Borough of Clementon, NJ Article VIII R-3 Garden Apartment Zone

§ 298-16 Permitted uses.

A. Garden apartments.

§ 298-17 Permitted accessory uses.

A. Private garage space for the residents of the permitted uses.

B. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any permitted uses, provided they are not erected in the required buffer strips.

C. Signs, subject to the provisions of Article VI, § 298-9E(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5).

§ 298-18 Special uses.

[Amended 1-22-2002 by Ord. No. 2001-17]

A. Public utilities.

B. Quasi-public buildings and recreation areas.

§ 298-19 Other provisions and requirements.

A. Area and bulk requirements as specified in the schedules of this chapter.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: The schedules are included at the end of this chapter.

B. As specified in Article XVII, § 298-53.

(1) Spacing and orientation of buildings.

(a) Walls containing main window exposures or main entrances shall be so oriented as to insure adequate light and air exposures.

(b) Such buildings shall be so arranged as to avoid undue exposure to concentrated loading or parking facilities and shall be so oriented as to preserve visual and audible privacy between adjacent buildings.

(2) Landscaping. Areas not used for buildings, terraces, drives and parking shall be seeded or landscaped and kept in an attractive condition.

(3) Circulation.

(a) Building and vehicular-circulation open spaces shall be so arranged that pedestrians moving between buildings are not unnecessarily exposed to vehicular traffic.

(b) There shall be an adequate, safe and convenient arrangement of pedestrian-circulation facilities, roadways, driveways, off-street parking and loading space.

(4) Off-street parking.

(a) Parking areas shall be buffered from adjacent property by means of screen, fencing, evergreen trees, and/or other barriers deemed suitable by the Planning Board in order to minimize noise from motor vehicles and to prevent the direct glare of headlights from falling on adjacent properties.

(b) The entire area of the site traversed by motor vehicles shall be hard-surfaced.

(c) Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the standards set forth in the New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards (N.J.A.C.5:21).

[Amended 11-23-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-08]

C. Density. The area shall have an average overall density of not more than 18 units per gross acre under the following conditions:

(1) One-bedroom dwelling units shall have a minimum of 600 square feet of floor area and 2,000 square feet of lot area.

(2) Two-bedroom dwelling units shall have a minimum of 800 square feet of floor area and 3,500 square feet of lot area.

(3) Three-or-more-bedroom apartment dwellings are prohibited.

(4) The construction of two-bedroom dwelling units shall be further restricted in that there shall be at least two one-bedroom dwelling units constructed for each two-bedroom dwelling unit constructed.

D. Requirements for minimum initial construction. In any R-3 Garden Apartment District, the builder shall be required to construct not less than 35% of the number of approved dwelling units in the initial phase of construction. No zoning or building permit shall be issued for fewer than four units, except as an addition to an existing apartment development, and no occupancy permit shall be issued until such minimum number of units has been completed.

E. Special uses shall comply with Article XX, § 298-75B.