In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in §
182-2 of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to the YMU Yerkes Mixed-Use District to establish reasonable controls and standards of performance for transitional residential uses and complementary nonintensive commercial uses in the Route 29 corridor in proximity to the Township's border with Collegeville Borough. Additionally, it is the intent of this article to encourage the use and application of environmentally sustainable and green building design standards.
In the YMU Yerkes Mixed-Use District, a building may be erected,
altered or used and a tract may be used or occupied for any of the
following uses and no others:
A. Single-family detached dwelling(s) on lots measuring not less than
one acre in compliance with the regulations outlined in the R-1 District.
B. On parcels that, as of the date of enactment of Article XIIA, have
frontage on a road then classified as an arterial road by the Upper
Providence Township's Ultimate Right-of-Way Map, to a maximum depth
of 450 feet measured from the center line of said arterial road, the
following uses are permitted:
(1)
Conversion of a single-family detached dwelling to a use described in §
182-96.2A(1) through
(5).
(2)
Personal service shops such as barbers, hairdressers, and repair
shops (for jewelry, clocks, and other small household items). Machine
laundry (self-service or otherwise) and dry-cleaning plants shall
not be permitted within the YMU Yerkes Mixed-Use District.
(3)
Professional offices for doctors, dentists, orthodontists, chiropractors,
or any other licensed practitioner of the healing arts for humans,
lawyers, engineers, architects, urban planners, accountants, economic
consultants, business and management consultants and other similar
professionals.
(4)
Multiple business or professional offices, in a single building,
with no more than four individual tenants.
C. On parcels that, as of the date of enactment of Article XIIA, have
at least 400 feet of frontage on a road then classified as an arterial
road by the Upper Providence Township's Ultimate Right-of-Way Map,
and with a gross minimum tract area of seven acres, and to a maximum
depth of 600 feet measured from the center line of said arterial road:
(3)
Mixed-use structures containing a combination of uses permitted in Subsections
B(2) through
(4) and
C(2) herein when a multifamily use is present on the second floor and above.
D. On parcels that, as of the date of enactment of Article XIIA, have at least 400 feet of frontage on a road then classified as a collector or arterial road by the Upper Providence Township's Ultimate Right-of-Way Map, and with a gross minimum tract area of at least 20 acres, as a conditional use, when authorized by the Board of Supervisors, in compliance with §
182-204:
(1)
Semidetached houses (twins).
(2)
Single-family attached dwellings.
(3)
A combination of semidetached houses (twins) and single-family
attached dwellings.
E. On parcels that, as of the date of enactment of Article XIIA, have frontage on a road then classified as a collector or arterial road by the Upper Providence Township's Ultimate Right-of-Way Map, and with a gross minimum tract area of at least five acres, single-family detached homes are permitted using the flexible lot standards as established in §
182-44 when authorized by the Board of Supervisors, in compliance with §
182-204.
F. Residential uses are permitted as secondary uses to those in Subsection
B herein, with the following provisions:
(1)
All residential uses shall be above the first floor.
(2)
Parking shall be cumulative.
G. Subject to compliance with the 100-foot-wide setback requirement as set forth in §
182-90.6B(2)(a), where applicable, parks, playgrounds, tot lots and open spaces.
H. Subject to compliance with the 100-foot-wide setback requirement as set forth in §
182-90.6B(2)(a), where applicable, accessory uses on the same lot with and incidental to any permitted use, which may include appropriate accessory uses developed in conjunction with any of the uses in Subsections
C,
D and
E, including but not limited to indoor and outdoor recreational facilities, community centers and other similar uses; provided, however, that none is intended as an independent freestanding use.