The High-Rise Apartment District is designed to provide for modern nonnuisance enterprises which do not detract from the character of the surrounding area, which do not prejudice the use of adjoining tracts for other permitted uses, and which will contribute to the general welfare of the Borough of Jenkintown. In the High-Rise Apartment District, the following regulations shall apply.
A. 
One office building only, in which no goods or merchandise shall be stored or sold.
B. 
Apartment house or condominium units or group of apartment houses or condominiums designed as a single architectural project or unit and constructed and operated as a single proprietary unit. Such use shall provide appropriate landscaping, adequate buffer space and sufficient common open spaces and facilities in accordance with the requirements of § 181-66, Special requirements.
C. 
Single-family detached dwelling.
D. 
Municipal use, public utility building, or educational institution use.
E. 
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses and not detrimental to the neighborhood, including accessory commercial uses, which shall be limited to satisfy principally the needs of the occupants of permitted uses, including cafeteria, restaurant, personal service shops and retail stores. The total maximum area for such uses shall not exceed 5% of the total floor area of the building or buildings, excluding basements and garages.
For every building or group of buildings hereafter erected or used for a use permitted in this district, the following regulations shall apply:
A. 
Area requirements.
(1) 
No tract of ground in a High-Rise Apartment District shall have an area of less than five acres.
(2) 
Not more than 25% of each lot may be occupied by buildings, and at least 30% of the total lot area shall be permanently maintained in lawn, trees, shrubbery or other plantings.
(3) 
For apartment or condominium uses, there shall be not more than one dwelling unit for each 925 square feet of lot area, provided that the building coverage shall not exceed 21% of the lot area.
(4) 
Single-family detached dwellings shall comply with the requirements for the B-1 Residence District and the Traditional Residential Infill Overlay District (where applicable).
B. 
Building placement requirements. No building shall be located less than 25 feet from a street line or a side or rear property line, provided that, in the case of a building which exceeds 60 feet in height, the minimum yard shall be increased by one foot for each three feet by which the building height exceeds 60 feet.
In the High-Rise Apartment District, the following specific regulations shall apply in addition to the other applicable regulations of this chapter:
A. 
General.
(1) 
The application for a permit shall be accompanied by a plan which shall include, among other things, the information required below:
(a) 
The location, use, design and dimensions of all buildings and other structures, open spaces, yards, accessways, entrances, exits, off-street parking facilities and buffer strips.
(b) 
The character of buffer areas and screening devices to be maintained, including the dimensions and arrangement of all areas devoted to planting, lawns, trees or similar purposes.
(c) 
The provisions made for disposal of sanitary sewage, refuse and stormwater, including certification of the Borough Engineer as to adequacy, and a suitable contour map of the area.
(d) 
Sufficient data and/or plans, in all instances, to enable the Building Inspector, Planning Commission and Borough Council to determine that the proposed use complies with the requirements of this article and other pertinent requirements of this chapter.
(e) 
When deemed necessary by the Planning Commission and Borough Council, a traffic study, report and recommendations from a qualified traffic engineer shall be included with each application, which shall indicate:
[1] 
The general impact of the proposed improvement on traffic in the area.
[2] 
The adequacy of adjoining streets to accommodate projected traffic.
[3] 
Recommendations for the solution of any traffic problems which are expected to result from the proposed improvement.
(2) 
The tract of land on which each permitted use is conducted shall be held in single ownership and shall be operated under unified control or management, except for single-family detached dwellings.
(3) 
Each permitted use shall provide and maintain attractively landscaped grounds or make any other suitable screening provision which is necessary to adequately safeguard the residential character of adjacent districts.
(4) 
If there are more than two buildings on a lot, the minimum distance between buildings shall be 20 feet.
B. 
Parking requirements. The off-street parking and loading requirements of Article XIV, Off-Street Parking and Loading Standards, shall be met.
C. 
Improvement agreement. In order to assure that the construction shall be completed in accordance with the approved plans, the applicant, prior to the issuance of any construction permit, shall enter into a written agreement with the Borough providing for the completion of the entire project in accordance with the approved plan within a period of two years from the date of issuance of the permit or within such other mutually agreeable time period. Such agreement shall be secured by a completion guaranty in a form acceptable to Borough Council, in an amount equal to the construction cost and/or improvement cost of all streets, off-street parking facilities, buffer areas, screening devices and sanitary and storm sewers, as shall be estimated by the Borough Engineer.
[Amended 1-26-2015 by Ord. No. 2014-9]
D. 
Height limitation. No building shall exceed 100 feet in height.
Following the issuance of a permit or permits for construction in accordance with the approved plans, no change, deviation or alteration shall thereafter be permitted except when authorized by Borough Council.