(1) Detached, two (2) family and quadraplex units may be developed without the subdivision of individual lots for each building, provided such development conforms to an approved site plan and further provided that each building meets the following minimum requirements:
Setback from any other building 30 feet
Setback from any parking area (except driveways serving individual units) 15 feet
(2) The density for the tract shall not exceed four (4) dwelling units per acre. (1976 Code § 78-86.1; Ord. No. 3-82; Ord. No. 94-5; Ord. No. 95-22 § XV)
1. The maximum number of attached units in one (1) structure shall be twelve (12).
2. The minimum distance between buildings shall be as follows:
a. Windowless wall to windowless wall: thirty (30) feet.
b. Window wall to windowless wall: forty (40) feet.
c. Window wall to window wall.
(1) Front to front: sixty (60) feet.
(2) Rear to rear: fifty (50) feet.
(3) End to End: thirty (30) feet.
(4) Any building face to internal road or right-of-way: fifteen (15) feet except twelve (12) feet at a garage.
(5) Any building face to common parking area: twelve (12) feet.
3. The maximum height shall be two and one-half (2 1/2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet. Any structure having more than one (1) story shall provide elevators.
4. The minimum off-street parking requirement shall be no less than one and one-half (1.5) off-street parking spaces per unit with at least two (2) handicapped spaces per structure. All common off-street parking shall be located within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the dwelling unit served.
5. Each off-street parking area shall have a designated bus stop located within each parking area.
6. Each apartment unit shall have a private porch or private balcony.
7. The density for the tract shall not exceed four (4) dwelling units per acre. (1976 Code § 78-86.1; Ord. No. 3-82; Ord. No. 94-5)
NOTE:
1The density for the tract shall not exceed four (4) dwelling units per acre. (1976 Code § 78-86.1; Ord. No. 3-82; Ord. No. 94-5)
The purpose of this district is to provide a convenient location for the development of moderately sized retail and office uses. The district is intended to provide shopping and employment opportunities oriented to retail sales and service and office developments. The district is designed to respond to the favorable location along Route 35, and to provide an alternative development opportunity to the community scale shopping which currently exists on Route 35. (Ord. No. 95-24 § III).
a. Retail sales establishments, limited to meat markets, seafood markets, bakeries, specialty food stores, art galleries, antique stores, jewelry stores, drug stores, home furnishing stores, sporting good stores, gift shops, hobby shops, book stores, record and tape stores, art supply stores, clothing stores, shoe stores, hardware stores, packaged liquor stores, office supply stores, fabric stores, paint and wall covering stores, electronic equipment stores, appliance equipment stores and florists, department stores, general merchandise stores, home improvement centers which may have outdoor areas for display and sale of garden and landscaping materials and other home products for which outdoor storage is appropriate (e.g., winter de-icers, bags of sand and plants).
b. Retail service establishments, limited to barber and beauty shops, tailoring and dressmaking shops, dry cleaning and laundering operations, appliance repair shops, shoe repair shops, optical services and optical clinics and upholsterers.
c. Professional and business offices.
d. Banks and fiduciary institutions.
e. Garden centers and nurseries.
f. Indoor recreational facilities, limited to skating rinks, racquet clubs, health clubs, miniature golf and instructional arts and crafts and gymnastics and physical conditioning facilities.
g. Farms as regulated in the R-40A District.
h. Restaurants, excluding fast food restaurants and cafeterias.
1. Buildings, structures and premises for use and occupancy by the Township for any purpose.
j. Child care centers.
k. Retail farm markets. (Ord. No. 95-24 § III; Ord. No. 97-35 § IV; Ord. No. 99-2, § II)
a. Off-street parking and loading/unloading areas.
b. Accessory uses customarily incidental and subordinate to the uses allowed by right.
c. Temporary farm stands. (Ord. No. 95-24 § III; Ord. No. 97-35 § VI; Ord. No. 98-11 § 3; Ord. No. 2001-23 § 1)
a. Minimum lot area Three (3) acres
b. Maximum floor area ratio: 15%
c. Maximum lot coverage 50%
d. Minimum lot width 300 feet
e. Minimum lot frontage: 300 feet
f. Minimum lot depth: 400 feet
g. Minimum front yard 100 feet
h. Minimum rear yard: 100 feet
1. Minimum side yard 50 feet each side
j. Maximum building height: 35 feet
k. Minimum parking setbacks:
1. From building: 12 feet
2. From streets: 50 feet
3. From all property lines: 25 feet
4. From residential zone: 75 feet
5. From residential building: 125 Ord. No. 95-24 § III; Ord. No. 99-2 § III)
a. The minimum width of the landscaped buffer/screen shall be as follows:
1. Front yard: 50 feet
2. Nonresidential use to residential zone in rear or side: 75 feet
3. Nonresidential use to nonresidential use in rear or side: 25 feet
b. The front yard landscaped buffer shall consist of the following minimum mix of canopy trees and shrubs for every one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of buffer area: Two (2) canopy trees (large deciduous trees); and, ten (10) shrubs (evergreen and/or deciduous) with a mature height that obscures vehicle head lights but does not obscure the view of buildings.
