The subdivision plat shall conform to design standards that
will encourage good development patterns within the municipality.
Where either or both an Official Map or Master Plan has or have been
adopted, the subdivision shall conform to the proposals and conditions
shown thereon. The streets, drainage rights-of-way, school sites and
public parks and playgrounds shown on an officially adopted Master
Plan or Official Map shall be considered in approval of subdivision
plats. Where no Master Plan or Official Map exists, streets and drainage
rights-of-way shall be shown on the final plat in accordance with
Section 20 of Chapter 433 of the Laws of 1953 and shall be such as to lend themselves to the harmonious
development of the municipality and enhance the public welfare in
accordance with the following design standards.
[Added 2-28-90 by Ord. No. 0-2-90]
A. Permitted zones.
(1)
Flag lots shall be permitted in all residential zones within
the Township.
B. Bulk requirements.
(1)
Flag lots must meet necessary area and yard requirements prescribed
for each specified zone, except as otherwise provided for in this
section.
(2)
Only two (2) lots (the flag lots) with a street frontage less
than the normally required width for the zone may result from the
subdivision. All other lots shall have a minimum lot width as required
by the particular zone.
(3)
Minimum lot frontage of the flag lot portion of the subdivision
shall be thirty (30) feet.
(4)
A twenty (20) foot wide cartway, to serve as an access driveway,
shall be provided in the flag lot. The cartway shall have a twenty
(20) foot vertical clearance at all points free of vegetation and
a fourteen (14) foot vertical clearance at all points for utilities.
(5)
The total lot size of a flag lot shall be one and one-half (1.5)
acres or, the minimum lot size required for the particular zone, whichever
is greater.
(6)
The flag portion of a lot shall have a minimum fifty (50) foot
front yard measured from the rear line of the non-flag (fronting)
lot.
C. Applicant to have cultural ties with the community.
(1)
The original lot to be subdivided shall contain a dwelling that
has served as a principal place of residence of the applicant or an
immediate family member of the applicant for a period of at least
the previous five (5) consecutive years continuously.
(2)
Ownership of any lots that result from the sub-division shall
be by the applicant or an immediate family member of the applicant.
D. Restrictions on future subdivision.
(1)
The application for a flag lot subdivision may be exercised
only once as to each particular property.
(2)
No future subdivision shall be made on any of the lots so created
that will result in the creation of another flag lot.
(3)
It is the intent of this section that only one flag lot may
ever be created from the original lot so sub-divided. This restriction
shall not run with the applicant but shall run with the original lot
land, regardless of any subsequent changes of ownership.
(4)
Upon Planning Board approval of said flag lot(s), deed restriction
shall be placed in the subdivision deed of approval indicating that
this subdivision was a flag lot subdivision and no further subdivisions
to create any additional flag lots shall be allowed from any lot so
created by this subdivision in the future.
(5)
Any future subdivision of the original tract of ground creating
a flag lot shall be classified as a major subdivision and shall meet
all of the applicable requirements of the major zoning and subdivision
ordinances of Winslow Township.
In all development easements along rear property lines or elsewhere
for utility installation shall be required. Such easements shall be
at least ten (10) feet wide and located in consultation with the companies
or municipal departments concerned.
Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse drainageway
channel or street, there shall be provided a stormwater easement or
drainage right-of-way conforming substantially to the lines of such
watercourse and such further width or construction or both, as will
be adequate for the purpose.
Such natural features as trees, brooks, hilltops and views shall
be preserved whenever possible in designing any subdivision containing
such features.
[Added 4-23-80 by Ord. No. 0-12-80; amended 6-27-90 by Ord. No. 0-8-90; 6-28-11 by Ord. No. 0-2011-016]
All parks, playgrounds or other recreational areas and/or facilities
shall be approved by the Planning Board and made part of the designed
standards of a major subdivision.
Specifications for all surfacing and paving of streets, construction
of sidewalks, curbs, gutters and storm sewers shall be the New Jersey
State Highway Department Standard Specifications Addenda prepared
by the Township Engineer.
[Added 11-30-76 by Ord. No. 0-23-76]
In all those cases where either a retention or detention basin
shall be required, no certificate of occupancy shall issue unless
a sufficient fence, approved by the Township Engineer, shall have
first been erected.