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DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 maintained in perpetuity and all plants must be replaced in kind when necessary. (kj) Houses of Worship. (1) All houses of worship and their accessory uses shall be set back at least one hundred twenty-five (125) feet from any property line and all parking areas, parking access aisles and accessory buildings shall be set back at least seventy-five (75) feet from any property line. (2) There shall be a fifty (50) foot wide buffer strip adjacent to all property lines, within the required setback, which shall consist of natural vegetation and, if required by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, new vegetation to supplement the existing vegetation. (3) A landscape plan, which provides substantial buffering of the parking area, must be approved by the Planning Board or, Zoning or appropriate Board of Adjustment and kept on file in the Department of Planning and Development. All plantings shall be maintained in perpetuity and all plants must be replaced in kind when necessary. (4) Ingress and egress to the property shall be clearly marked and shall not be located within seventy-five (75) feet of a street intersection. (5) Parking requirements must be considered for the use for religious services as well as for accessory uses such as parochial schools. When calculating the parking requirements, the requirements for each use or building shall be aggregated. (6) Parking for the house of worship shall be on the same lot as the main structure. (lk) Townhouse Residential Cluster Development. A townhouse residential cluster development shall be permitted in the R-3 District as a conditional use in order to provide flexibility in residential unit type and design, to encourage preservation of open space, to facilitate land development activities that respect site constraints and sensitive environmental features, and to provide opportunity for development of appropriate recreational facilities and other public uses. A townhouse residential cluster development shall be developed as a single entity,

nd to provide opportunity for development of appropriate recreational facilities and other public uses. A townhouse residential cluster development shall be developed as a single entity, although it may be phased, and shall provide for an integrated development of townhouses, together with a substantial amount of open space and recreational facilities. A townhouse residential cluster development shall satisfy the following requirements: (1) The tract shall have frontage on and access from a State roadway. (2) The minimum tract size shall be one hundred fifty (150) acres. (3) The maximum gross density shall be 1.25 units per gross acre prior to any dedication of land as set forth in Section 12 below, and not exceed two hundred fifty (250) total units. (4) The maximum number of units in a townhouse structure shall be five (5). (5) The minimum distance between townhouse structures shall be seventy-five (75) feet rear to rear and thirty (30) feet side to side. (6) A townhouse structure shall be set back a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from any right-of-way line. (7) The maximum height of any townhouse unit shall be forty-five (45) feet. 117