The NR Overlay District is primarily intended to:
A. Encourage redevelopment to occur in a manner consistent with traditional
patterns and scale of development, and mix of uses, that occurred
prior to newer suburban development patterns;
B. Promote a mix of diverse but compatible types of neighborhood development;
C. Avoid development that could cause inefficient patterns of development;
D. Provide for reasonably safe and convenient pedestrian, bicycle and
vehicle circulation, with an emphasis on avoiding conflicts with vehicles
backing out of garages across sidewalks;
E. Encourage persons to work, shop, attend religious services and enjoy
recreation in the neighborhood within which they live;
F. Encourage the creation of a sense of place and a community spirit
that promotes social interaction and volunteerism;
G. Service the purposes that are provided in the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, as amended, for traditional neighborhood development;
H. Promote the goals and objectives of the Lower Allen Township Comprehensive
Plan Update, 2006, as amended;
I. Make efficient use of available public water and sewer services and
other infrastructure; and
J. Promote adaptive use and convenient reuse of land and buildings.
After a NR conditional use has been approved, the following
uses in addition to those in the underlying zoning district shall
be permitted by right, provided the uses are consistent with the approved
overall master plan:
A. Single-family detached dwellings.
B. Side-by-side twin dwellings.
D. Places of worship, including: one accessory residential unit and
accessory preschool uses.
F. Schools, from preschool through grade 12.
H. Family day care home in accordance with §
220-162.
I. Home occupations in accordance with §
220-165.
K. Accessory dwellings, in accordance with §
220-149.
L. Accessory uses and structures on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the permitted uses in accordance with §
220-150.
M. Publicly owned recreation uses; recreation uses and open space owned
by a property owners' association.
P. Signs, in accordance with Article
XXV.
Q. Additional nonresidential uses shall be permitted in accordance with
the NAICS as follows:
NAICS No.
|
Category
|
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22
|
Utilities
|
44-45*
|
Retail trade, excluding Industries 4411 (Automobile Dealers) and 4412 (Other Motor Vehicle Dealers), and excluding sexually oriented business as defined by Chapter 59 of the Code of the Township of Lower Allen. Refer to said chapter for sexually oriented business regulations.
|
485
|
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
|
491
|
Postal Service
|
492
|
Couriers and Messengers
|
51
|
Information
|
52
|
Finance and Insurance
|
53
|
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing, excluding Industries 53113
(Lessors of Miniwarehouses and Self-Storage Units); 5321 (Automotive
Equipment Rental and Leasing); and 5324 (Commercial and Industrial
Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing)
|
54
|
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
|
55
|
Management of Companies and Enterprises
|
56
|
Administration and Support and Waste Management and Remediation
Services, except Industry 5617 (Services to Buildings and Dwellings);
and Subsector 562, Waste Management and Remediation Services
|
6111
|
Elementary and Secondary Schools
|
6116
|
Other Schools and Instruction
|
621
|
Ambulatory Health Care Services
|
624
|
Social Assistance
|
71
|
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
|
721191
|
Bed-and-Breakfast Inns
|
722
|
Food Services and Drinking Places
|
81
|
Other Services (Except Public Administration), except Industries
8113 (Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and
Maintenance, except Automotive and Electronic); and 812332 (Industrial
Launderers)
|
92
|
Public Administration, except: Industry 92214 (Correctional
Institutions)
|
Maximum building height for principal and accessory buildings:
as permitted in the underlying zoning district.
The overall impervious coverage for a NR development shall not
exceed 70%.
In addition to the requirements of Article
XXIV, the following apply to a NR:
A. No more than 10% of residential units shall have required parking
areas within the front yard.
B. No more than 10% of the required parking for nonresidential units
shall be within front yards.
C. Up to 50% of the required parking for nonresidential uses may be
attained with on-street parking spaces.
D. Required parking may be reduced up to 15% if it is demonstrated through
the conditional use process that shared parking spaces of different
primary uses will have different peak demand times for parking, and
that adequate parking will be available during the peak demand periods
for all uses.