Middletown Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XX
SU-2 Special Use District
§ 275-112 Purpose.
The purpose of this district is to expand on the permitted uses of the SU-1 and to make provisions for mobile home park development, provide for single-family attached dwellings in a limited context when authorized by the Township Council as a conditional use.
§ 275-113 Use regulations.
A.
Permitted principal uses. Buildings may be erected, altered or used, and land may be used or occupied, subject to the General Provisions of Article XXI and Special Provisions of Article XXII, for any of the following uses and for no other:
(1)
Any use permitted in the SU-1 District, pursuant to the provisions stated in or referred to in Article XIX.
B.
Permitted accessory uses on the same lot as the principal use, subject to the General Provisions in Article XXI.
(1)
Accessory uses on the same lot as the permitted principal use.
C.
Conditional uses.
(1)
Mobile home parks.
(2)
Billboards, subject to § 275-141.
(3)
Single-family attached dwellings, including duplexes, twins and townhouses in any combination, but excluding multiplex and quadruplex units.
§ 275-114 Area and bulk regulations.
A.
Permitted principal uses.
(1)
Minimum tract area: 10 acres.
(2)
Minimum tract width at street line: 500 feet.
(3)
Minimum individual lot areas: four acres.
(4)
Minimum lot width at building line: 200 feet.
(5)
Minimum lot width at street line: 150 feet.
(6)
Maximum height: 40 feet.
(7)
Maximum impervious surface area: 50%.
(8)
Maximum building coverage: 20%.
(9)
Minimum depth of each front and rear yard: 100 feet.
(10)
Minimum aggregate width of side yards: 200 feet.
(11)
Minimum width of each individual side yard: 100 feet.
(12)
Minimum side yard abutting the street on a corner lot: 100 feet.
B.
Mobile home parks.
(1)
Minimum tract size: 10 acres, which shall not include any areas which are within a 100-year floodplain, which have slopes in excess of 25% or which have wet soil conditions.
(2)
Density. The maximum density, i.e., average number of mobile homes per acre, for a mobile home park shall be 5 1/2 mobile homes per acre. In calculating density, any part of the area of the mobile home park tract which is within a 100-year floodplain, which has slopes in excess of 25%, which has wet soil conditions or which is within a road, utility or stormwater easement or right-of-way shall not be counted as part of the park's area.
(3)
Open space. A mobile home park, which is designed to contain more than 20 mobile homes, shall contain the following minimum percentages of open space for use of the park residents:
Number of Mobile Homes | Minimum Percentage of Area in Open Space |
|---|---|
20 to 49 | 10% |
50 to 99 | 15% |
100+ | 20% |
(4)
Utilities: All units must be served by public sewer and public water service.
(5)
Maximum number of attached units in a building: Buildings containing single-family attached dwellings shall not exceed six dwelling units.
(6)
Minimum distance between buildings: 35 feet.
(7)
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
(8)
Perimeter setback: No building shall be less than 100 feet from the perimeter property line, and no accessory structure shall be less than 50 feet from such line (except for signs and those structures associated with ingress and egress, lighting standards, stormwater management facilities, retaining walls, benches and the like) unless the proposed development abuts a perpetually preserved conservation area, park land or open space, in which case the Township Council may, upon request of the applicant, decrease the perimeter setback applicable to building and accessory structures to a minimum setback of 25 feet. Required rear yards may encroach into a perimeter setback no more than 25 feet.
C.
Single-family attached dwelling units.
(1)
Minimum tract area: 25 acres.
(2)
Maximum gross density: four dwelling units per gross acre in the tract.
(3)
Minimum lot area for a single-family attached unit: 2,400 square feet.
(4)
Minimum depth of rear yard: 25 feet. Detached garages and paved driveways may be located in the rear yard on lots with rear yards which abut an alley; all other accessory buildings and structures in the rear yard of lots which abut an alley must be located at least 10 feet from a property line. Notwithstanding § 275-122 of Article XXI, decks, patios and uncovered spaces on all lots may encroach into required rear yards no more than 12 feet.
(5)
Utilities: All units must be served by public sewer and public water service.
(6)
Maximum number of attached units in a building: Buildings containing single-family attached dwellings shall not exceed six dwelling units.
(7)
Minimum distance between buildings: 35 feet.
(8)
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
(9)
Perimeter setback: No building shall be less than 100 feet from the perimeter property line, and no accessory structure shall be less than 50 feet from such line (except for signs and those structures associated with ingress and egress, lighting standards, stormwater management facilities, retaining walls, benches and the like) unless the proposed development abuts a perpetually preserved conservation area, park land or open space, in which case the Township Council may, upon request of the applicant, decrease the perimeter setback applicable to building and accessory structures to a minimum setback of 25 feet. Required rear yards may encroach into a perimeter setback no more than 25 feet.
