Draft_October 2025_West Orange_HEFSP_with Appendices

25-18.5 (Ord. No. 2250-09 § V) Phasing Schedule for Zoning. West Orange has adopted redevelopment plans that include affordable housing. If future zoning is adopted, there will be a set-aside for affordable housing. Payment in lieu of development funds will be used within West Orange for the creation of affordable housing units. In inclusionary zones, the following schedule shall be followed: Percentage of Market-Rate Units 25-18.6 Completed Minimum Percentage of Low- and Moderate-Income Units 25 0 25+1 10 50 50 75 75 90 100 New Construction. a. Low/Moderate Split and Bedroom Distribution of Affordable Housing Units: A The fair share obligation shall be divided equally between low- and moderate-income units, except that where there is an odd number of affordable housing units, the extra unit shall be a low-income unit. At least thirteen (13%) percent of all restricted rental units within each bedroom distribution shall be very low-income units (affordable to a household earning thirty (30%) percent or less of median income). The very low-income units shall be counted as part of the required number of low-income units within the development. At least twenty-five (25%) percent of the obligation shall be met through rental units, including at least half in rental units available to families. A maximum of twenty-five (25%) percent of the Township's obligation may be met with age restricted units. At least half of all affordable units in the Township's Plan shall be available to families. In each affordable development, at least fifty (50%) percent of the restricted units within each bedroom distribution shall be low-income units including that thirteen (13%) percent shall be very-low income. Affordable developments that are not age-restricted shall be structured in conjunction with realistic market demands such that: (a) The combined number of efficiency and one-bedroom units is no greater than twenty (20%) percent of the total low- and moderate-income units; (b) At least thirty (30%) percent of all low- and moderate-income units are two (2) bedroom units; (c) At least twenty (20%) percent of all low- and moderate-income units are three (3) bedroom units; and (d) The remainder may be allocated among two (2) and three (3)- bedroom units at the discretion of the developer. (e) Age-restricted low- and moderate-income units may utilize a

) bedroom units; and (d) The remainder may be allocated among two (2) and three (3)- bedroom units at the discretion of the developer. (e) Age-restricted low- and moderate-income units may utilize a modified bedroom distribution and at a minimum, the number of bedrooms shall equal the number of age-restricted low- and moderate-income units within the affordable development. 4844-7802-2092, v. 2