RA, MR and Q: minimum lot size of three acres or more.

R1 and R1-C: minimum lot size of five acres or more.

R2, R2-I and R3: minimum lot size of 10 acres or more.

The minimum site area for such use shall be five acres.

The maximum permitted impervious surface ratio of the site shall be 20%.

Parking: no less than one off-street parking space per two employees.

Notification of commencement or completion. For all forestry and timber harvesting operations that are expected to exceed one acre, the landowner shall notify the Township at least 10 business days before the operation commences and within five business days before the operation is complete. No timber harvesting shall occur until the notice has been provided. Notification shall be in writing and specify the land on which harvesting will occur, the expected size of the harvest area, and, as applicable, the anticipated starting or completion date.

Logging plan. A logging plan shall be prepared for every property where timber harvesting is to occur. No timber harvesting shall occur until the plan has been prepared. The provisions of the plan shall be followed throughout the operation. The plan shall be available at the harvest site at all times during the operation and shall be provided to the Township upon request.

Responsibility for compliance. The landowners and the operator shall be jointly and severally responsible for complying with the terms of the logging plan.

Forestry/logging plan; minimum requirements. As a minimum, the logging plan shall include the following:

Map. Each forestry/logging plan shall include a site map containing the following information:

Compliance with state law. The forestry/logging plan shall address and comply with the requirements of all applicable state laws and regulations, including but not limited to the following:

Compliance with federal laws and regulations. The forestry/logging plan shall address and comply with the requirements of all applicable federal laws and regulations including but not limited to the best management practices as set forth in 33 CFR 323.4[a][6][i] through [xv].

Compliance with Township ordinances. The forestry/logging plan shall verify compliance with the stormwater management ordinances of the Township.[1]

Forest practices. The following requirements shall apply to any and all forestry/timber harvesting operations in the Township:

Minimum building setback from a common parking area: 20 feet.

Minimum building setback from a pedestrian walk: 15 feet.

Design standards for all townhouse units with or without garages must conform to the following standards:

For all residential units, the building or setback line along any public street shall be a minimum of 30 feet (reference is made only to the distance from the edge of the cartway or curbline to the face of the building).

Sidewalk and street standards.

Required dwelling unit mix. The townhouse village development shall conform to the minimum standards for a mix of dwelling types as set forth in Table 1.

Multiplex.

Manor house.

Townhouse.

Such dedication shall be a minimum of 15% of the gross lot area as defined by the deed.

There shall remain a minimum of 5% of the tract which shall remain as common open space for the development.

The open space to be set aside for the above public purposes shall be in lieu of any and all other open space and environmental restrictions otherwise imposed by this chapter or the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.[2]

Prior to approval of any subdivision plan pursuant to this subsection, the applicant shall submit an engineered sketch plan, which shall depict the area proposed for dedication for public purposes and the proposed development of the remaining land.

As a condition to approval of the final subdivision plans by the Board of Supervisors, the applicant shall deliver to the Township, for recording, a deed of dedication for the land which the Board of Supervisors, in its sole and absolute discretion, has chosen to accept, for the parcel then subject to the final subdivision plan approval, title of same to be free and clear of all liens and encumbrances and of quality for recording acceptable to the Board of Supervisors at the advice of its solicitor. All costs of transfer and recording shall be borne by the applicant.

The provisions of § 370-506 shall control and shall be deemed to supersede any inconsistent provisions of this chapter, including the number of dwelling units calculated pursuant to § 370-504 in Article V, Natural Resources, and the environmental restrictions as set forth in Article V, Natural Resources. In lieu thereof, the density and design provisions set forth hereinabove, as well as the permitted requirements and approval requirements of the Bucks County Conservation District, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Environmental Resources, and its various branches shall apply.

All residential developments shall have adequate road access to and from the development as determined by the traffic impact study required to be submitted with the application for preliminary approval by the SALDO.

Based upon the findings and results of such impact study, the Township may require road improvements by the developer outside of the residential development to meet the transportation needs created by the traffic projected to be generated by the development.

Design standards for all townhouse units with or without garages must conform to the following standards:

For all residential units, the building or setback line along any public street shall be a minimum of 30 feet (reference is made only to the distance from the edge of the cartway or curbline to the face of the building).

Sidewalk and street standards.

Common parking area: 20 feet.

Minimum building spacing: 40 feet.

A mobile/manufactured home park shall have a minimum gross site area of 25 contiguous acres of land.

The gross density of a mobile/manufactured home park shall not exceed five dwelling units per acre.

Site and lot location. Proposed site locations within allowed zoning districts shall be subject to approval or disapproval on the basis of the impact of the proposed park on existing neighboring uses, public utilities, and transportation facilities. The site or lot location of all mobile/manufactured home parks shall comply with the following minimum requirements:

A mobile/manufactured home lot or space shall have a minimum lot area of 5,000 square feet.

The impervious surface ratio for the site shall not exceed 25%.

