Tree wells. Tree wells shall be located between the curb and the sidewalk or in the sidewalk along the planting strip. Tree wells shall be a minimum of four feet long by four feet wide by 3.5 feet deep below the ground surface. Larger wells are recommended and could be connected together as a continuous planting pit. Tree wells shall be covered with tree grates, concrete unit pavers and/or cobbles. A four-foot by four-foot opening or four-foot diameter should be left for the tree grate.

Planting strip. The planting strip shall not be less than six feet wide. The planting strip shall be located between the curb and the sidewalk. The planting strip shall consist of lawn, landscaping, or decorative paving material.

Trees shall be selected that are appropriate for their location. The following factors shall be considered when selecting a tree species: maintenance requirements, hardiness, heat tolerance, drought tolerance, salt tolerance, shape and form, and the subsurface growing conditions. The use of native species is encouraged. Invasive species are discouraged. Examples of some street trees that meet these criteria are:

Trees under wires. Trees located under wires shall not be of a species that is expected to grow into the utility lines. A few examples include:

Evergreen hedges (evergreen shrubs installed 2.5 feet on center), installed at four feet in height, to grow into a continuous screen within three years. Breaks in the hedge shall be provided a minimum of every 36 feet and a maximum of every 50 feet for pedestrian access.

Mixed planting including street trees installed a maximum of 30 feet on center and evergreen hedges (evergreen shrubs installed 2.5 feet on center), installed at four feet in height, to grow into a continuous screen within three years. Breaks in the hedge shall be provided a minimum of every 36 feet and a maximum of every 50 feet for pedestrian access.

Masonry wall sections with breaks for pedestrian access a minimum of every 30 feet and a maximum of every 40 feet. The masonry wall shall be a minimum of 3.5 feet high with plantings on the outside of the wall to provide a continuous screen.

Dumpster, trash-handling areas, or recycling areas: opaque screen.

Outdoor storage: opaque screen.

Vehicle storage: opaque screen.

Service entrances or utility facilities for building operation: semi-opaque screen.

Loading docks or spaces: semi-opaque screen.

Wall- or ground-mounted mechanical, electrical, communication, ventilation, heating, cooling, and service equipment: opaque screen.

All other uses for which screening is specifically required under these regulations.

An opaque screen shall exclude all visual contact with the screened structure or use. It may be composed of:

Existing vegetation, if deemed suitable by the Township Landscape Architect and the Board of Commissioners, may be used in place of required landscaping.

A combination of these elements which will meet the purpose of the requirement.

A semi-opaque screen shall obscure visual contact with the screened structure or use. It may be used as a device to reduce the perceived scale and massing of a structure to enhance its compatibility with the existing built and natural environment. It may be composed of:

General surface parking standards.

Interconnected parking areas.

All rooftop mechanical equipment and other appurtenances shall be concealed by or integrated within the roof form or screened from view at ground level of nearby streets. The following, when above the roofline, requires screening: vents, heat pumps and mechanical equipment. The screening of mechanical equipment shall not be subject to the maximum height requirements.

Service and loading areas must be visually screened from streets and pedestrian accessways.

Service and loading areas shall be located on the side or rear of the building.

Outdoor furnishings are limited to tables, chairs and umbrellas.

Outdoor furniture shall be stored inside the restaurant after normal operating hours.

Planters, posts with ropes, or other removable enclosures, as well as a reservation podium are encouraged and shall be used as a way of defining the area occupied by the cafe.

Refuse facilities shall be provided.

Advertising or promotional features shall be limited to umbrellas, menu signs, sandwich-board signs, and canopies.

Outdoor dining cannot impede pedestrian traffic flow. A minimum pathway of at least five feet, free of obstacles, shall be maintained.

Building orientation and entrances.

Windows.

Roofs.

Building character. New development shall generally employ building types that are compatible to the existing architecture of the area in their massing and external treatment. Typical elements of architecture in the area include pitched roofs, gables, masonry walls, and punched or separate inset windows.

Facade articulation.

Sidewalks are required along all street frontages and must be a minimum width of 12 feet, and a planting strip is required between the curb and the sidewalk and shall be a minimum width of six feet dedicated to street trees, decorative paving, and/or landscaping. The total distance between the curb and the building front shall be a minimum of 18 feet.

Where buildings exist, predating these sidewalk requirements, and do not allow for 18 feet between the curb and the building front, sidewalk shall be provided between the curb and the building front. Street trees shall be planted, provided that a minimum width of four feet of unobstructed sidewalk can be provided. If street trees cannot be planted, every effort shall be made by the property owner to add planters, hanging baskets, window boxes or other landscaping.

Sidewalks are required to connect the street frontage to all building entrances, parking areas, open space, and any other destination that generates pedestrian traffic.

Sidewalks shall connect to existing sidewalks on abutting parcels.

The sidewalk material shall continue across driveways.

Spacing. Street trees shall be spaced 40 feet apart. In spacing trees, consideration shall be made for driveways, streetlights, utility poles, underground utilities, traffic light poles and other obstructions, the existing streetscape, as well as future placement of trees in front of adjacent properties. Trees shall be a minimum of three inches in caliper.

Street trees shall be planted in tree wells or in the planter strip underlain by soil, providing enhanced growth and survivability rates.

