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Cross Creek Township Washington County
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ARTICLE IV

R-R Rural Resource District

§ 320-13 Purpose.

The purpose of the R-R Rural Resource District is to provide for agriculture and low density single-family residential development in the more remote rural areas of the Township where public sewers are not available and are not anticipated in the immediate future and to provide for accessory uses and compatible public and semipublic uses as conditional uses.

§ 320-14 Authorized uses.

[Amended 8-9-2011 by Ord. No. 1-11; 12-30-2024 by Ord. No. 5-24]
In the R-R Rural Resource District, only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Agriculture, subject to § 320-78.
(b) 
Essential services.
(c) 
Forestry, subject to § 320-84.
(d) 
Garden nursery, subject to § 320-78.
(e) 
Greenhouse, subject to § 320-78.
(f) 
Municipal facility.
(g) 
Oil and gas drilling, subject to Ord. No. 4-06.
(h) 
Single-family dwelling.
(i) 
Banquet facility.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Accessory structures, subject to § 320-73C.
(b) 
Accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this District.
(c) 
Fences.
(d) 
Keeping of domestic pets.
(e) 
No-impact home-based business, subject to § 320-83.
(f) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XIII.
(g) 
Low-impact on-site sales accessory to a farm, subject to § 320-82.
(h) 
Private residential swimming pool or sports courts.
(i) 
Private stable, subject to § 320-78.
(j) 
Signs, subject to Article XIV.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Agribusiness, subject to § 320-69B.
(b) 
Church, subject to § 320-69I.
(c) 
Communications tower, subject to § 320-69K.
(d) 
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or an existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 320-69J.
(e) 
Day-care center or preschool facility in a church or school, subject to § 320-69P.
(f) 
Junkyard, subject to § 320-69X.
(g) 
Landfill, subject to § 320-69Z.
(h) 
Mineral extraction, subject to § 320-69CC.
(i) 
Noncommercial recreation, subject to § 320-69HH.
(j) 
Oil and gas processing or transfer site, subject to § 320-69EE.
(k) 
Public recreation, subject to § 320-69HH.
(l) 
Public utility installation, subject to § 320-69II.
(m) 
School, subject to § 320-69I.
(n) 
Slaughterhouse, subject to § 320-69LL.
(o) 
Sportsmen's club, subject to § 320-69MM.
(p) 
Tourism, subject to § 320-69OO.
(q) 
Wind power generating facility (WPGF), subject to § 320-69TT.
(r) 
Wind power generating facility (WPGF), small, subject to § 320-69UU.
(s) 
Special event barn, principal use.
(2) 
Accessory uses:
(a) 
Special event barn, accessory use.
C. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Animal hospital, subject to § 320-69C.
(b) 
Boarding stable or riding academy, subject to § 320-69F.
(c) 
Cemetery, subject to § 320-69H.
(d) 
Comparable uses not specifically listed, subject to § 320-69M.
(e) 
Crematorium, subject to § 320-69O.
(f) 
Kennel, subject to § 320-69Y.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Bed-and-breakfast, subject to § 320-69D.
(b) 
Family day-care home, subject to § 320-69Q.
(c) 
Home occupation, subject to § 320-69V.
(d) 
Seasonal processing of game animals, other than at a slaughterhouse, subject to § 320-69KK.

§ 320-15 Area and bulk regulations.

In the R-R Rural Resource District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific permitted uses, conditional uses or uses by special exception contained in Article XI.
A. 
Minimum lot area.
(1) 
Agriculture, garden nursery or greenhouse: 10 acres.
(2) 
Boarding stable or riding academy: 10 acres.
(3) 
Kennel: five acres.
(4) 
Private stable: five acres.
(5) 
Single-family dwelling: two acres.
(6) 
All other principal uses: two acres.
B. 
Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 30%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 50 feet.
E. 
Minimum rear yard.
(1) 
Principal structures: 50 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: 20 feet.
F. 
Minimum side yard.
(1) 
Single-family dwelling: 20 feet.
(2) 
All other principal structures: 30 feet.
(3) 
Accessory structures: see § 320-73.
G. 
Special yard requirements: see § 320-73.
H. 
Permitted projections into required yards: see § 320-74.
I. 
Maximum height.
(1) 
All principal structures: 2 1/2 stories but no more than 50 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures.
(a) 
Farm accessory structures: one story but no more than 20 feet.
(b) 
All others: one story but no more than 15 feet.
J. 
Height exceptions: see § 320-75.

§ 320-16 Parking and loading.

See Article XIII.

§ 320-17 Signs.

See Article XIV.

§ 320-18 Screening and landscaping.

See § 320-72.

§ 320-19 Storage.

See § 320-79.