The following regulations shall govern the designated
residential districts.
[Amended 10-21-1982 by Ord. No. 442]
Permitted uses on each lot in AAAA, AAA, AA,
A and B Residential Districts shall be as follows:
A.
One single-family detached dwelling.
B.
Agriculture or horticulture, except the commercial
keeping or handling of farm stock or poultry and except commercial
greenhouses or establishments for sale of farm or horticulture products.
C.
Any of the following purposes when authorized as a
special exception:
(1)
Public utility facility, provided that the exterior
architectural design shall be of a residential character in conformity
with all the regulations of the district and shall at no time be used
for the storage of equipment or vehicles or other commercial purposes.
(2)
Passenger station for public transportation.
D.
An accessory use on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any permitted use, including a home occupation.
Permitted uses on each lot in C Residential
District shall be as follows:
A.
Any use permitted in B and AD Residential Districts.
[Added 3-28-2013 by Ord. No. 925]
In all residential districts, with the exception of CCRC Continuing-Care
Retirement Community District, and in the VC Village Commercial District,
a group home may be authorized as a special exception subject to compliance
with the following criteria:
A.
One
parking space shall be provided for each staff member who will customarily
be on premises at the same time as any other staff member or who will
overlap shifts with another staff member.
B.
One
parking space shall be provided for every five residents or fraction
thereof; one such space shall be a handicapped (accessible) space,
adequate in size for a van.
C.
Buffering of the side and rear of the property shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, § 105-52.
D.
The
home will conform to the type and outward appearance of the residences
in the area in which it is located. This requirement shall in no way
restrict the installation of a ramp or other special features required
to serve the residents.
E.
Any
medical or counseling services provided shall be done for the residents
of the group home only.
[Added 8-23-1990 by Ord. No. 604; amended 12-13-2007 by Ord. No.
845]
The procedure for the granting of conditional
uses in any zoning district shall be as follows:
A.
The applicant shall file an application for a conditional
use permit with the Board of Supervisors. The application shall contain
the following material:
(1)
Appropriate design plans and/or specifications, in
conformance with the requirements for a preliminary subdivision or
land development plan.
(2)
Photographs depicting the site.
(3)
Appropriate engineering responses to any identified
or suspected site development problem.
(4)
Other related information required to support the
application.
B.
The Board of Supervisors shall conduct a public hearing
pursuant to public notice.
C.
In considering any conditional use application, the
Board of Supervisors may consult with the Township Planning Commission,
the Montgomery County Planning Commission, the Township Engineer and
other technical experts to determine the feasibility of such proposed
use.
D.
Conditions of approval. In allowing a conditional
use, where such use is permitted, the Board may attach such reasonable
conditions and safeguards, as it may deem necessary, to implement
the purposes of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,[2] as amended, and this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.
F.
In any instance where the Board of Supervisors is
required to consider a request for a conditional use in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter, the Board shall:
(1)
Determine whether the conditional use is specifically
authorized by a provision of this chapter.
(2)
Determine that the proposed use will be compatible
with the character of the neighborhood and that the use of property
adjacent to the area of the proposed use is adequately safeguarded,
if necessary.
(3)
Determine that the proposed use or change will not
have a harmful effect on local vehicular or pedestrian traffic due
to any of the following:
(4)
Determine that the proposed use is consistent with
the policies contained within the Whitemarsh Township Comprehensive
Plan and the Whitemarsh Township Open Space Plan.
(5)
Determine that the surrounding neighborhood will not
be subjected to objectionable noise, lighting, glare, heat, ventilation,
smoke, fumes, vapors, dust, dirt, gases or radioactive or electrical
disturbances by the proposed use or change.
(6)
Determine that the design of the proposed development
minimizes adverse effects, including visual impacts, of the proposed
use on adjacent properties.
(7)
Determine that the proposed use will comply with the
regulations of the zoning districts in which it is located and this
chapter generally, including but not limited to, all lot, yard and
bulk regulations, parking and loading regulations, sign regulations,
floodplain regulations and all other applicable ordinances.
(8)
Determine that the proposed use or change does not
unduly burden sanitary sewers, school, police, fire, park, stormwater
management or other public facilities or services, whether or not
provided by the Township.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 116-37,
Variance of lot area requirement, was repealed 8-25-1983 by Ord. No.
477.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 116-38,
Planned cluster developments, as amended, was repealed 4-6-2006 by
Ord. No. 812.
