Continuing care retirement community (CCRC).

The following uses as accessory to a CCRC when located on the same tract intended to serve the residents of the CCRC and their visitors:

Lot area and frontage. There shall be a street frontage of not less than 300 feet and a minimum lot area of 50 acres.

Density. There shall be a maximum of eight dwelling units per acre. Each residential living unit and each personal care living unit shall be considered a dwelling unit. Every five beds in a skilled nursing facility shall be considered a dwelling unit for the calculation of density.

Impervious surface and building area. Not more than 60% of the lot area shall be covered by impervious surfaces, and not more than 30% of the lot area shall be occupied by buildings.

Building setback. Buildings shall be set back not less than 50 feet from the right-of-way line of any street which the CCRC abuts or any property line except where the lot is immediately adjacent to an R-1, R-1A, R-2 or R-3 District, in which case buildings shall be set back not less than 100 feet from the property line adjacent to the R-1, R-1A, R-2 or R-3 District.

Setbacks for parking areas and driveways. No driveway or parking area shall be located within 25 feet of a street line or any property line, except that portion of a driveway providing ingress and egress to the property.

Height regulations. The maximum building height of any building shall be 45 feet.

Buffer area. Along each side or rear property line which directly abuts an R-1, R-1A, R-2 or R-3 District of the Township or similar district in an adjoining municipality, a buffer planting strip of not less than 25 feet in width shall be provided. On the buffer planting strip, there shall be placed shrubbery, trees or other plantings sufficient to provide a reasonable screen of the CCRC from the specified abutting residential districts and to ensure that the residential character of those abutting districts is not adversely affected by such CCRC. Existing trees and shrubbery shall be preserved to the extent reasonably practicable and shall count towards the required buffer strips which shall be supplemented if and where necessary to provide an adequate screen.

Distance between buildings. The minimum distance between buildings shall be 30 feet, except that the distance between buildings comprised of townhouses may be reduced to 20 feet provided that the attics of the townhouses are provided with automatic fire sprinkler protection or provided that the Township Fire Marshal determines that, taking into consideration the nature of the proposed construction or other relevant factors, a twenty-foot distance between buildings is adequate for fire protection purposes without requiring sprinkler protection for the attics, in which case the twenty-foot distance between buildings shall be permitted without automatic sprinkler protection in the attics.

Building frontage, depth or length. The greatest dimension in frontage, length or depth of a building section erected or used under this article, excluding covered walkways, enclosed corridors or bridges, shall not exceed 150 feet. However, the Board of Supervisors, upon recommendation of the Newtown Township Planning Commission, may, in connection with any land development application, approve buildings with greater dimensions if it determines that such buildings are architecturally pleasing and suitable for a CCRC and avoid monotony and excessive bulk.

General design standards.

Landscaping.

Off-street parking and loading.

Lighting.

Signage.

A land development plan, which delineates the overall development of the property for which an application is made, or that delineates that portion of an already developed CCRC where additional development is proposed, shall be filed as part of a land development application, which land development plan shall include the following: