Municipality of Princeton, NJ Residential Senior Community Zoned 3 (RSC-3)

[Ord. No. 96-19; Ord. No. 2003-2, § 3.]

Permitted uses. Within the RSC-3 zoning district the following uses shall be permitted.

Principal permitted uses: Buildings may be erected or used and the tract may be used for age-restricted low and moderate income multi-family housing restricted to persons 62 years of age and older and a manager's dwelling unit that need not be age-restricted. "Multi-family housing" is defined as a building containing at least three dwelling units, each unit sharing with another unit or units one or more vertical or horizontal common walls.

(2)

Accessory uses: Multi-family housing management office, common rooms, kitchen and dining facilities, laundry rooms, maintenance and storage areas, congregate services for residents, off-street parking, recreation facilities, street furniture, home occupations, fences and walls, signs, satellite dishes, stormwater management facilities, greenways, open space, and other customary uses which are clearly incidental to the principal use and buildings.

(b)

Gross density. The permitted gross density in the RSC-3 zoning district shall be six dwelling units per acre. Density shall be calculated using the entire tract size irrespective of lot lines within the RSC-3 zoning district.

(c)

Minimum tract size. The minimum tract size shall be the RSC-3 zoning district as designated on the amended Zoning Map of the Township of Princeton.

(d)

Mandatory set aside for affordable housing. Subdivision and site plan approvals for developments within the RSC-3 zoning district may only be approved if all of the dwelling units, with the exception of a manager's dwelling unit, are age-restricted affordable units.

(e)

Development requirements. For the purposes of determining compliance with this section, individual interior lot lines within the zone designation shall not be considered when determining setbacks. All measurements shall be taken from the boundary of the tract.

(1)

Maximum floor area ratio: 0.20.

(2)

Minimum building and parking setback:

From property zoned R-1	50 feet
From property zoned R-2	50 feet
From property zoned R-5	0 feet
From Princeton Borough	0 feet

(3)

Maximum impervious coverage: 25%.

(4)

Setback to height ratio:

From property zoned R-1	1.0:1.0
From property zoned R-2	1.0:1.0
From property zoned R-5	1.0:1.0
From property in Princeton Borough	0

(5)

Maximum building height: 45 feet or three stories, whichever is less.

(6)

Maximum building length on a single plane: 190 feet.

(7)

Parking requirement: 0.5 parking spaces per unit.

(8)

Perimeter screen buffers Section T10B-304 does not apply.

(9)

Minimum open space: four acres.

(f)

Site improvements. Streets, parking, water supply, sanitary sewers, stormwater management facilities and other site improvements shall be subject to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Residential Site Improvement Standards ("RSIS") as set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:21. An alternative off-street parking standard pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:21-4.14(c), which shall be 0.5 parking spaces per unit, will be used due to the demonstrated reduced need for off-street parking by residents of age-restricted low and moderate income housing.

(g)

Unnecessary cost generating features. In order to eliminate unnecessary cost generating features for affordable housing developments, as required by the Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-314.b, any development in the RSC-3 zoning district shall be entitled to the rights and relief provided in the rules of the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing for inclusionary development and as set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:93-10.1(b). Any development, however, shall pay the township professional costs associated with the review of the development pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53 et seq. as well as required inspection fees.