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(Last Amended 1998-Source ordinance.com)
30-131.6 Lot Averaging.
The purpose of this provision is to permit an alternative development option which results in more compact development on a tract while maintaining open spaces and protecting critical resources, while also retaining all lands in private ownership, other than easements or rights-of-way for pathways, bikeways, trails along proposed greenways and linkages to other subdivisions.
a. Lot Area Range Subdivisions utilizing lot averaging may be permitted by the Planning Board, provided that at least sixty (60%) percent of the lots shall have a lot area of two and one-half (2 5) to three and one-half (3 5) acres. Two (2) lot subdivisions may also utilize the lot averaging provision, provided that one (1) of the two (2) lots meets the lot area standard provided above.
b. Site Design Lot averaging designs should shift the more intensive development toward those lands which can best support the installation of the dwelling, well, septic system, and associated site improvements. Similarly, lot averaging should locate less intensive development in those areas which exhibit sensitive environmental features (i e, water bodies, wetlands, floodplains, steep slopes, shallow bedrock, prime aquifer recharge areas, seasonal high water table, etc ) or which contain active or prime agricultural lands or mature woodlands. The lot averaging design may include casements of rights-of-way for pathways, bikeways, and trails along proposed greenways and linkages to other subdivisions.
c. Deed Restriction The deed for any lot over three and one-half (3. 5) acres created by lot averaging shall contain a covenant for the benefit of the Township, and the owners of other properties in the subdivision, prohibiting further subdivision for the purpose of creating an additional lot or lots.
d. Area and yard requirements for lots of two and one-half (2 5) to three and one-half (3. 5) acres in a lot averaging subdivision. (Lots of four (4) acres of more shall comply with the area and yard requirements of subsection 30-130 5a. ).