The provisions of this article are intended to foster the planning
and redevelopment of the above-noted Washington Avenue properties into a vibrant mixed-use development and to promote the
health, safety, and general welfare of the public and the Borough
of Bergenfield through the utilization of overlay zoning techniques,
encouraging the construction of inclusionary housing consistent with
smart growth design principles by supplementing the existing B-1 and
B-2 Zone regulations which continue to remain in effect.
All mixed-use inclusionary developments shall comply with the
following design requirements and standards.
A. Area
and bulk standards. Schedule B of the Bergenfield Zoning Ordinance
is hereby amended through the addition of the following two new rows.
B. The
intent in adopting the B-1 Affordable Housing Overlay Zone and B-2
Affordable Housing Overlay Zone is to maximize development opportunities
to locate inclusionary housing in upper floors in both existing and
new buildings. Residential development is expressly prohibited in
the first floor of any building with frontage upon Washington Avenue.
Upper floor elevations, regardless if existing or proposed, are permitted
to be occupied residentially.
C. Affordable
housing, as defined in N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.2, shall be developed in accordance
with the price stratification and bedroom distribution as required
by N.J.A.C. 5:93.
All new buildings shall comply with the appropriate setbacks
and coverages as detailed on Schedule B. In the B-1 Affordable Housing Overlay Zone or the B-2
Affordable Housing Overlay Zone, buildings with nonconforming setbacks
shall be permitted upper story expansion if exclusively designed for
and occupied as an inclusionary development, provided that the upper
floor(s) setback is not less than the existing nonconforming building
and, post-expansion, the property will comply with all coverage limitations
as required in Schedule B.