The design standards and required improvements set forth in
this article will be applied by the Planning Commission and the 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. Campsites 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.
All plans for proposed new mobile campgrounds or expansion of existing campgrounds shall be designed in accord with the four-step process in §
345-602 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 2,500
square feet exclusive of street rights-of-way and walkways.
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
400, Zoning, §
400-601.
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 land between the campsites shall have sufficient existing or planted
trees and/or shrubbery to screen the campground from the adjacent
lands and to serve as a buffer.
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 bathhouse/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 §
345-804H 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 Table 6-1 and Table 6-2.
(2)
Drainage. Drainage facilities shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the standards set forth in §
345-609.
(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 one-half 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
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 VI-1 and Table VI-2 of this chapter.
O. Other improvements. There shall be provided in each campground such
other improvements as the Planning Commission and the 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.