The purpose of this district is to:
A.
Provide for certain institutional uses with suitable
access in areas where institutional uses already exist.
B.
Provide for institutional uses which will be located
on relatively large parcels of land and designed to preserve substantial
amounts of open space and natural areas for both buffer and aesthetic
purposes so that the principal institutional uses will be compatible
with and a benefit to existing surrounding land uses and be appropriate
neighbors for higher-quality residential development.
C.
Provide for residential uses which will benefit from
the presence of certain institutional uses.
[Amended 1-13-1992 by Ord. No. 498]
A building or combination of buildings may be erected or used and land may be used or occupied, subject to the provisions of Articles XXIX and XXX, as follows:
A.
Permitted principal uses.
(1)
Residential uses as permitted in the R-1 District, subject to all of the regulations applicable to residential uses in the R-1 District, including the cluster subdivision option, and subject to the buffer requirements of Article XXXIV.
B.
C.
Permitted accessory uses.
(1)
Accessory uses which are customarily incidental to,
and on the same lot with, the principal permitted and approved conditional
uses.
(2)
A parking garage, being a building or structure of
two or more stories used for the parking of motor vehicles, which
shall have the following minimum dimensional standards:
(a)
Dimensional standards.
|
Angle of Parking Space
(degrees)
|
Width Parking Space
|
Depth Parking Space
|
Aisle Width
(feet)
|
Total Parking Module
(feet)
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
60, one-way aisle
|
8 feet 6 inches
|
18 feet 6 inches
|
16
|
53
| |
|
70, one-way aisle
|
8 feet 6 inches
|
19 feet
|
17
|
55
| |
|
90, two-way aisle
|
8 feet 6 inches
|
18 feet
|
24
|
60
|
(b)
Columns of a combined dimension of two feet
may protrude into the module dimension.
[Amended 1-28-1991 by Ord. No. 483; 2-10-2020 by Ord. No. 810]
The maximum height of a building or other structure(s)
erected, enlarged or used shall be 80 feet. No life care facility
shall exceed five stories and one story of ground level parking, and
it shall not exceed 55 feet in height.
[Amended 1-28-1991 by Ord. No. 483; 1-13-1992 by Ord. No.
498]
A.
Single-family dwelling units.
(1)
All area and bulk regulations for residential dwelling
units shall be the same as those applicable in R-1 or PRD districts.
B.
Institutional uses.
(2)
Buffer area. A buffer area of 190 feet shall be provided
along U.S. Route 1 and PA Route 352, and a one-hundred-foot buffer
shall be provided along other roads and property lines, provided that
the setback from property lines that abut an office district shall
be a minimum of 50 feet and the setback from property lines that abut
another property in an I-1 District shall be a minimum of 65 feet.
The buffer area shall be measured from the street line, or other property
line when the tract is not bounded by a street.
[Amended 2-25-2008 by Ord. No. 691; 2-10-2020 by Ord. No. 810]
(3)
Maximum building coverage. Not more than 30% of any
tract area shall be occupied by buildings.
[Amended 2-10-2020 by Ord. No. 810]
(4)
Maximum impervious surface area. Not more than 60%
of the area of any lot shall be occupied by buildings and other impervious
surfaces.
(5)
Gross density for life care facilities. Not more than
11 dwelling units per acre; provided that the overall dwelling unit
total does not exceed 380 units in the district.
(6)
Building placement.
(a)
No building shall be located within the required
buffer areas.
(b)
No building or permanent structure shall be
located less than 50 feet from any internal street line or 50 feet
from any internal side or rear property line.
(c)
The distance at the closest point between any
two buildings or groups of attached buildings, including accessory
buildings, shall be not less than 30 feet. Connecting corridors may
be permitted at the discretion of the Fire Marshal.
C.
Office uses.
[Amended 6-25-2007 by Ord. No. 684]
(1)
Density regulations. The density regulations for institutional
uses shall apply to office uses.
[Amended 1-28-1991 by Ord. No. 483; 1-13-1992 by Ord. No.
498]
(2)
Building setback and buffer area. A buffer and building setback area of 50 feet shall be provided along U.S. Route 1. In the event that an existing hospital building fronts U.S. Route 1, said two-hundred-foot buffer area required by Subsection B(2) shall be maintained for the entire width of the hospital building and 100 feet on either side thereof. A one-hundred-foot building setback and a buffer area of 25 feet (of which 15 feet shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions in Article XXXIV) shall be provided along other property lines, except as follows:
(a)
That the building setback from the property lines that abut a nonresidential use shall be a minimum of 50 feet with a buffer area of 25 feet (of which 15 feet shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions of Article XXXIV);
(b)
Where a property line abuts a residential district,
containing a preserved open space of a width not less than 100 feet
from the property line, a buffer will not be required within the I-1
District. There shall be a minimum building setback within I-1 District
of 20 feet. A minimum distance of 120 feet shall be maintained between
any building in the I-1 District and the nearest residential building
in the adjoining district.
[Amended 1-28-1991 by Ord. No. 483; 4-11-1994 by Ord. No.
534]
The following special requirements shall apply
to all institutional, office and life care facility uses:
D.
Any two major points of ingress and egress shall be
at least 500 feet from one another.
E.
All development shall be served by public water and
public sewer.
F.
At least 1.15 parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit in a life-care facility and 1.15 parking spaces for each bed in an intermediate care facility or residential personal care unit associated with a life-care facility; provided, however, that the Township Council may permit not more than 40% of the required parking spaces to be designated "reserve parking" pursuant to the provisions of § 275-189 hereof.
[Added 8-24-1998 by Ord. No. 587]
