A. 
Applicability. The design standards and required improvements set forth in this article will be applied by the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors in evaluating applications for campgrounds that are in single ownership and provide camp sites on a maximum twelve-month lease, or rental basis only. Camp sites are permitted in approved campgrounds only. Campgrounds proposed for sale or lease exceeding a twelve-month period shall meet all standards and requirements of a single-family residence, residential subdivision.
B. 
Occupancy. Campsites shall be used only for camping purposes and not as a residence. No improvement or recreational vehicle designed for long-term residency or occupancy shall be erected or placed on any campsite. All recreational vehicles in the RV Park shall be maintained to meet Pennsylvania Department of Transportation vehicle/trailer registration requirements and in a road worthy, transportable condition at all times, and any action toward removal of wheels is hereby prohibited.
A. 
Required acreage. All campground subdivisions or developments shall have a total land area of not less than 25 acres.
B. 
Soils and slope. All campgrounds shall be located on moderately well or better drained land with the average natural slope of the area to be improved for camp sites not to exceed 12%.
C. 
Township Comprehensive Plan. The location and layout of the proposed campground shall be consistent with the Township Comprehensive Plan.
D. 
Floodplain. No permanent campground structures or buildings or sewage collection or disposal facilities shall be located within any defined one-hundred-year floodplain area.
E. 
Access. The proposed campground shall have direct access to an existing public street or road.
F. 
Improved area. The area improved for camping sites shall not exceed 50% of the total gross area of the tract being developed as a campground.
G. 
Prohibited use. No camping site may be occupied as a permanent residence.
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Procedure. All provisions of Article III and Article IV shall apply with respect to submission, application and approval, and fees shall be in accordance with the Township fee schedule.
B. 
Design requirements. The design of the campground shall conform to the requirements of this chapter and/or the requirements of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for Travel Trailer Parks, whichever is greater or more restrictive. The applicant shall submit proof of approval of the proposed plan by the Department of Environmental Protection before the plan will be considered for final approval by the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors.
All plans for proposed new mobile campgrounds or expansion of existing campgrounds shall be designed in accord with the four-step process in § 153-46 and meet the design standards applicable to all types of development contained in Article VI.
A. 
Required area. Each camping site shall have a minimum area of 2,000 square feet exclusive of street rights-of-way and walkways and a minimum width of 40 feet.
B. 
Density. The maximum gross density of development in the area improved for campsites shall not exceed 10 sites per acre of the adjusted tract acreage of the parcel determined in accord with Chapter 180, Zoning.
C. 
Existing trees and shrubbery. To the extent possible, existing trees and shrubbery shall be retained by the campground developer.
D. 
Buffers. No individual campsite may be located closer than 100 feet to any exterior property line of the campground or public road right-of-way. The one-hundred-foot buffer shall remain undisturbed except for required accesses, and additional planted trees and/or shrubbery may be required to screen the campground from adjacent land.
E. 
Electric service. Electric service shall be provided to at least 50% of the campsites. Such electric service shall be installed underground.
F. 
Centralized sewage. At least 50% of the campsites designed and improved for recreational vehicles shall be provided with a connection to a centralized sewage system.
G. 
Noncentralized sewage. All campsites which are not provided with a connection to a centralized sewage system shall be located within 500 feet of a bath-house/toilet facility which shall be equipped with toilets, urinals and lavatories in accordance with Department of Environmental Protection regulations.
H. 
Off-street parking. All campsites designed for recreational vehicles shall have off-street parking spaces for the recreational vehicle and for one passenger vehicle. The parking spaces shall be level in a longitudinal direction and shall be uniformly crowned in a transverse direction and shall be well drained. The parking spaces need not be paved; but they shall have a minimum depth of six inches of compacted crushed stone, bank run gravel or shale.
I. 
On-site parking. All campsites designed for tenting may be provided with on-site parking spaces in accordance with § 153-77H or may have a common parking area not over 500 feet from the most distant campsite. Common parking areas shall provide at least 1.5 spaces per campsite. The minimum area of each parking space shall be at least 200 square feet, exclusive of any aisle.
J. 
Centralized water and sewage systems. Centralized water and centralized sewage systems shall be designed in accord with the requirements of this chapter and the Department of Environmental Protection.
K. 
Sewage dumping stations. The campground shall be equipped with sewage dumping stations designed and constructed in accordance with the Department of Environmental Protection requirements.
L. 
Streets. Streets within the campground shall conform to the following:
(1) 
Conformity. All campground streets shall conform to the requirements for private access drives as set forth in 153-51-1 and Table 153-1-2; however, the bituminous paving is not required.
(2) 
Drainage. Drainage facilities shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the standards set forth in § 153-53.
(3) 
Construction and maintenance. No campground street may be offered for dedication to the Township. Construction and maintenance of campground streets shall be the sole responsibility of the developer or operator of the campground.
M. 
Recreation area. At least 5% (but not less than 1/2 acre) of the area improved for campsites shall be suitable for and improved to provide for active recreation for users of the campground. Such active recreation may include, but is not limited to: swimming pools, playgrounds, play fields, ball fields, courts of all types, community buildings and similar facilities. The Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors will determine the adequacy of the proposed facilities for the number of campsites and may require additional facilities before granting approval.
N. 
Access roads. The access road(s) serving the campground shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the standards set forth for collector streets in Table 153-51-1 and Table 153-51-2.
O. 
Other improvements. There shall be provided in each campground such other improvements as the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors may require whereby such requirements shall at all times be in the best interests of the public's health, safety and general welfare and may include, but shall not be limited to, garbage and trash collection, removal and disposal as approved by the Department of Environmental Protection, adequate park lighting system, and maintenance of all areas.