The following requirements must be complied with in the T-4 Zone:

The following uses are principal permitted uses in the T-4 Zone:

a. Duplexes;

b. Townhouses and patio houses;

c. Townhouses-duplexes combinations;

d. Flats (not to exceed twenty percent [20%] of the total number of units permitted):

e. Public and private educational facilities;

f. Churches and other places of worship, including parish houses, Sunday School buildings and other similar uses

g. Public utilities and essential services;

h. Parks , playgrounds, firehouses and library, or municipal buildings

i. Indoor and outdoor recreational facilities.

Permitted Accessory Uses shall include off-street parking, signs as provided herein and other uses customarily incidental to a principal permitted use.

Area, yard and bulk requirements for the uses set forth in paragraphs a. through d. in subsection 19-5.25010 shall be as follows:

a. Minimum Tract Area. The minimum tract area for the online tract shall be forty (40) acres. For the purpose of this section, the tract may be bisected by an existing or proposed municipal street and may consist of two or more tax lots in the same or different tax blocks.

b. Minimum Front Yard. The minimum front yard setback for all buildings shall be fifty (50) feet from the right-of-way of any State highway and twenty-two (22) feet from the curbline of any other street.

c. Minimum Side Yard. There shall be a minimum side yard of twenty-five (25) feet from all external property lines. The relationships of side yards from building to building on-site shall be governed by section 19-5.25050 herein.

d. Minimum Rear Yard. There shall be a minimum rear yard of twenty-five (25) feet from all external property lines. The relationships of rear yards from building to building on-site shall be governed by subsection 19-5.25050 herein.

e. Maximum Improved Lot Coverage. The maximum improved lot coverage for all buildings and manmade improvements shall be sixty-five (65%) percent.

f. Maximum Building Height. The maximum building height for all buildings shall be two and one-half stories and thirty-five (35) feet, except that where a walkout lower level is provided on the downhill side of a building, the maximum building height may be increased to three and one-half (3.5) stories and forty (40) feet, with the lower level counted as a story. All measurements shall be taken from proposed final grades. Building height shall be measured from the average grade to the mean level at the highest gable.

g. Fences and Walls. Fences, walls, and retaining walls shall be permitted in required yards, as approved by the Board, provided that no fence shall exceed six (6) feet in height, unless located in a front yard, where it shall not exceed four (4) feet in height.

h. Bulk Requirements for Other Uses. The bulk requirements for the uses set forth in paragraphs e. through 1. in subsection 19-5.525010 shall be required for the same uses in the R-2 Zone district.

a. The maximum permitted number of residential dwellings shall be one hundred eighty-two (82) dwelling units and the maximum residential density for the T-4 Townhouse Zone shall be no greater than 4.0 dwelling units per gross tract acre. For the purposes of this section, internal streets, roads, and rights-of-way shall be included in the gross tract acreage calculations, and the tract may be bisected by an existing or proposed municipal street and may consist of two or more tax lots in the same or different blocks.

b. Within the T-4 Townhouse Zone, all developments shall be designed in accordance with the applicable standards for accessibility and/or occupancy by handicapped persons promulgated by the federal government or the state of New Jersey or through their responsive departments or agencies having jurisdiction in such matters.

In the T-4 Zone, the following shall be the minimum distance between buildings, regardless of whether or not the buildings or units are located on one lot or on separate lots:

a. The front of one building to the front of another building- 75 feet.

b. The front of one building to the side of another building - 40 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) - 30 feet.

e. The side of one building to the rear of another building - 40 feet.

f. The rear of one building to the rear of another building - 60 feet.

g. The maximum size of any individual building containing townhouses or patio houses shall be eight (8) dwelling units and two hundred twenty (220) feet in length.

h. The maximum size of any individual building containing a townhouse/duplex combination or flats shall be ten (10) dwelling units per floor and two hundred twenty (220) feet in length.

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

b. Any open space, provided herein shall be owned and maintained by the homeowners association or condominium association in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-43.

a. Street Requirements. The requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:21 et seq. (Residential Site Improvement Standards) shall govern the streets unless a minimum exception from such requirements is approved by the Board.

b. Utility Improvements .

1. The T-4 Townhouse Zones shall be served by public water and public sanitary sewerage systems

2. All utility improvements including storm drainage systems, sanitary sewerage collection and water supply and distribution systems, shall be subject to review and approval by the Township in accordance with the standards and procedures established at N.J.A.C. 5:21 et seq. (Residential Site Improvement Standards) and subject to review and approval by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection as well as appropriate County and other State agencies, where applicable. Water supply and distribution facilities shall also 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 on concert with the appropriate public utilities providing such facilities cannot reasonably be provided throughout the development due to topographic or geologic conditions of the service. Said service shall be provided as part of an underground system. If such underground land or due to technical circumstances, and if the landowner shall adequately demonstrate the lack of feasibility of such an undertaking, an exception to this requirement may be granted by the Planning Board.

c. Off Street Parking Requirements.

