The purpose of this district is to provide opportunities for
establishing mobile home parks in appropriate locations in the Township
and allowing for a mix of single-family and two-family dwellings in
areas which are served or have the potential to be served by public
water and are located on the regional transportation network close
to shopping and community services while protecting the Township from
congestion and uncoordinated growth.
In the R3 General Residential District, the following uses are
authorized:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Principal uses.
(c)
Townhouses and garden apartments.
(f)
Convent, monastery, rectory or parish house occupied by no more
than 10 persons.
(h)
Conservation developments, subject to Article
XIII.
(i)
Oil and gas drilling, subject to the zoning certificate required by §
250-158A(5).
(2) Accessory uses.
(a)
Signs, subject to Article
XVII.
(b)
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article
XVI.
(c)
Private residential swimming pools or tennis courts subject to §
250-115C.
(e)
Gardening as an avocation, including private, noncommercial
greenhouses.
(f)
Keeping of domestic pets.
(g)
Storage of recreational vehicles owned or leased by the residents
of the premises.
(h)
Other accessory uses as customarily incidental to and on the
same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special
exception authorized in this district.
B. Conditional uses.
(1) Principal uses.
(d)
Planned residential developments.
(j)
Planned retirement complex.
(k)
Facilities housing public emergency services.
C. Uses by special exception.
(1) Principal uses.
(a)
Day-care center or nursery school in a church or school, subject to §
250-110A(8).
(b)
Group care facility, personal care boarding home or transitional dwelling, subject to §
250-110A(11).
(c)
Temporary use or structure, other than a temporary dwelling or construction trailer, subject to §
250-110A(39).
In the R3 General Residential District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses or uses by special exception contained in Article
XIV:
A. Minimum lot size:
(1) Single-family dwelling:
(a)
With public sewers: 14,500 square feet.
(b)
All others: 30,000 square feet.
(2) Two-family dwelling: 20,000 square feet.
(3) Townhouses and garden apartments: one acre.
(4) All other uses: one acre.
B. Minimum lot width:
(1) Single- and two-family dwellings:
(a)
With public sewers: 100 feet.
(2) All other uses: 150 feet.
C. Maximum lot coverage: 25%.
D. Minimum front yard: 35 feet.
E. Minimum rear yard:
(1) Principal structures: 40 feet.
(2) All accessory structures: 15 feet.
(3) Accessory structures 120 square feet or less: five feet.
F. Minimum side yard:
(1) Single-family dwellings: 15 feet each side.
(2) Two-family dwellings: 15 feet each side.
(3) All other uses: 15 feet each side.
(4) Accessory structures 120 square feet or less: five feet.
(5) Townhouse dwelling, interior lot line: zero feet.
H. Permitted projections into required yards: See §
250-116.
I. Maximum height:
(1) All principal structures: 35 feet and three stories.
(2) Single-family, two-family, townhouse, garden apartment: 35 feet and
2 1/2 stories.
(3) All accessory structures: 15 feet and one story.
K. Maximum dwelling unit density:
(1) Townhouses and garden apartments: 12 units per acre.
L. Planned retirement complex lot requirements:
(1) Minimum lot size: 50 acres.
(2) Maximum buildings: not to exceed 15 residences per acre.
(3) Maximum lot coverage: 25%.
(4) Maximum impervious surface coverage: 35%.
(8) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no building may be closer than 100
feet to any property line adjoining the R1 District.
(9) Parking shall be provided as set forth in Article
XVI, §§
250-127 to
250-130. Further, off-street parking and aisles shall be prohibited within 75 feet of adjoining property lines, except for the driveway access to a street.
Parking and loading: See Article
XVII.
Screening and landscaping: See §
250-113.
Steep slope controls: See §
250-114.