Consistent with the general purposes of this chapter and the goals and objectives of the Lower Allen Township Comprehensive Plan, the specific intent of this article is to allow for the establishment of a mixed-use residential and commercial district in established areas served by public water and public sewer.
For the purposes of this Article VI, the words "parcel" or "lot," whether singular or plural, shall encompass planned community units under the Pennsylvania Uniform Planned Community Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A § 5101 et seq., as amended, and condominium units under the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A § 3101 et seq., as amended, and the lot area, lot width and yard standards of this Article VI shall apply to each such planned community unit or condominium unit as if each unit constituted a parcel or lot.
The permitted uses are as follows:
A. 
Single-family detached dwellings.
B. 
Single-family attached dwellings, in accordance with § 220-35.
C. 
Two-family attached dwellings.
D. 
Two-family side-by-side dwellings.
E. 
Multifamily dwellings.
F. 
Conversion apartment dwellings, permitted as a special exception only, in accordance with § 220-154.
G. 
Accessory dwellings, in accordance with § 220-149.
H. 
Manufactured (mobile) home parks, in accordance with § 220-169.
I. 
Family care facilities.
J. 
Group care facilities, in accordance with § 220-162.
K. 
Boarding homes, in accordance with § 220-156.
L. 
Nursing homes.
M. 
Personal care boarding homes.
N. 
Home occupations, in accordance with § 220-165.
O. 
Family day care facilities, in accordance with § 220-162.
P. 
Group day care facilities, in accordance with § 220-162.
Q. 
Day care facilities, in accordance with § 220-160.
R. 
Additional nonresidential uses, no greater than 3,000 square feet in gross floor area, shall be permitted in accordance with the NAICS as follows, excluding drive-through facilities:
NAICS No.
Category
22112
Electric Power Transmission, Control and Distribution
2212
Natural Gas Distribution
2213
Water, Sewage and Other Systems
23
Construction
323
Printing and Related Support Activities
334
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
44-45
Retail Trade, excluding Industry 4543, Direct Selling Establishments, and excluding sexually oriented business as defined by Chapter 59 of the Code of the Township of Lower Allen. Refer to said chapter for sexually oriented business regulations.
482
Rail Transportation
483
Water Transportation
485
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
486
Pipeline Transportation
491
Postal Service
492
Couriers and Messengers
51412
Libraries and Archives
52
Finance and Insurance
53
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing, excluding Industries 53113 (Lessors of Miniwarehouses and Self-Storage Units); 5321 (Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing); and 5324 (Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing)
54
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
55
Management of Companies and Enterprises
56
Administration and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services, except: Industry 5617 (Services to Buildings and Dwellings); and Subsector 562, Waste Management and Remediation Services
61
Educational Services
62
Health Care and Social Assistance, except Subsectors 622 (Hospitals) and 623 (Nursing and Residential Care Facilities); and Industries 6242 (Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services) and 6243 (Vocational Rehabilitation Services).
7113
Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports and Similar Events
7114
Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers and Other Public Figures
7115
Independent Artists, Writers and Performers
722
Food Services and Drinking Places
8112
Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
8114
Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance
812
Personal and Laundry Service
813
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional and Similar Organizations
92
Public Administration, except Industry 92214 (Correctional Institutions).
S. 
Signs, when erected and maintained in accordance with Article XXV.
T. 
Accessory uses and structures on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above-permitted uses, in accordance with § 220-150.
U. 
Parking lots as a primary use to provide required off-street parking for a permitted use on another lot in the MUN District.
A. 
No principal building shall be erected to a height in excess of 35 feet.
B. 
No accessory building shall be erected to a height in excess of 25 feet.
The maximum permitted density shall be 10 units per gross acre, excluding existing dedicated rights-of-way.
A. 
There shall be no minimum lot area. Lot area shall be based upon required setbacks, impervious coverage, parking and loading/unloading, floodplains/wetlands, steep slope requirements, woodland preservation and other applicable criteria as set forth in this chapter.
B. 
The minimum lot width shall be not less than 50 feet at the dedicated right-of-way line, except for single-family attached dwellings, where the lot width may be reduced to a minimum of 20 feet.
Impervious coverage shall not exceed 70%.
Unless otherwise stated herein, yards of the following minimum depths and widths shall be provided as follows:
A. 
Minimum front yard depth: 30 feet. On multiple frontage lots, a front yard shall be provided abutting each street frontage. If the abutting street right-of-way width is less than 50 feet, front yard setback is measured in accordance with § 220-212A. Where existing principal buildings in the same block have lawfully nonconforming front yard setbacks of less than 30 feet, an average setback may be used in accordance with § 220-212B.
B. 
Minimum side yards shall total no less than 15 feet, with no one side yard less than five feet in width, except as follows:
(1) 
A minimum side yard of 15 feet shall be provided for the unattached sides of all side-by-side and attached dwellings.
(2) 
A minimum side yard of 15 feet shall be provided for all nonresidential primary buildings.
(3) 
A minimum side yard of 15 feet shall be provided for each side of a multifamily dwelling.
(4) 
On a corner lot, two side yards shall be provided along the interior lot lines.
(5) 
No side yard shall be required for the attached side of side-by-side and attached dwellings.
C. 
The minimum rear yard depth shall be 25 feet. On a corner lot, a rear yard shall not be required.
All uses must comply with performance standards as set forth within Article XIX herein.
A. 
No more than six dwelling units per building.
B. 
A vertical or horizontal visual structural offset or other deviation in exterior architectural materials shall be provided for every other single-family attached dwelling unit.
In addition to performance standards contained within Article XIX, the following site design standards are applicable for any new construction within the MUN Mixed-Use Neighborhood District:
A. 
Off-street parking for nonresidential uses. Off-street parking/loading and unloading areas shall be provided in accordance with provisions set forth in Article XXIV herein.
B. 
Lighting.
(1) 
Lighting must be controlled in both height and intensity to maintain neighborhood character.
(2) 
Light standards are restricted to a maximum of 20 feet in height.
(3) 
The light level from any use measured at a residential lot line may not exceed 0.2 footcandle. To achieve this standard, luminaires shall be shielded to prevent light shining beyond the lot lines onto neighboring properties.
C. 
Screening and buffering. Where nonresidential uses abut residential uses, screen parking lots and driveways from adjacent residential, nonresidential and multifamily residential uses. Screening and buffering shall be provided in accordance with §§ 220-201 and 220-202 herein.