The R Residential District is intended to provide for the housing
accommodation of current and expected residents in a manner that protects
established dwellings and neighborhoods and in a scale, form, and
intensity commensurate with road classification or corridor, availability
of utilities, and environmental limitations of varied corridors, locations,
and sites within the district. The district also aims to reasonably
accommodate agricultural uses and forms of commercial activity consistent
with the neighboring forms of residential uses in the district.
A.
Minimum lot size: 1.5 Acres
B.
Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
C.
Minimum front yard: 40 feet.
D.
Minimum rear yard: 40 feet; accessory: 10 feet.
E.
Minimum side yard: 20 feet; accessory: 10 feet.
F.
Maximum lot coverage: 50%.
H.
Traditional lots. "Traditional lots" shall be defined as lots existing or created within or immediately adjoining lots in a subdivision recorded prior to the effective date of this chapter, where the majority of lots are 1/3 of an acre or less in area and said lots in the recorded plan comprise at least eight lots or one block, whichever is less. Lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall bear access to public water and public sewer or a community sewer system. Traditional lots shall meet the dimensional standards specified in § 27-1205 Neighborhood Planned Residential Development, as relating to single family detached structures, in lieu of those otherwise required by this section, with respect to required yards, lot size, and lot coverage.
I.
Density and dimensional standards shall be as modified by the mutually
exclusive provisions of Part 12, PRD Forms.
J.
Flag Lots: Flag lots are authorized subject to the following standards:
(1)
One flag lot is permitted per existing or proposed block;
(2)
The strip accessing the portion of the lot the width of which is
less than the minimum lot width at the building line shall not extend
more than 500 feet from the right-of-way from which it is accessed.
The frontage shall be located such that access to the adjoining street
meets the minimum sight distance standards as required by Township
and/or the Commonwealth.
(3)
The net area of the lot, excluding the access strip, shall meet the
minimum lot size requirements of the R District.
A.
Purpose. The authorization for lot averaging within the R District
is instituted to promote preservation of environmentally sensitive
areas, namely steep slopes, while promoting flexibility and ingenuity
in the development of small residential subdivisions within the Township
in manner that maintains the overall density authorized in the R District.
B.
Lot Averaging shall be permitted on sites consisting of lots approved
and recorded prior to the effective date of this ordinance.
C.
No more than eight lots, which do not otherwise meet the standards of § 27-402 Yard and bulk requirements, shall be created on a site.
D.
Each individual lot shall meet the minimum requirements set forth
in the table below provided that the average lot width and Lot Area
of all lots created by the subdivision meets or exceeds those cited
in the table below.
E.
The developer shall record covenants, in a form acceptable to the
Township Solicitor and in favor of the Township, that restrict future
subdivision of parcels, where such subdivision would place a lot or
lots that were approved in the subdivision in violation of the standards
set forth in the table below.
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Standard
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Lot Width
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Lot Area
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Minimum
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75 feet on a local road, 100 feet on a collector road
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20,000 square feet
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Average of all Lots
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150 Feet
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1.5 Acres
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