A. Area and yard requirements. Area and yard requirements shall be as follows:

(1) Lot area ratio. In no case shall any structure or development contain more than one dwelling unit per 3,100 square feet of the lot area.

(2) Lot coverage. Not more than 35% of the lot area shall be occupied by buildings nor more than a total of 60% maximum coverage of all structures, including parking.

(3) Yards.

(a) Frontage. The front building line along each street accepted for public maintenance shall not be less than the prescribed standard for each zone in which garden apartments shall have frontage of not less than 200 feet on at least one street accepted for maintenance by the City. The front yard setback shall be in accordance with the requirements of the schedule for the applicable zone.

(b) Buffer strip. There shall be a buffer strip along the entire perimeter of the property, exclusive of the front yard, of at least 10 feet in width, measured inward from the property line and suitably landscaped with grass and/or ground cover, shrubs and trees.

(c) Courtyards. Courtyards bounded on three or more sides by the wings of the same building or by the walls of separate buildings shall have a minimum court width of two feet for each one foot in height of the tallest building.

(d) Buildings prohibited in buffer strip. No buildings, including garages, other accessory structures, interior streets and driveways, parking areas, drying yards or play areas may be located in the buffer strips. Ingress and egress driveways may be permitted in the front yard, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to permit parking areas in the front yard.

(e) Setback. Every building shall have a minimum setback of 10 feet from all interior development roads, driveways and parking areas.

(f) Garages. Garages not a part of a garden apartment dwelling structure and accessory buildings shall be located at least 10 feet from the nearest building wall of a garden apartment dwelling structure.

(g) Proximity to other structures. No garden apartment dwelling structure shall be located within 25 feet of another such structure.

(h) Garbage collection. Garbage and refuse storage and collection areas shall be provided with each apartment or motel or hotel project in the appropriate numbers and locations to serve the convenience of the residents and/or operation. Such areas shall be screened from view but in suitable locations to permit the use of dumpsters, which shall be required. Such areas shall not be located in any front yard.

B. Off-street parking. There shall be provided on site two off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit.

C. Building requirements.

(1) The owner and/or builder shall be required to erect no less than 20 dwelling units in the initial phase of construction. No building permits shall be issued for fewer than 20 units, except as an addition to an existing garden apartment dwelling structure, and no occupancy permit shall be issued until such minimum number of units has been completed. Additions to existing apartment units shall be submitted in accordance with the procedure for new applications.

(2) All buildings shall be not more than 2 1/2 stories and not in excess of 30 feet in height.

(3) There shall be no dwelling unit below the first floor nor above the second story of any structure with the exception of one dwelling unit for the use of a building superintendent. Fire walls of approved masonry construction shall be provided from the cellar to the roof, separating every two dwelling units. The exterior of the buildings shall be of brick veneer construction.

(4) Each dwelling unit shall contain complete kitchen facilities and toilet, bathing and sleeping facilities, as well as living space, and shall have a minimum gross floor area in accordance with the following schedule:

(a) One-bedroom dwelling units and/or efficiency units shall have a minimum of 700 square feet of floor area.

(b) Two-bedroom dwelling units shall have a minimum of 1,000 square feet of floor area.

(c) Three-bedroom dwelling units shall have a minimum of 1,500 square feet of floor area.

(5) There shall be not more than 20 dwelling units in each building or structure.

(6) In addition to any storage area contained inside individual dwelling units, there shall be provided for each dwelling unit 200 cubic feet of storage area in a convenient, centrally located area in the basement or ground floor of the dwelling structure or elsewhere where personal belongings and effects may be stored without constituting a fire hazard and where the belongings and effects may be kept locked and separated from belongings of other occupants. There shall be a further minimum common storage area in each building for bicycles, perambulators and similar type of equipment of 50 cubic feet per dwelling unit.

(7) The total number of one-bedroom or efficiency apartments shall not be less than 80% of the entire project.

(8) Every dwelling unit shall have a front and rear entrance through a full-size door. Such entrance shall lead only to an interior hallway or stairway with ground level outdoor access to a parking lot.

