433 Amwell Rd, Hillsborough, NJ 08844

Town Center District

The purpose of the TC Town Center District is to encourage mixed land uses as well as compact development patterns that are sensitive to the environmental characteristics of the land and that facilitate and promote the efficient use of public and private services. This type of development is consistent with the adopted recommendations of the Township's Master Plan Amendment, dated October 2005. A town center district diversifies and integrates land uses within close proximity to each other and it permits land uses that provide for the daily recreational and shopping needs of Township residents. The TC Town Center District is designed to ensure the development of land as a traditional neighborhood similar to other existing villages and town centers in New Jersey. Its physical design adopts the village and town center settlement patterns which were the norm in the United States from colonial times until the 1940s. More specifically, the TC Town Center District is characterized by the following design elements: Traditional neighborhoods that are limited in size and oriented toward predominantly local vehicular traffic, pedestrian and bicycle activity, tree-lined streets and mixed land uses.; A variety of housing types, job opportunities, shopping, services, and public facilities.; Residences, shops, workplaces, civic buildings and civic spaces and places interwoven within the town center area, all within close proximity to each other.; A network of interconnecting streets and blocks that maintains respect for both the physical and natural landscape.; Natural features and undisturbed areas that are incorporated into the planned open space system of the town center area.; A coordinated transportation system with a hierarchy of appropriately designed facilities for pedestrians, bicycles, public transit, and automotive vehicles.; Well-configured squares, plazas, greens, landscaped streets, natural preserves, greenways, and parks woven into the pattern and fabric of the tow