A building or group of buildings may be erected,
altered or used, or a lot may be used or occupied for one principal
use for any of the following purposes:
A.
Woodland, game preserve, or other conservation purpose.
B.
Agricultural use, including tilling of the soil, plant
nursery, or greenhouse, and the keeping of livestock and poultry,
provided that any building used for keeping of livestock and poultry
shall be located not less than 100 feet from any property line. Kennels,
piggeries and poultry farms are not a permitted use.
C.
Municipal park or recreation area owned and operated
by a governmental or quasi-governmental agency.
D.
Single-family detached dwelling.
E.
Utility line, or any necessary governmental or public
utility use.
F.
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to the above permitted uses.
G.
The following uses may be permitted when authorized
by the Township Zoning Hearing Board as a special exception:
(1)
Privately owned low-density outdoor recreational area,
riding academy, or eighteen-hole golf course having a minimum of 75
acres, provided that:
(a)
No commercial activity shall be permitted except
for charging admission, the sale of refreshments, or such other purposes
as clearly incidental to the permitted use.
(b)
Each incidental commercial activity shall be
located or screened so that it shall not be visible from a street
or adjoining property.
(c)
Illumination, except for security lighting,
shall not be permitted.
(2)
Stable for horses on lots not less than four acres.
(3)
Churches, chapels or other places of worship and their
adjunct residential dwellings, provided that:
(4)
Memorial park type cemetery provided the land utilized
for grave use is located not closer than 100 feet from a residential
property.
H.
Municipal building.
[Added 12-23-2002 by Ord. No. 1153]
[Amended 9-16-1998 by Ord. No. 1147; 2-13-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-3; 1-14-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-1]
A.
Subdivision under Act 319. Properties enrolled in and restricted
under the Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act of
1974, 72 P.S. § 5490 ("Act 319"), are limited by statute
in the subdivision and land development opportunities. Property owners
enrolled in Act 319 provide enhanced opportunities to preserve our
forests and farm soils. To assist owners of Act 319 properties, and
to encourage participation in Act 319, the following regulations shall
apply to all lots subdivided from properties restricted by Act 319.
(1)
Subdivision of properties enrolled in and/or restricted under Act
319 shall be in strict compliance with all provisions of Act 319 and
the regulations enacted pursuant to Act 319, including, but not limited
to, 72 P.S. 5490.6 which limits the split-off, separation, and transfer
of property.
(2)
Subdivision of property enrolled in Act 319 shall comply with the
following regulations:
(a)
Lot area. The minimum lot area of any lot subdivided while enrolled
in Act 319 shall be one acre (43,560 square feet).
(b)
Lot width. A lot width of not less than 150 feet shall be provided
at the building setback line.
(c)
Building coverage. Not more than 10% of the developable area
of each lot may be occupied by buildings.
(d)
Lot coverage. Not more than 20% of the developable area of each
lot may be occupied by buildings, parking lots, vehicular accessways,
or other impervious materials.
(e)
Yard requirements:
[1]
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each street on which
the lot abuts, measured from the ultimate right-of-way to the building,
the depth of which shall be at least 60 feet.
[2]
Side yards. Each side yard shall not be less than 30 feet in
width.
[3]
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall
be at least 80 feet.
(f)
Height requirements. The height of any building shall not exceed
35 feet.
B.
Standard district regulations. For all permitted buildings and uses, and special exception uses allowed, except those lots subdivided from properties restricted under Act 319 and those properties developed under the Conservation Option set forth in Subsection C of this section, the following regulations shall apply:
(1)
Lot area. A lot area of not less than 60,000 square feet shall be
provided for every principal building hereafter erected or used in
this district.
(2)
Lot width. A lot width of not less than 175 feet shall be provided
at the building line.
(3)
Building coverage. Not more than 10% of the developable area of each
lot may be occupied by buildings.
(4)
Site and lot coverage. Not more than 15% of the developable area
of each site may be covered by buildings, parking lots, vehicular
accessways or other impervious material. Not more than 20% of the
developable area of each lot may be covered by buildings, parking
areas, vehicular accessways, or other impervious material.
(5)
Yard requirements.
(a)
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each street on which
the lot abuts, measured from the ultimate right-of-way to the building,
the depth of which shall be at least 60 feet.
(b)
Side yards. Each side yard shall not be less than 30 feet in
width.
(c)
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall
be at least 80 feet.
(6)
Height requirements. The height of any building shall not exceed
35 feet.
(7)
Density. The maximum achievable number of lots on a parcel shall be calculated through the Environmental Resource Protection Density Determination contained in § 230-49B of this chapter.
(8)
Contiguous building envelope area. The minimum contiguous building
envelope area shall consist of not less than 8,000 square feet.
C.
Conservation option. In order to encourage the conservation of land
for agricultural and open space purposes, parcels in excess of 25
acres may, by conditional use, reduce the minimum lot size to 50,000
square feet upon demonstration of compliance with the following requirements:
(1)
The minimum tract size shall not be less than 25 acres;
(2)
The minimum amount of common open space shall be 20% of the site area which shall be a contiguous parcel, one-half of which shall not contain slopes in excess of 4%, and which shall not contain natural resource restrictions as listed in § 230-49 (floodplains, wetlands, riparian corridor, woodlands, etc). For the purpose of this subsection, the perimeter buffer required in Subsection C(4) below may be included in the required open space. The location of the open space shall be approved by Council and shall not be part of any building lot in the subdivision;
(3)
The development shall be served by public water and sewer;
(4)
There shall be a fifty-foot perimeter buffer surrounding the site.
The perimeter buffer shall be landscaped as required of a screen buffer.
The perimeter buffer shall be owned and maintained by a homeowners'
association and shall not be part of any building lot;
(5)
Where open space, including the perimeter buffer, abuts private property
or new building lots, the edge of the open space area shall be delineated
by fencing and/or buffer plantings to be approved by Council;
(6)
Stormwater management facilities may not be located in the open space
areas, provided that if the developer creates stormwater management
facilities which meet significant regional stormwater needs in addition
to meeting the stormwater needs generated by the site, Council may,
in its sole discretion, allow a portion of the basin to be located
in the open space. In determining whether a stormwater facility may
be partially located in the open space, Council shall consider the
volume of off-site water which is being handled by the facility and
the benefit to off-site properties;
(8)
The minimum lot width shall be 125 feet;
(9)
Not more than 10% of the developable area on each lot shall be occupied
by buildings;
(10)
Not more than 15% of the developable area of the site, nor 20%
of the developable area of each lot, shall be covered by buildings,
parking lots, vehicular accessways or other impervious material;
(11)
There shall be a minimum front yard on each street on which
each lot abuts, measured from the ultimate right-of-way to the building,
the depth of which shall be at least 60 feet;
(12)
There shall be two side yards for any building or use of not
less than 50 feet in aggregate width and neither shall be less than
20 feet in width;
(13)
On each lot there shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall
be at least 70 feet;
(14)
The height of any building shall not exceed 35 feet;
(15)
The minimum contiguous building envelope area shall consist
of not less than 6,000 square feet.