c. The landscaped buffer/screen between a nonresidential use and a residential zone shall consist of the following minimum mix of canopy trees, understory trees and shrubs for every one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of buffer area: Two (2) canopy trees (large deciduous trees); four (4) understory trees (deciduous and/or evergreen trees that do not generally reach the mature height of the canopy trees); and fifteen (15) shrubs (evergreen and/or deciduous).
d. The landscaped buffer/screen between nonresidential uses shall consist of the following minimum mix of canopy trees and understory trees for every one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of buffer area: Two (2) canopy trees (large deciduous trees); and three (3) understory trees (deciduous or evergreen trees that do not generally reach the mature height of the canopy trees).
e. All portions of the landscaped buffer/screen not planted in canopy trees, understory trees, or shrubs shall be maintained in lawn area or ground cover.
f. Where a nonresidential use abuts a residential zone to the rear or side, a berm shall also be provided. The berm shall be a minimum of six (6) feet in height, with a maximum side slope of 4:1 and a minimum top width of four (4) feet. (Ord. No. 95-24 § III)
a. Four point five (4.5) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of building floor area for offices and banks.
b. Five (5) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of building floor area for retail sales and service establishments, garden centers, indoor recreational facilities and restaurants.
c. For mixed use developments (office and commercial) in two (2) story buildings, a shared parking approach is permitted, provided that a minimum of four (4) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of building floor area are provided. (Ord. No. 95-24 § III)
a. Buildings may contain up to one hundred sixty-five thousand (165,000) square feet of floor area and the lot may include more than one (1) building.
b. Multiple buildings on a lot shall provide staggered front and side setbacks with a minimum offset of ten (10) feet. The minimum distance between buildings shall be at least twenty (20) feet.
c. Common driveways between lots shall be provided where feasible.
d. Parking areas shall be designed to provide interconnections with parking areas on adjoining lots.
e. The finish treatment of walls shall be the same on all sides.
f. Walls shall be extended to the highest point of rooftop mechanicals so as to shield rooftop mechanicals from all sides. The walls shall incorporate sound-proofing materials so as to mitigate the noise generated by any rooftop mechanicals. (Ord. No. 95-24 § III; Ord. No. 99-2 § IV)
The following conditional uses are permitted subject to the provisions of Section 30-155:
a. Wireless telecommunications antennas and towers.
b. Church or house of worship. (Ord. No. 98-11 § 4; Ord. No. 2001-23 § 2; Ord. No. 2002-17 § 3; Ord. No. 2013-33)
The purpose of this district is to provide for a mix of uses as well as a scale of development that is compatible with adjacent residential neighborhoods and limits traffic generation. The district is designed to provide greater flexibility for less intensive highway oriented uses along the Route 35 corridor and to provide appropriate transitions between retail, office and other uses. (Ord. No. 2001-31 § 30-150.1)
a. Retail sales establishments, limited to meat markets, seafood markets, bakeries, specialty food stores, art galleries, antique stores, jewelry stores, drug stores, home furnishing stores, sporting good stores, gift shops, hobby shops, book stores, music stores, art supply stores, clothing stores, shoe stores, hardware stores, packaged liquor stores, office supply stores, fabric stores, paint and wall covering stores, electronic equipment stores, appliance equipment stores, florists, video stores, specialty food services stores, camera stores, medical supply stores, toy and pet stores, coffee and ice cream cafes, health care/nutrition stores, frame shops, craft stores and travel agencies.
b. Retail service establishments, limited to barber and beauty shops, tailoring and dressmaking shops, dry cleaning and laundering operations, appliance repair shops, shoe repair shops, optical services and optical clinics, upholsterers, computer service shops, antique appraisal shops, interior design shops, nail care shops, tanning and cosmetics shops, and tutoring centers.
c. Professional and business offices.
d. Banks and fiduciary institutions.
e. Garden centers and nurseries.
f. Indoor recreational facilities, limited to skating rinks, racquet clubs, health clubs, swimming pools, and miniature/virtual golf/batting facilities, rock-climbing, dance studios, martial arts schools and children event facilities.
g. Farms as regulated in R-40A District.
h. Restaurants, excluding fast food restaurants and cafeterias.
1. Buildings, structures and premises for use and occupancy by the Township for any purpose.
j. Childcare centers and adult daycare centers.
k. Retail farm market.
l. Assisted living residences (limited to between seventy-five (75) and one hundred fifty (150) rooms). This use shall provide multi-unit housing for independent to semi-independent older persons in which there is at least one (1) hot meal served per day and some housekeeping services. Living units include at least a living/bedroom, bathroom and kitchenette. Personal care services and transportation may also be available by arrangement.
m. 3rd Generation Self-Storage Facilities. (One hundred (100%) percent of total storage units must be environmentally controlled units and only accessible from the interior of the building. All storage units shall have at least one (1) automatic fire sprinkler. Operating procedures shall allow for inspection of all units at least once per year.)
n. Planned shopping villages option. (See subsection 30-150.9) (Ord. No. 2001-31 § 30-150.2; Ord. No. 2003-14 § I)
