Off-street parking requirements in the RR rural residential district are as follows: All off-street parking shall be designed to comply with the standards set forth in this chapter. (Code 1988, § 175-80(B)(5); Ord. No. 18-00, § 2, 4-18-2000)

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this subdivision, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

PLANNED ADULT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY (PARC) means a comprehensively designed residential development located on a minimum of 100 contiguous acres and containing residential dwellings to be occupied by persons 55 years of age or older, as further defined under the U.S. Fair Housing Act, as amended, with passive and active recreation facilities to be provided by the developer for sole use by the residents and their guests, and designed specifically for adult citizens. (Ord. No. 88-98, § 2(175-80.1(A)), 9-15-1998)

The following principal uses are permitted in the PARC planned adult residential community district:

(1) Single-family detached dwellings, with attached garage only.

(2) Model homes and/or sales office.

(3) Recreational and cultural facilities for the sole use of the residents of the community and their guests, including but not limited to the following:

a. Community buildings.

b. Swimming pools.

c. Shuffleboard courts.

d. Tennis courts.

e. Picnic grounds.

f. Exercise facilities.

All facilities must be centrally located; designed to be a visual and social focal point of the community; and with a character, style and scale compatible with the residential structures.

(4) A regulation golf course consisting of either nine or 18 holes. (Ord. No. 88-98, § 2(175-80.1(B)), 9-15-1998)

The following accessory uses are permitted in the PARC planned adult residential community district:

(1) Facilities for maintenance and administration of the community grounds and the infrastructure contained therein.

(2) Home occupations as regulated in this chapter, except that no employees who are nonoccupants of the dwelling unit shall be permitted nor shall client/customer visitation be permitted.

(3) Off-street parking areas, for sole use by residents and their guests.

(4) Public utilities.

(5) Signs, as regulated in this chapter.

(6) Fences, as regulated in this chapter. (Ord. No. 88-98, § 2(175-80.1(C)), 9-15-1998)

In the PARC planned adult residential community district, no building permit shall be issued for construction or other improvement for a planned adult residential community except in accordance with a site development plan for the overall site and an engineering and improvement plan that has been approved and perfected with the planning board, as prescribed in this chapter. Such site development and engineering and improvement shall meet the following minimum requirements:

(1) Minimum tract size: 100 acres.

(2) Maximum gross density: four dwelling units per acre.

(3) Maximum lot coverage: 60 percent of the lot intended for construction of a dwelling unit.

(4) Minimum front yard: 20 feet.

(5) Minimum rear yard: 25 feet. The minimum rear setback may be reduced to 15 feet, provided the rear yard is adjacent to an open space area. The land devoted to a rear yard shall be suitable and adaptable for uses as a rear yard, including but not limited to the installation of patio areas, gardens and similar activities.

(6) Minimum side yard: an aggregate total of 15 feet but in no event shall any side yard be less than five feet with a minimum of 15 feet between dwellings.

**Webmasters Note: The previous sections, 62-611 through 62-654(6), have been amended as per Supplement No. 22.

(7) Minimum lot size: 5,000 square feet.

(8) Maximum height: 35 feet.

(9) No dwelling shall be located closer than 100 feet measured from the master plan right-of-way line of any collector or higher classified street.

(10) A minimum distance of 100 feet shall be provided from any public school property line to the building setback line.

(11) Minimum lot width: 50 feet.

(12) Minimum lot depth: 85 feet.

(13) No corner lots shall be permitted. Areas at the intersection of streets shall be part of a comprehensively planned open space area, landscaped, and owned by a property owners' association. A minimum distance from the secondary front or side lot line of 25 feet shall be provided to the right-of-way line.

(14) All on-site utilities shall be underground.

(15) A system of sidewalks, bikepaths and streets shall be installed to provide for safe and efficient circulation patterns for pedestrians and vehicles. Specifications shall be in accordance with the residential site improvement standards (N.J.S.A. 5:21-1.1 et seq.). Sidewalks shall be provided on both sides of all streets.

(16) No less than 40 percent of the gross tract acreage shall be set aside as open space area, which may be improved with only those buildings, structures, streets and off-street parking and other improvements that are designed to be incidental to the natural openness of the land. At least 50 percent of the open space area shall be available and suitable for parks and other active recreational uses.

(17) No dwelling shall be located within 50 feet of any active recreation facility. (Ord. No. 88-98, § 2(175-80.1(D)), 9-15-1998)

(a) Detached garages. Detached garages are prohibited in the PARC planned adult residential community district.

(b) Access to or frontage on collector or arterial road. A PARC development must have immediate access to or adequate road frontage on a collector or arterial road, as classified by the master plan, as amended, so that the internal circulation system may feed higher volume roadways in accordance with the circulation element of the master plan.

(c) Buffer area. A minimum buffer area of 50 feet shall be provided around the entire perimeter of a planned adult residential community. No structures or portion of individual lots shall be located in the buffer area. The buffer shall contain screening in the form of berms, fencing or plantings or shall retain as many existing trees and foliage as possible or shall have a combination of these features as may be approved by the planning board.

(d) Parking spaces for dwellings. Each dwelling must have at least 2.0 parking spaces located on the lot whereon the dwelling is located.

(e) Guest parking. Additional parking shall be provided at a ratio of a minimum of one space for each dwelling unit, for guest parking, and shall be dispersed evenly and uniformly and conveniently throughout the tract.

(f) Community building parking. Additional parking shall be provided at the community building site for minimum of one space per 200 square feet of community building.

(g) Sewer and water. Public sewer and water service shall be provided.

