The R-3 Rural Residential District is hereby established in
order to provide for a variety of residential uses compatible with
agricultural activities.
A lot or parcel may be used and a building or structure may
be erected and used for any of the following purposes:
A.
Principal uses:
(2)
Agricultural uses, traditional. This category of uses also includes
plant nurseries, horticulture, pasturage, orchards, and forestry,
subject to the following requirements:
B.
Accessory uses:
(1)
Private garages and parking areas.
(2)
Accessory uses incidental to a permitted principal use, including
but not limited to swimming pools and storage sheds. All such uses
shall be placed on the lot in conformance with those setbacks established
for the principal use.
(4)
Granny flat/carriage house.
A lot or parcel may be used and a building or structure may
be erected and used for any of the following purposes, subject to
the granting of a conditional use pursuant to procedures established
by this chapter:
B.
Conversion of an existing single-family residential structure to
accommodate a personal care home or a day nursery.
C.
Group home, subject to the following requirements:
(1)
Copies of all state and federal licenses and operating permits shall
be supplied to the Township on an annual basis.
(2)
Minimum lot area: 20,000 square feet.
(3)
Public sanitary sewerage and water is required.
(4)
Parking shall be provided at one space per three residents, plus
one space for each employee on the largest shift.
(5)
Parking areas shall be screened from adjacent lots with a fifty-percent-fifty-percent
mix of deciduous and evergreen planting material to provide a year-round
buffer yard.
D.
Day nursery, subject to the following requirements:
(1)
This use must be conducted within a building designed as a single-family
dwelling unit or in an existing structure used for religious purposes.
(2)
Outdoor play areas shall be placed a minimum of 60 feet from an abutting
property line, and a planting screen of varying heights (no less than
four feet in height), plus consisting of a fifty-percent-fifty-percent
mix of evergreens and deciduous trees, or opaque fencing, shall be
installed to achieve an overall maximum transparency of 15%. Play
areas shall be in rear or side yards.
(3)
All state and federal regulations for licensing shall be met.
(4)
Vehicles dropping off or picking up must be provided for on site
and not in public rights-of-way.
E.
Personal care home, subject to the following requirements:
(1)
No fewer than three nor more than eight residents shall be accommodated
at all times.
(2)
One nonclient adult supervisor shall be on the premises at all times.
(3)
All state and federal guidelines for licensing shall be met.
(4)
Conversion of an existing structure for this use must meet development
standards for new construction.
(5)
The name and telephone number of the organization or person in charge
of the operation of this use must be supplied to the Township.
G.
Mobile home parks, subject to the following requirements:
(1)
All land included in this use category must be in single ownership
per specific site.
(2)
Applicable subdivision regulations shall be complied with.
(3)
Minimum area for a mobile home park is 10 acres.
(4)
Public sanitary sewerage shall be required.
(5)
Records of rental and/or lease arrangements for units or land within
the mobile home park shall be submitted to the Township annually.
(6)
A concrete pad five inches in depth, with a minimum of six tie-downs,
shall be provided per mobile home unit.
(8)
All mobile homes shall be provided with skirting between the bottom
of the mobile home floor and grade level around the entire perimeter
of the unit.
(9)
A minimum of nine lots shall be improved as required prior to the
installation of any mobile home unit.
H.
Public park or recreation facility, subject to the following requirements:
(1)
Adequate provision for interior circulation and access must be demonstrated.
(2)
Exterior lighting must be installed with no impact of glare on adjacent
lots.
(3)
The perimeter of an outdoor recreation area shall be screened with
natural plantings or fencing a minimum of four feet in height and
with a maximum of 15% transparency.
I.
Private recreation facility, subject to the following requirements:
(2)
Compliance with all land development criteria shall be a prerequisite
for building permit issuance.
(3)
A twenty-foot-deep buffer yard shall be provided along the entire
length of any property line abutting a developed residential lot.
A planting screen of varying heights (no less than four feet in height),
plus consisting of a fifty-percent-fifty-percent mix of evergreens
and deciduous trees, or opaque fencing, shall be installed within
said buffer yard to achieve an overall maximum transparency of 15%.
J.
Veterinary.
(1)
No outdoor pens, kennels or runs shall be constructed or provided.
(2)
Noise shall not exceed the levels deemed acceptable by the performance
standards of this chapter.
(3)
Hours of operation shall be limited to between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00
p.m.
(4)
Parking areas for veterinary services not adjacent to an arterial
road shall be limited to a maximum of six parking spaces.
K.
Kennels, subject to the following requirements:
(1)
The minimum lot area shall be five acres.
(2)
Any exterior fenced area wherein animals exercise or are otherwise
exposed must be located a minimum of 100 feet from any lot boundary
line.
(3)
The perimeter of the exterior exercise area must be fenced with weatherproof
material, a minimum of five feet in height, accessible only through
a self-latching gate.
(4)
Any structure used to house animals shall be equipped with BOCA Code
approved nontoxic noise-dampening material or acoustic tile.
(5)
No kennel may be established within 1/2 of a mile of an existing
kennel.
M.
