Single-family detached dwellings including individual mobile homes; providing, mobile homes are placed on a concrete pad or permanent foundation wall and skirted and has minimal landscaping conforming to nearby residences.

Agricultural uses.

Parks, playgrounds and other recreational uses.

Educational and religious uses.

Municipal and civic buildings, libraries, museums, fire and police stations.

Private clubs, lodges, recreational buildings or properties, but not including fraternities or sororities.

Home occupations and professional offices as a subsidiary and subordinate use to residential units.

Mobile home parks subject to the Richmond Township Mobile Home Park Ordinance [Chapter 14].

Stables for boarding horses, horseback riding academies, horseback riding areas, horse trail riding facilities, and livery stables.

As a conditional use: gas wells, including unconventional gas wells, oil wells, and water wells, not for residential or agricultural use.

Butcher shops.

The Commercial Zones are as follows:

Exceptions. (Reserved)

C-1 includes all AR uses.

Bounded on the north by Mansfield Borough; on the south by Spencer Road; on the east by the Tioga River; and on the west by the Harold B. Strait Memorial Highway (Mansfield Bypass) (SR 6015).

Bounded on the north by SR 6015; on the south by Covington Township; on the east by SR 6015 (I99) to Covington Township; and on the west by the Tioga River.

Single-family semi-detached dwellings; two-family semidetached dwellings; townhouses; multiple dwelling apartments; and fraternities and/or sororities.

Nursing homes, clinics, hospitals, sanitariums and funeral homes are permitted as special exceptions when the Zoning Hearing Board finds, after a public hearing, that such uses will not create hazardous conditions and will meet the following requirements:

Antenna support structures in excess of 30 feet and incidental structures.

Semi-permanent residence is commonly referred to as "man camps" which may involve camping trailers, recreational vehicles or double-wide mobile living units set on gravel.

Natural gas compressor stations and metering stations.

The use is a permitted special exception.

The use is designed, located and proposed to be operated so the public health, safety, welfare and convenience will be protected.

The use will not cause substantial injury to the value of other property in the neighborhood where it is to be located.

The use shall be compatible with adjoining development and the proposed character of the zone district where it is to be located.

Adequate landscaping and screening are provided as required by this chapter.

Adequate off-street parking and loading are provided and ingress and egress are designed to cause minimum interference with traffic on abutting streets.

The use conforms with all applicable regulations governing the zone district where located, except as may otherwise be determined for large-scale development.

Off-street parking, loading and unloading facilities shall be provided to lessen congestion in the streets. The facilities required herein shall be available throughout the hours of operation of the particular business or use for which such facilities are provided. As used herein, the term "parking space" includes either covered garage space or uncovered parking lot space located off the public right-of- way.

All parking spaces shall be ample in size for the vehicles for which use is intended and not less than 10 feet wide by 20 feet long.

Parking spaces may be located on a lot other than that containing the principal use.

Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises and public right-of-way.

Residential Parking.

Commercial Parking.

Industrial Parking. These regulations shall apply to industrial expansion and industrial installations erected after the effective date of this chapter. Off-street parking shall be provided on the premises in accordance with the following schedule:

To allow for uses within the Township that generate electricity in locations where fossil fuels such as natural gas and renewable energy resources are available.

To apply specific regulations to particular locations within the Township that warrant special consideration due to unique conditions.

To encourage the development of energy projects in areas of the Township while protecting and preserving the character of the surrounding properties by the imposition of the EOD regulations.

To promote economic development and energy independence within the Township.

Minimum Lot Size: 50 acres.

Maximum Lot Coverage: Not more than 60% of the lot area shall be covered with principal and accessory buildings excluding parking facilities, storage yards and lay down areas.

Maximum Building Height: The maximum height for buildings shall be 125 feet above grade excluding stacks, equipment and structures related to the operation and maintenance of the electrical generating facility.

Minimum Building Yard Setbacks: Each building and accessory building within an electrical generating facility in an EOD shall be governed by the following setbacks:

Off-Street Parking: The minimum parking space shall be 10 feet in width by 20 feet in depth. One parking space for every two employees on the largest operating work shift shall be required for a use in the EOD.

Off-Street Loading. All uses in an EOD shall provide off-street loading, unloading and commercial vehicle storage space adequate to meet their needs. In no case shall a public right-of-way be used for loading, unloading or storage of commercial vehicles.

Signs. Signs shall be permitted in accordance with Part 11, Signs and Billboards, of the Zoning Ordinance.

Temporary Uses. Temporary lay down areas, contractor yards, and construction parking are permitted during construction of a natural gas power plant and accessory fuel yards, metering stations, switchyards and substations.

Noise Levels. Audible sounds from a natural gas power plant during normal operations shall not exceed a noise standard of 60 dbA at the property line of the lot upon which the natural gas power plant is operating, or the applicable standard imposed by state or federal law, whichever is less. The applicant and/or operator shall be responsible for certifying to the Richmond Township Planning Commission that it will not exceed this noise level prior to approval of the land development. Short periods of noise over and above the 60 dbA threshold during plant startup, maintenance, deliveries, loading and unloading of equipment, construction, or the like shall not be deemed a violation of this subsection.

Water Use and Testing. If on-site or off-site water wells (excluding existing public water supply wells) are utilized to supply water to the Natural Gas Power Plant, all domestic water wells situate upon other properties within 1,000 feet of a plant wellhead, or within 500 feet of the plant property line (whichever is greater) shall be monitored prior to startup of electrical generation operations and annually for a period of 10 years thereafter. Monitoring shall include both water quantity and quality. The plant owner/operator shall have an affirmative duty to investigate an allegation of a water well within this distance being adversely impacted by the plant operation. Any owner/operator who adversely affects a domestic water well by pollution or diminution shall restore or replace the affected supply with an alternate source of water adequate in both quantity or quality for the purposes served by the original well. The refusal of a property owner to permit testing of his/her water well shall relieve the owner/operator of any responsibility under this subsection.