In expansion of the legislative intent contained in Article
I, §
230-2 of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to the R-2 Low-Density Residential development to provide regulations for agricultural and residential uses.
A. To minimize land use conflict between agricultural
and residential uses.
B. To protect the environmentally sensitive areas of
the Park Creek Watershed.
C. To permit special uses with appropriate regulations
to protect the residential character of the district.
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, or other conservation purposes.
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 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 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) Public or private day schools, provided that:
(a)
The minimum lot size shall be 10 acres.
(b)
Public sewer and water utilities shall be provided.
(c)
Total building and paving coverage shall not
exceed 40% of the total lot.
(d)
All buildings and parking shall be setback not
less than 100 feet from property lines.
(4) Churches, chapels or other places of worship and their
adjunct residential dwellings provided that:
(a)
The minimum lot size shall be four acres.
(b)
Total building and paving coverage shall not
exceed 40% of the total lot.
(c)
All buildings and parking shall be setback not
less than 100 feet from property lines.
(5) Day-care facilities for children or senior citizens
only when accessory to a day school or church or other place of worship.
(6) Cemetery use provided only where use is accessory
to a church structure and shall be no larger than five acres in area
and a minimum of 100 feet from all property lines.
H. Municipal building.
[Added 12-23-2002 by Ord. No. 1153]
I. No-impact home-based businesses in accordance with the standards set forth in §
230-23.
[Added 3-12-2003 by Ord. No. 1154]
[Amended 9-16-1998 by Ord. No. 1147; 10-27-1998 by Ord. No.
1148]
For all permitted buildings and uses, and special
exception uses allowed, the following regulations shall apply:
A. Lot area. A lot area of not less than 43,560 square
feet shall be provided for every principal building hereafter erected
or used in this district.
B. Lot width. A lot width of not less than 125 feet shall be provided at the building line. The minimum lot width at the ultimate right-of-way shall be in accordance with the provisions of the minimum lot frontage and flag lot requirements of Article
IV.
C. Building coverage. Not more than 15% of the lot area
may be occupied by buildings.
[Amended 6-14-2000 by Ord. No. 1150]
D. Lot coverage. Not more than 20% of the lot area may
be covered by buildings, parking lots, vehicular accessways or other
impervious material.
[Amended 6-14-2000 by Ord. No. 1150]
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. There shall be two side yards for any
building or use of not less than 40 feet in aggregate width and neither
less than 20 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.
[Amended 2-13-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-3]
G. Density. The maximum achievable number of lots on a parcel shall be calculated through the environmental resource protection density determination contained in §
230-49 B.
H. Contiguous building envelope area. The minimum contiguous
building envelope area shall consist of not less than 4,500 square
feet.
I. All future construction on lots created by cluster
subdivisions approved pursuant to Section 703 of this ordinance, which was repealed on March 18, 1998, by Ordinance No. 1146 shall be governed by the dimensional requirements (yard requirements, lot width, lot area, building coverage and lot coverage) in effect at the time of the approval of the plan by which the lot or lots were created. The building envelope for lots created by cluster subdivisions approved pursuant to Section 703 shall be as shown on the record plan. The density and continuous building envelope requirements of Subsections
G and
H of this section shall not be applicable to lots created pursuant to Section 703. Setbacks for residential accessory buildings shall governed by §
230-16. The cluster subdivisions approved pursuant to Zoning Ordinance Section 703 are:
[Added 4-26-2004 by Ord. No. 1155; amended 6-28-2004 by Ord. No.
1156]
(1) Estates of Chestnut Creek.