of Lots 10-11, all of
Lot 14, and the unimproved portions of Lot 16, as they appear on the
Township's Official Tax Map.
In the Affordable Multi-Family Overlay Zone (AMF), no lot, plot, parcel or tract of land shall be built on,
altered or have a structure erected and used for any purpose other
than that of:
A. Multiple-family residential units.
The applicable bulk standards are as follows and also appear
on the Township of Little Falls Bulk Schedule Table:
A. Minimum lot area: 280,000 square feet.
B. Minimum lot width: 110 feet.
(1)
Where frontage is along Oak Hill Road, located in the City of
Clifton.
C. Minimum lot depth: 110 feet.
D. Minimum front yard: 15 feet.
E. Minimum side yard: 15 feet.
(1)
Where the side yard setback shall be determined by using the
existing private right-of-way as a pseudo lot line.
F. Minimum rear yard: 10 feet.
(1)
Where the rear yard setback shall be determined by using the
start of the existing improved area as a pseudo lot line.
G. Maximum lot coverage: 70%.
H. Maximum height: 4 stories/50 feet.
I. Minimum dwelling size: one-bedroom, 880 square feet; two-bedroom,
1,100 square 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 Affordable Multi-Family Overlay District which is adjacent
to a 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.