[Added 7-17-2019 by Ord. No. 18-2019]
The following Affordable Housing Overlay Zone requirements are designed to provide for the future development of affordable housing to address the Borough of North Haledon's third-round affordable housing obligation related to unmet need.
The proposed Overlay Zone is located in the southern part of North Haledon in the RA-1 Low-Density Residential Zone, which permits single-family homes on 25,000-square-foot lots. The overlay zone will be located on a single 13.39-acre property, commonly known as the "Alexander Hay property," and is identified as Block 23.01, Lot 10, in the Borough's tax records. The property is currently used as a wholesale greenhouse flower-growing operation. The property has been operated in this manner for over 100 years by the same family. The property is moderately to steeply sloped with the easterly portion located in wetlands.
The principal permitted use is townhouses, which shall include one garage for each unit. The attached maps[1] show the location of the property and the surrounding area.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said maps are on file in the Borough offices.
A. 
It is the express objective of the Overlay Zone to encourage a low-density townhouse development, which would be consistent and compatible with the surrounding low-density single-family-home environment. As a result, the recommended density for the Overlay Zone is six units per acre, which is consistent with, but at a slightly higher density than three existing developed affordable housing projects located in similar areas throughout the Borough. These affordable housing projects were developed at the following densities; Lakeside quarry development, 280 units at 2.69 units per acre; Summit Point, 56 units at 2.6 units per acre and Squaw Brook Run, 64 units at 2.5 units per acre.
B. 
A second compelling reason in support of this density recommendation is the presence of environmental constraints in the form of wetlands and steep slopes.
[Amended 5-20-2020 by Ord. No. 8-2020]
Minimum lot area
10 acres
Maximum density
7 units per acre
Maximum building height
2 1/2 stories/35 feet
Minimum front yard
45 feet
Minimum side yards, from property line
30 feet
Minimum side building separation
30 feet
Minimum rear yard
50 feet
Minimum rear yard buffer
25 feet
Parking
In accordance with RSIS
Maximum road width
23 feet
Maximum building coverage
25%
Maximum impervious coverage
60%
Minimum landscaped open space and recreation area
10%