[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
To provide for the orderly expansion of areas that offer neighborhoods
of single-family detached houses at a low density. To carefully protect
these areas from uses that may not be fully compatible.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
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.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
Only the following uses are permitted by right in the "LDR"
District, provided that the requirements for specific uses in Part
14 are met, the environmental preservation provisions of Part 15 are
met and conservation development provisions in Part 19 are met:
A.
The following principal uses:
(1)
Cemetery.*
(2)
Conservation development, subject to the provisions of Part
19.
(3)
Crop farming/orchards.
(5)
Audubon International certified golf course* and/or driving
range, excluding miniature golf facilities.
(6)
Place of worship.*
(7)
Publicly owned recreation.
(8)
Single-family detached dwelling.
(9)
Swimming pool, public or semipublic.*
(10)
Township-owned use.
B.
The following accessory uses, within the requirements of § 27-1403:
(1)
Accessory use or structure clearly customary and incidental
to a permitted by right, approved special exception, or conditional
use.
(2)
Accessory use or structure permitted under § 27-1403C.**
(3)
Essential services.**
(5)
Home-based business, no-impact
(6)
Facilities limited to use by residents of a development and
their occasional guests.
(7)
Outdoor solid-fuel-burning appliance as an accessory use to
a single-family residence.**
(8)
Residential agriculture.*
(9)
Swimming pool, private.**
(10)
Solar energy system, on-site usage.**
[Amended by Ord. No. 2022-02, 5/11/2022]
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
Only the following uses are permitted by special exception in
the "LDR" District, provided that the requirements for specific uses
in Part 14 are met:
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
Only the following uses are permitted conditional uses in the
"LDR" District, provided that the requirements for specific uses in
Part 14 are met:
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
Lot and setback regulations for uses in the "LDR" 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.
A.
Minimum lot area: 87,120 square feet.
B.
Minimum lot width: at minimum 180 feet except building setback line
250 feet for any use with a driveway entering directly onto an arterial
street.
C.
Maximum building coverage: 15%.
D.
Maximum impervious coverage: 30%.
E.
Minimum front yard building setbacks: 35 feet, for principal and
accessory structures, except 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
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 approval of the subdivision plan.
F.
Minimum side yard setback: 20 feet for principal structures (each of two side yards), 10 feet for accessory structures and uses. Corner lots: see § 27-1304B.
G.
Minimum rear yard setback: 40 feet for principal structures, 10 feet
for accessory structures or uses.
H.
Maximum height: 35 feet.
I.
Minimum setback from industrial district boundary: 80 feet for any
new principal residential building.
J.
Setback from arterial streets: 40 feet, for all principal buildings
from the future right-of-way line.
K.
Minimum width and length of dwellings: 16 feet.
