(A) Zone wide standards. The minimum tract area for development shall be three acres.
(B) Minimum lot size:
(1) 1,000 square feet for townhouse style residences.
(2) 10,000 square feet for all other lots.
(C) Minimum lot frontage.
(1) For townhouse style residential dwellings: no minimum.
(2) For all other development: 100 feet.
(D) Setback requirements.
(1) Minimum front yard setback:
(a) 100 feet from any state right-of- way;
(b) 50 feet from county right-of-way;
(c) 30 feet from any other right-of- way.
(2) Minimum rear yard setback:
(a) 50 feet for all non-residential structures from residential use properties;
(b) 15 feet for all other structures.
(3) Minimum side yard setback:
(a) 50 feet for all non-residential structures from any residential use properties;
(b) 15 feet for all other structures.
(4) Special setback requirements:
(a) No building within any residential development in the TC-Township Center Zone except townhouses, and no buildings devoted to use as part of a regional shopping center shall be set back less than 15 feet from any lot boundary. No setback shall be required from any lot boundary lying between two lots within a regional shopping center, or between two lots developed or to be developed with townhouses. No structure shall be located closer than 30 feet from another structure except within a regional shopping center.
(b) Whenever a boundary or portion thereof of any lot devoted or to be devoted to non-residential use or to improvements exceeding 35 feet in height coincides with the boundary at any MDR-Medium Density Residential Zone adjoining a TC-Township Center Zone, no building shall be located within 100 feet of such lot boundary or portion thereof in the TC-Township Center Zone, except that such 100 foot distance may be reduced by one-half the width of any street right-of-way which lies on or between such boundaries.
(c) Notwithstanding any other requirements above, when a predominantly nonresidential building abuts a residential use the setback shall be increased beyond the minimum of 50 feet by the same distance as the height exceeds 35 feet.
(E) Minimum buffer width and location requirement: 25 feet of buffer must be provided within the setback between commercial developments and any existing residential development within the TC-Township Center Zone.
(F) Minimum gross floor area (all floors).
(1) For townhouses only:
(a) Two-bedroom style: 1,200 square feet;
(b) Three-bedroom style: 1,350 square feet;
(c) Four-bedroom style: 1,500 square feet.
(2) For purposes of measurement of gross floor area, the gross floor area shall be measured from the center of a wall common to two townhouse units and from the exterior of other walls.
(G) Maximum height limitation;
(1) Maximum building height: 75 feet for all buildings. Despite the foregoing, any building existing as of February 1, 2000, or subject to the protection provided under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., which otherwise conforms to the area and bulk and standards of the TC-Township Center Zone from and after February 1, 2000 must conform to the maximum building height of the TC-Township Center Zone as provided in this section.
(2) Maximum height accessory structures: The top of any flagpole, radio or television antenna, light tower or pole, monument, identification symbol, dome, parapet, balustrade, chimney, elevator or stair shaft, water tower, cooling tower or utility enclosure, shall not be higher than 20 feet above the highest point of the roof of the building supporting such structure.
(H) Maximum impervious coverage: 60%.
(I) Maximum clearing limit: No more than 70% of the lot area shall be cleared of vegetation for the purpose of construction; provided, however, if the existing cleared area exceeds 70% of the lot area or the existing vegetation is immature and may be re-established in a relatively short period of time, strict compliance with this section may be waived by the reviewing board to promote the purpose of this chapter.
(J) Minimum parking setback: 25 feet.
(K) Open space requirements: Not less than 10% of any new development approved after January 1, 2006 shall be set aside for open space. No land shall be deemed to have been set aside for open space uses under this section unless the required open space use areas are either publicly owned or have been dedicated to public use or are located on an improved lot or are subject to appropriate restrictions or covenants assuring that a private person, firm, association, corporation or agency will be responsible for the maintenance of such areas as long as the dwelling units creating the need for the open space uses are in existence. Open space uses required by this chapter to be established in a TC- Township Center Zone may be located on the same lot or lots as the use creating the need for such parking spaces, loading spaces or open space uses, or on a different lot or lots within the TC-Township Center Zone.
(L) Maximum building configuration: No more than eight townhouse units shall be contained in one townhouse structure. In any section of townhouse constructions, no more than 20% of the townhouse units shall be contained in structures comprising more than six units; no more than 50% of the townhouse units shall be contained in structures comprising five or six units.
(Ord. 945-99, passed 9-13-99; Am. Ord. 2-2000, passed 1-24-00; Am. Ord. 6-2000, passed 2-28-00; Am. Ord. 85-06, passed 4-24-06; Am. Ord. 90-06, passed 7-24-06)