The R Residential District is intended to provide for the housing accommodation of current and expected residents in a manner that protects established dwellings and neighborhoods and in a scale, form, and intensity commensurate with road classification or corridor, availability of utilities, and environmental limitations of varied corridors, locations, and sites within the district. The district also aims to reasonably accommodate agricultural uses and forms of commercial activity consistent with the neighboring forms of residential uses in the district.
A. 
Minimum lot size: 1.5 Acres
B. 
Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
C. 
Minimum front yard: 40 feet.
D. 
Minimum rear yard: 40 feet; accessory: 10 feet.
E. 
Minimum side yard: 20 feet; accessory: 10 feet.
F. 
Maximum lot coverage: 50%.
G. 
Maximum gross residential density: two thirds of a unit per acre; or as determined by the minimum lot size set forth in accordance with Subsections H or J, where applicable.
H. 
Traditional lots. "Traditional lots" shall be defined as lots existing or created within or immediately adjoining lots in a subdivision recorded prior to the effective date of this chapter, where the majority of lots are 1/3 of an acre or less in area and said lots in the recorded plan comprise at least eight lots or one block, whichever is less. Lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall bear access to public water and public sewer or a community sewer system. Traditional lots shall meet the dimensional standards specified in § 27-1205 Neighborhood Planned Residential Development, as relating to single family detached structures, in lieu of those otherwise required by this section, with respect to required yards, lot size, and lot coverage.
I. 
Density and dimensional standards shall be as modified by the mutually exclusive provisions of Part 12, PRD Forms.
J. 
Flag Lots: Flag lots are authorized subject to the following standards:
(1) 
One flag lot is permitted per existing or proposed block;
(2) 
The strip accessing the portion of the lot the width of which is less than the minimum lot width at the building line shall not extend more than 500 feet from the right-of-way from which it is accessed. The frontage shall be located such that access to the adjoining street meets the minimum sight distance standards as required by Township and/or the Commonwealth.
(3) 
The net area of the lot, excluding the access strip, shall meet the minimum lot size requirements of the R District.
(4) 
The flag lot shall be subject to the standards as may otherwise be imposed by Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development.
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Uses as authorized in Part 27 of this chapter and subject to the provisions of said Part 27.
A. 
No-impact home-based businesses in accordance with § 27-1608 of this chapter.
B. 
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted principal use, subject to and authorized in Part 15 of this chapter.
C. 
Parking areas in accordance with Part 17 of this chapter.
D. 
Signs in accordance with Part 18 of this chapter.
E. 
Communications antennas in accordance with the provisions of § 27-1603.
F. 
Windmills in accordance with § 27-1611
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Purpose. The authorization for lot averaging within the R District is instituted to promote preservation of environmentally sensitive areas, namely steep slopes, while promoting flexibility and ingenuity in the development of small residential subdivisions within the Township in manner that maintains the overall density authorized in the R District.
B. 
Lot Averaging shall be permitted on sites consisting of lots approved and recorded prior to the effective date of this ordinance.
C. 
No more than eight lots, which do not otherwise meet the standards of § 27-402 Yard and bulk requirements, shall be created on a site.
D. 
Each individual lot shall meet the minimum requirements set forth in the table below provided that the average lot width and Lot Area of all lots created by the subdivision meets or exceeds those cited in the table below.
E. 
The developer shall record covenants, in a form acceptable to the Township Solicitor and in favor of the Township, that restrict future subdivision of parcels, where such subdivision would place a lot or lots that were approved in the subdivision in violation of the standards set forth in the table below.
Standard
Lot Width
Lot Area
Minimum
75 feet on a local road, 100 feet on a collector road
20,000 square feet
Average of all Lots
150 Feet
1.5 Acres
Authorized uses and yard and bulk requirements specified in this Part 4 shall be further subject to the standards of § 27-1513. Performance standards, of this chapter.