(h) Completion of recreation facilities and community buildings prior to issuance of certificates of occupancy or building permits. All recreation facilities and community buildings shall be fully operational prior to the issuance of 100 certificates of occupancy or the issuance of building permits for 50 percent of the approved dwellings, whichever shall occur first. If a PARC shall be developed in more than one section or phase with separate recreation facilities and community buildings serving each such section or phase, the timing for the completion of such recreational facilities and community buildings specified shall apply to each such separate section or phase. If a PARC is bisected by any master plan classified roadway, the developer may be required to provide separate and independent recreational facilities and/or community buildings on each side of such master plan roadway. Each indoor recreation facility and community building shall be equipped with at least one emergency back-up generator capable of providing full power to such facility or building for an extended period of time.

(i) Floor area of community building. There shall be in each PARC a minimum of one community building containing at least ten square feet of floor area for each dwelling unit.

(j) Swimming pool. One swimming pool shall be provided with a minimum water surface area of 600 square feet. For each PARC consisting of more than 500 residential dwellings, an outdoor pool and an indoor pool with a minimum surface area of 600 square feet for each shall be provided. The area of the indoor pool facility shall not be included in the minimum community building area calculations, but it may be attached to the community building. There shall also be provided an improved sitting area, contiguous to all sides of the pool, having an area two times the water surface area of the pool.

(k) Gatehouse or guardhouse. A gatehouse or guardhouse, which shall be staffed on a 24-hour basis or which shall operate with an electronic key pass system, may be provided by the developer for each entrance and maintained by the property owners' association.

(l) Central station monitoring system for each building. Each building, including singlefamily residences, shall be electronically equipped with a central station monitoring system for fire, police, and medical emergency services.

(m) Solid waste pickup. Curbside solid waste pickup shall be provided.

(n) Shade trees. Shade trees shall be provided along all streets, sidewalks and bikepaths in accordance with section 62-154.

(o) Street lighting. Street lighting shall be provided on all streets, public or private, and shall be depicted on the site plan to be approved by the planning board. The style of fixture shall be clearly shown and also approved by the planning board.

(p) Golf course. In any development consisting of more than 250 acres, there shall be constructed one nine-hole regulation golf course having an area of at least 75 acres. Any such land devoted to the golf course, including those areas improved with buildings, structures, streets and off-street parking and other improvements designed to be incidental to such golf course, shall be included as open space as required under this subdivision. The golf course and facilities may be open to use by the general public. (Ord. No. 88-98, § 2(175-80.1(E)), 9-15-1998; Ord. No. 2008-39, § 1, 6-10-2008)

The planning board shall consider the proposed site development plan for the PARC planned adult residential community from the point of view of the standards and purposes of the regulations governing retirement communities so as to achieve a maximum of compatibility between the proposed development and the surrounding uses of land; the conservation of woodland and the protection of watercourses from erosion and silting; and a maximum of safety, convenience and amenity for the residents of the community. To these ends, the planning board shall consider the following:

(1) The proposed site development plan will not adversely affect plans for the physical development of the township as contained in this chapter or in any master plan or portion thereof.

(2) The proposed site development plan will provide adequate and logically arranged facilities for on-site circulation and access and egress for the estimated vehicular and pedestrian traffic generated by such use.

(3) The proposed site development plan has been drawn to protect and retain existing natural features such as trees, streams, etc.

(4) The provision of landscaped open space or green areas required shall be so located and of such dimensions that their maximum use can be achieved by the residents of the PARC.

(5) No outdoor lighting shall be permitted to shine directly or cause a nuisance on any abutting property.

(6) The proposed land use and the intensity of use is reasonable in terms of the logical, efficient and economical provision of services and utilities, such as water, sewers, police and fire protection, transportation and recreation facilities.

(7) The proposals for maintenance and conservation of the common open space are reliable, and the amount, location and purpose of the common open space are adequate.

(8) If the proposed development contemplates construction over a period of years, the terms and conditions intended to protect the interest of the public and of the residents, occupants and owners of the proposed development in the total completion of the development are adequate. (Ord. No. 88-98, § 2(175-80.1(F)), 9-15-1998)

The intent of the RM-1.1 low-density mixed residential district is to promote the clustered development, at a low density, of predominantly single-family detached homes and open space in a comprehensively planned manner, adjacent to employment centers and proposed mass transit and arterial roadway facilities. The gross density permitted in an RM-1.1 development is premised on the phased completion and delivery of specified improvements, on the provision of affordable housing, and on the dedication of open space for public purposes. (Code 1988, § 175-80.2(A))

The following uses are permitted in the RM-1.1 low-density mixed residential district:

(1) Single-family detached dwellings.

(2) Single-family semidetached dwellings.

(3) Two-family dwellings. (Code 1988, § 175-80.2(B)(1); Ord. No. 5-03, § 175-80.2(B)(1), 3-4-2003)

The following uses shall be permitted in the RM-1.1 low-density mixed residential district as conditional uses subject to planning board approval under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67:

(1) Public buildings, including public schools, but not including correctional institutions or hospitals exclusively for the isolation of contagious diseases or for the insane.

(2) Public, parochial and private schools.

(3) Houses of worship.

(4) Community buildings, clubs and activities of a quasipublic, social or fraternal character.

(5) Charitable and philanthropic institutions.

(6) Government and public utility buildings. (Code 1988, § 175-80.2(B)(2); Ord. No. 5-03, § 175-80.2(B)(2), 3-4-2003)

**Webmasters Note: The previous sections, 62-655(7) through 62-693, have been amended as per Supplement No. 14.