D. Signs.

(1) One nonilluminated project identification sign shall be permitted on each public street on which the garden apartment development has frontage and which may bear only the name of the project, the street address and the presence or lack of vacant units. Such sign shall not exceed 12 square feet in area on either side and six feet in height and shall be situated within the property lines but not attached to the building.

(2) No other signs, other than pedestrian and vehicular directional signs, shall be visible from the premises.

E. Open space and recreation. (See §§ 345-11X and 345-18.)

A. The minimum lot size and area and yard requirements for one-family homes in the zoning district in which the structure is proposed shall apply. Each dwelling unit in excess of one shall require an additional 15 feet lot frontage and an additional 2,000 square feet of area.

B. Off-street parking facilities shall be provided on the premises in the rear and side yards, but not in the front yard, of not less than two parking spaces per unit. A parking space shall be no less than nine feet in width and 18 feet in length. There shall be provided on site 2 1/2 parking spaces per dwelling unit.

C. Each dwelling unit shall contain complete kitchen facilities and toilet, bathing and sleeping facilities, as well as living facilities, and shall have a minimum gross floor area in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) One-bedroom dwelling units and/or efficiency units shall have a minimum of 600 square feet of floor area.

(2) Two-bedroom dwelling units shall have a minimum of 800 square feet of floor area.

(3) Three-bedroom dwelling units shall have a minimum of 1,000 square feet of floor area.

(4) Four- or more bedroom dwelling units shall have a minimum of 1,500 square feet of floor area.

D. In addition to any storage area contained inside individual dwelling units, there shall be provided for each dwelling unit 200 cubic feet of storage area in a convenient, centrally located area in the basement or ground floor of the dwelling structure or elsewhere where personal belongings and effects may be stored without constituting a fire hazard and where such belongings and effects may be kept locked and separated from belongings of other occupants. There shall be a further minimum common storage area in each building for bicycles, perambulators and similar types of equipment of 50 cubic feet per dwelling unit.

A. Permitted accessory uses. Permitted accessory uses shall be as follows:

(1) Professional offices located within the interior of the mid-rise building, provided that:

(a) Such offices are located on the first and second floors only.

(b) A minimum of four off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each office.

(2) Restaurants, cocktail lounges and places of entertainment shall be permitted on the top floor or roof and below the third floor of the building.

B. Area and yard requirements.

(1) Lot area (ratio). In no case shall any structure or development contain more than one dwelling unit per 1,200 square foot of lot area.

(2) Lot coverage. In no case shall the lot area to be occupied by buildings exceed 35%.

(3) Yard requirements.

(a) Each mid-rise apartment structure shall have a front yard having a minimum depth of 50 feet or a depth equal to 1/2 of the height of the building for which the front yard is being measured, whichever is greater. Each mid-rise apartment lot shall have a frontage of not less than 200 feet on at least one street accepted for maintenance by the City.

(b) Each mid-rise apartment structure shall have a minimum setback from any side lot line or rear lot line a distance of 50 feet or 1/2 of the height of the building for which the side yard is being measured, whichever is greater. There shall be a buffer strip along the entire perimeter of the property exclusive of the front yard, which may be included when measuring required building setback, of at least 10 feet in width measured inward from the property line and suitably landscaped with grass and/or ground cover, shrubs and trees.

(c) Where more than one mid-rise apartment structure is placed upon a single lot, the minimum distance between such structures shall be a distance equal to the height of the taller of the two buildings for which the separation distance is being measured.

(d) No buildings, including garages, other accessory structures, interior streets and driveways, parking areas, drying yards or play areas, may be located in the buffer strips. Ingress and egress driveways may be permitted in the front yard, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to permit parking areas in the front yard.

(e) Every building shall have a minimum setback of at least 10 feet from all interior development, roads, driveways and parking areas.

(f) Garages and other accessory buildings shall be located at least 20 feet from the nearest building wall of a mid-rise apartment structure.

(g) At least 25% of the area of the lot on which one or more mid-rise apartment structures are to be erected shall be planted and landscaped as open lawn areas. Up to 1/2 of the required planted and landscaped open lawn area may be provided on the roof of a portion of the structure which is not more than one story in height above the level of any through street abutting the property.

