To maintain mature residential developments and to provide for a mix of compatible higher density residential units and ancillary land use activities.
A. 
R-3 uses permitted by right.
Single-family dwelling
Municipal building
B. 
R-3 conditional uses.
Day-care center
Group residential facility
Multifamily dwelling
Coal mining adjunct facility
C. 
R-3 special exceptions.
Day-care/family day-care home
Home occupation
The following conditional uses may be authorized by the Township Supervisors pursuant to the standards and criteria specified herewith:
A. 
Day-care center.
(1) 
Day-care centers shall be located only in commercial, public or semipublic institutional buildings, such as schools, churches, governmental or similar structures that meet all requirements specified by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare for such activities. Day-care centers shall not be conducted in conjunction with single-family residential dwellings. When conducted on multifamily premises, all day-care center operators shall be completely separate and distinct from residential uses.
(2) 
Activities shall be limited to functions normally associated with part-time tending of children and shall not include overnight or drop-in care.
(3) 
Operational hours shall be limited to the hours between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing local time.
(4) 
Day-care centers shall comply with the current editions of the BOCA National Fire Prevention Code and the BOCA National Building Code and with the Pennsylvania Fire and Panic Act and regulations promulgated pursuant to that Act.
(5) 
All rules, requirements and guidelines promulgated in the Regulations for Child Day-Care Centers, Chapter II, Section 8A of the Department of Public Welfare Social Services Manual, effective April 2, 1978, and any amendments subsequent thereto, shall be strictly observed. All required state licenses and certifications shall be obtained as conditions precedent to granting of required Township zoning and occupancy permits.
B. 
Group residential facility, subject to the standards and criteria of Article VI, § 260-14B, of this chapter.
C. 
Multifamily housing, to include apartments, garden apartments or row houses (townhouses).
(1) 
Multifamily dwellings in an R-3 District shall meet the following minimum standards:
(a) 
All multifamily dwellings shall be provided with public or PADEP-approved private central sewage disposal systems. No on-lot disposal shall be authorized.
(b) 
The following minimum lot size requirements shall apply: 34,000 square feet for the first dwelling unit, and 22,000 square feet for each additional dwelling unit on the site.
(c) 
All lots shall have a minimum width at the building line of 150 feet. The building line shall be a minimum of 60 feet from the street right-of-way.
(2) 
The following design standards shall apply:
(a) 
No row house (townhouse) shall exceed three stories in height.
(b) 
No row house (townhouse) structure shall contain more than four dwelling units.
(c) 
No row house (townhouse) structure shall be more than 120 feet in length.
(d) 
No apartment structure shall exceed three stories in height.
(e) 
At least three off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit, and such space shall be within 150 feet of any commonly used entranceway for such dwelling units.
(f) 
Buildings shall be so designed as to avoid monotonous patterns of construction or repetitive spaces or modules between buildings.
(g) 
No structure shall be erected within 25 feet of another structure.
(3) 
Municipal sewage facilities shall be utilized where available. An approved (PADEP) sanitary sewage disposal system of sufficient size and design to adequately serve the maximum designed capacity of the proposed residential units in the development shall be provided in the absence of an approved municipal sewage system.
(4) 
Municipal water systems shall be utilized where available. An approved (PADEP) water system shall be provided to serve the maximum designed capacity of the proposed residential units in the absence of public water supply.
(5) 
All multifamily-dwelling-unit development shall be subject to preliminary site plan review and approval in accordance with the following application requirements. Overall development plans, showing:
(a) 
Kind, location, occupancy capacity of structures and uses;
(b) 
General floor plan of building;
(c) 
Location and identification of open space, streets and all other means for pedestrian and vehicular circulation, parks, recreational areas and other nonbuilding sites;
(d) 
Provisions for automobile parking and loading;
(e) 
General landscape plan;
(f) 
General location and nature of public and private utilities and community facilities and services; and
(g) 
Plan for collection and drainage of stormwater.
D. 
Coal mining adjunct facility, subject to the standards and criteria of Article VI, § 260-13C, of this chapter.
The following special exceptions may be authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board, pursuant to the standards and criteria specified herewith:
A. 
Day-care/family day-care home, subject to the standards and criteria of Article VI, § 260-14A, of this chapter.
B. 
Home occupation, subject to the standards and criteria of Article VI, § 260-14D, of this chapter.
The following requirements shall apply in R-3 General Residential Districts:[1]
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Editor's Note: The Table of Lot, Area and Dimensional Requirements for R-3 General Residential Districts is attached to this chapter.