[Amended 6-28-11 by Ord. No. O-2011-016]
A planned retirement community development may be constructed in the RM and RH districts at an overall gross density of three (3) units per acre. Such a planned retirement community shall contain residents who are at least forty-five (45) years of age or over. Since it is recognized that retired citizens have mutual interests and living requirements which are not otherwise commonly shared by residents in other planned communities or by persons in other age groups, a planned retirement community shall permit and contain the following:
A. 
Dwellings.
B. 
Recreational and cultural facilities for the sole use of residents of the community and their guests, including, but not limited to, the following: picnic grounds, shuffleboard courts, horseshoe courts. Lake and clubhouse facilities will be available on a membership basis for residents of the community.
C. 
Necessary accessory buildings and uses, including facilities for maintenance, administration, streets and off-street parking facilities.
A. 
Residential dwelling units proposed for planned retirement communities shall be subject to the Area, Yard and Bulk Requirements for Residential Uses in the RH zone summarized on Schedule 2, included as an attachment to this chapter.
B. 
Nonresidential uses proposed for planned retirement communities shall be subject to the Area, Yard and Bulk Requirements for Nonresidential Uses in the RH zone summarized on Schedule 3, included as an attachment to this chapter.
No building permits shall be issued for construction within the area except in accordance with a site development plan approved by the Planning Board as herein required. Such a site development plan shall meet the requirements of the RH district and shall be in conformance with the provisions of Article XVI of this chapter.
Open space shall be provided in accordance with § 294-124 of Article XVI of this chapter, except that the active recreation requirements will include activities and/or facilities listed in § 294-95 of this Article as well as other appropriate activities and/or facilities.
A. 
Application for classification. All applications for approval of a planned retirement community shall be accompanied by a site development plan for the property sought to be approved, which shall be submitted to the Planning Board for its approval as consistent with the purpose and intent of this type of development. No such application shall be approved until the site development plan has been approved by the Planning Board.
B. 
Site development plan approval. No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued for the construction or use of any building in a planned retirement community except in accordance with the approved site development plan for the tract on which such building or buildings are located.
C. 
Application for site development plan approval. Application for approval of a site development plan shall be made to the Planning Board. Such an application shall show the plans for the development of the area, including specifically:
(1) 
The topography of the tract, showing the location of woodland, large trees, streams and water area and other significant features of the land, which significant features the Planning Board shall endeavor to allocate to open space areas.
(2) 
The land use plan, showing the general location of all interior streets and the size and location of each land use permitted under this Article, including a plan of grading land and streets.
(3) 
Such other features as the applicant may consider to be of importance in the evaluation of the site development plan.
(4) 
Location, size, dimensions and uses of all buildings to be erected thereon.
(5) 
Lot sizes and dimensions.
D. 
Consideration by Planning Board. The Planning Board shall consider the proposed site development plan from the point of view of the standards and purposes of the regulations governing planned retirement communities so as to achieve a maximum of coordination between the proposed development and the surrounding uses, the conservation of woodland and the protection of watercourses from erosion and silting and a maximum of safety, convenience and amenity for the residents of the community. To these ends, the Planning Board shall consider the relationship of land uses, interior streets and other features with respect to the topography of the area and existing features, such as streams and large trees, the adequacy and location of the open space area provided and such other matters as the Planning Board may find to have a material bearing upon the stated standards and objectives of the planned retirement community regulations.
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Report of Planning Board. If the Planning Board finds that a proposed site development plan meets the purposes of these regulations, it shall approve the plan. The Board shall notify the applicant and the Township Committee in writing of its approval or disapproval promptly, but in no case later than sixty (60) days after the filing of the application unless the applicant consents to the extension of this time limit. In the case of disapproval, the reasons shall be given and the changes necessary for approval shall be stated.
F. 
Effect of site development plan. Building permits shall be issued only in accordance with the approved site development plan and the structures approved by the Planning Board. Any departure from the plan shall be cause for revocation of all building permits for all buildings then under construction or denial of a use and occupancy permit. Any proposed changes in the plan shall be resubmitted for approval.
G. 
Period of validity. A site development plan approved in accordance with these regulations shall remain valid for a period of three (3) years following the classification of the property as a planned retirement community. If at the end of that time no application for a building permit for one (1) or more buildings has been filed, then the plan shall be considered as having lapsed and shall be of no effect unless resubmitted as a new application to the Planning Board.
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Development. Development of all of the uses and facilities approved on the site development plan shall proceed at the same rate as the dwelling units. To assure compliance with this subsection, the Building Inspector shall, from time to time, following the approval of a planned retirement community, review all of the building permits issued for said planned retirement community and examine the construction which has taken place on the site. If he shall find that the percentage of the total acreage set aside on the site development plan for such facilities which have been developed is less than the percent of the total acreage set aside for dwelling units which have been developed, he shall report such fact to the Planning Board, which shall take such action as it shall deem appropriate.