[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, found 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, found 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.
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.
E.
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.
H.
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.
