The R-A Residential-Agricultural Districts are
composed of agricultural areas and low-density residential areas in
the Township with limited or no public service systems. The regulations
for these districts are designed to protect and stabilize these essential
characteristics and promote and encourage a safe and healthful environment
for family life. To these ends, development is restricted to agricultural
and related land uses and low-density residential uses.
Permitted uses are as follows:
A.
Single-family detached dwelling units.
B.
Churches or similar places of worship and cemeteries.
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.
G.
Raising of crops, fruits and vegetables and tilling
of the soil.
H.
Storage and packing of fruits and vegetables raised
on the premises.
I.
Commercial roadside stand for the sale of garden products.
[Amended 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 60]
K.
Raising and grazing of horses, cattle, sheep and goats, including the supplementary feeding of such animals, provided the raising or grazing is not a part of, nor conducted in conjunction with, a livestock slaughterhouse or animal by-products business, in accordance with Article XII, § 138-94I.
[Amended 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 44]
M.
Processing, storage, and sale of milk and milk products
produced on the premises.
N.
Retail nurseries and garden stores and florists.
O.
Dog kennels, public and private stables, and riding
academies.
P.
Veterinary services and animal hospitals.
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 size shall be 1 1/2 acres. Density
of residential units shall be 1 1/2 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 150 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
150 feet measured at the right-of-way line.
The minimum lot depth shall be 150 feet.
Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards
of not less than the depth and width indicated below:
[Amended 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 60]
All nonresidential uses, excluding agricultural 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 accord with Article XII of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 509, Maximum
floor area, as amended by Ord. No. 38-A, which immediately followed
this section, was repealed 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 44.
Building 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.
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.
