The purpose of the R-A Agricultural Residential District is
to provide for agricultural activities and low-density single-family
residential development in the more remote rural areas of the Township
where public sewers are not available and are not anticipated to become
available in the immediate future and to provide for accessory uses
and other compatible uses as conditional uses or uses by special exception.
In the R-A Agricultural Residential District, only the following
uses are authorized:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Principal uses.
(b)
Boarding stable or riding academy, subject to §
350-102.
(d)
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to §
350-106.
(g)
Oil and gas well operations, subject to §
350-107.
(j)
Schools, public or private, excluding postsecondary.
(2) Accessory uses.
(b)
Communications antenna mounted on an approved communications tower, subject to §
350-106.
(c)
Community clubhouse in a subdivision or planned residential
development.
(f)
Keeping of domestic pets.
(g)
No-impact home-based business, subject to §
350-105.
(h)
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article
XVII.
(i)
Private garages and storage buildings, subject to §
350-97.
(j)
Private residential swimming pools or sports courts, subject to §
350-97.
(m)
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to §
350-101.
(n)
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same
lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception
authorized in this district.
B. Conditional uses.
(1) Principal uses.
(j)
Planned residential development, subject to Article
XIV.
(k) Oil and gas wells.
[Added 7-21-2011 by Ord. No. 5-2011]
(l) Natural gas compressor stations.
[Added 7-21-2011 by Ord. No. 5-2011]
C. Uses by special exception.
(1) Principal uses.
(d)
Day-care center or preschool facility in a church or school, subject to §
350-93A(16).
(j)
Temporary use or structure, other than a temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to §
350-93A(39).
In the R-A Agricultural Residential District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article
XV.
A. Minimum lot area.
(2) Airport or airstrip: 30 acres.
(3) Boarding stable or riding academy: 10 acres.
(4) Private stable: five acres.
(7) Single-family dwelling:
(a)
Without public sewers: one acre.
(b)
With public sewers: one acre.
(8) All other principal uses: one acre.
B. Minimum lot width:
(1) Single-family dwelling:
(a)
Without public sewers: 125 feet.
(b)
With public sewers: 125 feet.
(2) All other principal uses: 125 feet.
C. Maximum lot coverage: 20%.
D. Minimum front yard:
(1) Principal and accessory structures: 50 feet.
E. Minimum rear yard:
(1) Principal structures: 50 feet.
F. Minimum side yard:
(2) All other principal structures: 25 feet.
G. Special yard requirements: See §
350-97.
H. Permitted projections into required yards: See §
350-98.
I. Maximum height:
(1) All principal structures: 2 1/2 stories, but no more than 35
feet. [NOTE: Height of single-family dwelling may be increased by
up to 10 additional feet, provided side and rear setbacks are increased
by the same number of feet.]
(2) Accessory farm structures: 50 feet.
(3) All other accessory structures: one story, but no more than 15 feet.