[Added 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 1617]
It is the intent of the Upper Moreland Township Transit Management
Overlay District to serve as an overlay district in order to provide
easy and convenient access to retail stores and financial institutions
for those who utilize and rely on public transportation, including,
but not limited to, SEPTA, in the Township of Upper Moreland. It is
also the intent of the Upper Moreland Township Transit Management
Overlay District to provide convenient access to retail stores and
financial institutions for those visiting the area to enjoy the Memorial
Creek and Veterans Memorial Park.
The Upper Moreland Township Transit Management Overlay District
shall be an overlay to the Town Center zoning districts as depicted
on the Upper Moreland Township Zoning Map.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of the Zoning Map if included as an attachment to this chapter.
A lot or lots may be occupied or used for any of the following
purposes, and no other:
A.
All uses allowed in the Town Center Zoning District, and other such
accessory uses which are permitted in the underlying zoning district
are permitted.[1]
B.
Financial institution, consisting of a bank or savings-and-loan association,
including drive-through facilities.
C.
Establishment serving food or beverages to the general public, such
as, but not limited to, a restaurant, cafe, taproom, tavern, retail
bakery, confectionary or ice cream shop, including walk-up windows
and drive-through facilities.
A.
Any tract of land to be developed under this overlay district shall
have access points on to two PennDOT highways.
B.
A maximum of three buildings may be erected, altered or used for
the first three acres of a lot or lots, and one additional building
shall be permitted for every five acres contained in such lots thereafter.
[Amended 9-20-2021 by Ord. No. 1720]
C.
The following dimensional standards shall apply:
(1)
Minimum lot size: 3.0 acres to the ultimate right-of-way line
(inclusive of areas within utility easements, steep slopes, floodplain
and wetlands).
(2)
Minimum front yard setback: 40 feet; however, a minimum front
yard setback of 15 feet shall be permitted where the property fronts
on a Township road and the maximum building heights of the nearest
adjacent commercial or residential buildings on the property are no
more than 35 feet from average surrounding grade. A minimum front
yard setback of 15 feet shall be permitted where the property fronts
on a state or county road by grant of special exception and the maximum
building heights of the nearest adjacent commercial or residential
buildings on the property are no more than 35 feet from average surrounding
grade.
[Amended 9-20-2021 by Ord. No. 1720]
(3)
Minimum rear yard setback: 45 feet.
(4)
Minimum side yard setback: 45 feet.
(5)
Maximum building height: 45 feet.
(6)
Maximum building coverage per lot: 40%.
(7)
Maximum impervious coverage per lot: 80%.
(8)
Maximum
continuous linear footage of a single building along a Township road
shall not exceed 200 feet.
[Added 9-20-2021 by Ord. No. 1720]
D.
Multiple parcels of land proposed for development shall be under
single and separate ownership, shall be subject to a covenant to develop
as a unified application, or shall be developed in concert with a
reverse subdivision.
E.
The applicant shall incorporate design elements as must be approved
by the Board of Commissioners in accordance with the Township Subdivision
and Land Development Ordinance[1] as follows:
(1)
Buffer plantings, ornamental lighting, masonry walls, masonry
piers and ornamental sidewalks to include brick, brick look-alike
material, or brick look-alike stamped concrete on every fourth section
of sidewalk.
(2)
Any canopy over a gasoline filling pump shall be A-frame construction.
(3)
The roof on any retail sales building shall be constructed of
a standing seam material, a canopy over any gasoline filling pumps
will be constructed with the same standing seam material that is used
on any retail sales building.
(4)
The applicant shall provide pedestrian crosswalks to and from
any train station or other mass transit hub within 200 feet of the
development, which shall be delineated by painted macadam and of a
design approved by the Board of Commissioners.
(5)
All existing sidewalks shall be replaced pursuant to the standards
contained herein.
Parking shall be provided pursuant to §§ 350-178 and 350-264 of the Upper Moreland Township Zoning Ordinance. Parking shall be permitted up to the ultimate right-of-way line and within five feet of a side or rear of property line. The maximum parking limitations contained in § 350-264B(1) shall not apply. The Township Board of Commissioners, upon the advice of the Township staff, Police Department and Township consultants, may approve a plan that modifies the standards in an effort to comply with other provisions of this overlay district.
The loading, unloading and waste disposal requirements of § 350-178C of the Upper Moreland Township Zoning Ordinance shall apply, with the exception that loading, unloading and waste disposal areas shall not be required for banks and other financial institutions.
Signs shall be permitted as follows:
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Sign Type
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Maximum Area
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Maximum Height
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Illumination
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Freestanding (not more than 2 per lot)
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100 square feet per sign
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25 feet
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Changeable text or LED
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Wall/signs (not more than 8 per building)
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Not more than 500 square feet of signs per building
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30 feet
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Direct/indirect
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Canopy (not more than 5 per canopy)
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40 square feet per sign
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At canopy height
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Direct/indirect
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Directional signs (with or without advertising)
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Not more than 50 square feet in the aggregate, and not more
than 8 signs per use
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Not more than 4 feet
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Direct/indirect
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Accessory signs per gasoline filling pump
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Not more than 100 square feet in the aggregate per filling pump
gasoline
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Direct/indirect
| |
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Gateway sign (1)
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Not to exceed 100 square feet
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Not more than 6 feet
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Direct/indirect
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Any tract of land to be developed under this overlay district shall not be required to comply with any requirements of the underlying Town Center Zoning District, other than those specifically incorporated herein. No other requirements of the Upper Moreland Township Zoning Ordinance shall apply other than the provisions contained in Article XIX, Floodplain Conservation District, and provisions contained in Article XX, Steep Slope Conservation District.
