[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]
Use
Requirement
Single-Family Detached
Single-Family Semidetached
Multiplex
Minimum lot area
6,000 square feet
4,000 square feet
N/A
Minimum lot width
60 feet
40 feet
N/A
Minimum front yard from edge of cartway
1.
With sidewalks, 30 feet
1.
With sidewalks, 30 feet
30 feet, front-entry garage
2.
Without sidewalks, 25 feet
2.
Without sidewalks, 25 feet
20 feet, side- or rear-entry garage
20 feet, parking lots other than driveway cover
Minimum side yard
10-foot minimum
10 feet on 1 side
N/A
Minimum rear yard
15 feet
15 feet
N/A
Aggregate front and rear yard
45 feet
45 feet
N/A
Building coverage
35%
35%
N/A
Floor area ratio
N/A
N/A
N/A
Impervious coverage per lot
45%
55%
N/A
Minimum distance between buildings
20 feet
20 feet
24 feet side to side
Maximum units per structure
N/A
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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.