Public Notice:
> PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE 15 – 2013 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP FOR THE BOROUGH OF WOODBURY HEIGHTS, GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY WHEREAS, by the Borough Council of the Borough of Woodbury Heights, County of Gloucester and State of New Jersey (“the Borough”) has proposed a revised Housing Element and Fair Share Plan Amendment to the Master Plan; and WHEREAS, the Borough Council has deemed it in the best interest of the public health, safety and welfare to implement the aforesaid Amendment to the Master Plan: and WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the consistency of the Woodbury Heights Master Plan with the Land Use Code and Ordinances of the Borough of Woodbury Heights, the Borough Council desires to codify and implement the recommendations contained in the aforesaid Housing Element and Fair Share Plan Amendment; and WHEREAS, to further implement the Amended Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, the Borough intends to hereby establish a new Zoning District entitled “Residential Multifamily Affordable District (RM-2)” and to further supplement and amend the Zoning Ordinance as follows: A. Create a new Section 70-13.3 under Article IV, District Regulations as follows: 1. Section 70-13.3 Residential Multifamily Affordable (RM-2) A. The purpose of the RM-2 District is to provide for the construction of supportive housing for persons of low and moderate income consistent with New Jersey’s Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq., the rules of the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing and the Mount Laurel Doctrine. B. Permitted Principal Uses. 1. All principal permitted uses in the Residential – R district under Section 70-13A. 2. Supportive Housing in single-family, semi-detached or quadruplex dwelling units. C. Accessory Uses Permitted. All accessory uses permitted in the R District under Section 70-13B. D. A maximum density of 13 units per acre. E. Maximum Building Height in accordance with Section 70-13C. F. Area and Yard Requirements. 1. For all uses as permitted in the R-District the area and yard requirements of Section 70-13D, apply. 2. Supportive Housing Single-family units in accordance with the following: Minimum Lot Area: 5,000 square feet Minimum Lot Width: 50 feet Minimum Lot Depth: 100 feet Minimum Side Yard Setback: 10 feet Minimum Front Yard Setback: 25 feet Minimum Rear Yard Setback: 25 feet 3. Supportive Housing Semi-Detached single-family units in accordance with the following: Minimum Lot Area: 3,750 square feet Minimum Lot Width: 37 feet Minimum Lot Depth: 100 feet Minimum Side Yard Setback: 0-feet and 10-feet Minimum Front Yard Setback: 25 feet Minimum Rear Yard Setback: 25 feet 4. Supportive Housing Quadruplex Swelling Units in accordance with the following: Minimum Lot Area: 10,000 square feet Minimum Lot Width at Building Line: 100 feet Minimum Lot Depth: 150 feet Minimum Side Yard Setback: 15-feet with an aggregated of 25-feet Minimum Front Yard Setback: 30 feet Minimum Rear Yard Setback: 30 feet G. Design Criteria. 1. If parking is proposed in the front yard for the duplex units, the front yard setback shall be increased to accommodate all spaces on-site. 2. Parking for the quadruplex units shall be provided in the rear yard area. The total number of spaces shall meet the Residential Site Improvement Standards. All parking areas shall be screened from adjoining properties. 3. Street/Shade trees shall be provided for each residential unit with a minimum spacing of one tree for every 50-feet of lot width. 4. Landscaping plans shall be provided including foundation plantings. Perimeter plantings/fencing shall be provided adjacent to existing single-family dwelling units. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Zoning Map for the Borough of Woodbury Heights is hereby amended to designate that land and premises known as Block 91, Lot 6 of the Official Tax Maps as within the Residential Multifamily Affordable (RM-2) District, thereby repealing its former District Designation; BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, as follows: 1. Repealer. Any and all other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such inconsistency. 2. Saved from Repeal. Any and all other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this Ordinance are hereby saved from repeal. 3. Filing. Upon adoption, a copy of this Ordinance shall be forthwit