The R-1 Residential Districts are designed to
accommodate and protect the amenities of certain areas in the Township
where the development pattern has already been established with single-family
residential dwellings of a low-density character and to stabilize
these areas as a development feature of the Township.
Permitted uses are as follows:
A.
Single-family detached dwelling units.
B.
Churches and similar places of worship.
C.
Public or private preschool, primary, and secondary
educational facilities and related school uses.
D.
Public park and recreation areas.
E.
Municipal and public buildings.
F.
Hospitals.
G.
Public utility facilities, provided that they do not include material storage, storage for trucks, repair facilities, or housing quarters for repair crews as provided for in § 138-94T.
[Amended 6-20-2000 by Ord. No. 42; 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 60]
The height of a principal building shall be
not greater than 30 feet. No accessory building shall exceed 24 feet
in height except that buildings devoted for farm use shall be exempt
from height restrictions. The height requirement is measured from
the highest point of the adjacent existing ground.
The minimum lot area per dwelling unit shall
be not less than 1.5 acres unless the lots are served by public sewer,
in which case the minimum lot size shall not be less than 15,000 square
feet.
The lot width at the required front building
line shall be not less than 150 feet on an interior lot and the same
on each side facing a street on a corner lot, with the following provisions:
A.
Lots served by public sewer shall have a required
front building line lot width of 100 feet.
B.
The lot width at any point shall be not less than
the following percentages of the width at the front building line:
|
Width at Front
Building Line
(feet)
|
Percentage of Width
| |
|---|---|---|
|
100 - 200
|
75%
| |
|
200 - 350
|
50%
| |
|
351 - 500
|
30%
| |
|
500 plus
|
25%
|
C.
The minimum lot width for lots located on a cul-de-sac
turnaround shall be no less than 150 feet measured at the right-of-way
line.
[Added 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 44]
Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards
of not less than the depth and width indicated below:
Building coverage shall be no more than 30%.
[Added 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 44]
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 uses into the buffer yard shall be in accordance with Article XII of this chapter.
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.
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.
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.
