Permitted Principal Uses.

Permitted Accessory Uses. Except as provided in Subsection 1C(1), the following shall apply:

Conditional Uses. (Refer to Part 26 for special provisions and Part 29 for standards and criteria).

Single-family detached residential dwelling units with on-lot sewage disposal and water supply systems shall meet or exceed the following standards:

Single-family detached residential dwelling units with public water supply and sewage disposal systems shall meet or exceed the following standards:

Single-family semidetached dwelling units with community sewage disposal and water supply systems shall meet the following standards:

Single-family semidetached dwelling units with public water supply and sewage disposal systems shall meet the following standards:

Single-family attached dwelling units and mobile home park shall meet the following standards:

Multifamily dwelling units (apartments) shall meet or exceed the following standards:

Community centers shall be in accordance with § 27-604, Subsection 1C(2).

Long-term residential health care facilities, short-term residential health care facilities and nonfamily community residential facilities shall meet the following standards:

All performance standards in the open space provisions of Part 28 shall apply.

The topography and natural features of the site and the direction of prevailing winds and solar orientation shall be analyzed and evaluated in planning, designing, locating, orienting and constructing all residential buildings and other structures, to improve the aesthetic design and energy efficiency of the development. The development plans shall show and supplemental notes shall explain how these factors are incorporated into the design. The analysis and evaluation of these factors shall be evidenced by plans, maps, illustrations, and the like.

Residential buildings and other structures shall be located, oriented and designed to create architectural interest and to preserve areas of environmental concern and further the amenities of light and air, recreation and visual enjoyment.

Residential buildings and other structures shall be located and situated to promote pedestrian and visual access to open space, in accordance with the provisions of Part 28.

Single-family attached dwellings and multifamily (apartment) buildings shall be designed and constructed in staggered groups and not in long rows parallel to street or property lines. The arrangement of such units shall create a physical and visual distinction in the lines of the facades and the roofs of at least three feet. Such distinctions shall be achieved through the use of varied floor plans for adjoining units and alternating the projections and angles of exterior walls and roofs, exterior fencing and other diversified space articulating techniques.

All housing shall be sited so as to enhance privacy.

The maximum impervious surface coverage shall be 40%.

The maximum building coverage shall be 25%.

Development within 150 feet of the perimeter of the property shall be designed to be harmonious with neighboring residential land uses from an architectural height and volume standpoint.

All utilities shall be placed and/or installed underground.

Refuse stations to serve residential and recreational areas shall be designed with suitable opaque fencing with a minimum height of six feet, located so as to be convenient for trash removal and not offensive to nearby residential areas.

Any preparatory flood control work shall be completed before construction of buildings is started.

The length of any single-family attached dwellings shall not exceed six dwelling units in any single direction.

The length of any multifamily building shall not exceed 180 feet in any single direction.

No building shall be less than 100 feet from any RD district boundary line which abuts an RA, RB, or VR District, and 50 feet from the perimeter property line of any tract within the RD District; and no accessory structure shall be less than 25 feet from such property line, except for signs and those structures associated with ingress and egress, lighting standards, benches and the like.

No building shall be closer than 50 feet from any other building.

No building shall be closer than 50 feet from the street line.

A Type 1 buffer (50 feet in width) shall be provided along the perimeter property lines in accordance with § 22-520, Landscape Conservation and Improvement Plans of the Subdivision Ordinance [Chapter 22].

No common parking area shall be closer than 20 feet to any single-family attached residential building or multifamily building and shall be screened from any such buildings to prevent direct glare from headlights and other lights. However, common parking areas assigned to particular dwelling units shall not be more than 100 feet from the assigned dwelling units.

A minimum of 40% of the property shall be designated as, restricted to and used for open space uses, subject to the provisions in Part 28.

A minimum of 10% of the property shall be devoted to, and constructed to provide active recreation use. Such recreation lands may be counted as part of the open space requirement described in Subsection 3A above, however, no more than 5% of the active recreation use in the form of structures such as parking, tennis courts or other paved surfaces, or walkways, fitness courses and stations, and the like, shall take place in the required buffer area and buffer planting strip.

The storm draining system shall be designed and constructed so as to minimize erosion and flooding, using as necessary, drainage easements, swales, catchment basins, silt traps, and the design of cartways so as to minimize runoff.

Where existing storm sewers are deemed by the Board of Supervisors as accessible, the Board may require that proposed development connect therewith.

All stormwater management design standards shall be in accordance with the provisions for design standards and required improvements embodied in the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22], as may be amended from time to time.

Storm sewer systems for the development shall be designed, constructed and shall operate and be readily capable of being maintained to prevent concentration of stormwater runoff on adjacent developed or undeveloped properties and streets and other areas of impervious surface.

The design and construction of all storm drainage facilities and storm sewer systems shall be subject to the approval of the Township.

Plans submitted for any development shall conform to the guidelines for minimizing erosion and sedimentation as set forth in the Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Manual of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection prepared by the State Conservation Commission and Bureau of Water Quality Management and the U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service, as amended. In developing a plan for the control of erosion and sedimentation, the developer shall meet as a minimum the standards and specifications outlined in the aforementioned manual, as well as the standards set forth in the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22].

In addition to the controls presented in the above subsections herein, all development shall be governed by the environmental controls set forth in Part 25, § 27-2512, pertaining to such matters as noise, vibration, storage, glare and heat, fire and explosion, and traffic control; and all plans, documents and other submissions in regard to any approval sought shall demonstrate compliance herewith to the Board of Supervisors.

The street system shall be designed so as to relate harmoniously with land uses within and adjacent to the development through the establishment of a hierarchy of roadway functions which includes internal collector and local streets, to create a separation of automobile and pedestrian traffic through the coordinated design of streets, dwelling units, open space areas and pedestrian walkways, to create efficient and safe connections with the existing road system of the municipality in order to insure proper ingress and egress and to minimize through traffic in residential areas.

Internal collector streets and local streets shall be so designated and shall have a minimum right-of-way of 60 feet and minimum cartway widths of 28 and 26 feet respectively.

Cul-de-sac streets shall be in accordance with the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22].

In order to separate automobile and pedestrian circulation and to increase accessibility to common open space areas, pedestrian walkways and pathways shall be provided throughout the property.

The construction of streets must conform to the standards set forth in the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22] relative to paving specifications, cartway design, horizontal and vertical alignment, sight distances and the like.

All provisions of Part 23 shall apply, in addition to the relevant provisions of the Township's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.

In addition to the number of off-street parking spaces required by Part 23 and the Township's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, an additional 10% allowance for visitor parking space shall be made.

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Where parking spaces are grouped in lots, aisles at least 25 feet in width shall be provided.

Parking areas shall be screened and landscaped in accordance with § 22-520, Landscape Conservation and Improvement Plans of the Subdivision Ordinance [Chapter 22].

No more than 60 parking spaces shall be accommodated in any single parking area.

All off-street parking and/or loading areas shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or Portland cement pavement.

All streets, off-street parking areas, and areas of intensive pedestrian use shall be lighted. All such lighting shall be designed and located so as to direct light away from adjacent residences.

Lighting shall be provided after dark. Lighting fixtures shall be provided for walkways and to identify steps, ramps, and signs. Such lighting shall be designed and located so as to direct light away from adjacent residences.

Landscape conservation and improvement plans shall be prepared in accordance with § 22-520, Landscape Conservation and Improvement Plans of the Subdivision Ordinance [Chapter 22].