It is the specific intent of this article to:
A. Encourage moderately high densities of development
around village centers in areas of the Township served by public,
central water and sewer systems and by major roads.
B. Meet the Township's obligations to provide a diversity
of housing types for a wide range of income levels and age groups.
C. Encourage compact development, thereby reducing the
cost of provision of public services.
D. Provide sufficient open space and recreational facilities
to serve the needs of future residents.
On any lot in the R-4 District, any one of the following uses, and no other, is permitted, in accordance with the requirements in §
184-114 of this article:
A. Single-family detached dwellings:
B. Two-family dwellings (twins or duplexes).
C. Single-family attached dwellings (townhouses or multiplexes).
D. Multifamily dwellings (garden apartments or flats).
E. Other dwelling types similar to the above may be permitted
by the Board of Supervisors under the development standards of the
permitted use that they most closely resemble.
F. Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to the principal use, as specified in §
184-71 herein.
G. Home occupations as specified in §
184-72 herein.
H. Public or private noncommercial open space, parks,
playgrounds, tot-lots and similar recreational facilities, if ancillary
to residential development.
I. Municipal parks, playgrounds and other such municipal
buildings and uses deemed appropriate and necessary by the Township
Supervisors.
On any lot in the R-4 District, any one of the following uses, and no other, may be permitted as a conditional use by the Board of Supervisors according to the requirements of §
184-68 herein:
A. Agricultural uses and farm buildings, according to the standards of §
184-71A(4) herein, provided that these uses are compatible with existing neighboring development.
B. Those conditional uses permitted in the R-1 District, according to the standards of §
184-100 herein.
Any tract developed for residential purposes
under the development standards of the R-4 District shall meet the
following requirements:
A. Minimum lot area of 10 acres. Tracts under 10 acres
may be developed according to the requirements of the R-3 District.
B. Public sewer and water service shall be provided.
C. A single overall plan shall be required, although
the plan may be developed in separate phases.
D. Any development containing 100 or more dwelling units
shall include at least two of the permitted dwelling types, with each
type constituting no less than 15% of the total number of dwelling
units.
E. A buffer strip at least 50 feet wide shall be provided
along the ultimate right-of-way of all abutting streets and along
all tract boundaries. The buffer strip shall include one of the following:
(1)
Common open space, meeting the standards of §
184-82 herein.
(2)
A landscaped buffer, meeting the standards of §
155-27.1 of Chapter
155, Subdivision and Land Development.
F. Single-family attached dwellings (townhouses and multiplexes)
shall meet the following additional requirements:
[Added 11-4-1998 by Ord. No. 198]
(1)
The maximum density shall be 4.0 dwelling units
per net buildable acre.
(3)
Each dwelling unit shall have a minimum building width of 20
feet; however, such width shall be increased to 24 feet if a dwelling
unit has garage doors for two or more motor vehicles facing onto and
visible from the front lot line or if more than 60% of the front yard
in front of a dwelling unit is covered by paving.
[Amended 6-16-2015 by Ord. No. 360]
(4)
No building shall be placed within the fifty-foot minimum perimeter buffer area required by Subsection
E above.
(5)
The minimum front yard shall be 15 feet, which
shall be increased to 20 feet if any vehicle parking is provided in
the front yard.
(6)
Each principal building shall be separated by
30 feet from any other principal building.
(7)
Each dwelling unit shall have a usable rear
yard area that is not occupied by a garage and that has a minimum
depth of 25 feet.
(8)
The development tract, at the time of the completion
of the development, shall have a maximum building coverage of 50%
and a maximum impervious coverage of 60%.
(9)
A minimum of 40% of the total tract area shall
be preserved as permanent open space.
(10)
A maximum of six dwelling units shall be attached.
(11)
If mailboxes cannot be placed on the fronts
of individual dwelling units, then they should be clustered in an
orderly manner.