[Adopted 11-8-1993 by Ord. No. 390; amended in its entirety 12-18-2003by Ord. No. 506]
In addition to the other provisions of this Part 4, the following standards shall apply to all developments proposed under the Open Space Residential Overlay District of the Township Zoning Ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 143, Zoning.
A. 
All lots shall be grouped into areas consisting of a minimum of five lots, but no more than 25 lots.
B. 
The maximum or minimum number of lots may be increased or decreased, with the approval of the governing body. However, the applicant must demonstrate that such an alternative plan is more appropriate for the tract in question and will meet both the general intent and design standards of this article rather than being intended solely for economic savings.
C. 
Housing units shall abut common open space to the greatest extent possible or provide direct access to open space for lots and privacy to individual yard areas.
D. 
A meandering, circuitous eight-foot wide paved macadam walking trail shall be designed and installed within the fifty-foot open space tract boundary buffer. The paved walking trail shall surround the entire development in order to provide an active recreation feature solely for the residents of the development. This walking trail is not intended for use by other residents throughout the Township.
(1) 
All properties shall abut the walking trail along the property line or abut a secondary walking trail that leads to the primary meandering, circuitous paved walking trail that surrounds the entire development.
E. 
Views of neighborhoods from exterior roads shall be minimized by the use of changes in topography, existing vegetation that is preserved and/or additional landscaping, including reforestation.
F. 
No building envelope shall contain wetlands, floodplains or slopes over 25% and all building envelopes shall be set back at least 20 feet from these sensitive areas unless a greater distance is required elsewhere in the Township’s Zoning Code.
G. 
Active recreation areas, including, but not limited to, golf courses, playing fields, playgrounds and courts. Such active recreation areas shall be set back from the tract boundary a minimum of 100 feet. At a minimum, 15%, or one acre, whichever is greater, of the required common open space must be usable for active recreation. Any areas designed for active recreation must be generally level (finished grade not to exceed 3%), safely accessible to all of the residential lots in the OSR development and shall be designed in conformance with the regulations of § 123-140G of the Township’s Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance. Active recreation areas must have frontage or direct access from a road within the proposed development. This requirement for active recreation land may be used to satisfy the prime recreation land requirements of § 123-140 of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, provided that the applicant can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Board of Supervisors that the active recreation land requirements contained above superseded the regulations of § 123-140.
(1) 
Parking areas of 10 or fewer spaces where necessary to serve any public active recreation facilities.
H. 
Views of housing units from exterior roads shall be minimized by the use of changes in topography, existing vegetation that is preserved and/or additional landscaping in accordance with the landscape design standards of Article IV, Design Standards, contained within the Township’s SALDO.
I. 
No lot in the residential development shall take access from an exterior road or feeder classification or higher, nor from any internal road except for a residential street or cul-de-sac as defined herein.
J. 
Rear lots are not permitted.
K. 
Off-street parking, signs and landscaping shall comply with the applicable standards of Chapter 143, Zoning, and Chapter 123, Subdivision and Land Development.