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Doylestown Township
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XII

CR Commercial Retirement District

§ 175-62 Intent.

A. 
The CR Commercial Retirement District is intended to provide for planned communities for adult citizens with associated care, service and recreation facilities for residents.
B. 
In all CR Districts, the following regulations shall apply.

§ 175-63 Permitted uses.

[Amended 10-19-1993 by Ord. No. 228]
A building or structure may be erected or altered, to be used either in whole or in part, and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following uses and no other, provided that such uses, buildings or structures shall comply with such regulations as yard, lot sizes, lot width, building area and heights, impervious surfaces, easements, buffer yards, off street parking and other provisions as specified herein.
A. 
Uses by right. Any of the following uses shall be permitted, provided that the regulations of this chapter have been met:
A-1
Agriculture and horticulture
B-14
Senior citizen housing
CA
Library or museum
C-5
Recreational facility
C-11
Nursing home
D-2
Medical office
F-1
Utility operating facility
F-4
Non-tower wireless communications facilities, only when meeting the requirements of § 175-16F(4)(e)
[Added 9-30-2014 by Ord. No. 373]
H-14
Wind energy facility and/or system
[Added 1-19-2010 by Ord. No. 352]
B. 
Uses by special exception. The following uses shall be permitted by special exception upon a finding by the Zoning Hearing Board that all criteria stated in § 175-138 of this chapter have been met:
[Amended 10-17-2000 by Ord. No. 294]
C-8
Private organization or community center
C. 
Signs, in accordance with Article XX of this chapter.

§ 175-64 Open space, impervious surface and area requirements.

A. 
The following dimensional regulations shall apply to senior citizen housing (use B-14):
(1) 
Minimum tract area: 40 acres.
(2) 
Minimum lot width: 700 feet.
(3) 
Minimum yards.
(a) 
Front: 100 feet.
(b) 
Side: 75 feet each.
(c) 
Rear: 75 feet.
(4) 
Maximum net density for senior citizen housing: eight dwelling units per acre.
(5) 
Maximum impervious coverage: 0.40.
(6) 
Maximum building coverage: 0.15.
(7) 
Maximum percent of total floor area which can be used for nonresidential uses: 10%.
B. 
Height.
(1) 
The maximum height for nursing homes shall be 60 feet or five stories, whichever is less.
(2) 
The maximum senior citizen housing use height shall be 45 feet, provided that no building shall contain more than four stories.
[Amended 5-6-2003 by Ord. No. 312]

§ 175-65 Additional regulations.

A. 
Commercial retirement development shall be planned as a unified use with senior citizen housing as the primary use in the development.
B. 
All other uses permitted by right or by special exception in the CR District, with the exception of uses A-1, Agriculture and horticulture, and F-1, Utility operating facility, must be associated with the senior citizen housing through an administrative or organizational relationship, proof of which shall be submitted with the preliminary plans for any development within this district. Such nonresidential uses shall be limited to those designed for the use and needs of the residents of the senior citizen housing.
C. 
The site design, area and dimensional requirements for multifamily developments as specified in Articles IV, Use Regulations, and V, General Requirements, shall apply to the development of senior citizen housing.
D. 
All utilities, including telephone and television cables, shall be placed underground within lot lines.