ORDINANCE NO. 01-16 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, COUNTY OF OCEAN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AMENDING CHAPTER 244 OF THE TOWNSHIP CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, ENTITLED LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the governing body of the Township of Jackson, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, as follows: SECTION 1. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and to amend subsection A to add subsection (15) which shall read as follows: (15) Attached dwelling units such as townhouses. SECTION 2. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and to amend subsection D(1) to add subsection (f) which shall read as follows: (f) Attached dwelling units (Townhouses). Buildings containing attached dwelling units (Townhouse units) shall provide an individual lot for each attached dwelling unit of a minimum of 1,000 square feet. SECTION 3. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and to replace subsection D(2) which shall read as follows: (2) Lot and building requirements (in feet)
Requirements Type of Lot Detached single-family dwellings: Interior Corner Lot area (square feet) 12,500 14,500 Lot width (feet) 90 90 Lot frontage (feet) 50 110* Lot depth (feet) 120 120 Front yard setback: Each street (feet) 40 40 Major street (feet) 50 50 Rear yard setback (feet) 40 --- Side yard setback: Each side (feet) 10 10 Total (feet) 25 25 Maximum building height (feet) 35 35 Attached dwelling units: Lot area (square feet) 1,000 1,000 Lot width (feet) 18 18 Lot frontage (feet) 18 18 Lot depth (feet) 55 55 Front yard setback: Each street (feet) 25 25 Major street (feet) 25 25 Rear yard setback (feet) 20 20 Side yard setback: Individual lots (feet) 0 0 Buildings (feet) 15 15 Maximum building height (feet) 35 35 Accessory building requirements (for lots with detached single-family dwellings Private garage (detached): Front yard setback (feet) Not permitted in front yard Rear yard setback (feet) 20 20 Side yard setback, each side (feet) 15 15 Maximum building height (feet) 15 15 Private residential swimming pool: Front yard setback (feet) Not permitted in front yard Rear yard setback (feet) 15 15 Side yard setback, each side (feet) 15 15 Shed (garden, storage, or tool): Front yard setback (feet) Not permitted in front yard Rear yard setback (feet) 10 10 Side yard setback, each side (feet) 10 10 Maximum building height (feet) 15 15 Maximum building coverage (Combined 20% 20% coverage of all principal and accessory buildings) * each street 2
SECTION 4. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and to amend subsection I. so as to add subsection (4) which shall read as follows: (4) The density limitations described in I.(1), I.(2) and I.(3) above pertain to the entire tract, and should not be construed to limit the size of any individual lot. SECTION 5. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and to replace subsection J. entitled Distances, in its entirety and which shall read as follows: J. Distances. (1) Distance between multifamily buildings other than attached dwellings (townhouses). The minimum distances between multifamily buildings other than attached dwellings (townhouses) shall be as follows: (a) Any building side wall to side wall shall have a minimum distance of 30 feet between the midpoint of said side walls and/or a minimum distance of 25 feet between the side wall corners. (b) Any building side wall to front or rear building walls shall be a minimum distance of 40 feet between the midpoint of said walls and/or a minimum distance of 30 feet between the side wall building corner and front or rear wall building corner. (c) Any front-to-rear, front-to-front or rear-to-rear building wall shall have a minimum distance of 50 feet between the midpoint of said walls and/or a minimum distance of 40 feet between the building wall corners. (2) Distance between multifamily buildings and detached single-family dwelling units. The required minimum distance between the property lines of detached single-family dwelling units and the highest exterior building wall of a multifamily building closest to the aforementioned property lines shall be 100 feet or three times the height of the highest exterior building wall of a multifamily building, whichever is greater. 3
(3) Distance between multifamily buildings other than attached dwellings (townhouses) and adjacent streets. (a) The required minimum setback of the front exterior building wall of a multifamily building other than attached dwellings (townhouses) shall be: [1] Seventy-five feet from major streets. [2] Fifty feet from all other streets. (b) The required minimum setback of the rear exterior building wall of a multifamily building other than attached dwellings (townhouses) shall be: [1] One hundred feet from major streets. [2] Sixty feet from all other streets. (4) Distance between multifamily buildings other than attached dwellings (townhouses) and parking areas. No multifamily building shall be located closer than 15 feet to the curbline of any parking area, except for access aisles or driveways to garages and/or carports which are attached to multifamily buildings, where the minimum distance shall be 25 feet. (5) Distance between buildings containing up to 12 attached dwellings (townhouses). The minimum distances between buildings containing up to 12 attached dwellings shall be as follows: (a) Any building side wall to side wall shall have a minimum distance of 30 feet between the midpoint of said side walls and/or a minimum distance of 25 feet between the side wall corners. (b) Any building side wall to front or rear building walls shall be a minimum distance of 30 feet between the midpoint of said walls and/or a minimum distance of 30 feet between the side wall building corner and front or rear wall building corner. (c) Any front-to-rear, front-to-front or rear-to-rear building wall shall have a minimum distance of 30 feet between the midpoint of said walls and/or a minimum distance of 25 feet between the building wall corners. (6) Distance between attached dwellings (townhouses) and adjacent streets. (a) The required minimum setback of the front exterior building wall of an attached dwelling (townhouse) shall be: [1] Twenty-five feet from major streets and all other streets. (b) The required minimum setback of the rear exterior building wall of an attached dwelling (townhouse) shall be: [1] Twenty feet from major streets and all other streets. 4
(7) Distance between attached dwellings (townhouses) and parking areas. No attached dwelling building shall be located closer than 15 feet to the curbline of any parking area. SECTION 5. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and to amend subsection Y. entitled Dwelling units, so as to replace subsection (1) in its entirety, which shall read as follows: (1) Unit elevations. Each dwelling unit within a multifamily building and combined complex of dwelling units within a multifamily building shall have a compatible architectural theme with variations in design to provide attractiveness to the PMURD, which shall include consideration of the landscaping techniques, building orientation to the site and to other structures, topography, natural features and individual dwelling unit design, such as varying unit widths (except for attached dwelling units such as townhouses, which may maintain uniform widths), staggering unit setbacks, providing different exterior materials, changing rooflines and roof designs, altering building heights and changing types of windows, shutters, doors, porches, colors and vertical or horizontal orientation of the facades, singularly or in combination. SECTION 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 7. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. 5
SECTION 8. This ordinance shall take effect after second reading and publication as required by law. Date: MAYOR MICHAEL REINA NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and passed by the Township Council on first reading at a meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson held on the 19 th day of January, 2016, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at a regular meeting of the Township Council to be held on the 2 nd day of February, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., or soon thereafter as this matter can be reached at the Township Municipal Building, located at 95 West Veterans Highway, Jackson, New Jersey, at which time and place any persons desiring to be heard upon the same will be given the opportunity to be so heard. Ann Marie Eden Township of Jackson 6