C. Off-street parking. There shall be provided on site 2 1/2 off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit.

D. Building requirements.

(1) All buildings shall have a maximum height of six stories.

(2) Each dwelling unit shall contain complete kitchen facilities and toilet, bathing and sleeping facilities, as well as living space, and shall have a minimum gross floor area in accordance with the following schedule, provided that at least 90% of the units shall contain no greater than two bedrooms and not more than 10% of the units shall contain three bedrooms. Units containing more than three bedrooms shall not be permitted.

(a) One-bedroom dwelling units and/or efficiency units shall have a minimum of 700 square feet of floor area.

(b) Two-bedroom dwelling units shall have a minimum of 900 square feet of floor area.

(c) Three-bedroom dwelling units shall have a minimum of 1,200 square feet of floor area.

(3) In addition to any storage area contained inside individual dwelling units, there shall be provided for each dwelling unit 200 cubic feet of storage area in a convenient, centrally located area in the basement or ground floor of the dwelling structure or elsewhere where personal belongings and effects may be stored without constituting a fire hazard and where the belongings and effects may be kept locked and separated from belongings of other occupants. There shall be a further minimum common storage area in each building for bicycles, perambulators and similar types of equipment of 50 cubic feet per dwelling unit.

E. Signs.

(1) One project identification sign shall be permitted and shall not exceed 15 square feet in area on either side and eight feet in height and shall be situated within the property lines but not attached to the building. The sign may include only the name of the project, the street address, the presence or lack of vacancies and the availability of supporting or recreational facilities on the premises.

(2) No other signs, other than pedestrian and vehicular directional signs, shall be visible from off the premises.

F. Open space and recreation. (See §§ 345-11X and 345-18.)

A. See § 345-42D(2) for requirements as to interior road aisle widths.

B. Parking areas shall be located within reasonable proximity of dwelling units which they serve, and such structures shall be provided with a direct means of entry. Parking stalls shall be nine feet wide by 18 feet in length. Pedestrian walks shall be at least four feet in width and shall have four-inch-thick concrete surface on a cinder or gravel fill and shall be provided wherever normal pedestrian traffic will occur. Parking areas and driveways shall be constructed as herein specified: Grade to an even surface and compact earth with a ten-ton roller, apply four inches of clean stone, compacted with a ten-ton roller and penetrated with a bituminous sealer (OA4) at a quantity of two gallons per square yard, then top with a one-inch layer of asphalt FABC or equivalent.

C. Sufficient laundry, drying, garbage pickup and other utility areas must be provided and shall be located with a view both to convenience and to minimizing any detrimental effect on the aesthetic character of the development and shall be enclosed and shielded from view by fencing, walls or shrubbery of at least six feet in height around the perimeter. Fencing and walls shall not be less than 30% nor more than 50% open to the vertical surface.

D. Interior development roads and pedestrian walks shall be provided with shade trees which are of minimum size and character and malls between buildings residents, and border strips along the sides of pedestrian walks shall be graded and seeded to provide a thick stand of grass or other plant material. Approaches to dwelling structures and entrance areas shall be attractively shrubbed.

E. Topsoil shall not be removed from the site during construction but shall be stored and redistributed to areas most exposed to view by occupants and the public, and such areas shall be stabilized by seeding or planting.

F. Interior development roads, parking areas, dwelling to entranceways and pedestrian walks shall be provided with sufficient illumination to minimize hazards to pedestrians and motor vehicles utilizing the same and shall, where necessary, be shielded to avoid disturbing glares to occupants or buildings. Lighting shall be so arranged as to reflect away from all adjoining residential buildings.

G. The land shall be so graded, paved areas so pitched and storm drains and catch basins so located as to provide rapid runoff of stormwater disturbing to occupants, under the normal range of water conditions, as may be required by the City Engineer.

H. Other standards and conditions relating to the site plan and to curbing, driveways, parking areas, pedestrian walks, landscaping and planting not otherwise specified herein may be attached as conditions by the Planning Board and further by the City Council in the event that it renders final approval.

I. Refuse disposal facilities shall be enclosed and removed from sight in addition to meeting the requirements of § 345-48A(3)(h). Dumpster service may be requested by the City at the owner's expense.

