[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
The purposes of the UO-Urban Residential Overlay District are
to provide for the creation of urban residential areas and to allow
for the option of creating active adult residential communities within
those urban residential areas at locations deemed to be desirable
for them.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
The standards and regulations contained in this Part are applicable
only in those areas within Lower Macungie Township to the west of
Route 100 which are zoned U-Urban Residential District.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
1.
Additional Permitted Use. Within the area designated by this Overlay District, an active adult residential community is a use permitted by right. Between the provisions of this Overlay District and the provisions of § 27-2410, Active Adult Residential Community within the Urban Residential Overlay District, the provisions of this Overlay District shall control. Otherwise, the provisions of § 27-2410.4.R shall govern the dimensional requirements applicable to an active adult residential community within this Overlay District.
2.
Uses Permitted by Right. In addition to the uses permitted by right
under § 27-2410.3, in an active adult residential community,
single-family attached dwelling units shall be permitted by right
with groupings of not more than six connected dwelling units.
3.
Applicability of Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22A]. All references in § 27-2410 to provisions contained in Part 7 of subdivision and land development Ordinance [Chapter 22A] shall, for purposes of this Overlay District and such Community, be construed as references to the corresponding provisions of Part 8 of subdivision and land development Ordinance [Chapter 22A].
4.
General Performance Standards. Within the area designated by this
Overlay District, the requirements of § 27-2410.4 are modified
as set forth below:
A.
Every private street cartway shall be a minimum of 28 feet in width.
B.
No berms or berm/retaining wall combinations shall be required along
any public roads.
D.
Not more than 50% of the lineal frontage of any single-family detached
dwelling or single-family semidetached dwelling unit or of any single-family
attached dwelling end unit shall consist of a paved surface. No lineal
frontage restriction shall apply to other single-family attached dwelling
units.
5.
Recreational Performance Standards. Within the area designated by
this Overlay District, the requirements of § 27-2410.5 are
modified as set forth below:
A.
For purposes of this Overlay District, floodplain, contiguous land
within adjacent municipalities, and noncontiguous lands within this
Township separated at its nearest point from the perimeter of the
community by no more than 12,000 feet, may be counted towards the
amount of open space required under § 27-2410.5.B.
B.
The bituminous-paved pathway required by § 27-2410.5.C(1)
shall only be required within acreage comprising the active adult
residential community and not in any land outside of that acreage
which is counted by the Township towards the recreation and/or open
space requirement for the community.
D.
Section 27-2410.5.F shall not apply within this Overlay District.
6.
Modifications or Waivers. For purposes of this Overlay District, the Board of Commissioners may modify or waive the provisions of § 27-2410.5, in accordance with § 22A-1106 of subdivision and land development Ordinance [Chapter 22A], as amended, and with § 512.1 of the Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10512.1. This provision shall replace in its entirety § 27-2410.5.I.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
Within this Overlay District, § 27-2303.3.E shall
be modified to set the minimum distance between an access drive or
driveway and the centerline of any intersection at 50 feet.
