In R-A Recreational Area Districts, the following
regulations shall apply.
Land may be used or occupied and buildings and
structures may be erected, altered and used for any of the following
purposes and no other:
A. Public park or recreation area owned and operated
by a governmental agency.
B. Woodland, game preserve or other conservation purpose.
C. Privately owned outdoor recreational area or use,
including but not limited to park, picnic ground, riding academy,
golf course, swimming pool, ice-skating rink and tennis courts.
D. Municipal uses.
[Added 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
E. Bed-and-breakfast facility in accordance with §
165-219.8.
[Added 7-15-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-878]
F. Uses accessory to permitted uses, provided that each
building or structure is clearly incidental to the permitted outdoor
use.
G. Any use of the same general character as any of the uses
hereinbefore specifically permitted when authorized as a special exception,
provided that the use and its design are compatible with the natural
character of the area; that any club or lodge building and its services
shall be for the use of members and their guests only; that no commercial
activity shall be permitted except for charging of admission, the
sale of refreshments or such other purpose as is clearly incidental
to the permitted outdoor activity; that each incidental commercial
use shall be located or screened so that it shall not be visible from
a public street; and that the source of any exterior spotlighting
or floodlighting of buildings or grounds shall not be visible from
off the premises.
The maximum height of buildings and other structures
erected or enlarged in this district shall be 25 feet.
In order to accomplish the spirit and purpose
of this chapter, any owner or owners of any tract of land prior to
the receipt of use and occupancy permit and/or building permits shall
first submit to the Township development plans pursuant to §§ 165-236
and 165-237 herein.
[Amended 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
The provisions of Article
XXVIII shall apply to R-A Districts.
Not more than 20% of the total lot area shall
be occupied by buildings and structures, and in no event shall buildings
or other structures occupy more than 15,000 square feet of any lot
except when authorized by a special exception.
At least 90% of the area of each lot not devoted
to off-street parking and/or occupied by buildings or other structures
shall be kept in grass, shrubbery, trees or other natural cover. In
addition, no use which requires the use of outdoor lighting or which
is concentrated in time and space, such as but not limited to the
use of a swimming pool or tennis court, nor shall the principal building
be located within 100 feet of any abutting residentially zoned district.
[Amended 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
All parking at commercial areas shall be effectively screened from abutting lots by a buffer strip not less than 20 feet in width. Such planting shall be in accordance with the provisions of §
165-217.1 herein.