Purpose. The purpose of this District is to encourage a mix of uses, residential and nonresidential, in an arrangement and locations that will enhance and replicate traditional village development. Uses should be small in scale and designed to be consistent with existing village center development. These areas are also designed to accommodate multifamily development in a variety of housing types.

A building or structure may be erected or altered, to be used either in whole or in part, and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following uses and no other, provided that such uses, buildings, or structures shall comply with such regulations as yards, lot sizes, lot width, building area, height, impervious surface, easements, bufferyards, off-street parking, and other requirements as specified by this chapter.

Uses Permitted by Right.

Uses Permitted by Conditional Use.

Uses Permitted by Special Exception.

All uses shall comply with the area and dimensional requirements listed in this section. Area or dimensional requirements stated in § 27-304, Use Regulations, that directly conflict with this section's requirements are superseded by these requirements.

Where a use fronts an existing street, the front yard setback shall be established so as to maintain the prevailing setback of existing buildings upon the same street within 300 feet of this use. This provision supersedes the applicable front yard setback required in § 27-1203.

Parking shall be located in the side or rear yards of buildings and not in the front yard or in front of the buildings. The use of alleys, where not already required by Township ordinances, is strongly encouraged.

Development within the VC District shall be designed to protect and preserve the character of the village it encompasses by employing design, scale, materials and architecture that is consistent with the historic character of that village. Architecture of proposed buildings shall be reviewed and approved by the Township as part of the development review process. Architectural drawings shall be submitted to the Township for each proposed building, structure, addition and/or renovation.

Use G9, Eating Place, shall be designed to fit into the Village District and shall meet the requirements of Use G5, Village Oriented Shop, in terms of size and other requirements.

Bufferyards are not required for adjacent roads in the VC District.

Developments containing or proposing six or more lots, units, uses or buildings shall comply with the following requirements. Such developments within the VC District may be comprised entirely of single-family detached dwellings. No other single-use developments are allowed within the District. Developments that encompass or create six or more lots, units, uses and/or buildings and propose uses other than single-family detached dwellings shall contain a mix of uses. In such a mixed-use development, a minimum of 50% of the dwellings must be single-family detached dwellings. Every 4,000 square feet of commercial/nonresidential space, or part thereof, shall be considered a separate building/unit for this calculation.

Where a lot has frontage on two or more streets, the front facade of the primary building(s) on the lot shall face the street with the higher classification.

Garages and parking areas shall be located at least 10 feet behind the front building facade of the dwelling they serve, excluding the front porch, if any.

Use B3, Land Subdivision with Transferable Development Rights (TDRs).