As a minimum, all mixed-use developments shall comply with the
following design requirements and standards.
A. Site
area. All developments constructed pursuant to this section shall
be on a site of no less than five acres and shall have a width of
at least 500 feet fronting on a public street. Lot area shall be computed
to include all land area within the site.
B. The
intent in adopting the Affordable Housing Unmet Need Overlay Zone
is to maximize the site's development opportunities to locate inclusionary
housing in new buildings and above the first floor of existing buildings.
C. Ground
floor occupancy of any building located within 200 feet of the public
right-of-way of South Washington Avenue and within 100 feet of Liberty
Road shall not be residential, but be pursuant to, and consistent
with, the B-1 Zone list of principal permitted uses. Ground floor
residential occupancy of any building set back 200 or more feet from
South Washington and 100 feet or more from Liberty Road is permitted
in the AHO Zone as part of an inclusionary development.
D. Setback
from the eastern lot line of Block 351, Lot 1 shall be 40 feet for
any building greater in height than three stories.
E. Maximum
building height of any building within 200 feet of South Washington
Avenue or 100 feet of Liberty Road shall be limited pursuant to, and
consistent with, Schedule B of the Land Development Ordinance of the
Borough of Bergenfield. Any building setback 200 feet or more from South Washington
Avenue and 100 feet or more from Liberty Road is permitted a maximum
height of four stories and 45 feet.
F. Affordable
housing, as defined in N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.2, shall be supplied in accordance
with the price stratification and bedroom distribution as required
by N.J.A.C. 5:93.
Vertical extension of existing buildings with nonconforming
setbacks solely designed for upper floor occupancy as an inclusionary
development is permitted, provided that the upper floor(s) extension
is no closer to a property line than the existing nonconforming building,
except that the setback requirement shall be 40 feet along the eastern
property line for all buildings greater than three stories in height.