Limerick Township City Zoning Code

Encourage development of a range of dwelling types and densities that are compatible with the density, scale and visual character of the existing village setting.

Reinforce the village centers as focal points within the Township by concentrating residential development around them.

Encourage a pedestrian-oriented circulation system within and around the village centers by locating residential development within walking distance of commercial and service centers and providing for open space connectors between them.

Meet the Township's obligations to provide a diversity of housing types for a wide range of income levels and age groups.

Single-family detached dwellings:

Two-family dwellings:

Single-family attached:

Multifamily apartments.

Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to the principal use, as specified in § 184-71 herein.

Home occupations as specified in § 184-72 herein.

Public or private noncommercial open space, parks, playgrounds, tot-lots and similar recreational facilities, if ancillary to residential development.

Municipal parks, playgrounds and other such municipal buildings and uses deemed appropriate and necessary by the Township Supervisors.

Agricultural uses and farm buildings, according to the standards of § 184-102 herein, provided that these uses are compatible with existing neighboring development.

Those conditional uses permitted in the R-1 District, according to the standards of § 184-100 herein.

Minimum tract area size. Developments under the R-5 District shall have a minimum tract area size of 10 acres. Tracts under 10 acres may be developed in accordance with the requirements of the R-3 Zoning District.

Public sewer and water service shall be provided, except in the case of a lot which contains an existing single-family dwelling unit serviced by either public water or public sewer shall be permitted to utilize the "R-5 District Development Standards" for a traditional, single-family detached unit as permitted in § 184-120. Any tract or lot served by both private on-site water and on-site sewage disposal shall meet the requirements of the R-3 District.

Where buildings front an existing public street, no parking shall be permitted within front yards. The use of alleys is encouraged to provide vehicular access to rear yards and to avoid multiple curb cuts on existing public streets. Where the rear or the side of any proposed buildings face an existing public street, a buffer strip at least 25 feet wide shall be provided and shall be measured from the ultimate right-of-way line of the existing street to the usable rear yard area. The buffer strip shall not overlap with any required yard. The buffer strip shall include a berm and landscaping to obscure the residential yard activities from the existing street and meet the standards of § 155-27.1C(5)(c) of Chapter 155, Subdivision and Land Development.

Where single-family attached units or multifamily apartments abut single-family or two-family dwellings, a screening buffer at least 20 feet wide shall be provided along the property line between them, according to the standards of Chapter 155, Subdivision and Land Development.

Any development containing 100 or more dwelling units shall include at least two of the permitted dwelling types, with each type constituting no less than 15% of the total number of dwelling units.

Single-family attached dwellings (townhouses and multiplexes) shall meet the following additional requirements: