[Amended 5-23-2024 by Ord. No. 24-03]
[Amended 6-19-2025 by Ord. No. 25-02]
A.
Purpose. The R Residential District is intended to provide for the housing accommodation of current and expected residents in a manner that protects established dwellings and neighborhoods and in a scale, form, and intensity commensurate with road classification or corridor, availability of utilities, and environmental limitations of varied corridors, locations, and sites within the district. The district also aims to reasonably accommodate agricultural uses and forms of commercial activity consistent with the neighboring forms of residential uses in the district.
B.
Yard and bulk requirements.
(1)
Minimum lot size: two acres.
(2)
Minimum lot width: 200 feet.
(3)
Minimum front yard: 40 feet.
(4)
Minimum rear yard: 40 feet; accessory: 10 feet.
(5)
Minimum side yard: 20 feet; accessory: 10 feet.
(6)
Maximum lot coverage: 50%.
(8)
Traditional lots. "Traditional lots" shall be defined as lots existing or created within or immediately adjoining lots in a subdivision recorded prior to the effective date of this chapter, where the majority of lots are 1/3 of an acre or less in area and said lots in the recorded plan comprise at least eight lots or one block, whichever is less. Lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall bear access to public water and public sewer or a community sewer system. Traditional lots shall meet the dimensional standards specified in § 27-1205, Neighborhood Planned Residential Development, as relating to single family detached structures, in lieu of those otherwise required by this section, with respect to required yards, lot size, and lot coverage.
(9)
Density and dimensional standards shall be as modified by the mutually exclusive provisions of Part 12, PRD Forms.
(10)
Flag lots: Flag lots are authorized subject to the following standards:
(a)
One flag lot is permitted per existing or proposed block;
(b)
The strip accessing the portion of the lot the width of which is less than the minimum lot width at the building line shall not extend more than 500 feet from the right-of-way from which it is accessed. The frontage shall be located such that access to the adjoining street meets the minimum sight distance standards as required by Township and/or the Commonwealth.
(c)
The net area of the lot, excluding the access strip, shall meet the minimum lot size requirements of the R District.
D.
E.
Lot averaging.
(1)
Purpose. The authorization for lot averaging within the R District is instituted to promote preservation of environmentally sensitive areas, namely steep slopes, while promoting flexibility and ingenuity in the development of small residential subdivisions within the Township in manner that maintains the overall density authorized in the R District.
(2)
The site associated with and subject to the standards of lot averaging shall consist of the entirety of the lot or parent tract initially subdivided in accordance with this section in a manner that future subdivisions or revisions to the lot averaging subdivision remain in compliance with this section as applied to said lot or tract.
(3)
No more than 12 lots, which do not otherwise meet the standards of Subsection B, Yard and bulk requirements, shall be created on a site.
(4)
Each individual lot shall meet the minimum requirements set forth in the table below provided that the average lot width and lot area of all lots created by the subdivision meets or exceeds those cited in the table below.
(5)
The developer shall record covenants, in a form acceptable to the Township Solicitor and in favor of the Township, that restrict future subdivision of parcels, where such subdivision would place a lot or lots that were approved in the subdivision in violation of the standards set forth in the table below.
Standard | Lot Width | Lot Area |
|---|---|---|
Minimum | 75 feet on a local road, 100 feet on a collector road | 20,000 square feet |
Average of all lots | 200 feet | 2 acres |