[Amended 4-9-2019 by Ord. No. 4271-19]
There is hereby permitted and authorized the establishment of the Senior Citizen District in the locations reflected on the Official Zoning Map[1] of the Township of Franklin.
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Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is available in the Clerk's office or through the Township's online version of the Code (eCode 360®).
[Amended 4-9-2019 by Ord. No. 4271-19]
The provisions of this article shall only apply to the Senior Citizen Village District as herein defined and in accordance with the provisions and requirements of this article.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ADULT COMMUNITY
A planned community designed to meet the needs of and exclusively for, the residents of an age restricted segment of the population where the head of the household is, at a minimum age of 55 years of age, except that due to death, a remaining spouse of less than 55 years of age shall be permitted to continue to reside and further, provided that no person under 19 years of age shall reside in any dwelling unit for more than 90 days in any calendar year.
ASSISTED LIVING
A coordinated array of supportive personal and health services available 24 hours per day to residents who have been assessed to need these services, including residents who require formal long-term care. Assisted living promotes resident self-direction and participation in decisions that emphasize independence, individuality, privacy, dignity and homelike surroundings.
ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health to provide apartment-style housing and congregate dining and to assure that assisted living services are available when needed for four or more adult persons unrelated to the proprietor. Apartment units offer, at a minimum, one unfurnished room, a private bathroom, a kitchenette and a lockable door on the units entrance.
COMPREHENSIVE PERSONAL CARE HOME
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health to provide room and board and to assure that assisted living services are available when needed, to four or more adults unrelated to the proprietor. Residential units in comprehensive personal care homes house no more that two residents and have a lockable door on the unit entrance.
CONGREGATE-CARE FACILITY
Housing for independent and semidependent living which provides support services, including but not limited to religious, recreational, housekeeping, laundry, transportation, dining and health care facilities which are contiguous to or included within the facility.
HEALTH CARE FACILITY
A facility so defined in N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq., and amendments thereto.
The purpose and intent of the District is to enable the planned development, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-45.1 to 40:55D-45.8, of a Senior Citizen Village District which shall also provide for recreational, medical and shopping facilities and similar services required by the residents thereof in accordance with a comprehensive site development plan approved by the Planning Board of the Township.
A. 
For the Planned Senior Citizen District, the tract size shall be a minimum of 200 contiguous acres. For the purposes of this section, the existence of a public street right-of-way shall not be deemed to interrupt contiguous acreage.
B. 
For the Planned Senior Citizen District Overlay, the tract size shall be a minimum of 70 contiguous acres.
Permitted uses shall be as follows:
A. 
Independent residential dwelling units.
B. 
Single-family detached and semiattached dwellings.
C. 
Multifamily structures containing three or more dwellings including triplex, quadraplex, townhouse and multifamily apartment buildings.
D. 
Recreational and support facilities including club house, swimming pool, tennis courts, etc.
E. 
Licensed and other residential health care facilities such as but not limited to assisted living/congregate care facilities, nursing homes and adult day care.
F. 
Shopping and service facilities including but not limited to grocery store, book and stationary, pharmacy, restaurant, doctor and dentist office, places of worship, retail goods and service stores of a neighborhood service type including but not limited to food, drugs, drink, household supplies, hardware stores, barbershops and beauty shops, shoe repair and tailor shops, dry cleaning shops, professional offices, banks and restaurants.
G. 
Eating and drinking establishments.
H. 
Quasi-public or private club or fraternity.
I. 
Community or civic facilities included but not limited to community residences, eleemosynary uses, and outpatient clinic.
Gross density shall be 3.8 dwelling units per gross acre of tract. Gross density shall not include assisted living residential units, congregate housing, comprehensive personal care home or nursing beds.
Height, area and bulk requirements for independent living residential dwellings shall be as follows:
A. 
Single-family detached dwelling.
(1) 
Minimum lot size: 4,500 square feet (not to exceed 33% of the total number of single-family lots, and further provided that no less than 50% of all single-family lots shall be 5,500 square feet or greater).
(2) 
Lot width (at set back line): 45 feet.
(3) 
Front yard: 20 feet from curb face and further provided that no driveway shall be less than 20 feet in length measured from the garage door to the sidewalk or curb as the case may be.
(4) 
Side yard: five feet.
(5) 
Both side yards: 15 feet.
(6) 
Rear yard: 15 feet.
B. 
Semidetached.
(1) 
Minimum lot size: 3,750 square feet.
(2) 
Lot width (at setback line): 35 feet.
(3) 
All other bulk standards: same as above, except one side yard: 0 feet.
(4) 
Both side yards: 10 feet.
C. 
Triplex/quadraplex (three to four single-family units in one structure). (Note: No front-to-back building arrangement shall be permitted.)
