A.lot may be used and a building or structure may be elected, altered, enlarged or maintained, provided that it is in accordance with the requirements of the district in which it is located, in accordance with the requirements of any applicable overlay district and in accordance with the following general conditions

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to render inoperative any enforceable restriction established by covenants running with the land, and which restrictions are not prohibited by or are not contrary to the regulations herein established

[Amended 10-10-1988 by Ord. No. 103]

In any district, structures and accessory uses or structures shall be permitted on any subdivided lot approved , 1988, notwithstanding the limitations imposed by other provisions of this chapter This provision shall apply even though such lot fails to meet the requirements for area or width, or both, that are generally applicable to the district, provided that yard dimensions and requirements, other than those applying to area or width, or both, shall conform to the regulations for the district in which such lot is located As to such lots the Zoning Hearing Board may grant a variance for yard dimensions and requirements pursuant to the standards for variances set forth in § 150-219 of this chapter and upon condition that the yard dimensions and requirements of the district are met as closely as possible

No lot shall be so reduced that the area of the lot or the dimensions of the required open spaces shall be less then herein prescribed by this chapter

[Amended 8-21-1996 by Ord. No. 150]

On any lot, no wall, fence or other structure shall be erected, altered or maintained and no hedge, tree, shrub or other growth shall be planted or maintained which shall interfere with or obstruct vehicular or pedestrian vision at any intersection of streets or any street or crosswalk

Where an unimproved lot of record is situated immediately adjacent to and in between two improved lots on the same street frontage, the front yard requirements for that lot shall be an average of the sum of the two existing front yards and the required front yard for that district

Accessory uses and structures authorized in this chapter include the following

A. Agricultural uses greenhouse (provided such use is accessory to an active agricultural use on a site having a lot area of at least 10 acres), seasonal roadside stand for the sale of products produced on the premises, barn, shed, silo or similar structure used for the keeping, breeding and management of livestock or poultry and for the processing of products produced on the premises, however, no such building or structures shall be erected within 150 feet of any property line [Amended 8-21-1996 by Ord. No. 1501

B. Single-family detached residential uses private garage, private greenhouse, private parking space, shelter for domestic pet, private storage shed, private swimming pool, private tennis court and private stable as required below, home occupation as regulated in § 150-9

(1) Private garages (whether attached or detached) may not encroach on any yard setbacks and must be located entirely within the building envelope of the lot on which they are located. Attached garages shall not exceed the height restriction for principal buildings in the applicable zoning district and detached garages shall not exceed twenty (20) feet in height.

**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been amended as per Ordinance No. 04-201.

**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been further amended as per Ordinance No. 2007-215, effective May 16, 2007.

(2): All other accessory structures shall be located in the rear yard at least 10 feet behind the closest part of the main building and at least 40 feet from any side or rear property line, with the exception that said distance shall be reduced to 10 feet in R-50, R-75, R-100 and R-150 Residential Districts only.

(3):Private swimming pools shall be constructed in accordance with the applicable Township ordinances and shall be located entirely within the building envelope of the lot on which the pool is located, at least 10 feet behind the closest part of the main building. However, in no case shall the distance from the pool to the side or rear property line be less than 25 feet. All filters, heaters or any facilities incidental thereto shall also meet the same setback criteria.

**Webmasters Note: Sections 150-177.B(2) and (3) have been amended by Ordinance No. 2006-212, effective December 20, 2006.

(4) Private tennis courts and all facilities incidental thereto shall be located in the rear yard only and shall be not less than 50 feet from the side and rear property lines All teams courts shall have drainage systems approved by the Township Engineer, specifically with respect to the discharge of water on adjacent properties All lighting shall conform to § 150-200

(5) Private stables for the keeping of horses and all other animal shelters shall be permitted only when the lot area is not less than five acres All grazing areas shall be suitable fences to contain the animals at all times All building or structures used for the housing and stabling of horses or other animals shall be located in the rear yard not less than 150 feet from any property line The above five-acre minimum shall permit the keeping of two horses, each additional horse shall require one additional acre [Amended 4-17-1996 by Ord. No. 146]

C. Accessory uses authorized by this chapter shall not be interpreted to include non-permanent structures for the sale of goods, which are prohibited by Chapter 119, except as otherwise set forth therein.

