[Amended 10-27-2015 by Ord. No. 566]
In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in Article I, § 205-3, of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to the RP Residential and Professional District to allow for small-scale professional and business offices adjacent to and within residential areas, which would be compatible with such residential uses. Specifically, it is the intent of this article to:
A. 
Encourage small-scale professional or business offices in existing residential structures, especially occupant-operated offices.
B. 
Encourage the use of existing structures, now or lately used as residences, and discourage the demolition of such structures.
C. 
Discourage significant exterior alterations for existing structures.
D. 
Encourage the preservation of the residential character of the district.
E. 
Provide for services generally useful to and in harmony with residential neighborhoods.
[Amended 10-27-2015 by Ord. No. 566]
The following uses are permitted in the RP Residential and Professional District and no other:
A. 
Single-family detached dwellings and accessory uses in accordance with § 205-16B.
B. 
General office uses: offices for lawyers, architects, engineers, insurance agents, brokers, real estate, financial services or other professional, educational or business offices which do not involve the actual storage, exchange or delivery of equipment, goods or merchandise on the premises.
(1) 
The use shall be carried on wholly indoors and within the principal building.
(2) 
There shall be no use of show windows or displays visible outside the premises to attract customers or clients.
C. 
Veterinary office for the treatment of domestic animals, provided that boarding is prohibited.
D. 
Medical office for medical or dental examination or treatment of persons as outpatients.
E. 
Barbershops, hair salons and massage therapist businesses.
F. 
Group day-care homes.
G. 
Day-care centers.
H. 
No-impact home-based businesses, as defined in Article II herein.
I. 
Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses, including one dwelling unit, provided that such use shall be located at or above the second story.
J. 
Studios for instruction and the production of music and the arts.
A. 
The following uses are permitted in the RP Residential and Professional District when authorized as conditional uses by the Board of Supervisors.
(1) 
Office uses which are similar to those of § 205-46B and C above.
B. 
In addition to all regulations pertaining to permitted uses, conditional use uses shall meet the following provisions:
(1) 
The proposed use will not attract larger volumes of traffic than the permitted uses would.
(2) 
Anticipated noise and congestion created by the use will be comparable to the levels created by the permitted uses.
(3) 
Proposed uses shall comply with § 205-22 of this chapter.
For all authorized buildings and uses, the following regulations shall apply:
A. 
Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet.
B. 
Minimum lot width at the building line: 80 feet.
C. 
Front yard: 30 feet.
D. 
Side yard: 10 feet minimum per side; 30 feet minimum aggregate.
E. 
Rear yard: 25 feet.
F. 
Maximum height: 35 feet for a principal building; 20 feet for an accessory building.
G. 
All lots in an RP Zoning District must be served by a sanitary sewer.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection H, pertaining to fencing requirements, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 12-23-2008 by Ord. No. 512. See now § 205-22.3.
A. 
A use shall utilize an existing building for its purposes, or it will be of a similar architectural design and scale to nearby existing development.
[Amended 10-27-2015 by Ord. No. 566]
B. 
The maximum building coverage shall be 20% of the lot area.
C. 
The maximum total impervious coverage shall be 70% of the lot area, including building coverage.
Lighting standards shall comply with § 205-66H.
Signs in the RP Residential and Professional District shall comply with the provisions of Article XIX. Where the RP District is not specifically mentioned, the provisions regulating residential districts shall apply to it.
Parking and access driveways will meet the following minimum standards:
A. 
Parking setback. Parking spaces, areas and driveways serving the spaces shall be set back a minimum of 25 feet from rear property lines and five feet from side property lines unless common parking is shared with one or more abutting lots, in which case parking may abut or cross the property lines shared by the common users.
B. 
When an access driveway is shared by two or more lots, the following standards shall apply:
(1) 
The driveway may be located along or straddling the common boundary of the lots.
(2) 
The driveway shall be a minimum width of 24 feet and shall have a minimum three-foot planting strip along both sides.
(3) 
When a shared driveway is used:
(a) 
Access easements and maintenance agreements or other suitable legal mechanisms shall be provided, acceptable to the Township Solicitor.
(b) 
Liability safeguards for all property owners and lessees served by the shared access shall be guaranteed to the satisfaction of the Township Solicitor.
(c) 
Parking will be provided in accordance with Article XVIII.
(d) 
Each lot will be permitted no more than one curb cut for vehicular access, with the balance of the frontage to a depth of five feet from the ultimate right-of-way being maintained as a planting strip. However, such planting strip shall not interfere with vehicular sight distance.
Landscaping, including conservation of existing trees and woodlands, street trees, stormwater basin landscaping and site element screens, shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 175, Subdivision and Land Development.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 205-54, Ingress and egress, was repealed 12-23-2008 by Ord. No. 512.