1. Within the T-4 Townhouse Zone, parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:21 (Residential Site Improvement Standards). In addition, parking shall be provided for any indoor or outdoor recreational facilities proposed in a location reasonably convenient to such facilities or areas. The Planning Board, in its reasonable discretion, may seek also to require additional parking for visitors not to exceed a total of one- quarter (0.25) additional visitor parking spaces per unit reasonably distributed throughout the site.

2. Each townhouse, duplex, or patio house unit shall provide a maximum of one garage parking space for each dwelling unit. Buildings containing flats, whether or not such buildings also contain other types of units, shall not be required to provide garage parking spaces.

3. Each parking space shall be provided at a width of nine (9') feet and a length of eighteen (18) feet.

4. Parking for handicapped persons shall be provided as required by State and Federal Law.

5. Aisle widths for all ninety (90) degree parking shall be a minimum of twenty-four (24') feet wide.

6. 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 with adequate drainage facilities provided. 7. No common outdoor parking area shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to any residential building.

d. Emergency Facilities. All housing developed within the T-4 Townhouse Zone shall be suitably designed facilitate emergency access by police, fire fighting and ambulance service facilities.

e. Sidewalks. Sidewalks shall be provided within the development in accordance with the RSIS except that the Planning Board, in its reasonable discretion, may approve the substitution of pedestrian walkways not paralleling streets where appropriate.

f. Buffer Areas

1 . The applicant shall provide and maintain a buffer area within the T-4 Townhouse Zone which shall be no less than twenty-five (25) feet in width from all exterior lot lines of the tract. Such buffer zone shall be kept in its natural state where wooded. When natural vegetation is sparse or non-existent, the landowner shall be required toto provide a year-round visual screen as determined by the Planning Board.

2. No use or structure, including parking or loading areas but excluding fences, retaining walls, detention, retention, and drainage facilities and utility structures, shall be permitted within the required buffer areas.

a. The applicant shall submit all plans and documents to the Planning Board for review and approval. Completion review shall be done within twenty (20) business days of the recipient of the initial application and within ten (10) days of any subsequent filing if the prior filing was deemed incomplete. As soon as the application is deemed incomplete, the Planning Board shall distribute the plans to these persons and agencies desired and/or required by the Planning Board and/or law to review, comment upon and/or approve development plans and to all other municipal agencies which normally review, comment upon and/or approve development plans. The failure of a municipal agency to submit a report to the Planning Board shall not exceed the time for review and action by the Board.

b. The technical advisors to the Board and all such agencies shall review the complete application for technical compliance. Reports of municipal professionals, agencies and departments shall be provided to the applicant within twenty (20) business days of a finding of completeness or the resubmission of any plan amendments or a supplementary reports by the applicant. At the time of the public hearing, will have had an opportunity to resolve technical problems in response to an additional submission by the applicant. Daytime meetings shall be scheduled as often as necessary at the request of the applicant between the Board's technical advisors, coordinating committee and the applicant's advisors for this purpose.

c. Upon the Planning Board's receipt of the professional and agency reports submitted in response to the application, the Planning Board and/or its professional staff shall schedule the applicant for staff review and input, concept plan and/or technical review of any proposed application or applications as soon as practicable, but in no event later than twenty (20) days of any such request and, in the case of a Planning Board meeting of the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Board upon twenty (20) days notice from the applicant, and subject to the applicant meeting all Municipal Land Use Law notice and publication requirements. The Planning Board shall schedule the application for public hearing at a regular meeting of the Planning Board upon twenty (20) days notice from applicant but not before the expiration of thirty-five (35) days from a determination that the application is complete; providing, however, that the applicant has met all submission requirements and has otherwise conformed to the Planning Board's rules and regulations and New Jersey law regarding such submissions and notice. The applicant shall be given priority status at such hearing date and all succeeding hearing dates except as to Mt. Laurel applications. At least one (1) hearing date shall be provided each calendar month to review of the application (and such time as is reasonably available at a second hearing date each calendar month) continuously until the Planning Board votes on the application. At the applicant's request and cost, the Planning Board shall conduct at least one (1) special meeting per month of the application subject to the availability of the Board members and required professional staff and consultants which members, staff and consultants shall make diligent and reasonable efforts to be available for such meetings.

d. The development plans submitted shall contain the information ordinarily required by the Ordinance for complete applications except that the applicant shall be exempted from any requirements to submit environmental and community impact statements and traffic studies.

e. To the extent practical, counsel to the Board shall attempt to have a memorialization resolution prepared the night of the Board's vote on the application such that the Board can vote on the application and the resolution simultaneously.

**Webmasters Note: The previous Section 19-5.25C has been added as per Ordinance No. 3- 2000.