Southampton Township
City Zoning Code

12-6.1 Purpose

The following standards are intended to create design guidelines for the TC and TC1 zoning districts. The Township seeks to provide a town center and a town center extension with mixed uses including neighborhood retail/office uses, residential, affordable housing, public or quasi-public spaces, and open space areas. The design standards provide a guidance structure in reviewing all development applications regarding land within the TC and TC1 zoning districts. The following guidance statements indicate clear goals intended to be followed:

Encourage the flexibility of housing design and type;

Provide a usable open space plan that provides for passive and active recreation opportunities;

Provide a functional circulation plan, which encourages pedestrian connections between the commercial/office uses and the residential neighborhoods;

Encourage an interconnection between existing and proposed uses so as to create a sense of community within adjacent neighborhoods;

Encourage the creation of a development, which permits higher densities while promoting a more efficient use of land and public services;

Promote a development with identifiable physical, visual, and spatial characteristics that are created through the consistent use of compatible design regulations;

Provide a layout of streets and open space, which encourage pedestrian interconnections between residential and commercial/office uses;

Promote creation of a place, which is oriented to the pedestrian, promote citizen security, and social interaction;

Establish community spaces, which act as focal points of activity and interaction for both commercial and residential neighborhoods;

Promote a development with visual and spatial characteristics as expressed in the site plan and design regulating standards;

Promote the creation of a neighborhood that is identifiable in the landscape, surrounded by open space, and sensitive in the preservation of natural features;

Provide a procedural framework for the approval of a comprehensive development providing standards that incorporate street, architectural, and site design elements.

Southampton Township
City Zoning Code

12-6.1 Purpose

The following standards are intended to create design guidelines for the TC and TC1 zoning districts. The Township seeks to provide a town center and a town center extension with mixed uses including neighborhood retail/office uses, residential, affordable housing, public or quasi-public spaces, and open space areas. The design standards provide a guidance structure in reviewing all development applications regarding land within the TC and TC1 zoning districts. The following guidance statements indicate clear goals intended to be followed:

Encourage the flexibility of housing design and type;

Provide a usable open space plan that provides for passive and active recreation opportunities;

Provide a functional circulation plan, which encourages pedestrian connections between the commercial/office uses and the residential neighborhoods;

Encourage an interconnection between existing and proposed uses so as to create a sense of community within adjacent neighborhoods;

Encourage the creation of a development, which permits higher densities while promoting a more efficient use of land and public services;

Promote a development with identifiable physical, visual, and spatial characteristics that are created through the consistent use of compatible design regulations;

Provide a layout of streets and open space, which encourage pedestrian interconnections between residential and commercial/office uses;

Promote creation of a place, which is oriented to the pedestrian, promote citizen security, and social interaction;

Establish community spaces, which act as focal points of activity and interaction for both commercial and residential neighborhoods;

Promote a development with visual and spatial characteristics as expressed in the site plan and design regulating standards;

Promote the creation of a neighborhood that is identifiable in the landscape, surrounded by open space, and sensitive in the preservation of natural features;

Provide a procedural framework for the approval of a comprehensive development providing standards that incorporate street, architectural, and site design elements.