It is the purpose of this district to establish, by means of an overlay zone within the R-1 Agricultural-Residential District, regulations applicable to selected, eligible properties that represent logical transitions between the R-1 and R-2 Zoning Districts. Such properties, designated on the East Nottingham Township Zoning Map, are appropriate for this purpose on the basis of size, location relative to the R-2 District, and adjacency to Waterway Road and to central water and public sewer service. As an option in addition to the terms of the R-1 District, properties within the Transitional Residential Overlay District proposing to use the clustered residential development concept may utilize the density and open space standards applicable only to the overlay district.

The provisions of the R1-A Transitional Residential Overlay District create an overlay zoning district affecting properties within the R-1 Agricultural-Residential District that are explicitly designated on the East Nottingham Township Zoning Map. To the extent the provisions of this Part differ from the otherwise applicable provisions of this chapter in relation to those designated properties, a landowner or applicant shall be entitled to proceed under the terms of this Part. However, all other terms of this chapter and all other ordinances and regulations of East Nottingham Township shall remain in full force.

Any use permitted in the R-1A District shall comply with the applicable design standards contained in § 27-504 of this chapter.

Protected open space lands within the R-1A Transitional Residential Overlay District are intended principally for use in commercial agricultural production, including the keeping or raising of livestock or poultry. Owners, residents, and other users of this property may be subjected to inconvenience, discomfort, and the possibility of injury to property and health arising from normal and accepted agricultural practices and operations including, but not limited to: noise, odor, dust, the operation of machinery of any kind, the storage and disposal of manure, the application of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. Owners, residents, and users of this property should be prepared to accept these conditions and are hereby put on official notice that § 4 of the Pennsylvania Right to Farm Law, 3 P.S. § 954, may bar them from obtaining a legal judgment against such normal agricultural operations.