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1.
Place of worship: any structure or structures used for worship or
religious instruction, including social and administrative rooms accessory
thereto.
A.
The lot shall have direct access to an arterial street as defined
and designated by Township ordinances.
B.
Housing for religious personnel on such lot shall meet the minimum
requirements for residential uses.
C.
Day care and nursery school/kindergarten are permitted as accessory
uses to a place of worship.
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Library or museum: facility open to the public or connected
with a permitted educational use.
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Public recreational facility: owned or operated by the Township,
County of Bucks, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or the federal government
for the purpose of providing outdoor recreation areas, which may include
playing fields, natural areas, trails and paths, picnic areas, or
playgrounds.
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Golf courses shall be subject to the following additional provisions:
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A private club or lodge, other than a golf course, shall be subject
to the following additional provisions:
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Community center: adult education center or other similar facility
operated by an educational, philanthropic, or religious institution,
such as a senior citizens center, YMCA, or other similar organization.
No outdoor recreation area associated with this use shall be located
nearer to any lot line than the front yard setback required for the
district in which the use is located.
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Day-care center: day nursery, nursery school, kindergarten, or other
agency giving day care to below-school-age children. This use is not
a home occupation or an accessory use to a residence.
A.
Minimum lot area: one acre.
B.
The minimum yard, setback and lot width requirements for the applicable
zoning district shall be met, and all area and dimensional requirements
of the licensing agency shall be met.
C.
An outdoor play area shall be provided. This area shall be located
to the side or rear of the lot. The minimum required areas of such
an outdoor recreational facility shall be as required under applicable
state licensing requirements for each child in the facility.
D.
Prior to the granting of a certificate of occupancy, the applicant
must obtain a license from the Department of Public Welfare, Bureau
of Child Development Programs. Licensure is certification of compliance
with Chapter II, Section 8A, of the Department of Public Welfare's
Social Services Manual by this Department to the applicant, subject
to licensure under Article X of the Public Welfare Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 62 P.S. §§ 1001 through
1031.
E.
The hours of operation shall be limited from 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, and at no other time and on no other day.
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Adult day care: a facility operated in which older-adult daily living services are provided for four or more older or disabled individuals who are not relatives of the operator for part of a sixteen-hour day. Services provided for the older or disabled individuals may include personal care, nutritional, health, social, educational, recreational, therapeutic, rehabilitative, habilitative and developmental activities. This use does not include services provided for persons whose needs are such that they can only be met in a long-term care facility on an inpatient basis receiving professionally supervised nursing care and related medical and other health services. An applicant for adult day care shall obtain a license from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging in compliance with 6 Pa. Code Chapter 11 before an occupancy permit is issued for the use.
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Hospital campus: an institution, facility, unit or building, or a
component of the aforementioned, licensed by the state and providing
health care services and medical or surgical care to persons suffering
from illness, disease, injury, deformity and other abnormal physical
or mental conditions and including but not limited to related facilities
such as a laboratory, outpatient facility, training facility, emergency
medical service facility, physician offices and medical office buildings,
subject to the following additional provisions:
A.
Minimum lot area: 20 acres.
B.
Building area. Not more than 50% of the net lot area, i.e., the acreage
within the right-of-way line of the abutting streets, of each lot
shall be occupied by buildings.
C.
Maximum impervious coverage: 60%.
E.
Open space. At least 20% of the net acreage shall be usable open
space, i.e., not devoted to buildings, driveways, or other paved areas.
The required open space may include no more than 50% of the bufferyard.
F.
Bufferyards. Bufferyards shall be provided along all property lines
adjacent to residential uses, which shall be not less than 25 feet
in width.
G.
Special development requirements.
(1)
The tract of land on which this use is constructed shall, in
its entirety, be owned and operated as a single or common management
and maintenance unit with parking, utility, maintenance and service
facilities.
(2)
The site shall have direct access to a public street. The existing
road system shall be able to accommodate the peak traffic generated
by the institution in a safe and efficient manner.
(3)
Surrounding streets shall not be impacted by a peak-hour increase
in traffic of more than 5%, or an average daily traffic increase exceeding
5%, due to operation of this use or any expansion thereof.
(4)
A system of efficient ingress, egress and internal vehicular
circulation resulting in minimal interference with surrounding traffic
flow shall be provided.
(5)
In addition to sign regulations set forth in this chapter, each
internal building is permitted one identification sign per building
wall, limited to 5% of the wall area, as measured by the width of
the wall to a height of 20 feet, or a maximum size of 20 square feet,
whichever is greater. Each site access point from a public street,
and each internal access point to any parking area or building, is
permitted one freestanding directional sign, not to exceed six square
feet in area.
