A.
Garden apartments.
[Amended 1-22-2002 by Ord. No. 2001-17]
B.
(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.