Mobile/manufactured homes and accessory structures which have a horizontal area in excess of 25 square feet shall be separated from each other by at least 30 feet. Any accessory structure which has a horizontal area exceeding 25 square feet and is attached to a mobile/manufactured home and/or located within 10 feet of its window, and has an opaque or translucent top or roof that is higher than such window shall, for purposes of this separation requirement, be considered to be a part of the mobile/manufactured home.

Setbacks.

No mobile/manufactured home shall be erected in a mobile/manufactured home lot except upon a mobile home pad.

Each mobile/manufactured home pad shall have a minimum dimension of 60 feet by 12 feet.

Each mobile/manufactured home pad shall have access to a street in the mobile/manufactured home park. A minimum setback of 20 feet from the street line shall be required.

The pad shall be constructed from either concrete, asphalt concrete, or other material sufficient to adequately support the mobile/manufactured home to prevent abnormal settling or heaving under the weight of the home. The corners of the mobile/manufactured home shall be anchored to prevent wind overturn and rocking with tie-downs, such as concrete, dead men, screw augers, arrowhead anchors, or other devices suitable to withstand a tension of at least 2,800 pounds.

Skirting. An enclosure of fireproof materials shall be erected around the entire base of each mobile/manufactured home.

Such enclosure shall provide sufficient ventilation to inhibit decay and deterioration of the structure.

Exposed ground surfaces in all parts of every park shall be paved or covered with stone screening or other solid material or protected with a vegetative growth that is capable of preventing soil erosion and the emanation of dust during dry weather, and which meets all other requirements of this chapter.

Park grounds shall be maintained free of vegetative growth that is a nuisance or poisonous or which may harbor rodents, insects, or other pests in sufficient quantities as to be harmful to humans and shall meet all other requirements of the Township Nuisance Ordinance, Ord. 6-71 [Chapter 10, Part 4].[3]

All mobile/manufactured home parks shall provide, and so indicate on the plan of the mobile/manufactured home park, suitable areas for recreation and open space uses. The minimum standard for these areas shall be 25% of the total area of the mobile/manufactured home park of which one-half shall be in one place. The remainder may be used to provide pedestrian connecting links to the recreation areas.

The recreation and open space shall be located as centrally as possible within the mobile/manufactured home park in order to be easily accessible to its residents.

The open space shall be landscaped as specified in the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.

The open space shall be maintained as specified in § 370-506 of this chapter.

A bonus density shall be allowed if more than 50% of the forest area on the site is preserved in the conservation area. The bonus shall be 0.04 dwelling unit per acre gross density for each 10% of forest preserved over the minimum of 50% required by this chapter.

A bonus density shall be allowed if the project includes the extension of public sewer service to adjacent or closely proximate single-family homes presently served by on-lot sewage disposal systems. The bonus shall be 0.02 dwelling unit per acre gross density for each home served. Such service shall be provided to the point of connection at the property line of such dwelling. Any off-site property owner requesting future connection to the public sewer extension will be required to deed restrict the property from further subdivision.

A bonus density shall be allowed if the project provides conservation area in excess of the 65% required. The bonus shall be 0.08 dwelling unit per acre gross density for each 5% provided in excess of 65%.

Density bonuses may be combined, as appropriate, provided that the permitted gross density with bonuses shall not exceed one dwelling unit per acre. The maximum number of dwellings that may be created shall be calculated by multiplying the tract area, measured to the street line of adjoining roads, by the permitted gross density with bonuses and shall be rounded to the nearest 0.01 of a unit. When that calculation results in anything other than a whole number, the number of units shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number when the fractional portion is less than 0.50 and shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number when the fractional portion is 0.50 or greater.

General requirements. Along all exterior property boundary lines of the development area there shall be a permanent buffer at least 25 feet in depth, unless this is modified pursuant to §§ 370-305B(12)(i)[3] and 370-305B(12)(i)[4]. A screen buffer (as defined herein) shall be provided wherever the development abuts existing residential uses or zoning and where abutting other types of uses when deemed necessary by the Board of Supervisors to provide sufficient buffering and transition. A softening buffer (as defined herein) at least 75 feet in depth shall be provided wherever the development abuts any existing street {as modified by § 370-305B(12)(i)[3]}, drive, or parking area; or open (not wooded) undeveloped land, except the conservation area as herein provided. An open buffer shall be provided wherever the development abuts wooded undeveloped land.

Components. The minimum component of each type of buffer shall be as follows:

Street intersections. The softening buffer described in § 370-305B(12)(i)[2][c] may be modified wherever necessary for adequate sight distance.

Existing buffers. In cases where a boundary of a development occurs along natural features which function as buffers, including, but not limited to, mature vegetation, significant grade changes or stream valleys, which are likely to be permanently preserved, buffering may be waived or modified along that boundary upon approval of the Board of Supervisors.

Maintenance. All vegetation shall be maintained permanently and in the event of death or other destruction shall be replaced within one year by the persons responsible for maintenance when death or destruction occurred.

