The purpose of this District is to protect agricultural
uses and preserve natural features and resources while encouraging
low-density single-family residential development suited to the natural
conditions and to provide for accessory uses and compatible public
and semipublic uses as conditional uses or uses by special exception.
In the R-1 Rural Residential District, only
the following uses are authorized:
A.
B.
Conditional uses.
(1)
Principal uses.
(a)
Bed-and-breakfast, subject to § 240-95A(4).
(b)
Boarding stable or riding academy, subject to § 240-95A(6).
(c)
Cemetery, subject to § 240-95A(8).
(d)
Churches, subject to § 240-95A(9).
(e)
Firehouses, subject to § 240-95A(9).
(f)
Golf course; golf or country club, subject to § 240-95A(19).
(g)
Mineral removal, subject to § 240-95A(28).
(h)
Mobile home park, subject to § 240-95A(30).
(i)
Non-commercial recreation, subject to § 240-95A(38).
(j)
Nursing home, subject to § 240-95A(32).
(l)
Personal care boarding home, subject to § 240-95A(20).
(m)
Public buildings other than Township-related facilities, subject to § 240-95A(9).
(n)
Public recreation, other than Township-related facilities, subject to § 240-95A(38).
(o)
Public utility building or structure, subject to § 240-95A(39).
(p)
Schools (public or private), subject to § 240-95A(9).
(2)
Accessory uses.
(a)
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 240-95A(12).
(b)
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 240-95A(49).
C.
Uses by special exception.
(1)
Principal uses.
(a)
Agricultural sales, subject to § 240-95A(48).
(b)
Day-care center or preschool facility in a church or school, subject to § 240-95A(15).
(c)
Kennel, subject to § 240-95A(25).
(d)
Private club, subject to § 240-95A(37).
(e)
Museums; libraries, subject to § 240-95A(9).
(2)
Accessory uses.
(a)
Home occupation, subject to § 240-95A(21).
(b)
Family day-care home, subject to § 240-95A(17).
In the R-1 Rural Residential District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the open space design option specified in Article XIV and the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article XV.
See Article XVII.
See Article XVIII.
See § 240-98.
See § 240-104.