* No more than twenty (20%) percent of the units shall be efficiency units.

A maximum of twenty-five (25%) percent of the low and moderate income units shall be designed for senior citizen housing with a minimum age of at least one (1) occupant of sixty-two (62) years, in accordance with standards promulgated by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

4. The construction of low and moderate income units, as part of the Affordable Housing Zone shall be the responsibility of the applicant. Any plan for such development shall be subject not only to the regulations of this Section, but also the subject to site plan and subdivision by the Planning Board (Ord #19-88, 8; Ord. #15-90, 2)

In the Affordable Housing Zone where dwelling units are not being subdivided into individual lots, the following shall be the minimum distance between buildings:

a. The front of one building to the front of another building......................................... 90 feet

b. The front of one building to the side of another building............................................... 60 feet

c. The front of one building to the rear of another building............................................... 75 feet

d. The side of one building to the side of another building (other than an attached unit)... 40 feet

e. The side of one building to the rear of another building............................................... 60 feet

f. The rear of one building to the rear of another building............................................... 75 feet

g. The maximum length of a building unit containing townhouses shall be...... 6 dwelling units or 180 feet in length

h. The maximum length of a building unit containing town-houses and duplexes or flats shall be.. 10 dwelling units in the total structure or 200 feet in length

i The maximum length of an apartment building shall be 200 feet (Ord #19-88, 8)

a. At least twenty-five (25%) percent of the total land area in an Affordable Housing development shall be designed for and devoted to open space In computing such twenty-five (25%) percent requirement, common recreation areas accessory to the residential use and required buffer areas shall be included.

b. A minimum of ten (10%) percent of the total land area shall be designed for active and/or passive recreational uses. These uses may include softball, Soccer, football, basketball or similar recreational uses, swimming facilities, tennis courts as well as less active pursuits such as sitting areas, shuffleboard, etc.

c. Open space as provided herein shall be owned and maintained by the property owner in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A, 40.55D-43 (Ord. #19-88, 8)

a. Street Requirements.

1. The right-of-way and pavement widths of all internal streets, roads and vehicular-traveled ways shall be determined from sound planning and engineering standards in conformity to the estimated needs of the full proposed development and the traffic to be generated thereby. They shall be adequate in size, loading and design to accommodate the maximum traffic, parking and loading needs and access for firefighting and police vehicles.

2. All private internal residential roads and streets shall contain a minimum pavement width of twenty-four (24') feet for two-way Streets and twenty (20') feet for one-way streets Collector roadways shall minimally contain a pavement width of thirty (30') feet All public streets shall minimally meet the Township of Denville street standards

3. All streets and roads, either dedicated public streets or privately owned and maintained, or any combination thereof, shall be subject to the laws of the Township of Denville as to the construction of the roadway

4. Where an Official Map or Master Plan, or both, have been adopted, the proposed street system shall conform to the proposals and condition shown thereon except as may be modified by the Planning Board or Governing Body, as provided by law

b. Utility Improvements

1. The Affordable Housing Zone shall be served by a centralized water and sanitary sewerage system as defined herein.

2. All utility improvements, including storm drainage systems, sanitary sewage collection and disposal and water supply systems, shall be in accordance with standards and procedures as established by local, county and state regulations. Said improvements shall be subject to review and approval by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the Township Engineer and, where applicable, the Township Board of Health, as well as appropriate county and state agencies, where applicable Water supply facilities shall be subject to review and approval by the Township Engineer and Fire Department, and the Denville Water Department

3. Electric, gas and telephone service shall be provided by the developer in concert with the appropriate public utilities providing such service. Said service shall be provided as part of an underground system.

4. If such underground facilities cannot be reasonably provided due to topographic or geological conditions of the land due to technical circumstances, and if the landowner shall adequately demonstrate the lack of feasibility of such an undertaking to the satisfaction of the Board of Public Utilities, a waiver of this requirement may be granted by the Planning Board

c. Off-Street Parking Requirements

1. Within the Affordable Housing Zone, a minimum one and one-half (1 1/2) parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit, except that senior citizen housing minimally shall be required to provide one (1) off-street parking space per unit and three (3) bedroom apartments shall provide two (2) spaces

2. Each townhouse, townhouse-duplex, triplex, quadruplex, or patio house may provide one (1) enclosed parking space for each dwelling unit wherever possible

3. Each apartment unit may be required to provide one (1) enclosed parking space for every three (3) dwelling units.

4. Each parking space shall be provided at a width of nine (9') feet and a length of twenty (20') feet

5. Parking for handicapped persons shall be provided with a minimum width of twelve (12') feet and a length of twenty (20') feet

6. Aisle width for all ninety (90 ) degree parking shall minimal be twenty-four (24') feet wide

7. Said parking will be suitably landscaped, screened, lighted and conveniently located to the housing to be served

Said parking will also be suitably graded and improved and provided with adequate drainage facilities

8. Except where parking is provided within the residential structure, no general parking area shall be located closer than ten (10') feet to a residential building.

d. Emergency Facilities and Access.

1. All housing developed within the Affordable Housing Zone shall be suitably designed for emergency assistance if necessary.

2. No housing unit shall be inaccessible to emergency service facilities - notably police, firefighting and ambulance service.

3. Every principal doorway to a housing unit shall face or front upon a concrete, macadam or other similarly improved area capable of supporting a fire engine, ambulance or other similar emergency vehicle

4. In no event shall a housing unit be constructed back-to-back or side-to-back where the principal or sole access to said dwelling unit does not have direct frontage upon a street or driveway

e. Environmental Standards

1. Buffer Area

(a) The applicant shall provide and maintain a buffer zone for a planned residential development which shall be no less than fifty (50') feet in width from all external lot lines of the site, except for that portion which fronts upon an existing external street or roadway Such buffer zone shall be kept in its natural state where wooded When natural vegetation is sparse or non-existent, the land owner shall be required to provide a year-round visual screen as determined by the Planning Board

(b) Upon specific findings of particular circumstances relating to conditions of topography, natural features, lot configuration, natural vegetation or the lack of same, soil conditions, drainage or other similar site characteristics, or where said proposed development is compatible with existing development, the Planning Board may decrease the required buffer area as stated herein to a minimum width of twenty-five (25') feet or may increase the required buffer to a maximum width of one hundred (100') feet

(c) No use or structure, including parking or loading areas, shall be permitted within the required buffer area

2. Steep Sloping Areas No development shall be permitted with an area in which the slope gradient is fifteen (15%) percent or greater

3. Wetlands Areas No development shall be permitted with any area classified as a wetland area of one (1) acre or more in size unless a duly approved alternative mitigating procedure is provided and approved by the appropriate authority

4. Flood Plain Designation No principal use of any site within the flood plain area, including housing, shall be permitted.

Recreation use and a limited amount of soil movement shall be permitted within the flood plain area subject to Township Engineer and NJDEP approval, if applicable. (Ord. #19-88, 8, Ord #10-90)