[Amended 6-17-2008 by Ord. No. 347]
A. This article is enacted for the purpose of promoting
health, safety and welfare of the Township in accordance with the
goals and objectives of the Joint Municipal Comprehensive Plan. It
is designed to preserve the rural atmosphere of the Township, to lessen
congestion on the roads and highways, to prevent overcrowding of the
land, to provide adequate light and air, and to encourage the most
appropriate use of the land in the Township.
B. The intent of this district is to provide the opportunity
for low-density single-family development while at the same time preserving
as open space an amount of land approximately equal to the amount
of land being developed. The density is one single-family residence
per two developable acres and the lot size is 35,000 square feet to
40,000 square feet; the difference between the two, approximately
one acre per new single-family residence goes into open space. The
intent is to have a minimum open space ratio of 40%, excluding any
lots for existing uses based on the tract area.
[Amended 1-20-2020 by Ord. No. 409]
C. A large parcel may be completely developed under the
smaller lot regulations in the conditional use process, or it may
be partially developed with the smaller lots leaving the balance developed
(or governed) by the by-right provisions. There are also regulations
for dividing off up to two individual lots from a parcel in excess
of 10 acres.
D. The standards of the RR District will allow future
residential development to occur in a manner that protects the existing
agricultural lands, woodlands and open space, as well as other important
rural environmental resources by maintaining a consistently low level
of intensity of development in the area.
E. The open space may be considered a separate public or private permanent
open space parcel deed restricted from further subdivision or from
being separately sold, or it may be accomplished via a conservation
easement over a parcel in a form approved by the Township Solicitor.
[Added 1-20-2020 by Ord.
No. 409]
F. The intent of the open space requirement is to provide contiguous,
usable open space and to avoid noncontiguous, unusable open space
areas. Narrow strips of open space should be avoided where possible
and efforts shall be taken to provide open space areas adjacent to
other open space areas. For areas where open space can be provided,
but logistically the areas do not provide a public or community benefit,
the open space areas may be preserved via a conservation easement.
[Added 1-20-2020 by Ord.
No. 409]
[Amended 7-8-2015 by Ord.
No. 383; 11-19-2018 by Ord. No. 400]
In the RR Rural Resource Residential District, the following regulations shall apply. For those properties in the RR Rural Resource Residential District that became nonconforming as to lot size by the creation of the RR Rural Resource Residential District on January 16, 2006, the dimensional requirements of the R-175 Residential District as stated in §
145-31 shall apply.
[Amended 7-8-2015 by Ord.
No. 383]
A building may be erected, altered and used, and a lot may be
used and occupied, for any of the following purposes and no other:
C. One single-family detached dwelling.
E. Accessory use to any of the above by-right uses, subject to the regulations in §
145-18.
A building may be erected, altered and used,
and a lot may be used and occupied for any of the following purposes
and no other:
A. One single-family detached dwelling.
[Added 6-17-2008 by Ord. No. 347]
Special exception uses are as follows:
[Added 6-17-2008 by Ord. No. 347]
These regulations shall apply to any property
in single and separate ownership at the time of passage of this ordinance, 2007, provided the lot area of the parcel is in excess
of 10 acres.
A. The creation of a single-family building lot shall be permitted by right in accordance with the dimensional regulations of §
145-204 with the exception of lot area; the minimum lot area shall be 70,000 square feet and the maximum lot area shall be two acres.
B. The original parcel shall be used for agricultural
or single-family residential purposes only.
C. The creation of a new separate parcel shall occur
a maximum of two times for each original qualifying property.