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.
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.
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.
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.