The Board of Supervisors shall administer the
provisions of this article, which administration shall include the
approval, modification or disapproval of any development plan; provided,
however, that subject to any inconsistent provisions of the Planning
Code, the Board of Supervisors may by resolution from time to time
designate the Township Planning Commission as the official agency
of the Board of Supervisors for any or all of such purposes, either
generally or with respect to one or more specific developments, and
may from time to time by resolution revoke or amend any such designations.
No application for tentative approval of a planned
residential development shall be considered or approved unless the
following conditions are met:
A. The proposed planned residential development consists
of one or more contiguous parcels of land under one ownership containing
50 or more acres of land, located in a R-PRD Planned Residential District
of the Township.
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B. The proposed planned residential development will
be connected to public water and sanitary sewer systems.
C. Both water supply and sewage disposal system shall
be operational at the time of occupancy of the first completed structure.
D. The proposed development is found to be consistent
with the Comprehensive Plan for Concord Township.
A developer may construct a planned residential
development in stages if the following criteria are met:
A. The application for tentative approval covers the
entire planned residential development and shows the location and
approximate time of construction for each stage, in addition to other
information required by this article.
B. At least 15% of the dwelling units in the plan given
tentative approval are included in the first stage.
C. At least 33% of the dwelling units in any stage are
rented or sold before any commercial development shown in that stage
shall be completed.
D. The second and subsequent stages are completed consistent
with the tentatively approved plan and are of such size and location
that they constitute economically sound units of development. In no
event shall such stages contain less than 15% of the dwelling units
receiving tentative approval.
E. Gross residential density may be varied from stage
to stage; provided, however, that final approval shall not be given
to any stage if the gross residential density by type of dwelling
of the area which includes stages already finally approved and the
stage for which final approval is being sought exceeds by more than
10% the gross residential density for each type of dwelling unit allowed
for the entire planned residential development in the tentatively
approved plan. Where it is necessary to allocate open space to early
stages to avoid exceeding maximum gross residential densities, the
developer may be required to grant an open space easement or covenant
to the Township specifying the amount and, if necessary, the location
of open space.