[Ord. No. 477,
§ 1, 2-17-1966; Ord. No. 840, § 1, 9-8-1980; Ord.
No. 1195, § 4, 7-15-1996; Ord. No. 1320, § 2, 4-10-2000; Ord.
No. 1587, § 1, 6-9-2014]
A building may be erected, altered or used, and a lot may be
used or occupied, for any of the following purposes, and no other:
A. Any use permitted in Article IV, section 400, A, B and D.
B. Any of the following purposes when authorized as a special exception, subject to provisions of article
XXI, section 2101 herein:
1. Passenger station for public transportation;
2. Medical office building for individuals in one of the medical, dental
or allied health care fields licensed by an agency of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. Whenever authorized, such use must comply with the
area, width, yard building coverage requirements set forth for uses
in B Residential Districts.
C. Transitional
use subdivision, when authorized as a conditional use, in accordance
with the regulations herein provided.
D. Communal living facilities and sober living environments, subject to parking requirements in Article
XVII, Section 1700.
[Added by Ord. No. 1665, 12-14-2020]
The height regulations in this district shall be as prescribed
in section 401 of article IV herein, except that for any building
accessory to any dwelling use the maximum height shall be 14 feet.
[Ord. No. 1133, § 5, 9-27-1993; Ord. No. 1476, § 10, 6-11-2007]
A. Minimum Lot Area and Width. A lot area of not less than 11,250 square
feet, and a lot width of not less than 75 feet at the building line
shall be provided for every principal building erected or used for
any use permitted in this district, with the exception of medical
office building use, which shall have a lot area of not less than
70,000 square feet, and a lot width of not less than 150 feet at the
building line.
B. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard on each lot which shall be
not less than 35 feet in depth.
C. Side Yards.
1. On each interior lot there shall be two side yards having an aggregate
width of not less than 35 feet, neither side yard having a width less
than 15 feet, with the exception of the medical office building use
which shall have two side yards, neither side yard having a width
less than 35 feet.
2. On each corner lot there shall be two side yards, the one abutting
the street having a width of not less than 35 feet and the other having
a width of not less than 15 feet, with the exception of the medical
office building use, which shall have two side yards, neither side
yard having less than 35 feet.
D. Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot the depth of which
shall be not less than 30 feet.
E. Building Coverage. The building coverage on any lot shall not exceed
20%, except for a medical office building use where the building coverage
on any lot shall not exceed 10%.
F. Impervious Surface Maximum. The maximum impervious surface on any
lot shall not exceed 35%.
G. Green Space Area Requirement. The minimum required green space area
on any lot shall not be less than 65%.
[Ord. No. 1587, § 2, 6-9-2014]
Transitional use subdivision in accordance with the development standards contained in section 604 herein shall be permitted as a conditional use; subject, among other applicable regulations, to the provisions of Article
XXXVI on sites meeting the following criteria:
A. Any property
to be considered for transitional use subdivision shall have a minimum
tract area of 15 acres and shall be held in single and separate ownership.
B. The tract
to be developed shall be serviced by public water and public sewer.
C. The tract
to be developed shall have a minimum of 500 feet of frontage on a
public street.
D. In addition to the provisions of Article
XXXVI, all applications for transitional use subdivision shall conform to the following procedures:
1. The application
shall be accompanied by plans and drawings sufficient to show the
necessity and desirability of the transitional use subdivision to
the land involved and to show generally the concept of development
which the applicant plans for the land.
2. Township
Council shall refer each request to the Plymouth Township Planning
Agency at least 30 days prior to the public hearing on the request.
3. In approving
any application for transitional use subdivision, the Township Council
may attach such reasonable conditions and safeguards as it deems necessary
to implement the purposes of this ordinance, one of which conditions
shall be that the applicant develop the land in conformity with the
plan of development submitted and on which the transitional use subdivision
approval is based.
4. Approval
of a transitional use subdivision by conditional use shall not constitute
approval of land development or subdivision. The applicant shall be
required to obtain necessary approvals in accordance with the provisions
of the Plymouth Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
[Ord. No. 1587, § 2, 6-9-2014]
Transitional use subdivisions shall be developed in accordance
with the provisions for development in the B Residential District,
except as specifically modified by this section.
A. No more
than 10% of the new lots created by the transitional use subdivision
shall take access from existing public streets.
B. Side Yards.
1. On each
interior lot there shall be two side yards, each of which shall have
a width of not less than 10 feet.
2. On each
corner lot there shall be two side yards, the one abutting the street
having a width of not less than 35 feet and the other having a width
of not less than 10 feet.