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(1) Lot Area. The minimum lot area shall be five (5) acres. (2) Lot Width. The lot width at both the street line and the building setback line shall be not less than three hundred fifty (350) feet. (3) Front Yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than one hundred fifty (150) feet of natural vegetation or landscaping. No parking of motor vehicles shall be permitted in the front yard. (4) Side Front Yard. There shall be a side front yard of not less than one hundred fifty (150) feet of natural vegetation or landscaping. No parking of motor vehicles shall be permitted in the front side yard. (5) Side Yards. There shall be two (2) side yards, each with a one hundred fifty (150) foot buffer of natural vegetation or landscaping. (6) Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than one hundred fifty (150) feet of natural vegetation or landscaping. The off-street parking or motor vehicles as required may be permitted in the rear yard, except not within the required one hundred fifty (150) foot buffer area. (7) Building Height. The building height shall not be more than thirty-five (35) feet and two and one-half (2 1/2) stories. (8) Building Coverage. The building coverage shall not exceed twenty-five (25%) percent. (9) Lot Coverage. The lot coverage shall not exceed thirty-five (35%) percent. (10) Storage of Vehicles. No resident shall be permitted to store or park a motor vehicle(s) at the facility, either permanently or temporarily, unless the motor vehicle(s) is used on a regular basis to conduct the normal daily affairs of that resident. (11) Street Frontage. The site must have three hundred fifty (350) feet of street frontage. (i) Commercial Recreation. (1) All buildings and outdoor recreation facilities 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 adjacent to all property lines, within the required

be set back at least seventy-five (75) feet from any property line. (2) There shall be a fifty (50) foot wide buffer adjacent to all property lines, within the required setback, which shall consist of natural vegetation and, if required by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment, new vegetation to supplement the existing vegetation. (3) The required setbacks and buffers for outdoor recreation facilities that are lighted for evening use shall be increased by one hundred percent (100%) over the above requirements. The use of outdoor recreation facilities shall not be permitted after 11:00 p.m. (4) A landscape plan, which provides substantial buffering of the parking area, must be approved by the Planning Board or 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. (j) House of Worship. 97

(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 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 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. (k) 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, 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

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. (8) The maximum number of stories shall be three (3). (9) The maximum building coverage for the entire tract prior to any dedication of land shall be twenty (20%) percent. 98

(10) The maximum impervious coverage for the entire tract prior to any dedication of land shall be thirty-five (35%) percent. (11) There shall be a buffer strip around the perimeter of the tract being developed which is at least seventy-five (75) feet in width, which buffer strip shall consist of existing vegetation and, where deemed necessary by the Planning Board, supplemental vegetation (or fencing where appropriate), subject to the following: (i) The perimeter buffer strip shall permit roadway and utility crossings within the buffer except where adjacent to existing improved residential properties; provided, however, that said disturbance shall be limited to a linear distance of no more than four hundred (400) feet in any one location, and an area no greater than three (3) acres in size collectively when all areas of disturbance are combined; (ii) Where adjacent to existing improved residential properties, the perimeter buffer strip shall remain undisturbed in its natural state such that existing grading and vegetation is preserved; provided that a temporary intrusion into the buffer strip of up to twenty-five (25) feet in width measured from the interior buffer boundary (the "intrusion area") shall be permitted where required to excavate and grade for utility construction purposes as long as the intrusion area is regraded and replanted with evergreen vegetation and, where appropriate, berms so as to restore and establish the seventy-five (75) foot buffer strip and grading to substantially the same condition as existed prior to the intrusion; and provided further that while the utility right-of-way may be located partially within the intrusion area, under no circumstance will the actual utility lines be located within any part of the buffer strip where adjacent to existing improved residential properties; (iii) Where the buffer strip abuts any part of the tract that will be dedicated to and accepted by the Township for open space preservation purposes and the dedicated lands are adjacent to existing property owned by the Township, the buffer

icated to and accepted by the Township for open space preservation purposes and the dedicated lands are adjacent to existing property owned by the Township, the buffer strip may be reduced in width or eliminated; and (iv) Where the buffer strip abuts existing unimproved property owned by the Township, a portion of the buffer strip may be disturbed for roadway and utility purposes, provided that said disturbance is [a] located no closer than twenty-five (25) feet to the property line, [b] has a linear distance of no more than six hundred (600) feet, and [c] has a total area of no greater than two (2) acres. (12) A minimum of forty (40%) percent of the tract shall be set aside as open space. Such open space may be either voluntarily dedicated to the Municipality for public use or may be reserved for the benefit of the residents of the development. If such open space is dedicated to the Municipality for public use, then the following standards must be met in order for the Municipality to accept the dedication: (i) A minimum of twenty (20%) percent of the total tract must be dedicated for public use. (ii) The area dedicated for public use shall have frontage on and access from a State roadway. (iii) The area dedicated for public use shall be substantially suitable for parks, playgrounds, soccer fields, ballfields, schools, libraries, or any 99

