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To recognize and seek to preserve agricultural lands and to
protect environmentally sensitive areas, considering topography, soil
type and present use. To steer more dense growth away from the "A"
District and to areas closer to community facilities and services.
To recognize areas to which it would be difficult and expensive to
extend sewer and water lines, and to continue to sewer because of
pumping station costs. To avoid nuisance complaints against farmers
from new residents, by not encouraging dense residential growth near
active large farms or livestock operations. To provide for certain
nonagricultural uses that support and are compatible with farming
operations.
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The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to uses or
structures owned by Williams Township or for municipal authorities
created solely by Williams Township.
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Only the following uses are permitted by right in the "A" Agricultural
District, provided that the requirements for specific uses of Part
14 are met and the environmental preservation provisions of Part 15
are met and the conservation development provisions in Part 19 are
met:
A.
The following residential uses:
(1)
One Single-Family Detached Dwelling. Provided that the dwelling
would not be located closer than 120 feet to a building being currently
actively used for an animal husbandry use, except for a dwelling owned
by the owner of the animal husbandry use.
(2)
Conservation Development, subject to the provisions of Part
19.
B.
The following agricultural uses:
C.
The following miscellaneous uses:
(1)
Campground.
(2)
Cemetery.*
(3)
Commercial communications tower.*
(5)
Audubon international certified golf course.*
(6)
Home-based business, no-impact.
(7)
Membership club.
(8)
Nonhousehold stable.*
(9)
Place of worship.*
(10)
Picnic grove.*
(11)
Public or private primary or secondary school.*
(12)
Publicly owned recreation.
(13)
Township-owned use.
D.
The following accessory uses require a zoning permit:
(1)
Accessory apartment within an existing single-family detached
dwelling.**
(2)
Accessory use or structure clearly customary and incidental
to a permitted by right, special exception or conditional use.**
(3)
Accessory use or structure permitted under § 27-1403C.**
(4)
Essential services.**
(5)
Limited small engine and tractor repair and workshop.
(6)
Recreational facilities limited to use by residents of a development
and their occasional guests.
(7)
Retail sales of agricultural products primarily produced on
the premises.**
(8)
Sale of agricultural fertilizers, seeds or animal feed, not
involving manufacture or processing.
(9)
Swimming pool, private.**
(10)
Solar energy system, on-site usage.**
[Amended by Ord. No. 2022-02, 5/11/2022]
(11)
Geothermal system.**
(12)
Wind turbine.**
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
Only the following uses are permitted by special exception in
the "A" District, provided that the requirements for specific uses
of Part 14 are met:
A.
Animal cemetery.
B.
Animal hospital.*
C.
Bed-and-breakfast use.**
D.
College or university.*
E.
Home occupation.**
F.
"In-law" suite.**
G.
Kennel.*
H.
Leaf composting.**
I.
Short-term transient rentals.*
J.
Swimming pool, public.*
K.
Non-tower wireless communications facilities that do substantially
change the wireless support structure to which they are attached,
or that otherwise do not fall under the Pennsylvania Wireless Broadband
Collocation Act.
L.
Small WCF.
N.
Solar
energy system, off-site usage.
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-02, 5/11/2022]
O.
Wind
energy facility.
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-02, 5/11/2022]
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A.
Only the following uses are permitted conditional uses in the "A"
District, provided that the requirements for specific uses of Part
14 are met:
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A.
Lot and setback regulations for uses in the "A" District shall be as follows, unless a more restrictive requirement is stated in Part 14 for a particular use or elsewhere in this chapter. See definitions of these terms in Part 2.
(1)
Minimum lot area: 87,120 square feet (with or without public
water and sewer service).
(2)
Minimum lot width: 180 feet, except 250 feet for any use with
a driveway entering directly onto an arterial street.
(3)
Maximum building coverage: 10%.
(4)
Maximum impervious coverage: 20%.
(5)
Minimum front yard setback: 50 feet from future street right-of-way
for both principal and accessory structures. The following variation
is also permitted: Up to 50% of the principal residential buildings
may be located up to five feet forward of the front yard building
setback line, provided that an equal or greater number of principal
residential buildings in the same stage of construction and on the
same street will be five feet or greater behind the front yard building
setback line. This variation shall only be permitted if approved at
the time of the approval of the subdivision plan.
(6)
Minimum side yard setback: 15 feet for principal structures and (for each of two side yards); 10 feet for accessory structures and uses. Corner lots: see § 27-1304B.
(7)
Minimum rear yard setback: 40 feet for principal structures
and 10 feet for accessory structures and uses.
(8)
Minimum setback: from 50 feet for all buildings.
(9)
Maximum height: 35 feet, except agricultural structures may
be up to 120 feet.
(10)
Minimum setback: 100 feet for any new dwelling from an Industrial
District boundary.