(1) 
Front yard: 20 feet from curb face.
(2) 
Side yard: 15 feet side to side of adjacent buildings or five feet to lot line, whichever the greater.
(3) 
Rear yard: 30 feet back to back of adjacent buildings or 15 feet to lot line, whichever the greater.
D. 
Townhouse (five to eight units in one structure). (Note: No front-to-back building arrangement shall be permitted.)
(1) 
Front yard: 20 feet from curb face.
(2) 
Side yard: 15 feet side to side of adjacent buildings.
(3) 
Rear yard: 50 feet back to back of adjacent buildings.
E. 
Multifamily structure (more than eight units in one structure). (Note: No front-to-back building arrangement shall be permitted.)
(1) 
Maximum height: 3 stories/50 feet maximum height.
(2) 
Maximum units per structure: 60 units.
(3) 
Side yard: 15 feet side to side of adjacent buildings.
(4) 
Rear yard: 50 feet back to back of adjacent buildings.
Height, area and bulk requirements for commercial and senior citizen support uses, including assisted living residential health care facilities, comprehensive personal care home and nursing home shall be as follows:
A. 
Minimum lot size: two acres.
B. 
Minimum lot frontage: 100 feet.
C. 
Minimum front yard: 75 feet.
D. 
Minimum side yard: 20 feet.
E. 
Minimum both side yards: 50 feet.
F. 
Minimum rear yard: 30 feet.
G. 
Maximum height: 50 feet.
H. 
Maximum percent lot coverage by buildings: 40%.
I. 
Maximum percent impervious coverage by buildings and pavement (total impervious surface): 80%.
Requirements and restrictions for commercial and senior citizen support facilities and uses shall be as follows:
A. 
Commercial retail and service uses shall not be permitted in any structure containing a dwelling unit.
B. 
The required minimum/maximum percent of gross project area to be developed for commercial purposes shall be 0% minimum/3% maximum, and for senior citizen support facilities shall be 0% minimum/5% maximum. Such uses shall be separate and apart from common area proposed, except that limited retail/service uses of no more than 10,000 square feet of floor area may be located within a structure(s) owned by the owners' association.
Required housing type mix of independent living residential dwellings shall be as follows:
Type
Percent of Total
Detached
50% to 80%
Semiattached
0% to 25%
Triplex/quadroplex
0% to 25%
Townhomes
0% to 25%
Apartments/condo flats
5% to 35%
A. 
Clubhouse facility or facilities providing pool, tennis, and other activities including game rooms and general multipurpose space: a minimum of 14 square feet of floor area per independent living unit shall be provided.
B. 
Open space/recreation facilities and area: 20.0% of the gross acreage of the tract shall be open space and improved recreation areas of which a minimum of 7.5% of the gross acreage shall be improved recreational facilities including but not limited to clubhouse, tennis, pool, bikeways, village parks, play field areas and support facilities. Open space/recreation areas shall not include paved roadways, parking areas provided for attached residential dwellings or any portion of a lot in fee simple individual ownership. Pedestrian walkways shall be included in the open space/recreation area calculation.
C. 
Pedestrian paths/bikeways: Each dwelling shall have immediate access to a pedestrian path (sidewalk) or bikeway located to the front, side or rear of the dwellings. Bikeways shall be required along main access roadways. An off-site bikeways shall connect the senior citizen village to state, county, or Township open space/recreation facilities adjacent to or in close proximity to the tract.
D. 
Off-street parking: 1.8 spaces per attached independent residential living unit. All detached dwellings shall have a garage and a private driveway.
E. 
Provision for emergency services: A developer of licensed health care facility as defined and provided herein shall own, lease, rent or have immediately available by other arrangement an ambulance for the conveyance of nonambulatory as well as emergency patients.
F. 
Site transition areas, security and access.
(1) 
For Planned Senior Citizen Village Districts: A buffer shall be provided of 50 feet in width along the tract boundary and shall be increased to 250 feet where any portion of the tract abuts the D&R Canal, except that existing dwellings shall be permitted to remain within any required buffer area. Earth berms, landscaping, ornamental fencing and security stations shall be provided within the required buffer areas.
(2) 
For planned senior citizen village district overlays: An average buffer shall be provided of 50 feet in width along the tract boundary and may be modified by the Planning Board during the review process, with a minimum width of 35 feet. Earth berms, landscaping, ornamental fencing and security stations shall be provided within the required buffer areas.
[Added 4-9-2019 by Ord. No. 4271-19]
The following properties located within the SCV Zoning District but not included in the Canal Walk development (i.e., the lands encumbered by Lots 1.01, 2.01, 3, 4.01, 12.02, 13.02, 16 and 17) shall be subject to the use and bulk requirements of the R-40 (Single-Family Residential) Zoning District.