The intent of the Township in permitting development
pursuant to this article is as follows:
A. To provide for residential developments that meet
the growing needs of older persons, including the need for quality
housing, fellowship, open space and recreational facilities.
B. To encourage innovations in residential development
so that the growing demand for housing may be met by a greater variety
in type, design and layout of dwellings, while conserving open space
within such a development.
C. To recognize that developments housing older persons
typically generate lower average rates of vehicular traffic, water
usage and sewer usage than other types of residential developments,
and have less impact upon the public school system, and a lower average
number of residents per dwelling unit. Therefore, a higher density
is justified for this type of development than other types of residential
uses.
D. To encourage flexibility in site planning which will
respect and conserve natural resources, such as streams, ponds, floodplains,
wooded areas, steep slopes, and other areas of significant beauty
or importance to the environment.
E. To encourage a sense of community among residents
of a complex for older persons through indoor and outdoor facilities
for social interaction.
F. To provide for patterns of development around the
perimeter of a tract that are compatible with neighboring development
while allowing greater flexibility within the interior of the tract.
In R-55A Residential Districts, the following
regulations shall apply.
A building may be erected, altered or used and
a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and
no other:
A. Single-family detached dwelling.
B. Conversion of single-family detached dwelling, subject to the provisions of Article
XXXI, §
165-212, herein.
D. An independent adult community and associated accessory uses in accordance with the provisions of §
165-80.12.
E. Any of the following purposes when authorized as a
special exception:
(1)
Educational, religious, philanthropic use, excluding
correctional or penal institution.
(2)
Passenger station for public transportation,
any other public utility use directly related to and necessary for
services within the Township.
(3)
Community center, noncommercial park, public
or private recreational use.
F. Signs, subject to the provisions of Article
XXVII, herein.
G. Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses.
H. Radio and television transmitting stations and towers
may be erected and used by federally licensed amateur radio operators
ancillary to their private residences.
I. Single-family semidetached dwelling.
J. Two-family detached dwelling.
K. Two-family semidetached dwelling.
M. Rowhouse, not to exceed six dwellings per structural
unit.
N. Storage garage when authorized as a special exception.
O. Personal care facility as a conditional use in accordance with §
165-219.1.