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(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