These district regulations are designed to protect
areas in the Township for the preservation and conservation of the
natural environment and permit and encourage the retention of forested
and open land; floodplain areas of streams, creeks and drainageways;
and nonintensive land uses located to constitute a harmonious and
appropriate part of the physical development of the Township.
Permitted uses are as follows:
A.Â
Public conservation areas and structures for the conservation
of open land, water, soil, wildlife resources, and historical preservation.
B.Â
Single-family detached dwelling units, including seasonal
cottages, and hunting and fishing cabins.
C.Â
Churches or similar places of worship and cemeteries.
D.Â
Public or private preschool, primary, and secondary
educational facilities, and related school uses.
E.Â
Municipal buildings and facilities, including water
pumping stations, reservoirs and similar structures.
F.Â
Public park and recreation facility.
[Amended 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 60]
G.Â
Semipublic and private recreational areas.
H.Â
Agriculture, forestry, gardening, and nurseries.
[Amended 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 60]
I.Â
Production of forest products; forest industries.
J.Â
Radio and television towers.
K.Â
Electric and telephone public utility transmission and distribution facilities, including substations as provided for in § 138-94T.
[Amended 6-20-2000 by Ord. No. 42]
L.Â
Customary accessory uses and building incidental to any permitted uses in accordance with Article XII.
[Amended by Ord. No. 38-A]
The height of a principal building shall be
not greater than 30 feet. No accessory building shall exceed 24 feet
in height.
The minimum lot size shall be five acres. Density
of residential units shall be five acres per unit.
[Amended 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 44]
The lot width at the required front building
line shall be not less than 275 feet on an interior lot and the same
on each side facing a street on a corner lot. The minimum lot width
for lots located on a cul-de-sac turnaround shall be no less than
275 feet measured at the right-of-way line.
Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards
of not less than the depth and width indicated below:
All nonresidential uses shall provide an additional one-hundred-eighty-foot buffer area to all side and rear yards abutting a residential use and/or residential district. Continuation of the nonresidential use shall be in accordance with Article XII of this chapter.
The coverage shall be no more than 20%.
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV of this chapter.
Signs shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article XI of this chapter.
[Amended by Ord. No. 38-A; 6-20-2000 by Ord.
No. 42]
B.Â
Environmental assessment (EA). An EA shall be required for all subdivision of land into 20 or more residential lots and/or units other than as provided for under Subsection A above, and all subdivision and land development plans for nonresidential uses regardless of their size and number of lots.
C.Â
The appropriate environmental study shall be submitted to the Township Engineer and Planning Commission for review and recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. The intent of the environmental study is to monitor the impact of development on the existing natural and socioeconomic environment of Carroll Township and shall be in accordance with Article XII, § 138-109.