Home occupation, low-impact, subject to the following requirements:
(1)
Such use shall be located within the dwelling unit of the person
providing the professional and personal services and shall be clearly
incidental to the structure's use as a residence.
(2)
Not more than 10% of the square footage of the principal use shall
be devoted to the accessory nonmedical office use.
N.
Public utility facility, subject to the following requirements:
(1)
For the purposes of this section, public utility facilities shall
not include incinerators or public or private landfills.
(2)
It shall be demonstrated that the site chosen for said facility is
the site best suited for the purpose intended.
(3)
All sites must be screened with a mixture of high- and low-level
plantings from six feet to three feet in height around the entire
perimeter within a twenty-five-foot-wide buffer yard.
(4)
No nonmedical office, storage building or exterior storage yard shall
be operated in conjunction with the utility facility.
(5)
Treatment of sanitary sewage shall be prohibited.
(6)
Transmission towers shall be prohibited.
O.
Private utility, subject to the following requirements:
(1)
The utility facility must be contained on a recorded lot and cannot
be placed in an area of a subdivision intended for open space.
(2)
Structures and facilities shall be sited to create the least damage
to the environment.
(3)
A buffer yard and screening shall be provided that will adequately
shield the use from the view of any street or residentially zoned
land. Screening shall consist of natural plantings or fencing a minimum
of four feet in height and with a maximum of 15% transparency to adequately
screen the use from view.
(4)
Parking and storage areas shall be set back from property lines abutting
residentially zoned land a minimum of 30 feet and shall be screened
with natural plantings or fencing a minimum of four feet in height
and with a maximum of 15% transparency in order to minimize impact
of the view from any adjacent residential property or those directly
across a street.
(5)
Normally overhead lines and related equipment may be required to
be placed underground in whole or in part of the length of the right-of-way.
(6)
In order to ensure the compatibility of proposed buildings with surrounding
development in the district, building character shall be complimentary
to surrounding properties.
P.
Wind turbine, residential. Windmills, windwheels, or wind-energy
conversion systems (WECS) for residential purposes shall be permitted
as accessory uses, subject to the following conditions:
(1)
No said systems or equipment shall be erected in a front yard or
within the area between a front lot line and the front building facade
of the principal building on the lot.
(2)
The structure supporting the wind rotor unit, including any necessary
guideposts and supporting cables, shall be independent of any occupied
structure and located a minimum distance of the tower height plus
10 feet from any occupied dwelling, and shall not be more than 45
feet in height.
(3)
The minimum distance between the tower and any lot line shall be
not less than twice the height of the tower.
(4)
The minimum distance between grade and the lowest point of the rotor
blade shall be 20 feet.
(5)
All electric lines/utility wires shall be buried underground.
(6)
Any mechanical equipment associated and necessary for operation,
including a building for batteries and storage cells, shall be enclosed
by a six-foot fence with screening planting of equal or greater height
and a maximum of 15% transparency. When a building is necessary for
storage cells or related mechanical equipment, the building shall
not exceed 140 square feet.
(7)
One windmill, windwheel or WECS shall be permitted per lot.
(8)
The resultant energy harnessed from the wind shall not be used on
property other than that on which located, unless all applicable cogeneration
requirements are met.
(9)
The supporting structure and generating unit shall be kept in good
repair and sound condition. Upon abandonment of use, the supporting
structure and related structures shall be dismantled and removed from
the property within 60 days.
(10)
The applicant shall demonstrate that any noise from the wind-generating
unit shall not exceed 45 dBA measured at the lot line.
(a)
A "decibel" shall mean a unit for measuring the relative intensity
of sounds; more specifically, a unit for expressing the ratio of two
amounts of acoustic signal power equal to 10 times the common logarithm
of this ratio.
(b)
A "weighted" sound level shall mean the total sound level in
decibels of all sound as measured with a sound-level meter with a
reference pressure of 20 micropascals using the A-weighted network
(scale) at slow response. The unit of measurement shall be defined
as dBA.
Q.
Community centers, subject to the following requirements:
(1)
Adequate provision for interior circulation and access must be demonstrated.
(2)
Exterior lighting must be installed with no impact of glare on adjacent
lots.
(3)
The perimeter of an outdoor recreation area shall be screened with
natural plantings or fencing a minimum of four feet in height and
with a maximum of 15% transparency.
See § 400-10G.
A.
All permitted principal and conditional uses shall be conducted on
lots with a minimum area of 1/2 acre (21,780 square feet) if said
use is connected to a public sanitary sewer, except as otherwise specified.
B.
All permitted principal and conditional uses shall be conducted on
lot with a minimum area of one acre (43,560 square feet) if said use
is not connected to a public sanitary sewer, except as otherwise specified.
C.
Yard dimensions. All distances are to be measured to the face of
the structure on the lot, relative to its orientation.
G.
Architectural projections. No ease, cornice, chimney, bay window,
stair landing or other structural attachment shall project more than
36 inches into any required yard.
Environmental impact regulations for the R-3 Rural Residential District are contained in Article VI.
All permits for construction, use and occupancy of structures and for the use and occupancy of land in this district are required in accordance with procedures outlined in Article XVII.