Buffer landscape plan. A landscaping plan shall be submitted with the preliminary subdivision and land development plans showing all pertinent information, including the location, size and species of all individual trees and shrubs to be preserved or planted, or alternatively, the general characteristics of existing vegetation masses which are to be preserved.

Deed in fee to the Township; or

Permanently deed restricted from further development by conservation easement in favor of the Township, but owned by a homeowners' association; or

Conveyed to a conservancy, nonprofit corporation or association, or similar legal entity; or

Any combination of the above.

Common and active open space. To ensure that adequate land for passive and active parks, trails, and open space is provided to serve the residents of the development and Township, the requirements of § 370-504 shall be required.

Reservation of land for parks, trails, open space, and other public facilities. The developer, in the design and layout of the development plan, and the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors, in their review of the plan, shall consider the adequate provision of the site for parks, open space, and other public facilities and provide such uses for the residents of the development and the Township. Where such facilities are noted in the Official Map, when adopted, or where the Board of Supervisors otherwise determines that a portion of the plan is required for such facilities, the developer may be required to reserve such sites for a period not to exceed 60 days following receipt of the Planning Commission recommendation on the application for preliminary approval, after which time the Township shall either acquire the property or release the reservation.

Whenever a residential use is adjacent to a nonresidential use, a buffer zone with a minimum width of 50 feet shall be provided.

Wherever another dwelling unit type is adjacent to a midrise apartment, a buffer zone with a minimum width of 35 feet plus one foot for each foot that the midrise is over 35 feet in height shall be provided.

The buffer zones noted above shall be landscaped as specified in the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.

All planned residential developments shall have adequate road access to and from the development as determined by the traffic impact study required to be submitted with the application for preliminary approval by the SALDO.

Based upon the findings and results of such impact study, the Township may require road improvements by the developer to meet the transportation needs created by the traffic projected to be generated by the development.

Each townhouse, multiplex or garden apartment dwelling unit shall incorporate varied architectural modes and setbacks. An overall structure of attached dwelling units shall not be permitted with one common roofline or with equal front and rear yard setbacks for all dwelling units. Similarly, the appearance of the front and rear wall of the building shall have a distinction between dwelling units by varying the unit width or height, providing different exterior materials on the facade, or by changing the rooflines. Setbacks shall vary from every other dwelling unit to the next so that every two units are offset from the adjoining units by a minimum of two feet front and rear.

The building or setback line along any public street line shall be a minimum of 30 feet. (Reference is made only to the distance from the street line to the street to the face of the building.)

Subject to approval, minimum street line and cartway width may be reduced if:

Subject to approval, sidewalk requirements may be waived if a suitable pathway system apart from the street line is provided and serves all those dwelling units and commercial uses for which a sidewalk would normally be required.

An unenclosed porch running at least three quarters of the house front, being at least six feet in width; or

A portico front porch with at least two white columns and a standing seam metal roof.

For all buildings, burial plots, burial plot markers or monuments mounted flush with ground:

All grave markers shall be flush with the surface of the ground except in a designated area where monuments and headstones are permitted. The Board of Supervisors shall approve the designated areas at the time the plan is approved.

Maximum height of monuments, headstones, grave markers: four feet.

Maximum height of mausoleums, columbariums and other burial structures: 15 feet.

Maximum height of accessory buildings, including dwelling unit where permitted: 35 feet.

Entrance features, including gates, fountains, statuary, identification signs and the like.

Permitted by special exception.

The crematorium must clearly be incidental and subordinate to the principal use.

Shall comply with the requirements as the set forth in § 370-305C(2).

Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for any crematorium, the operator shall provide documentation to the Township that all applicable federal, state, and local permits have been obtained.

Crematoriums may provide a room(s) for private viewing of the cremation by member of the deceased's family, but may not be used to conduct public or private funeral home services.

The applicant shall identify and provide copies of any certifications that will be required to operate the crematorium, both from a facility standpoint and an operator's standpoint.

Any additional standards or operation requirements that are needed to protect the public health, safety, and welfare or to address unique characteristics of a particular site as defined by the Township shall be complied with by the landowner and/or developer and crematorium operator and owner.

Can be an accessory use permitted by special exception to both C1, Cemetery, and E45, Funeral home or mortuary uses.

The crematorium must clearly be incidental and subordinate to the principal use.

The use is subject to and shall comply with all requirements of the district in which it is located.

Served by approved public water and sewer facilities.

The site shall be located within a fifteen-minute driving radius of a hospital or other major medical facility.

Served by approved public water and sewer facilities.

The characteristics of the site and its design are such that it will not be detrimental to adjacent existing uses.

The site shall be located within a fifteen-minute driving radius of a hospital or other major medical facility.

Served by approved public water and sewer facilities.

The characteristics of the site and its design are such that it will not be detrimental to adjacent existing uses.

Use C6, Nursing home.

Use C7, Assisted living/personal care facility.