The following is an expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in Article
I, §
205-3 of this chapter. It is the intent of this article to provide for suitable locations for high-density apartment-house-style residential development on compact sites of between approximately five to 10 acres which are located with frontage along principal arterial streets and which are located in close proximity to employment, shopping centers, health care services, and mass transit.
A building may be erected or used and a lot
may be used or occupied for the following purposes and no other, provided
that the requirements of the following sections are met:
A. The following are the permitted uses in a HR-1 High-Rise-1
Residential District:
(1)
Apartment house or group of apartment houses.
(2)
Personal service shops such as beauty parlors,
barber shops, clothes cleaning pickup/drop off, snack shops not greater
than 600 square feet floor area, newspaper sales, and office uses
shall be permitted on the ground floor only, or in the case where
ground floor parking is provided on the first residential floor, provided
that no trade or business shall be permitted which is noxious, hazardous
or detrimental to the proper use of the property for residential purposes.
The total floor area of personal service and office use shall not
exceed 5% of the total floor area of the entire development. In the
event that the project is constructed in stages, the 5% of commercial
and office use shall be computed on fully completed stages.
(3)
Playgrounds, parks, tot-lots, clubhouse and
card rooms, and the other public or semipublic, noncommercial recreational
facilities for the exclusive use of residents of the apartment house,
as well as open space areas.
(4)
Fitness center, including physical therapy studio,
limited to use by residents of the apartment house and their invited
guests, provided the total floor area devoted to these uses does not
exceed 3,000 square feet plus area for lockers and showers.
(5)
Accessory uses in accordance with §
205-16.
(6)
No-impact home-based business as defined in Article
II herein.
B. Parking. Off-street automobile parking and off-street
delivery-collection facilities shall be for the sole use of the occupants
of such apartment building and the visitors thereto.
The general plan for a high-rise residential
district shall be designed for the entire tract showing that it has
considered and made provision for, and that the development shall
be executed in accordance with, the following essential conditions:
A. The proposed development shall be constructed in accordance
with an overall plan and the buildings shall be designed as an unified
architectural unit with appropriate pedestrian systems, parking areas,
recreation areas, buffers and landscaping.
B. If the development of the high-rise apartment plan
is to be carried out in stages, each stage shall be so planned that
the foregoing requirements and the intent of this chapter shall be
fully complied with at the completion of any stage. The initial stage
of the development shall comprise a total floor area of not less than
30,000 square feet.
C. Plans for any apartment house development shall be
submitted to the Township prior to the issuance of any permit and
such plans shall include the following:
(1)
The location, use and plan for each building
or other structure, the total gross floor area of each building, and,
where applicable, the floor area of each building to be used for personal
service or offices.
(2)
Floor area (in square feet) of each type of
apartment dwelling unit.
(4)
The total number of apartment dwelling units.
(5)
Total number of acres in the proposed district.
(6)
Total number of off-street parking spaces.
(7)
Exterior, vertical and horizontal building dimensions.
(8)
Ground area coverage of each building.
(9)
The location, dimensions and arrangement of
all open spaces, yards, streets, accessways, entrances, exits, off-street
parking facilities, loading and unloading spaces, pedestrian ways,
sidewalks, recreation areas and areas devoted to planting, landscaping
and other similar purposes.
(10)
The capacity of all areas to be used for automobile
access, parking, loading and unloading.
(11)
The provision made for, and location of, existing
or proposed stormwater and sanitary sewerage, water supply, exterior
lighting facilities, gas and other utilities.
(12)
Information sufficient to demonstrate that satisfactory
arrangements will be made to accommodate probable increases in traffic
and to facilitate traffic movements on the streets in the vicinity
of the proposed use. These arrangements shall include provisions for
emergency access and police and fire vehicular circulation within
the district.
(13)
Information sufficient to determine that the
proposed plan and uses comply in all respects with the requirements
of this and all other ordinances.
(14)
All procedural and content requirements of the
Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance shall be met, unless specifically waived by the Board
of Supervisors.