The following regulations shall apply to all
R-3 Districts.
The following principal uses are permitted as
of right in the R-3 District:
A.
Multiple-family dwellings.
B.
Two-family dwellings.
C.
Churches or similar places of worship, parish houses,
convents and community houses.
D.
Public and private schools.
E.
Firehouses.
F.
Public parks, playgrounds and other municipal recreational
uses.
G.
Public libraries and museums.
H.
Child and infant day-care centers.
[Added 4-27-2005 by L.L. No. 9-2005]
The following special uses may be permitted or denied subject to special use review under Article XIX of this chapter:
A.
Disturbance on a wetland or watercourse area of any
class or in a wetland or watercourse buffer area as defined in this
chapter.
Accessory uses in the R-3 District shall be
limited to the following:
A.
Garages containing not more than one parking space
for each dwelling unit.
B.
Private swimming pools, tennis courts and other private
health or recreational facilities for the use of residents and not
serving the general public.
C.
Permitted home occupations.
D.
Accessory parking and loading.
E.
Buildings for lawn care and property maintenance.
F.
Fallout shelters.
G.
Dish antennas and permitted accessory towers.
The maximum building height shall be three stories,
not exceeding 40 feet.
[Amended 12-26-1990 by L.L. No. 26-1990]
The minimum total lot area shall be 20,000 square
feet, except that buildings or structures with more than four bedrooms
shall increase the total lot area by a minimum of 3,000 square feet
for each additional bedroom over four, with a minimum lot width of
100 feet.
Lot coverage shall not exceed 45%.
A.
Front yard depth shall be 30 feet.
B.
Side yard width shall be not less than 20 feet.
C.
Rear yard depth shall be not less than 25 feet, except
that a private garage may be built five feet from the rear and side
property line.
D.
Increased yard depth. In reviewing every multiple-family
project development plan, the Planning Board shall consider the yards
and proposed screening of parking, common open space and buildings
and may require provision of a yard depth up to twice the applicable
yard requirements listed above, where such greater yard depth is necessary
to preserve neighborhood character and property values.
A.
Access. Every multiple-family development shall have
safe and direct access to a major street or arterial.
B.
Utilities. No multiple-family development proposal
shall be considered unless adequate public water supply and sufficient
sewage disposal facilities are available. No certificate of occupancy
shall be issued until all dwelling units are connected to approved
and functioning common water and sewage disposal facilities.
C.
Common open space. Not less than 15% of the gross
acreage of the site shall be composed of land which is permanently
dedicated to common open space. In reviewing the development plan,
the Planning Board may require that up to 30% of the gross acreage
of the site be permanently dedicated to common open space and to natural
areas where such area is needed to preserve sensitive land, to maintain
neighborhood character or to create needed recreational facilities.
D.
Maintenance of common open space. The multiple-family
development plans shall include such provisions for the ownership
and maintenance of all common open space and natural areas as are
reasonably necessary to ensure their continuity, care, conservation,
maintenance and operation and to ensure that remedial measures are
available to the Town if such property is permitted to deteriorate
or is changed in use from that permitted.
E.
Landscaping. All portions of every multiple-family
development which are not used for locations of buildings, structures,
parking, circulation roadways, sidewalks, preserve areas or similar
purposes shall be suitably landscaped and permanently maintained with
plantings of trees and shrubbery, as approved by the Planning Board
as part of the site plan, so as to minimize erosion and stormwater
runoff and harmoniously blend such uses with the residential character
of the development and neighborhood.
F.
Buffer yards. Except where a required yard abuts a
public street or roadway, every exterior yard shall be screened with
evergreen landscape plantings at least six feet in height and/or with
natural vegetation, trees and shrubbery in a manner which effectively
screens the multiple-family use from adjoining lots or parcels.
G.
Pedestrian circulation. Sidewalks and pathways shall
be designed so as to provide safe and convenient access between buildings
and recreation facilities, parking, loading areas and public transportation
stops.
H.
Planning Board consideration. The Planning Board reserves
the right to raise any other related questions and to impose requirements
or conditions as may be appropriate and proper in achieving the intent
of these design standards.
Off-street parking requirements applicable in the R-3 District are set forth in § 270-149 of this chapter.
