This district is intended for a mixture of housing types, including
single- and two-family dwellings, multiple-family structures, senior
housing facilities, apartments, and similar housing alternatives.
Locations for this district shall generally be planned to provide
transitions between urban and suburban areas and commercial or industrial
and residential areas where public services (water, sewer, police,
fire) are readily available. Planned unit development shall be the
preferred method of design and development for lots in this district.
A.
Single- and two-family dwellings.
C.
Accessory structures and uses customarily incidental to the above
permitted uses.
D.
A family day-care home.
E.
Wireless communication antenna, fixed wireless signals.
[Added 9-16-2021 by Ord. No. 123-2021]
F.
Wireless communications antenna when attached to a lawful existing
telecommunications tower, water tower, or other structure, subject
to overall height restrictions.
[Added 9-16-2021 by Ord. No. 123-2021]
The following uses may be permitted upon approval by the Township
Board of Trustees who may require special conditions after review
by the Planning Commission in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter relating to special use permits:
B.
Public, social, religious and educational institutions that provide
for locations of public assembly, with direct access to a county roadway,
a minimum of two acres of land area, and connection to public water
and sewer utilities.
C.
Public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings, electric
transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations,
but not including service or storage yards, when operating requirements
necessitate the locating within the district in order to serve the
immediate vicinity. This shall not include wireless communications
facilities.
D.
Essential services.
E.
Group day-care home.
No building or structure, nor any enlargement thereof, shall
be hereafter erected except in conformance with the following yard,
lot area and building coverage requirements:
A.
Height regulations. No building or structure shall exceed 35 feet
in height or 2 1/2 stories in height.
B.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 35 feet.
C.
Side yard. For single- and two-family dwellings no side yard shall
be less than 10 feet.
D.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet.
E.
Lot area. The minimum net lot area in this district, unless specified
elsewhere, shall be:
(1)
Single-family dwellings with public water and sewer: 10,000
square feet.
(2)
Single-family dwelling without public water and sewer: 15,000
square feet.
(3)
A two-family dwelling shall require double the lot (land) area
required for a single-family parcel.
(4)
Multiple-family units shall have a net density of four units
per acre except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(5)
For all other structures, the Planning Commission shall consider
the density and make recommendation based on findings of fact that
all other requirements of this chapter will be met.
F.
Lot width. The minimum lot width, measured at the front building
line, for one- and two-family dwellings in this district, unless specified
elsewhere, shall be:
G.
Minimum floor area. Each dwelling unit, unless specified elsewhere,
shall have a total minimum of 720 square feet for apartment units.
Single- and two-family dwellings shall require a minimum of 864 square
feet of usable floor area on the main floor.
H.
Site plan review. Site plan review and approval is required for all
uses requiring a special use permit and for all site plans which contain
more than two dwelling units in a single structure.
I.
Public water and sewer. All multiple-family dwellings shall be required
to utilize public utilities.
