It is the specific intent of this article to:
A.
Ensure that institutions are suitably designed and
sited so as to protect the character of adjacent neighborhoods.
B.
Ensure that institutional development will be adequately
served by public facilities and services.
C.
Govern the expansion of existing institutional uses
in the Township.
D.
Promote the development of safe and affordable housing
for elderly persons and to ensure that such housing provides accessibility
to essential community facilities and services.
E.
Provide the elderly individual with a variety of structural
housing options within a single development, including the opportunity
to transfer from an independent living situation to a semidependent
or dependent care environment, should the need arise.
[Amended 6-19-2012 by Ord. No. 330]
The institutional uses listed under § 184-184 below will be permitted as conditional uses in all residential districts, all commercial districts, and the Office/Limited Industrial District in compliance with the requirements listed below:
A.
The tract shall be at least 10 acres in size and have
direct access to an arterial or collector street.
B.
The proposed use shall be served by public sewer and
water service.
C.
A traffic study shall be performed in compliance with § 184-84 herein. Mitigation of traffic impacts on surrounding roads may be required by the Board of Supervisors.
D.
For uses listed under § 184-184C below, the applicant shall guarantee occupancy only by persons 55 years or older, if the housing meets the criteria of federal and state law:
[Amended 6-16-2015 by Ord. No. 360]
(1)
The guaranty shall be in a form acceptable to the Board of Supervisors,
upon recommendation by the Township Solicitor.
(2)
The guaranty shall be a covenant running with the land, applicable
to the applicant and his heirs, successors and assigns.
(3)
If, at any time, elderly residents cannot he guaranteed, the
property may be converted to another permitted institutional use or
a use permitted in the underlying district.
E.
The development shall be designed with unified standards
for building design, landscaping, lighting and access to interior
roads. These standards shall be submitted in the form of protective
covenants which shall be binding upon developers of individual lots.
[Amended 4-6-2021 by Ord. No. 405]
On any tract that meets the requirements of § 184-183 above, one or more of the following uses may be permitted:
A.
Medical and surgical hospitals or clinics, convalescent
homes and other health care facilities of a similar nature.
B.
Retirement communities, nursing homes, personal or
intermediate care facilities and similar uses providing elderly care.
C.
Individual dwelling units may be developed only when
permitted in the underlying districts and shall be restricted to the
types of dwellings permitted in the district where they are to be
located.
[Amended 11-4-1998 by Ord. No. 198; 5-3-2005 by Ord. No.
249]
D.
Customary accessory uses, including cafeterias, gift
shops, newsstands and other small retail operations intended primarily
for the occupants, visitors and employees of the institution.
The following standards shall apply to any permitted
institutional use listed above:
A.
Minimum lot area: 10 acres.
B.
Minimum lot width: 300 feet.
C.
Minimum front yard: 100 feet.
D.
Building setback from side or rear lot lines: 100
feet.
E.
Maximum impervious coverage: 50% of net area or NBA,
whichever is less.
F.
Maximum building coverage: 20% of net area.
G.
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
H.
Minimum separation between buildings: 25 feet, or
the height of the taller building, whichever is greater.
I.
The maximum density of any dwelling units developed
under this article shall be equal to the density that would otherwise
be permitted for such dwellings in the applicable zoning district,
plus a bonus of 20% for dwelling units that are permanently restricted
to persons age 55 or older. This bonus is intended to recognize the
fact that senior citizen households typically generate less community
impacts than other types of households.
[Amended 11-4-1998 by Ord. No. 198]
(1)
Land areas occupied by uses other than dwelling
units (such as hospitals) shall not count towards the land area used
to calculate permitted dwelling density.
(2)
For any facilities housing persons overnight
that do not involve dwelling units (such as a personal care center),
each two beds shall be considered equal to one dwelling unit.