J. When such facilities as air-conditioning units, auxiliary generators and similar equipment are located upon the ground outside of the main structure of any mid-rise apartment, garden apartment or motel complex, these facilities shall be suitably enclosed by masonry walls which complement the principal building or buildings, and the installation shall be in accordance with a site plan approved by the Planning Board and the Board of Adjustment if a variance is necessary before a certificate of occupancy may be issued. When individual air-conditioning units are installed in any mid-rise apartment, garden apartment or motel complex, they shall not extend outward beyond the exterior face of the building adjacent to their location unless they are suitably trimmed so that they blend with and do not detract from the architectural design and appearance of the finished structure.

K. Open space and recreation. (See §§ 345-11X and 345-18.)

[Amended 5-14-1996 by Ord. No. 15-96]

A. The minimum land area shall be 700 square feet for each hotel or motel occupancy room.

B. The minimum number of hotel or motel occupancy units in any hotel or motel shall be 50.

C. The minimum size of any hotel or motel occupancy unit shall be 300 square feet.

D. The maximum lot coverage by a hotel or motel building shall be 35%.

E. Off-street parking space shall be provided in the following ratios: one for each hotel or motel occupancy unit; one for each 50 square feet of dining floor area; one for each eight seats in any area for public assembly; one for each two employees of the hotel or motel and any concession or rental space; and one space for every 150 square feet of office area. This subsection may be met by the use of a reasonably remote parking site or as outlined in § 345-42B(5).

F. Refuse disposal facilities shall be enclosed and hidden from sight from streets. Dumpster service may be requested by the City at the owner's expense.

G. Where more than one building is to be constructed on a single lot, the distance between them shall be 25 feet or 1/2 the height of the tallest building, whichever is greater.

H. Any wall of a hotel or motel building which faces a public street shall be architecturally designed as a front wall even when it is not, in fact, a front wall.

I. Interior roads shall have a minimum width of 12 feet for one-way traffic and 24 feet for two-way traffic, shall be so designed as to minimize hazards to pedestrians and to motor vehicles operated in and on such roads and in areas adjacent to such roads and shall comply with requirements of the City of Long Branch as set forth in Chapter 300, Subdivision of Land.

J. Parking stalls shall be nine feet wide and 18 feet in length. Pedestrian walks shall be at least four feet in width and shall have four-inch-thick concrete surface on a cinder or gravel fill and shall be provided wherever normal pedestrian traffic will occur. Parking areas and driveways shall be constructed as herein specified: Grade to an even surface and compact earth with a ten-ton roller, apply four inches of clean stone, compacted with a ten-ton roller and penetrated with a bituminous sealer (OA4) at a quantity of two gallons per square yard, then top with a one-inch layer of asphalt FABC or equivalent.

K. Interior development roads and pedestrian walks shall be provided with shade trees which are of a minimum size and character. Open space adjacent to buildings and malls between buildings to be utilized by residents and border strips along the site of pedestrian walks shall be graded and seeded to provide a thick stand of grass or other plant material.

L. Topsoil shall not be removed from the site during construction but shall be stored and redistributed to areas most exposed to view by occupants and the public, and such areas shall be stabilized by seeding or planting.

M. Interior development roads, parking area, dwelling entranceways and pedestrian walks shall be provided with sufficient illumination to minimize hazards to pedestrians and motor vehicles utilizing the same and shall, where necessary, be shielded to avoid disturbing glares to occupants or buildings. Lighting shall be so arranged as to reflect away from all adjoining residential buildings.

N. The land shall be so graded, paved areas so pitched and storm drains and catch basins so located as to provide rapid runoff to stormwater disturbing to occupants, under the normal range of water conditions, as may be required by the City Engineer.

O. Buildings shall not be closer than 10 feet in interior roads or parking areas.

P. Other standards and conditions relating to the site plan and to curbing, driveways, parking areas, pedestrian walks, landscaping and planting not otherwise specified herein may be attached as conditions by the Planning Board and further by the City Council in the event it renders final approval.

Q. Area and bulk requirements shall be as specified in § 345-7, except that when 1/2 of the building height exceeds the required front yard, the building height shall be the required front yard setback.