Tree wells. Tree wells shall be located between the curb and the sidewalk or in the sidewalk along the planting strip. Tree wells shall be a minimum of four feet long by four feet wide by 3.5 feet deep below the ground surface. Larger wells are recommended and could be connected together as a continuous planting pit. Tree wells shall be covered with tree grates, concrete unit pavers and/or cobbles.

Planting strip. The planting strip shall not be less than four feet wide. The planting strip shall be located between the curb and the sidewalk. The planting strip shall consist of tree wells, lawn, landscaping, or decorative paving material.

Trees shall be selected that are appropriate for their location. The following factors shall be considered when selecting a tree species: maintenance requirements, hardiness, heat tolerance, drought tolerance, salt tolerance, shape and form, and the subsurface growing conditions. The use of native species is encouraged. Invasive species are discouraged. Examples of some street trees that meet these criteria are:

Trees under wires. Trees located under wires shall not be of a species that is expected to grow into the utility lines. A few examples include:

Public plazas/squares/courtyards standards.

A lighting plan shall be required as part of the conditional use application or subdivision and land development application and shall be reviewed by the Township Engineer in accordance with the plan submission standards listed below.

All lighting fixtures shall be equipped with optical systems that reduce glare and cast light in a manner that does not create any hazardous situations for passing vehicular traffic or pedestrians.

For lighting horizontal areas such as roadways, sidewalks, entrances and parking areas, fixtures shall meet Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) "full-cutoff" criteria, no light output emitted at or above 90° above the vertical.

The use of floodlights, spotlighting, wall-mounted fixtures, internally illuminated decorative globes and spheres and other fixtures not meeting IESNA full-cutoff criteria shall be permitted only with the written approval of the Township, based upon acceptable justification and achievement of adequate glare control.

When requested by the Township, fixtures shall be equipped with light-directing and/or -shielding devices, such as shields, visors, skirts or hoods, to redirect offending light distribution and/or to reduce direct or reflected glare.

For residential applications, fixtures with an aggregate per-fixture output in excess of 1,200 lumens shall meet IESNA full-cutoff criteria.

Vegetation screens shall not be employed to serve as the primary means for controlling glare; rather, glare control shall be achieved primarily through the use of such means as cutoff fixtures, shields and baffles, and appropriate application of fixture mounting height, wattage, aiming angle and fixture placement.

Externally illuminated signs shall be lighted by fixtures mounted at the top of the sign and aimed downward. All such fixtures shall be so designed or fitted to concentrate the light output onto and not beyond the sign.

Directional fixtures for such applications as facade, fountain, feature, recreational and landscape illumination shall be aimed so as not to project their output beyond the objects intended to be illuminated.

For subdivision and land development applications where site lighting is required or proposed, lighting plans shall be submitted to the Township for review and approval with any preliminary or final subdivision/land development plan submission and with any conditional use, special exception, variance application or building permit, where applicable, and shall include:

Post-approval alterations to lighting plans or intended substitutions for approved lighting equipment shall be submitted to the Township for review and written approval. A note to that effect shall be placed on the lighting plan.

The Township reserves the right to conduct a post-installation nighttime inspection to verify compliance with the requirements of this article and, if appropriate, to require remedial action at no expense to the Township. A note to that effect shall be placed on the lighting plan.

Pedestrian lighting for sidewalks shall be a maximum of 12 feet in height, measured from the ground to the top of the light fixture.

Other lighting for streets and parking areas shall be a maximum of 18 feet in height, measured from the ground to the top of the light fixture.

All pedestrian lighting types shall be approved by the Township Commissioners.

All streetlights, where required by Commissioners, shall have a high-pressure sodium vapor lighting source (pole-mounted) which supplies a minimum maintained average footcandle level of 0.30 footcandle. All lighting and accessory equipment shall be standard equipment, as approved by the Township Lighting Consultant, or variations as approved by Township Commissioners.

Where required by the Commissioners, streetlights, underground service, and all accessory equipment shall be provided at the expense of the developer. Plans for residential lighting and underground wiring system (energizing plan) shall be prepared by the Township Lighting Consultant and presented to the developer upon receipt of a development's underground wiring layout when supplied by PECO Energy Company. Supply of this underground wiring plan to the Township Lighting Consultant is the responsibility of the developer.

Streetlights shall be energized at time of 50% occupancy of the development. All fees for connection and operation of such lights shall be the responsibility of the developer until Upper Moreland Township formally accepts dedication of public improvements. Upper Moreland Township shall coordinate energizing of lights, in accordance with the approved energizing plan. Request for electrical connection shall only be made by Upper Moreland Township. Upper Moreland Township shall pay all associated connection and operation feed (to PECO Energy Company), for which the developer shall reimburse the Township for connection fees and operation fees under rate SLS, on a monthly basis, including appropriate administration fees. This payment arrangement shall continue until formal acceptance of dedication of public improvements, at which time Upper Moreland Township shall assume these responsibilities. The developer shall warranty all parts and associated labor for the streetlighting system for the period of time from date of installation until 18 months from the date of formal acceptance of public improvements by the Township.

Upon completion of streetlight installation, the developer or his designated representative shall notify the Township Lighting Consultant and Township Engineer, in writing, of completion of lighting facilities. Copy of the electrical underwriters' certificate shall also be included with this notification.