Lower Macungie Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
PART 21
URBAN RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT
§ 27-2101 Purpose.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
The purposes of the UO-Urban Residential Overlay District are to provide for the creation of urban residential areas and to allow for the option of creating active adult residential communities within those urban residential areas at locations deemed to be desirable for them.
§ 27-2102 Applicability.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
The standards and regulations contained in this Part are applicable only in those areas within Lower Macungie Township to the west of Route 100 which are zoned U-Urban Residential District.
§ 27-2103 Active Adult Residential Community.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
1.
Additional Permitted Use. Within the area designated by this Overlay District, an active adult residential community is a use permitted by right. Between the provisions of this Overlay District and the provisions of § 27-2410, Active Adult Residential Community within the Urban Residential Overlay District, the provisions of this Overlay District shall control. Otherwise, the provisions of § 27-2410.4.R shall govern the dimensional requirements applicable to an active adult residential community within this Overlay District.
2.
Uses Permitted by Right. In addition to the uses permitted by right under § 27-2410.3, in an active adult residential community, single-family attached dwelling units shall be permitted by right with groupings of not more than six connected dwelling units.
3.
Applicability of Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22A]. All references in § 27-2410 to provisions contained in Part 7 of subdivision and land development Ordinance [Chapter 22A] shall, for purposes of this Overlay District and such Community, be construed as references to the corresponding provisions of Part 8 of subdivision and land development Ordinance [Chapter 22A].
4.
General Performance Standards. Within the area designated by this Overlay District, the requirements of § 27-2410.4 are modified as set forth below:
A.
Every private street cartway shall be a minimum of 28 feet in width.
B.
No berms or berm/retaining wall combinations shall be required along any public roads.
D.
Not more than 50% of the lineal frontage of any single-family detached dwelling or single-family semidetached dwelling unit or of any single-family attached dwelling end unit shall consist of a paved surface. No lineal frontage restriction shall apply to other single-family attached dwelling units.
5.
Recreational Performance Standards. Within the area designated by this Overlay District, the requirements of § 27-2410.5 are modified as set forth below:
A.
For purposes of this Overlay District, floodplain, contiguous land within adjacent municipalities, and noncontiguous lands within this Township separated at its nearest point from the perimeter of the community by no more than 12,000 feet, may be counted towards the amount of open space required under § 27-2410.5.B.
B.
The bituminous-paved pathway required by § 27-2410.5.C(1) shall only be required within acreage comprising the active adult residential community and not in any land outside of that acreage which is counted by the Township towards the recreation and/or open space requirement for the community.
D.
Section 27-2410.5.F shall not apply within this Overlay District.
6.
Modifications or Waivers. For purposes of this Overlay District, the Board of Commissioners may modify or waive the provisions of § 27-2410.5, in accordance with § 22A-1106 of subdivision and land development Ordinance [Chapter 22A], as amended, and with § 512.1 of the Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10512.1. This provision shall replace in its entirety § 27-2410.5.I.
§ 27-2104 Special Provisions for Access Drives and Driveways.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
Within this Overlay District, § 27-2303.3.E shall be modified to set the minimum distance between an access drive or driveway and the centerline of any intersection at 50 feet.