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The purpose of the HLRO is to recognize the special circumstance that has been created by a Court-approved settlement agreement of litigation, which is docketed at Lehigh County Docket Numbers 88-C-1796, -1797, -1823, -1824, -1825, -1826, and -1827. The Court-approved settlement agreement was memorialized in a Third Memorandum of Understanding dated February 19, 1998, which was approved by the Township of Lower Macungie by Res. 1998-19. The settlement of the aforementioned litigation has created numerous nonconforming uses and structures within the HLRO. The HLRO District is necessary to permit appropriate uses and limited reasonable expansions of existing uses and structures, in keeping with the character of the existing subdivision, as originally approved by the Township. The HLRO District is intended to minimize the need for variances requested by permitting controlled limited changes to existing residential uses provided by the HLRO District.
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The standards and regulations contained in this Part are applicable only to lands in the HLRO District as designated on the Official Zoning Map.
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The following conditional uses and their accessory uses available in Exhibit 1: Zoning Use Matrix may be permitted following a review and recommendation by the Planning Commission in accordance with the provisions of Part 24, any other applicable provisions listed herein, and approval of the Board of Commissioners.
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The following uses and their accessory uses may be permitted when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board, subject to the provisions of Part 24:
A. 
Any use of the same general character as those uses permitted by right or condition in the Suburban District. Evidence shall be submitted documenting the similarity and difference between the proposed uses and the uses permitted by right or condition to which the proposed use is most similar.
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Accessory uses or structures on the same lot which are customarily incidental to the permitted use and primary structure are permitted by right. Only the following accessory uses are permitted in this part. These uses shall comply with all yard regulations, except as modified by the provisions contained within § 27-1708, Residential Accessory Uses, and all conditions therein.
A. 
Accessory residential dwelling.
B. 
Amateur radio antennas.
C. 
Clubhouse, swimming pool, community recreation owned and operated by a homeowners' association or condominium association.
D. 
Garage sales.
E. 
Home occupation.
F. 
Private swimming pools.
G. 
Solar panels.
H. 
Temporary structure or use.
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The following dimensional requirements in this section and § 27-5A08 apply to each permitted use in the HLRO District, and each use permitted by condition and by special exception, subject to further applicable provisions of this chapter. The most restrictive dimensional requirement for each use shall apply.
Principal Use
Minimum Lot Area
(square feet)
Minimum Lot Width
(feet)
Maximum Building Coverage
Maximum Impervious Coverage
Maximum Building and Structure Height, Unless Otherwise Specified
(feet)
Single-family detached dwelling
6,000
60
30%
60%
35
Single-family semidetached dwelling
3,500
35
35%
60%
35
Single-family attached dwelling
2,750
22
50%
65%
35
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Principal Use
Front Yard
Side Yard
Rear Yard
Single-family detached dwelling
25
10
25
Single-family semidetached dwelling
25
10
25
Single-family attached
25
10
25
NOTES:
Side and rear yards are in addition to buffer yards except as provided in § 27-1803. See Figure 1G in Exhibit 2: Typical Residential Lot Layouts for example.