other community or recreational facility deemed appropriate by the Township Council. (iv) Any area dedicated for public use that is intended for recreation shall be improved by the developer in accordance with a plan to be memorialized in a developer's agreement approved by the Township Council. (13) For any open space that is not dedicated to the Municipality, such common open space shall be designed as an integral part of the development and shall include, to the extent practicable, natural assets such as woodlands, wetlands and stream corridors. Common area lands developed for the benefit of residents in the development may be devoted to recreation, including, but not limited to, a clubhouse, swimming pool, tennis courts, jogging/fitness trails and walking paths. Any privately-owned open space, beyond the recreational improvements, drainageways and/or detention basins and/or utility lines, shall be maintained as a passive open space in its natural state to benefit the community in general and the natural environment. For any common open space reserved for the benefit of the residents of the development, the developer shall establish an organization for the ownership and maintenance of the common open space, and such organization shall not be dissolved nor shall it dispose of any common open space by sale or otherwise (except to an organization conceived and established to own and maintain the common open space) without first offering to dedicate the same to the Township. (14) Off-street parking and street design standards shall be in compliance with Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS). (l) Townhouse/Low-Rise Residential Cluster Development. A townhouse/low-rise residential cluster development shall be permitted in the R-5 District as a conditional use in order to provide flexibility in residential unit type and design, to encourage open space, to facilitate land development activities that respect site constraints and sensitive environmental features, to provide for the establishment of both on- and off-site open

age open space, to facilitate land development activities that respect site constraints and sensitive environmental features, to provide for the establishment of both on- and off-site open space, and to provide for the regional transportation needs of the Township. The township/low-rise residential cluster development shall satisfy the following requirements: (1) The minimum tract size shall be 20 acres. (2) Density and Buffer Requirements: (i) The maximum base density shall be three (3) units per acre in the R-5 Zone. A set-aside of not less than thirty (30%) percent of the gross tract area as permanent common open space for use of the resident owners and/or the general public shall be required. [a] A minimum fifty (50) foot landscape buffer shall be required along the front, side and rear yards. (ii) Cluster bonus density of up to fifty (50%) percent of the base or a maximum of four and one-half (4.5) units per acre shall be permitted if not less than forty (40%) percent of the gross tract area is preserved as permanent common open space. [a] A seventy-five (75) foot minimum landscape buffer strip shall be required along the front, side and rear yards. 100

(iii) Alternatively, up to a fifty (50%) percent maximum bonus density of up to not more than four and one-half (4.5) units per acre may be granted for cluster housing developments that offer permanent preservation and protection of land and improvements with historically and/or culturally significant features. Such land and improvements with historically and/or culturally significant features may be on tract or located off tract. [a] A continuous landscape buffer strip of not less than thirty (30) feet shall be required along the front, side and rear yards. The buffer may be penetrated by access roads provided that there shall be a minimum of a fifty (50) foot buffer from any such road to any existing residential dwelling. (3) The maximum height of any townhouse unit shall be thirty-five (35) feet as measured from the average grade around the perimeter of the building to the midpoint of the roof. (4) The maximum number of stories in the townhouse units shall be three (3). (5) For the low-rise buildings, each apartment unit within the building shall have a minimum unit size of two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet. (6) The maximum height of the low-rise building shall be fifty-five (55) feet when measured from the average grade around the perimeter of the building to the midpoint of the roof. (7) The maximum number of stories for the low-rise building shall be four and one-half (4 1/2) stories over one (1) story of parking. (8) The maximum building coverage for the entire tract prior to any dedication of land shall be thirty-five (35%) percent. (9) The maximum impervious coverage for the entire tract prior to any dedication of land shall be fifty (50%) percent. (10) In satisfaction of all or part of its obligation, the developer may donate a portion of its property, or other property off-site, for such public or quasi- public purpose as may be acceptable to the Township that has historically and/or culturally significant features; provided, however, that such donation from the gross area of the tract shall not affect the gross acreage for density purposes. (i) In the event of a donation

y significant features; provided, however, that such donation from the gross area of the tract shall not affect the gross acreage for density purposes. (i) In the event of a donation as set forth in this paragraph (10), the recipient of the R-5 District property, in lieu of the bulk or dimensional requirements for such use as set forth in subsection 25-24.2 hereof, shall satisfy the following requirements: [a] The maximum building coverage shall be thirty-five (35%) percent. [b] The maximum impervious coverage shall be sixty-five (65%) percent. [c] Minimum setbacks from any adjoining nonresidential uses shall be as follows: [1] Fifty (50) feet from any structure on the property to be developed hereunder, to the property line. [2] Twenty (20) feet from any parking lot to be used in connection with any such structure, to the property line. 101