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Paradise Township Monroe County
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XII

Resort Development Area Overlay District

§ 160-71 General Provisions; definitions; eligibility.

A. 
Establishment of Resort Development Area District: Paradise Township establishes a Resort Development Area ("RDA") District. The location and boundaries of the Resort Development Area District are shown on the revised Official Zoning Map of Paradise Township The Resort Development Area District is established as an overlay district. The overlay zoning district is a special district with a set of additional regulations that are applied to this geographic area based on specific attributes of the area and the types of uses proposed. A property owner is at liberty to proceed under the basic district requirements or under the Resort Development Area District requirements.
B. 
Purpose: The Resort Development Area District is established for the following purposes:
(1) 
To provide an opportunity for integrated development of a variety of uses according to a Master Development Plan ("Master Development Plan");
(2) 
To encourage efficient, compact patterns of land use while maintaining the community's visual character;
(3) 
To diversify the Township's economy and upgrade the tourism industry;
(4) 
To attract new enterprises that support jobs with good pay, contribute to the tax base, and balance the burden homeowners and businesses now bear for financing public facilities and services, especially schools.
(5) 
To encourage the preservation of greenway land for conservation and recreation;
(6) 
To provide opportunities for site design that conserve the natural, aesthetic and visual resources of the tract;
(7) 
To provide opportunities for stormwater and wastewater management facilities which protect existing stream water quality and promote recharge of clean groundwater;
(8) 
To provide flexibility in design and use of larger tracts of land within the Township consistent with the goals and objectives listed at § 160-2, the Comprehensive Township Development Plan, the Paradise Township Strategic Plan, the Barrett-Mt. Pocono-Paradise Open Space Recreation Plan, the Monroe County Open Space Plan, and Monroe County Comprehensive Plan.
C. 
Overlay District Concept. The Resort Development Area District described above shall be an overlay to the existing underlying districts as shown on the Official Zoning Map, and as such, the provisions for the Resort Development Area District shall replace the underlying district provisions when the developer elects the Resort Development Area District option. Where a lot owner selects the Resort Development Area District option, the entire parcel must be developed in accordance with Article XII.
[Amended 1-17-2022 by Ord. No. 273]
D. 
Resort Development Area Zoning District Boundaries and Interpretation: The Resort Development Area Zoning District boundary interpretation and revision procedures shall be in accordance with the boundary interpretation and revision procedures for the Official Zoning Map described in § 160-6 of this chapter.
E. 
Uses: Master Developments shall be allowed within the Resort Development Area District.