[Ord. 01-09-18-1, 9/18/2001, § 400]
1.
The purpose of the Resource Protection District is to protect areas
containing sensitive natural features and areas of natural scenic
beauty such as the Tohickon Creek, the Delaware River, and the Delaware
Canal. Agricultural and low-intensity uses are permitted with standards
and densities designed to encourage the preservation of natural resources.
This District is regulated in accordance with the Township's support
of the Lower Delaware River Wild and Scenic River Management Plan.
This District is designed as a rural resource area, that the Municipalities
Planning Code[1] defines as an area within which rural resources uses,
including agriculture, timbering, mining, forest and game lands, and
recreation and tourism, are encouraged and enhanced, development that
is compatible with or supportive of such uses is permitted, and public
infrastructure services are not provided except in villages.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
2.
A building or structure may be erected or altered, to be used either
in whole or in part, and lots may be used or occupied for the following
uses and no other, provided that such use, buildings, or structures
shall comply with such regulations as yards, lot sizes, lot width,
building area, heights, impervious surface, easements, bufferyards,
off-street parking, and other requirements as specified by this chapter.
[Ord. 01-09-18-1, 9/18/2001, § 401]
1.
Uses Permitted by Right.
[Amended by Ord. 2017-05, 11/28/2017; Ord.
No. 2020-04, 9/8/2020; and by
A.O.]
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A1
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General Farming
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A2
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Agricultural Retail
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A4
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Forestry or Timber Harvesting
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A8
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Riding Stable and Horse Boarding
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B1
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Detached Dwelling
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B9
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Life-Care or Full-Care Facility
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B11
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Accessory Dwelling
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B12
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Home Occupations
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B14
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Residential Accessory Building, Structure or Use
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B17
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Short-Term Rentals
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C7
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Municipal Use or Municipal Buildings
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D1
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Public Recreational Facility
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D6
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Private Camp
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G28
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Small Wireless Communications Facility, co-located
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G28
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Small Wireless Communications Facility, requiring installation
of new wireless support structure
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2.
Uses Permitted by Conditional Use.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-07, 11/10/2020; and by A.O.]
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C1
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Place of Worship
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B18
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Event Venue Use
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G28
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Non-Tower-Based Wireless Communications Facility
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3.
Uses Permitted by Special Exception.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2021-07, 12/14/2021]
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B13
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Bed-and-Breakfast
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D5
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Golf Course
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E1
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Utilities, as modified by this Part
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E2
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Emergency Services
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H18
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Solar Energy Systems Off-Site Usage
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H19
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Wind Energy Systems Off-Site Usage
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[Ord. 01-09-18-1, 9/18/2001, § 402]
1.
All uses shall comply with the area and dimensional requirements listed in this section, unless a greater area or dimensional requirement is stated in § 27-304, Use Regulations, for the specific use, in which case the requirements of § 27-304 shall apply.
A.
Use B1, Single-Family Detached Dwelling.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2023-02, 2/14/2023]
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Minimum lot area
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2 acres
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Minimum lot width
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200 feet
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Maximum impervious surface coverage per lot
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10%
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Maximum impervious surface coverage per site (applicable to
a developer)
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12%
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A developer constructing one or more single-family detached
dwellings upon a site must comply with the following increased restrictions
applicable to every lot within the site: The maximum lot impervious
surface requirement shall be reduced by 2% points. These increased
restrictions do not apply to the purchaser of the new dwelling who
subsequently resides within this new dwelling, and the land freed
from these additional restrictions may be used to construct further
improvements upon the lot after the new construction has been completed
and the lot has been transferred to the purchaser.
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Minimum yards
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Front
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50 feet
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Side
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25 feet
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Rear
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50 feet
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B.
Other Permitted Uses.
[Amended by Ord. 2010-09, 11/3/2010, Art. III]
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Minimum lot area
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10 acres
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Minimum lot width
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200 feet
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Maximum impervious surface coverage
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10%
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Minimum yards
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Front
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50 feet
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Side
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25 feet
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Rear
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100 feet
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[Ord. 01-09-18-1, 9/18/2001, § 403; as amended by Ord. 2008-14, 10/7/2008]
1.
Within the RP District, Use E1, Utilities, shall not exceed a height
of 35 feet, and towers, switching stations, pumping stations, public
water supply facilities, community sewage systems, municipal public
sewer systems, community sewage treatment plants, and single-family,
small-flow treatment plants shall not be permitted.
2.
Within the RP District, the following additional resource protection standards shall apply. Where these standards differ from § 27-2401, the more stringent requirement shall apply.
A.
Floodplains and Floodplain Soils. Areas within the 100-year floodplain
shall not be altered, regraded, filled or built upon.
B.
Streams, Watercourses, Waters of the Commonwealth, Waters of the
U.S., Lakes or Ponds. No disturbance, grading, altering, filling,
piping or development is allowed.
C.
Wetlands. No disturbance, grading, altering, filling, piping or development
is allowed.