**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection has been added as per Ordinance No. 2004-200.

A. Each and every lot shall abut a public street for not less than 50 feet at the right-of-way line, except lots which shall abut the right-of-way and provide a minimum continuous access of not less than 25 feet

B. Notwithstanding the requirement of this section, a lot may abut a private street which has been built to specifications acceptable to the Board of Supervisors and the Township Engineer In the case where a private street has been utilized to satisfy the frontage requirement of this section, the Supervisors may require satisfactory provision to be made (through deed restrictions, homeowners' association declaration, condominium declaration, etc) to ensure the future maintenance and proper functioning of such private street [Added 4-17-1996 by Ord. No. 146]

For any flag lot, as defined in this chapter, the minimum lot area requirement for such lot shall be calculated without including any area of the lot within the narrow access portion of the property by which the major part of the property (containing the building envelope) is connected to a street The narrow access portion of a flag lot shall maintain a minimum width of 25 feet along its entire length [Amended 4-17-1996 by Ord. No. 1461

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to land owned by the township, nor to the construction and uses of buildings and facilities for municipal purposes by the township and their maintenance if after a public hearing the Board of Supervisors shall decide that such building or extension thereof or such use of premises is reasonably necessary for the convenience and welfare of the public

No building or structure or part of any building or structure shall project into any required yard in any district, except

A. Cornices, eaves, gutters or chimneys may project into a required yard not more than 18 inches

B. Bay windows and open balconies may project into a required yard not more than three feet

C. Unroofed, open terraces and patios may project into a required side yard not more than 10 feet for singlefamily residential use only, and into a required rear yard not more than 20 feet for single-family residential use only

[Amended 3-14-2001 by Ord. No. 184]

A. No fence or wall (except a retaining wall or a wall of a building permitted under this chapter) over four feet in height shall be erected within any of the side or rear yard setbacks in any residential district

B. No fence or wall (except a retaining wall or a wall of a building permitted under this chapter) shall be erected within the required front yard setback, including any area of overlap with a side or rear yard setback, on any property in any zoning district within the township, provided, however, that decorative walls and/or fences not exceeding 30 inches in height or fencing of a type which is completely open post and rail shall be permitted in the front yard setback in any residential district

C. No fence or wall (except a retaining wall or the wall of a building permitted under this chapter) over six feet in height shall be erected within any of the required side or rear yard setbacks in any nonresidential zoning district within the township

D. A chain-link-type fence of up to eight feet in height may be permitted within any nonresidential district by special exception upon a showing of a need for extraordinary security measures

E. No fence or wall, of any dimension or height whatsoever, shall extend beyond the ultimate right-of-way line on the lot where located

F. All fences shall be erected with the finish side of the fence facing adjacent properties or street The finish side shall be considered the side without the structural supporting members

G. All fences or walls erected within the front yard setback shall be provided with an operable gate or opening with a minimum width of 36 inches to provide access to the area between such fence or wall and the cartway of the abutting street The property owner is responsible for maintaining this area between the fence or wall and the cartway There shall be a minimum of one operable gate or opening for each street frontage and at least one operable gate or opening for every 500 feet of fencing along a street

H. Decorative fences are permitted on the front property corners in any residential district, provided that the decorative fence is in compliance with above Subsection E and said fence does not exceed 10 feet in length from the property corner "Decorative fences" shall be defined as a portion of a fence for landscaping, decorative or aesthetic purposes not designed to restrict or prevent crossing of a property line Such fences shall not exceed three feet in height

I. All fences or walls erected within a rear or side yard setback that results in the complete enclosure of the rear property of any building that is part of a series of three or more independently accessed yet connected buildings shall be provided with a minimum forty-eight-inch unobstructed emergency personnel accessway that shall run along the rear property line A gate shall be installed to provide a minimum thirty-six-inch wide by seventy- two-inch high accessway between each enclosed property and the emergency personnel accessway Property owners shall be responsible for maintaining their portion of the emergency personnel accessway

No dwelling shall be constructed unless the same shall have an inhabitable floor area of at least 900 square feet, exclusive of basements, unfinished attics and porches

No drilled well shall be located closer than 40 feet to a lot boundary line (This shall include drilled wells of any kind more than 10 feet in depth )

In all sections of the township not served by public sewer and water, the following regulations shall apply

