602 Farley Rd, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-5029

South Oldwick Residential District

This planned unit residential development District is created as an overlay District as described in Section 700B to meet the objectives described in the Township Master Plan and/or Reexamination Report to such Master Plan. The purpose is to provide, in a planned unit residential development located in an undeveloped area south of Oldwick which is close to the services in the Oldwick village a type of residential development determined to be needed, and at a location especially appropriate, in the Township.; The zoning regulations for this District are based on a number of factors, including but not necessarily limited to the following: The provision of a housing type needed in the Township, in a location and in a District in which appropriate infrastructure can be provided.; The provision of operational central water and central sewer services to each dwelling unit.; The provision of two affordable housing units.; The planning advantages for the whole zoning District of planned residential development.; Through the use of residential cluster and other techniques, and the requirement for significant buffered and common open space areas as well as a separate Greenbelt Parcel described in subsection E5 of this Section, the regulations of this District are intended to insure that this area will retain a major corridor of undeveloped land along Route 523 to assist in preserving the area's rural character and the vistas and views as one approaches the historic village of Oldwick from the south.; Development within the South Oldwick Residential District shall be designed to preserve as many trees-particularly mature trees-as is reasonably possible in order to preserve the rural character of the area. To this end, houses, outbuildings, driveways, roads, utilities and other improvements will be sited and constructed to the extent practicable in such a manner as to maximize preservation of existing tree growth. The developer must create a separate parcel(s), to be owned and maintained by a homeowners association, non-profit organization or the Township.This option or overlay may not be used in conjunction with any other zone District regulations or overlay zone.