The purpose of establishing a Multifamily Apartment
District shall be to encourage the logical and timely development
of land in accordance with the objectives, policies and proposals
of the Comprehensive Plan; to permit it a variety of housing which
conforms to the intent of the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance;
to assure the suitable design of multifamily apartments in order to
protect the surrounding environment of adjacent and nearby neighborhoods;
and to ensure that the proposed development will constitute a residential
environment of sustained desirability and stability and not produce
a volume of traffic in excess of the capacity for which access streets
are designed.
The Board of Township Commissioners may authorize
as an amendment to the Zoning Map the designation of an area, or areas,
as a Multifamily Apartment District, subject to the regulations of
this and any pertinent Article. Multifamily Apartment Districts shall
be substantially in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan; shall
be limited to tracts abutting at least one major thoroughfare with
minimum fifty-foot rights-of-way and with access to major through
streets, railroads or other mass transportation; and shall be designated
and later approved only after full consideration of the features of
surrounding areas, including but not limited to residences, schools,
parks and the reservation of open space, local and regional business
areas and shopping centers; densities proposed for surrounding areas;
and such other features as shall contribute to the harmonious development
of the area with due regard to the character of the neighborhood and
its peculiar suitability for this type of use.
In a Multifamily Apartment District, a building
may be erected or used, and the lot may be used or occupied, for the
following purposes and no other, provided that the requirements of
the following sections are met:
A. The principal use shall be that of a residential building
or group of residential buildings for multifamily dwellings which
constitute a single operating unit and which are designed as a single
architectural project.
B. Accessory uses shall be limited to satisfying principally
the needs of the occupants only and shall not exceed 5% of the total
floor area of the building or buildings, excluding basements and garages,
and shall be limited to the following:
[Amended 7-12-1989 by Ord. No. 771]
(1)
Management and personal services.
(a)
Management and business offices utilized in
selling, managing, leasing and/or operating the building or buildings.
(b)
Recreation, exercise, sports and spa facilities
and building or buildings for the benefit of the occupants and their
guests only.
(2)
Except for separate means of ingress and egress
designated for service entrances, there shall be no entrance to any
such shop or office except from inside the building, and there shall
be no sign, display of merchandise or other manifestation of commercial
or professional use visible from any street or property line.
(3)
Basement floors may be used for the following
purposes and no other: parking, storage of occupants' personal effects,
occupants' personal laundry facilities, plant facilities and other
incidental service or recreational facilities as shall be approved
by the Board of Commissioners.