§ 275-115 Special design standards for mobile home parks.
A.
The following design standards shall apply to mobile home parks, in addition to any other standards which are generally applicable pursuant to other provisions of this chapter and/or Chapter 210, Subdivision and Land Development:
(1)
Each mobile home park shall be designed so that it contains a perimeter buffer area contiguous to the mobile home park's property boundary. The buffer area shall contain an evergreen planting strip which will screen the park from view by pedestrians at the mobile home park's property boundary. The width of the buffer area and the planting strip shall vary according to the following table based on the number of mobile homes that the park is designed for:
Number of Mobile Home In Park | Minimum Width of Perimeter Buffer (feet) | Minimum Width of Planted Area (feet) |
|---|---|---|
20 to 49 | 150 | 25 |
55 to 99 | 200 | 40 |
100+ | 200 | 50 |
(2)
Utilities. All utilities, including telephone, electric and television lines, shall be installed underground.
(3)
Parking. There shall be a minimum of two surfaced off-street parking spaces located on or contiguous to each mobile home lot. There shall be an additional improved off-street parking space for each two mobile homes for which the park is designed.
(4)
No fuel storage container shall be larger than 275 gallons or, for gas, a capacity of 250 pounds or be located within 30 feet of an exit door from a mobile home.
(5)
Sewer and water requirements. All mobile homes in a mobile home park must be served by both public water and public sewer.
§ 275-116 Buffer areas and landscaping.
A.
The following buffer areas shall be provided:
(1)
A buffer of 100 feet shall be provided, of which at least 50 feet shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions of Article XXI.
B.
The buffer yard shall comply with the following standards:
(1)
The buffer shall be measured from the district boundary line or from the near street line where a street serves as the district boundary line; provided, however, that parking lot aisleways (to include curbing, driveways and stormwater management system components, but not parking spaces) may be located within the buffer yard as long as the required 50 feet of landscaping area is increased by one foot for each one foot that such aisleway encroaches into the 100-foot buffer area.
(2)
The buffer yard may be part of the required front, side or rear yards, and in cases of conflict, the larger yard requirements shall apply.
§ 275-117 Special design standards applicable to single-family attached units.
A.
A minimum of 30% of the tract shall be designated as restricted to and used for common open space uses.
B.
The common open space provisions of Article XXVI, §§ 275-182 through 275-188, shall apply to a single-family attached development in the SU-2 Special Use District.
C.
The topography and natural features of the site shall be considered in planning, designing, locating, orienting and constructing all residential buildings and other structures to improve the aesthetic design of the development.
D.
Residential buildings and other structures shall be located and situated to promote pedestrian and visual access to open space.
E.
All utilities shall be placed and/or installed underground.
F.
Refuse stations to serve recreational areas shall be designed with suitable screening, located so as to be convenient for trash removal and not offensive to nearby residential areas.
G.
Notwithstanding the requirements of § 275-168 of Article XXIV, Off-Street Parking and Loading, in the SU-2 Special Use District, four off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit and overflow parking shall be provided at 1.25 parking spaces per dwelling unit, which overflow parking shall be subject to the reserve parking provisions of § 275-175. For purposes of this section, the term "overflow parking" shall include all permitted on-street parking spaces and all parking spaces provided in segregated, off-street parking areas. Segregated overflow parking areas containing 10 or fewer spaces shall not be subject to the provisions and requirements of § 275-174, Screening and landscaping requirements, of Article XXIV. Parking on one side of the street shall be permitted.
H.
The provisions and requirements of § 275-133D(3) and (4) in Article XXI shall not apply to single-family attached dwelling units in the SU-2 Special Use District.
I.
Buffer planting. A ten-foot-wide buffer planting strip shall be provided in the perimeter property line setback area as may be required by the Township Council during the conditional use hearing and shall contain landscaping in accordance with a landscaping plan approved by the Township, which shall be in lieu of the provisions and requirements of §§ 275-116 and 275-133D(1); provided, however, that no buffer planting strip shall be required in any part of a perimeter setback which abuts perpetually preserved conservation area, park land or open space.
J.
The provisions of § 275-133D(2) shall apply to single-family attached units in the SU-2 Special Use District, except that shade trees and all required landscaping may be located within the street right-of-way.
§ 275-118 General design standards.
A.
General Provisions standards, subject to Article XXI.
B.
Special Provisions standards, subject to Article XXII.
C.
Off-street parking and loading standards, subject to Article XXIV.
D.
Signage, subject to Article XXV.
E.
Landscaping, subject to Article XXI.
F.
Lighting, subject to Article XXI.
G.
Stormwater management, subject to Chapter 198.
