All rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection shall be complied with.

The minimum area of a campground shall be five acres.

All buildings and structures shall be clearly incidental to the use of the site as a campground and shall be for the use of the occupants of the campground only.

Every campground shall be separated from a public street and from adjoining properties by an open area strip no less than 100 feet in width, which shall contain a screen no less than five feet in height (refer to Article II, "screening" definition) and be approved by the Township.

No portions of the campground shall be used for year-round occupancy.

Certificates of use and occupancy.

There shall be a maximum gross density of 12 travel trailer or tent sites per acre. Each site shall be a minimum of 1,500 square feet in area, with a minimum width of 25 feet. Each site shall provide a clear, generally level, well-drained pad for accommodating the travel trailer or tent. See § 184-173.

Sites shall be so dimensioned and arranged that when any space is occupied, no portion of any travel trailer or tent, including accessory attachments, shall be within 10 feet of any portion of any other travel trailer, tent or building. Each site shall contain at least one parking space which is clear, generally level and well-drained and no less than 10 feet by 20 feet in area.

Each site shall abut and have direct access to an internal roadway which shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width and improved to a mud-free condition suitable for use in all weather conditions. Suitable materials shall be applied to the roads to control dust. Parking shall not be permitted on the roads. In all other respects, the roads shall meet the standards of the Bern Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance,[1] unless waivers are granted by the Township pursuant to said ordinance.

A tenant shall not occupy a space in a travel trailer park for more than nine consecutive weeks. Occupancy of any space in the park for four or more nights in any one week shall be considered occupancy for one week. After occupancy in the travel trailer for nine consecutive weeks, a tenant shall not occupy a space in the park for more than three nights in any one week for a period of four consecutive weeks. The owner of the travel trailer park shall maintain a daily registration list in the park office. Such list shall indicate the tenants of the park for every night and shall be made available to the person authorized by the supervisors. The owner shall retain each registration list for a period of one year.

Living units for the elderly, including single-family detached dwellings, single-family semidetached dwellings, townhouses or apartment units, shall be the principal use within the community. In addition, common facilities required to support the needs of persons living within the community, including the elderly and disabled persons regardless of age, shall be provided. Such common facilities may include the following:

The density of the development shall not exceed five dwelling units per acre.

The development shall be served by public sewage disposal and public water supply facilities.

No more than 20% of the total area of the parcel shall be covered by buildings.

No more than 20% of the total area of the parcel shall be paved surface such as streets, interior access drives, parking areas, sidewalks and courts.

Common parking areas and interior access drives shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from the property lines of the parcel.

All buildings shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet from all common parking areas and internal access drives and streets, except for off-street loading areas and areas at entrances to buildings where residents will enter and leave standing vehicles.

All principal buildings shall be separated by a minimum horizontal distance of 50 feet.

No less than 30% of the total area of the parcel in Bern Township shall be permanently set aside for noncommercial common open space purposes, such as parks, recreation or conservation of natural features. The common open space areas shall be suitable for the designated purpose and contain no structure or parking facilities except as related to and incidental to open space uses.

Each community shall be built as a single legal entity and shall be retained in a single ownership. Fee simple absolute sale of units shall be prohibited. All common facilities to support the needs of the residents of the community shall remain under a single ownership.

Minimum parking requirements shall be as follows:

A system of paved walkways a minimum of five feet in width shall be provided for access between buildings and common parking areas, open space and recreation areas and other community facilities.

A landscaping plan for the retirement community prepared and sealed by a registered landscape architect shall be submitted and is subject to approval by the Township Supervisors. Provisions for the landscaping of the perimeter and interior of all common parking areas shall be included in such plan.

Identification signs for retirement communities are permitted, provided that no more than one such sign shall be erected at each exterior public street providing access to the retirement communities. No such sign shall be closer than 10 feet to a lot line, and the area on one side of any such sign shall not exceed 25 square feet. No part of any sign shall exceed eight feet in height.

No more than six townhouses shall be permitted in a continuous row and the maximum length of a continuous row of townhouses shall be 160 feet. No more than three continuous townhouses shall have the same front setback and the variations in front setback shall be at least two feet.

For buildings other than townhouses, there shall be no architecturally unbroken building face of more than 160 linear feet. A building face shall be considered architecturally broken if there is a deflection in the building axis of at least 30° or, where there is no deflection in the building axis of at least 30°, an integral architectural feature of the building projects from the building face a minimum of 10 feet along the building face. Such architectural feature shall extend the entire height of the building included within stories.

Proof of state certification must be submitted when such certification is required.

The thirty-five-foot maximum building height requirement may be exceeded pursuant to the conditional use procedures set forth in § 184-210.

Any conditional use application filed pursuant to this section shall meet conditional use standards set forth in § 184-210C in the Code of the Township of Bern.

The lot on which the proposed structure or addition thereto shall be erected shall be greater than 20 acres.

A minimum front yard shall be 200 feet measured from the street line. The minimum rear and side yards shall be 100 feet.

The proposed roofline shall be consistent with any adjacent structures, if any, or the original structure if the proposed construction is an addition thereto. Consistency with the adjacent roofline or the original structure shall be defined as a roof line which does not exceed the roofline of the adjacent structure or original structure by more than 15 feet.

The plan for the proposed structure or addition thereto shall be reviewed by the Fire Marshal, and the Fire Marshal shall certify that the fire company will have the ability to provide adequate fire suppression services to the facility.