(6)
A defined location for the collection of solid waste material
and a plan for periodic disposal of the same shall be required. All
solid waste shall be stored in covered containers or in permanent
structures designated principally for such use. All waste shall be
placed within the building envelope.
(7)
All loading, maintenance, storage, tank, and waste facilities
shall be located internally on the site such that they are not visible
from any adjoining street.
(8)
Existing hospital campus users shall, as part of an application
for approval of an expansion of the facility, submit a master facilities
plan, as approved or revised by the institution.
(9)
Conditions governing existing facility expansion.
(a)
Expansion of an existing facility shall be related to an increase
in existing services or to allow for the addition of a use ancillary
or accessory to the established use. A second primary facility, operated
by any other entity, is not permitted without subdivision of the property
with essentially conforming lot dimensions.
(b)
All expansion shall maintain the existing character of the buildings
on the site and the character of surrounding residential neighborhoods.
In order to accommodate this requirement, the following conditions
shall be applicable:
1)
Developable land within the center of the site shall be used
for expansion before land close to the perimeter of the site, so as
to minimize the impact on existing residential character.
2)
Whenever possible, taking into account physical constraints
of the site, the required open space area shall be continuous and
uninterrupted by development.
(10)
Building facades may not be longer than 160 feet without a minimum
ten-foot-deep building offset. No building shall be longer than 320
feet in length, regardless of the number of building offsets.
(11)
Landscape and buffer requirements.
(a)
All yards. A landscape buffer shall be provided along the property
line of each yard area for the entire required depth.
(b)
Residential buffer. Along the side or rear property line of any yard adjoining a residential zoning district, a yard buffer of not less than 25 feet in depth, measured from such line or from the street line where such street constitutes the property line, shall be provided. Such buffer may be coterminous with any required yard minimum in the underlying zoning district, and, in case of conflict, the larger yard requirements shall apply. All bufferyard planting requirements shall be in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development.
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Nursing homes, personal care facilities, assisted living facilities
or convalescent homes shall be subject to the following additional
requirements:
A.
All facilities shall comply with the applicable state and federal
laws and licensing requirements. Proof of compliance shall be made
available to the Township.
B.
Minimum lot area: two acres.
C.
Building area. Not more than 30% of the net lot area, i.e., the acreage
within the right-of-way line of the abutting streets, of each lot
shall be occupied by buildings.
E.
Access. All facilities shall have direct access to an arterial road.
F.
Open space. At least 40% of the net acreage shall be usable open
space, i.e., not devoted to buildings, driveways, or other paved areas.
The required open space may include no more than 50% of the bufferyard.
G.
Bufferyards. Bufferyards shall be provided along all property lines,
which shall be not less than 100 feet in width, measured from such
line or from the street line where such street constitutes the property
line. Such bufferyard may be conterminous with any required yard minimum
this district, and, in case of conflicts, the larger yard requirements
shall apply. All bufferyards shall be in accordance with the requirements
of this chapter.
H.
Utilities. Each building and use shall be served by public water
and sanitary sewer facilities at the time of development.
I.
Accessory uses. The use may include accessory uses, such as laundry
rooms, retail food sales, beauty shops and barbershops, stationery
and newspaper shops, medical clinics, social service offices and other
small services, provided that the total area occupied by such services
shall not exceed 15% of the total floor space area of the building
and shall be intended to serve the residents of the housing development.
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Youth services: charitable use providing twenty-four-hour supervised care for individuals under the age of 21, including religious facilities, accessory administrative and executive offices, group housing facilities, recreational and educational facilities, provided that the regulations set forth in this chapter for this youth services use, including, but not limited to, § 27-401, Subsection 3, § 27-501, Subsection 3, § 27-601, Subsection 3, and § 27-701, Subsection 3, shall not apply to facilities providing service to individuals who are handicapped as that term is defined by the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3602(h).
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Cemetery: a burial place or graveyard, including a mausoleum or columbarium.
A.
Minimum lot area: five acres.
B.
Minimum yards (front, side and rear): 100 feet.
C.
Lot coverage for accessory buildings and parking facilities. No more
than 10%, to a maximum of five acres, may be devoted to aboveground
buildings or impervious surfaces not serving as burial markers or
memorials.
D.
A cemetery may be accessory to a place of worship.
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Outpatient surgical center: a medical facility licensed by the
state, providing surgical procedures not requiring inpatient confinement
following such procedures.
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Sober living facility: a facility wherein individuals reside together
for purposes of recovering from drug, alcohol, and/or substance abuse.
2.
Prior to the issuance of any permit or certificate of occupancy,
all sober living facility operators must provide proof in a form acceptable
to the Township that they are a member in good standing and in compliance
with all the rules and/or regulations of a countywide or statewide
association. Annually thereafter, each operator must provide similar
proof that they remain a member in good standing and in compliance
with all the rules and/or regulations of a national, county or state
association.
