[Added 11-30-1999 by Ord. No. 99-19]
[Amended 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 00-13]
The purpose of this district is to allow the creation of a planned
community for persons 55 years of age and over which provides for
a variety of residential housing types as well as indoor and outdoor
recreational facilities.
[Amended 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 00-13]
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied
for any of the following purposes and no other:
A.
Single-family detached dwelling. A single detached dwelling unit
on an individual lot with private yards on all sides of the house.
B.
Semidetached dwelling. A unit having only one dwelling unit from
ground to roof and only one wall in common with another dwelling unit.
C.
Multiplex dwelling. An attached dwelling unit which may be arranged
in a variety of configurations: side by side, back to back or vertically.
D.
Municipal uses. Township administration offices, police station and
senior citizen center.
E.
Accessory uses, consisting of:
(1)
Uses customarily incidental to any permitted use, subject to the applicable provisions of this article and Article XXIV.
[Amended 5-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-05]
(2)
Outdoor recreational facilities, including but not limited to
tennis courts, swimming pools, walking paths, golf putting/chipping
area and shuffleboard courts.
(3)
Clubhouse, consisting of auditorium, activity rooms, kitchen
areas, craft rooms, fitness, lounges or similar facilities, for members
of the community and invited guests.
(4)
Guardhouse and/or entrance gates.
(5)
Administrative offices used for the management of the community.
[Amended 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 00-13; 8-16-2000 by Ord. No. 00-09; 10-23-2001 by Ord. No. 01-16]
All uses in the AQC District shall meet the following requirements:
A.
Minimum site area: 100 gross acres.
B.
Maximum density: three dwelling units per gross acre. The provisions of § 500-2603E of this chapter shall not be applicable in this district.
C.
Maximum building coverage: 20%.
D.
Maximum impervious coverage: 40%.
E.
Unit mix requirements. On sites over 125 acres, at least three housing
types shall be provided within the proposed development, with no one
housing type comprising less than 15% of the total number of dwelling
units; while on sites under 125 acres, only one housing type needs
to be provided.
F.
Minimum open space. The minimum open space ratio shall be 35% of
gross site area, before deduction of any and all lands to be dedicated
to the Township.
G.
Minimum building setback from tract boundary: from off-site street
cartway, 75 feet; from the property line, 50 feet. These restrictions
shall not apply to any property owned by the Township.
H.
Maximum building height: three stories or 35 feet, whichever is less,
except for property for Township use.
I.
Buffer yard. A twenty-five-foot buffer yard shall be provided along all property lines of the tract. The buffer yard shall meet the requirements of § 500-2605 of this chapter.
J.
Off-street parking. There shall be 1 1/4 off-street parking
spaces provided for each dwelling unit.
[Amended 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 00-13]
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Use
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Requirement
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Single-Family Detached
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Single-Family Semidetached
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Multiplex
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Minimum lot area
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6,000 square feet
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4,000 square feet
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N/A
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Minimum lot width
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60 feet
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40 feet
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N/A
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Minimum front yard from edge of cartway
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1.
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With sidewalks, 30 feet
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1.
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With sidewalks, 30 feet
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30 feet, front-entry garage
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2.
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Without sidewalks, 25 feet
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2.
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Without sidewalks, 25 feet
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20 feet, side- or rear-entry garage
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20 feet, parking lots other than driveway cover
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Minimum side yard
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10-foot minimum
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10 feet on 1 side
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N/A
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Minimum rear yard
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15 feet
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15 feet
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N/A
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Aggregate front and rear yard
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45 feet
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45 feet
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N/A
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Building coverage
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35%
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35%
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N/A
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Floor area ratio
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Impervious coverage per lot
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45%
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55%
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N/A
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Minimum distance between buildings
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20 feet
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20 feet
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24 feet side to side
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Maximum units per structure
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N/A
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2
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5
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[Amended 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 00-13]
A.
Utilities. All units shall be served by public water and public sewer. All utilities including water and sewer shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (Chapter 440).
[Amended 5-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-05]
B.
Common area and facilities. Designated open space shall be restricted
from further subdivision development by declaration and duly recorded
in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Bucks County. Required open
space may be owned by a homeowners' or condominium association, the
Township, or may remain in private ownership.
C.
Roads. Roads within the proposed development shall be gated and private
and shall be owned and maintained by a homeowners' or condominium
association. All roads shall be constructed to Township standards
for public residential streets, except that all such streets within
the proposed development shall have a minimum cartway width of 24
feet. The Board of Supervisors may impose parking restrictions on
one or both sides of such streets. A utility easement area shall be
provided along all streets to provide suitable area for the location
of utility lines.
D.
A pedestrian circulation system shall be provided as an integral
part of the proposed development. The pedestrian circulation system
shall include any one or a combination of sidewalks, pathways and
trails to provide reasonable access to all neighborhoods, recreation,
shopping or other destination within and adjacent to the proposed
development.
E.
Unit occupancy. At least one occupant of each dwelling unit shall
be 55 years of age or older. No person under the age of 19 shall occupy
a dwelling for more than two weeks in a calendar year.
F.
Declaration of age qualification. Subsequent to the approval of the
plan for the first phase of the development, but prior to the recording
of the plan, developers shall each record a declaration against their
respective portions of the tract, in a form acceptable to the Township
Solicitor, binding all properties and owners to the restriction which
shall require one occupant of an individual dwelling unit within the
proposed development to be 55 or older, and which shall require that
any residents of an individual dwelling unit within the proposed development
under the age of 19 years old shall not reside for more than two weeks
in any calendar year.
G.
The Township Police Department shall be given the right to enforce
the provisions of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code on streets throughout
the development.
H.
No single-wide or double-wide mobile homes shall be permitted as
part of this development.
I.
All units must have garages for the parking of at least one vehicle,
which cannot be used for storage or converted to additional living
space. This restriction to be included in the declaration of covenants,
easements and restrictions.
