In the R-5 Residential District, the following
regulations shall apply.
In order to promote added flexibility of design
and to encourage conveyances with only consideration of useful land
for general use as parklands by the citizens of the Township, a developer
of 40 or more acres may, at his option, develop the land under the
regulations of this optional section.
A. As a requirement of using these standards, a developer
shall dedicate a minimum of 10% of the gross acreage of the tract
to the municipality. The actual location of the donated land shall
be negotiated to coordinate with the existing Township lands and with
other potential lands so that an integrated and cohesive system of
park lands may be evolved.
(1) Criteria for land to be dedicated. The Board of Supervisors,
upon the recommendation of the Park and Recreation Board, shall determine
if the land is acceptable for dedication based on the following and
any other relevant criteria.
(a)
Access. The dedicated land must be readily accessible
to all residents. This should be by virtue of at least one side of
the site abutting a public street for a minimum distance of 50 feet.
If public easements are the sole access, they shall be wide enough
to accommodate two-way traffic of maintenance equipment.
(b)
Location. The dedicated land shall be located,
to the extent possible, so that it equally serves all residents of
the development.
(c)
Shape. The shape shall be suitable to accommodate
those park and open-space activities appropriate to the location and
needs of the residents. The exact shape is variable. An example of
an unacceptable piece of land is one that is 30 feet wide and 1,500
feet long, unless it is to be developed as a bike route or as a connecting
trail to other facilities.
(d)
Soils. Soils should be suitable for the intended
park and open space uses.
(e)
Unity. It is desirable for the dedicated land
to be in well placed, adequately sized areas so that it can accommodate
anticipated uses, rather than to have numerous useless smaller pieces.
(f)
Utilities. The major piece(s) of dedicated land
are to be accessible to, but none crossed on or above the surface
of, a public street(s), telephone, power, fuel, water and sewer lines,
etc. If any of these facilities are placed underground, no part of
them or their supportive equipment shall protrude above ground level.
(g)
Slopes and floodplains. Steep slopes and floodplains
shall not make up more than 40% of the dedicated land. A minimum of
60% of the land must be relatively flat dry ground, not exceeding
the average percent of slope of the tract and suitable to the intended
purposes. Yards, setbacks, retention basins and detention basins and
other open stormwater facilities and other open areas required by
zoning and other regulations are not to be included as part of the
acreage to be dedicated.
B. In the event that the Board of Supervisors accepts the gift to dedicate 10% of the gross acreage, then the following regulations shall apply in lieu of the regulations set forth under Article
XI, §
230-66A through
G, inclusive.
(1) Minimum lot area. The minimum lot size permitted shall
be 12,000 square feet.
(2) Minimum lot width. The minimum lot width at the building
line shall be 70 feet. The minimum lot width at the street line shall
be 50 feet.
(3) Minimum yard setbacks. The minimum yard setback shall
be:
(b)
Side yard:
[1]
Interior yards: There shall be two side yards
having an aggregate width of not less than 25 feet, each side yard
having a width of not less than 10 feet.
[2]
Corner lots: There shall be two side yards,
the side yard abutting the street having a width of not less than
30 feet and the side yard not abutting the street having a width of
not less than 10 feet.
(4) Building coverage. The maximum building coverage of
any lot shall not exceed 20% of the total lot area.
(5) Lot averaging. A maximum of 25% of the lots in the
development may be reduced in size to no less than 10,000 square feet
with other lots being of sufficiently larger size so that the final
result shall be that the lot size shall be no less than 12,000 square
feet.
(6) Front yard averaging. A maximum of 25% of the lots
in the development may have the front yards reduced in depth to no
less than 35 feet with the front yards in other lots being of sufficiently
larger depth so that the final result shall be that the average front
yard of all lots in the development shall be no less than 40 feet
in depth.
(7) Public water and sewerage. Each lot must be served
by public water supply and public sewerage.
(8) Public and private utilities. All utility lines shall
be placed underground.
(9) Landscaping and screening. All landscaping, screening and buffering shall be installed in accordance with the provisions of the Montgomery Township Subdivision Ordinance, No. 18, Chapter
205, Article
VI.
[Added 8-3-1987 by Ord. No. 17-033]
[Added 7-28-1986 by Ord. No. 17-037]
See Article
XXI of this Zoning Ordinance for general provisions that may also relate to this District.