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Springfield Township Montgomery County
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VIIIC

Multiple Use Residence District

[Added 9-12-1979 by Ord. No. 687]

§ 114-8C0 Legislative intent.

It shall be the intent of this Article to acknowledge the changes in the technology of home building and land development, to provide wider opportunities for housing and to permit land development that will provide variety in type, design and layout of residential developments while enforcing uniform standards and maintaining desirable design criteria.

§ 114-8C1 Permitted uses.

A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises may be used for any of the following purposes and for no other:
A. 
Single-family detached dwelling.
B. 
Farming, municipal and municipal recreational use.
C. 
A mobile home park subject to the regulations prescribed under § 114-8C5.
D. 
All accessory uses permitted in the AA Residence District.

§ 114-8C2 Lot and building area.

A. 
Lot area. A lot area of not less than 20,000 square feet per family shall be provided for every building hereafter erected, altered or used in whole or in part as a dwelling.
B. 
Building area. The building area shall not exceed 17 1/2% of the lot area.

§ 114-8C3 Lot width.

Each lot shall have a minimum lot width of not less than 85 feet extending in depth from the street line to the building line. When a lot borders on more than one public highway or street, the owner may elect one of the streets to establish the minimum lot width for purpose of this section.

§ 114-8C4 Yards.

A. 
Front yards.
(1) 
There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall be at least 45 feet.
(2) 
Corner lots. In the case of a corner lot, a front yard, as provided for in Subsection A(1) above, shall be required on each street on which the lot abuts.
B. 
Side yards. There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building, together having an aggregate width of at least 40 feet, but neither side shall be less than 15 feet wide.
C. 
Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be at least 25 feet.

§ 114-8C5 Mobile home parks.

Any tract or parcel of land to be utilized as a mobile home park shall not be required to meet the requirements of §§ 114-8C2 through 114-8C4 of this Article, but shall be required to meet the following:
A. 
The tract to be developed shall have a minimum of 10 acres, shall be in one ownership or shall be the subject of an application filed by owners of the entire tract, and it shall be agreed that the tract shall be developed under single direction and in the manner approved under the requirements of this Article.
B. 
Density. The overall density of the area to be developed shall be no greater than 4.3 units per net acre. The net acreage shall be calculated to be the lot area exclusive of required boundary-line buffer areas, interior roads and contoured areas with slopes exceeding 15%.
[Amended 7-13-1988 by Ord. No. 757]
C. 
Site design. Mobile home lots shall be placed so as not to exceed six parallel-placed adjoining lots with no more than a total of 12 mobile homes in a group or cluster.
D. 
Buffers. Any mobile home park shall provide buffers along property boundaries, buffers or street trees along streets and parking area landscaping in accordance with the requirements of § 95-11I of Chapter 95, Subdivision of Land. Existing landscape material may be used to meet these requirements.
[Amended 7-8-1992 by Ord. No. 786]
E. 
Separation buffer. Each mobile home cluster shall be separated by at least 75 feet. Within this area, softening buffer shall be provided as specified in § 95-11I of Chapter 95, Subdivision of Land.
[Amended 7-8-1992 by Ord. No. 786]
F. 
Common open space. At least 20% of the site area of any mobile home park must be in common open space, exclusive of the required buffers along streets and property boundaries. Separation buffers may be included as part of the common open space.
[Amended 7-8-1992 by Ord. No. 786]
G. 
Lot size. All mobile home lots in a mobile home park shall have a minimum lot size of 4,625 square feet. Each individual mobile home lot shall be able to accommodate a mobile home unit of not less than 12 feet in width and 65 feet in length.
H. 
Yards.
(1) 
Front yards. There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall be at least 35 feet.
(2) 
Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be at least 25 feet.
(3) 
Side yards. There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building, together having an aggregate width of at least 25 feet, but neither side yard shall be less than four feet wide, provided that the minimum clear separation between any two mobile home units shall not be less than 25 feet.
(4) 
Unit location. Mobile homes placed in individual lots are encouraged to utilize setbacks in such a way that they be placed off center on the lots so as to provide a large usable open yard and outdoor living area in one section of the lot.
I. 
The applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Township that he has complied with or will comply with all requirements of Chapter 179 of Title 25, Part I, Subpart D, Article II, of the Rules and Regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, and with all other pertinent regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which are applicable to mobile home parks.
J. 
The maintenance of land for open space or recreational use shall be guaranteed by deed restriction trust indenture conveyance of the land to or for the benefit of all individual lot owners within the tract, by compliance with the Pennsylvania Unit Property Act, or by other procedures for the management and maintenance of the common elements as may be approved by the Township Commissioners. Any or all such plans shall be filed with the Recorder of Deeds of Montgomery County simultaneously with the recording of the final plan of the subdivision.
K. 
Any tract intended for a mobile home park must have direct access to a public road.
L. 
The procedures and standards specified in the subdivision and land development regulations under Chapter 95 of the code, the streets and sidewalks regulations under Chapter 92 of the Code, and all applicable provisions of the building construction regulations, Chapter 13 of the Code, shall apply to all mobile home parks unless modified by this section.