Provide a comprehensive inventory of open space resources.

Indicated the proposed arrangement of dwelling units, vehicular and pedestrian circulation systems and open spaces so as to demonstrate how the tract warrants use of the open space design option provided for in this article.

Provide a narrative assessment of the potential impacts of the proposed development upon open space resources.

Suggest approaches to development design which mitigate the impacts upon or change to open space resources.

Any land within the identified floodplain area.

The existing areas (prior to the proposed development under the provisions of this article) within the tract perimeter set aside as rights-of-way for streets, public or private utilities and all areas of easements, including but not limited to storm drainage easements, water easements, sewage easements, utility easements and easements of access but excluding conservation easements.

Any area of prohibitive steep slopes as defined in § 84-54B of this chapter.

Any area of wetlands as defined for purposes of jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection or the United States Army Corps of Engineers, whichever is more extensive.

Lot size: 7,500 square feet minimum.

Lot width at building line: 80 feet minimum.

Maximum building coverage: 35% of lot area.

Maximum total impervious coverage: 50% of lot area.

Building setback line: 20 feet minimum.

Side yard: 10 feet minimum.

Rear yard: 30 feet minimum.

Maximum building height: 3 stories, not to exceed 30 feet.

All applicable standards provided in § 84-55 of this chapter shall apply to any development utilizing the open space design option.

All proposed dwelling units in a development utilizing the open space design option shall be situated so that they are set back a minimum of 50 feet from the predevelopment tract perimeter. Existing dwellings and dwellings resulting from the conversion of existing structures shall be exempt from this requirement.

The development plan shall achieve safe and proper internal traffic circulation, safe pedestrian movement and convenient ingress and egress both within the development and to and from existing Township streets. Proposed development streets shall be connected to existing Township streets only at those locations where the applicant can demonstrate safe and convenient access without adverse impact. Regardless of the applicant's compliance with the area and bulk regulations of § 84-127E of this article, no building or structure shall be placed or constructed at any location within the development which adversely affects clear sight distances for vehicular traffic on any proposed development street or existing Township street or otherwise adversely impedes safe and convenient vehicular movement.

Where applicable, the applicant shall comply with the specific objectives of the West Goshen Township Open Space and Recreation Plan.

The applicant shall demonstrate maximum conservation of scenic views from public streets and neighboring residential properties, utilizing existing vegetation, structures or changes in topography or providing landscaping to screen proposed development from view. In considering conditional use approval, the Board of Supervisors, in its sole discretion, may reduce screening requirements when the applicants submit individual building design plans with sufficient detail to demonstrate, in terms of how such buildings will be viewed from public streets or neighboring residential properties, reasonable replication of proportional relationships of form and massing evident in existing historic resources, including ratios of height to width, length of individual facade segment, roof pitch, relative size and placement of windows, doors and other facade details. The distance from point of public or neighboring view may also be considered as a mitigating factor by the Board of Supervisors in its review of plans for buildings within such view.

Lands within the identified floodplain area shall comply with the provisions of Article XIX of this chapter.

Lands within precautionary steep slopes or prohibitive steep slopes shall comply with the provision of § 84-54 of this chapter.

Streams (both perennial and intermittent) and wetlands falling under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Corp of Engineers or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection shall not be disturbed except for utility lines and permitted crossings providing necessary pedestrian, equestrian or vehicular access.

Mature trees and woodlands, including any existing trees greater than four inches diameter at breast height (dbh), hedgerows, fence lines, rock outcroppings and other noted landscape features shall be preserved to the greatest degree feasible. Woodland removal shall not exceed 40% of total woodland area on any tract.

Areas designated as restricted open space shall be consistent with the West Goshen Township Open Space and Recreation Resources Plan. The location and layout of restricted open space shall be configured so as to promote adherence to the open space resource protection standards of this section and shall further conform to the following conditions:

Areas designated for open space purposes may be used for any of the following:

Subject to the provisions of measurement of minimum required open space specified in this article, stormwater management facilities, water well and subterranean water facilities and lines which form a part of the public water system serving the development and subterranean sanitary sewer lines forming a part of the public sanitary sewer system serving the development may be located within restricted open space areas; provided, however, that no sanitary sewer plant or facilities of any kind shall be permitted within the restricted open space areas. Where any of the foregoing permitted facilities are so located, perpetual deeds of easement containing metes and bounds descriptions of the easements and provisions for access to and maintenance of those facilities shall be prepared by the applicant and submitted to the Township Engineer and Township Solicitor for their approvals and shall be recorded contemporaneously with the development plan.

At the discretion of the Board of Supervisors, a portion of the required restricted open space may be utilized to meet the requirements of the West Goshen Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, specified in § 72-35 of the West Goshen Code, where all of the criteria of this § 84-128 and § 72-35 are met.

Except to provide for permitted open space uses specified in this section, designated open space shall be restricted from further subdivision or development by deed restriction, conservation easements or other agreement in form and content acceptable to the Board of Supervisors, approved by the Township Solicitor and duly recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Chester County, Pennsylvania, contemporaneously with the development plan.

The provisions of ownership and maintenance of common facilities established in the West Goshen Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, specifically § 72-40 of this Code, shall apply to restricted open space created under this article.

The development plan submitted with the conditional use application shall be accompanied by a declaration of covenants, easements, conditions and restrictions to which all areas designated on the development plan as restricted open space shall be subject, together with the bylaws of any legal entity or organization by which such entity or organization is proposed to be governed. In addition to the requirements specified in § 72-40B of this Code, the proposed declaration shall be revised to add such additional conditions and requirements as are specified as conditions for approval of the conditional use by the Board of Supervisors and required for inclusion in the declaration or as shall otherwise be reasonably required by the Township Engineer or the Township Solicitor. Continued maintenance and funding of the restricted open space shall be as specified and provided for in § 72-40C of this Code and shall be required to be specified in the recorded declaration.