N.J. Admin. Code § 7:7-16.12

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 7:7-16.12 - Traffic

(a) Traffic is the movement of vehicles, pedestrians or ships along a route.

(b) Coastal development shall be designed, located and operated in a manner to cause the least possible disturbance to traffic systems.

1. Alternative means of transportation, that is, public and private mass transportation facilities and services, shall be considered and, wherever feasible, incorporated into the design and management of a proposed development, to reduce the number of individual vehicle trips generated as a result of the facility. Examples of alternative means of transportation include: van pooling, staggered working hours and installation of ancillary public transportation facilities such as bus shelters.

(c) When the level of service of traffic systems is disturbed by approved development, the necessary design modifications or funding contribution toward an area wide traffic improvement shall be prepared and implemented in conjunction with the coastal development, to the satisfaction of the New Jersey Department of Transportation and/or any regional agencies, as applicable.

(d) Any development that causes a location on a roadway to operate in excess of capacity Level D is discouraged. A developer shall undertake mitigation or other corrective measures as may be necessary so that the traffic levels at any affected intersection remain at capacity Level D or better. A developer may, by incorporating design modification or by contributing to the cost of traffic improvements, be able to address traffic problems resulting from the development, in which case development would be conditionally acceptable. Determinations of traffic levels which will be generated will be made by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

(e) Coastal development located in municipalities which border the Atlantic Ocean, except as excluded under (e)1 and 3 below, shall satisfy the requirements for parking specified in this subsection. Coastal development subject to this subsection shall provide sufficient on-site and/or off-site parking for its own use. In general, on street parking spaces along public roads cannot be credited as part of off-site parking provided for a project. All off-site parking facilities must be located either in areas within reasonable walking distance to the development or areas identified by any local or regional transportation plans as suitable locations. All off-site parking facilities must also comply with 7:7-15.5(d), the parking facility rule, where applicable.

1. The non-oceanfront portions of the following municipalities which border the Atlantic Ocean are excluded from the parking requirement at (e) above:

i. Neptune Township, Monmouth County: Those portions of this municipality which are west of State Highway 71;

ii. Brick, Toms River and Berkeley Townships, Ocean County: Those portions of these municipalities which are not located between Barnegat Bay and the Atlantic Ocean;

iii. Upper Township, Cape May County: Those portions of this municipality which are not located between Whale Creek and the Atlantic Ocean and/or Strathmere Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; and

iv. Lower Township, Cape May County: Those portions of this municipality which are not between Lower Thorofare and the Atlantic Ocean and/or Jarvis Sound and the Atlantic Ocean;

2. Except as provided in (e)2i through iii below, residential development located within one-half mile of an oceanfront beach or dune shall provide on-site and/or off-site parking at a ratio of two parking spaces per unit for each dwelling unit.

i. The Department shall reduce the parking requirement for developments restricted to senior citizen housing that is, restricted to persons at least 62 years of age or those persons meeting the definition of "senior citizen tenant" pursuant to the Senior Citizens and Disabled Protected Tenancy Act, 2A:18-61, upon documentation that the parking needs of the development are less than two spaces per unit;

ii The Department shall reduce the parking requirement for development that modifies a historic structure on or eligible for inclusion on the New Jersey or National Register of Historic Places, provided the proposed development complies with (e)2ii(1) through (5) below. The reduced parking requirement does not apply to any new development located outside of the existing footprint of development.

(1) The development preserves the historic structure;

(2) The development will not detract from, damage, or destroy the value of the historic structure;

(3) The development is located within the footprint of development of the historic structure;

(4) The development provides on-site and/or off-site parking for any new units created through the addition of new floors within the footprint of development at a ratio of one space per new residential unit; and

(5) All existing parking spaces associated with the historic structure are retained;

iii. On-site and/or off-site parking shall be provided at a ratio of one parking space per unit for each dwelling unit that is 650 square feet or smaller; and

3. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are excluded from the parking requirements of this subsection.

(f) Rationale: The improper location of a development or the lack of adequate parking provision at a development may exacerbate existing traffic problems or produce new difficulties for both visitors to and residents of the coastal area.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:7-16.12

Renumbered from 7:7E-8.14 by 47 N.J.R. 1392(a), effective 7/6/2015

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 361(a), effective 1/16/2018