The Township of East Brunswick recognizes the current population
trend of citizens living longer and in better health. In order for
the Township of East Brunswick to encourage innovation in design and
to accommodate these population trends and changes in land development
technology and to provide for necessary senior citizen housing, related
services and auxiliary facilities; to ensure compatibility among land
uses; to conserve the value of land; to encourage more efficient use
of land and of public services; to encourage better transportation
of people; and to preserve the residential integrity of adjacent areas,
the Council of the Township of East Brunswick hereby declares it is
in the general interest of the health, safety and welfare of the residents
of the Township of East Brunswick and is consistent with the objectives
of this article and the Township's adopted Master Plan to permit greater
flexibility in design, layout and construction in senior citizen housing
development and related services and auxiliary commercial facilities.
In order to fulfill the purpose of this ordinance the following
standards shall apply:
A. Any nonresidential development shall be integrated into the overall
mixed use development plan. Such integration shall include a consistent
design vocabulary, pedestrian access, site amenities and solidly screened
loading areas.
B. The required open space shall be improved with recreation amenities
appropriate for use by the senior citizen community. Improvements
shall include sitting and walking areas as well as suitable landscaping.
Improved open space areas shall encompass a minimum of five (5%) percent
of the required open space area.
C. Affordable units shall be provided as follows:
Twenty (20%) percent of multi-family units;
Ten (10%) percent of single-family units.
Fifty (50%) percent of affordable units shall be affordable
to low income households and fifty (50%) percent of affordable units
shall be affordable to moderate income households.
D. Any part of the development not used for structures, parking, access,
or walkways, except for natural areas, shall be landscaped with grass,
trees and shrubs.
E. A phasing plan shall be approved by the Planning Board. Any such
phasing plan shall not require a phasing in of different types of
dwelling units permitted except that affordable units and market units
shall be phased according to the following table:
No. of Units Completed as % of Total No. of Approved Units
(not more than)
|
No. of Affordable Units Completed as % of Total # Approved Affordable
Units
(at least)
|
---|
25%
|
25%
|
50%
|
50%
|
75%
|
75%
|
100%
|
100%
|
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any
dwelling unit in a development subject to this section unless the
phasing requirement of this table shall have been satisfied.
Nonresidential uses in new buildings beyond the first 11,000
square feet shall be phases in equal proportions to residential uses,
i.e., 50% of nonresidential square footage approved can be permitted
as long as 50% of residential square footage approved is built.
F. A master deed and or by-laws governing the project shall specify
that no age-restricted dwelling unit may be sub-leased to any person
under the age of fifty-five (55).
G. Applications for development approval shall follow planned unit development procedures as set forth in Chapter
132, Land Use Procedures.
H.
Maximum number of bedrooms:
a.
Units with loft: 2 bedrooms
b.
Units without a loft: 3 bedrooms