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Township of Whitemarsh, PA
Montgomery County
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Zoning Map New Laws (1) Index Notes (20)
In an AA Residential District, the following regulations shall apply.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises may be used for any uses permitted in § 116-35.
Each lot shall be subject to the following minimum area, width and yard, and maximum height and building coverage requirements:
A. 
Lot area: 30,000 square feet.
B. 
Width at building setback line: 135 feet.
C. 
Front yard: 50 feet.
D. 
Side yard, each: 25 feet.
E. 
Rear yard: 50 feet.
F. 
Height.
(1) 
Principal building: 35 feet.
(2) 
Accessory building: 20 feet and not exceeding one story.
G. 
Building coverage: 15% of total lot area.
[Added 4-6-2006 by Ord. No. 812]
A. 
Option One is not applicable in the AA Residential District.
B. 
Option Two is not applicable in the AA Residential District.
C. 
Option Three.
(1) 
Maximum density: 1.4 dwelling units per acre of adjusted tract area.
(2) 
Minimum common open space: 50%.
(3) 
Minimum lot area: 11,500 square feet.
(4) 
Minimum lot width: 75 feet.
(5) 
Front yard: 25 feet.
(6) 
Side yard (each): 10 feet.
(7) 
Rear yard: 30 feet.
(8) 
Height:
(a) 
Principal building: 35 feet.
(b) 
Accessory building: 20 feet.
(9) 
Building coverage: 25% of lot area.
D. 
Tracts where development of fewer than five dwelling units is proposed (total of both existing and proposed) may be developed using any one of the preceding options or, in the alternative, may be developed according to the area and dimensional regulations specified in § 116-49, Dimensional requirements, of this chapter. Tracts utilizing this exemption shall not interrupt or preclude the implementation of an interconnected greenway network of common open space, which is a principal objective of this chapter.
[Amended 3-28-2013 by Ord. No. 925]
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Editor's Note: Former § 116-50, Planned cluster development, was repealed 3-22-1990 by Ord. No. 595.