A. All lots shall have a minimum area of 60,000 square feet, a minimum width of 200 feet and a minimum depth of 250 feet

B. Where soil tests indicate that additional area is required to provide adequate sewage disposal system, the lot area shall be increased accordingly 1

C. The minimum area, lot width and lot depth requirements of this section shall not apply to lots clustered under the provisions of the RPD Rural Preservation District [Added 9-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1531

[Amended 5-31-1996 by Ord. No. 148]

The ultimate right-of-way of all public roads in the township shall be as shown on the Zoning Map, as amended to conform with this section, provided that in the approval of a subdivision plan, the Board of Supervisors may require that the ultimate right-of-way be increased or decreased on any road or section thereof when it appears that such increase or decrease is desirable No structure or fence or wall other than a mailbox may be erected in the ultimate right-of-way

[Amended 9-15-1993 by Ord. No. 133]

No structure shall be so high as to require a top light at night under federal or state regulations, and all structures shall be maintained so that no such light is necessary through legislation, regulations or otherwise Notwithstanding the previous sentence or any other height limitation set forth in this chapter, no commercial radio or cellular telephone tower may exceed a total height of 120 feet

No junkyards or auto graveyards shall be permitted within the confines of this township

No stockyards shall be permitted within the confines of this township

Pigs shall not be kept in any district of the township other than AGR Agricultural, and piggeries shall not be permitted in any district of the township

A. Not more than four (4) dogs over three (3) months old shall be kept on any lot except where a commercial dog kennel is otherwise permitted by this chapter or on a farm of over ten (10) acres (provided that all dogs on such farm are privately owned by the property owner) The boarding, commercial breeding and sale of dogs shall take place only in such districts where commercial dog kennels are permitted [Amended 4-17-1996 by Ord. No. 146]

B. Doghouses, kennels and pens A pen or a kennel for a dog shall in no instance be located in the required front or side yards and not closer than twenty-five (25) feet to the rear lot line For the purpose of this section, a fenced-in lot of a least three-fourths (3/4) of its area is not considered a pen

A. Livestock and poultry, whether kept for pleasure or profit, shall not be housed nearer to front lot lines than one hundred fifty (150) feet and not closer to side and rear lot lines than one hundred fifty (150) feet

B. No corrals or pens for animals shall be located within one hundred (100) feet of highways or seventy-five (75) feet of other property lines where, due to the activity of the animals, most of such areas are devoid of sod

In all parts of the township, no building may be erected, altered or used and no lot or premises may be used for any trade, processing or business which is noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, vibration, illumination, glare, hazardous substances or noise which constitutes a public hazard, whether by fire, explosion, hazardous materials or otherwise

A. School buses, mobile homes, trailers, recreational vehicles, boats and the like shall not be parked or stored in any of the required open spaces on any lot and when parked within the building envelope shall be screened from off-lot viewing

B. The exterior storage of junk, including unregistered and uninspected vehicles, is prohibited in all districts

Notwithstanding the reference to public roads in this chapter, roads may be privately owned if they are designed and built according to township specifications with a cartway width of at least twenty-four (24) feet and with stabilized shoulders of at least four (4) feet wide with the flowline a minimum distance from the edge of the cartway of six (6) feet, so that the roads would be acceptable to become public roads, not to serve more than five (5) lots each, and each lot to be ninety thousand (90,000) square feet exclusive of any area within the fifty-foot right-of-way in size, and with a definite ownership schedule filed with the township as to the owner(s) of the roads and any other conditions that the Board of Supervisors may see prudent to require

In the case of lots with more than one (1) street frontage, the yards abutting a street shall be treated as front yards with `respect to all regulations contained in this chapter Of the remaining yards on such a lot, at least one (1) such yard shall be treated as a rear yard and any other yards shall be treated as side yards [Amended 4-17-1996 by Ord. No. 146]

Windmills shall be maintained in only rear yards so that there is no noticeable noise in their operation beyond property lines and shall be located at least two (2) feet away from all property lines for each foot of height, with a minimum distance of eighty (80) feet away from property lines

A. In single-family detached residential districts, satellite earth stations are permitted as accessory uses only and are subject to the following regulations

(1) No more than one (1) satellite earth station per lot

(2) Ground-mounted satellite earth stations are permitted in rear yards only

(3) Ground-mounted satellite earth stations may not exceed eleven (11) feet in height The satellite earth station must be set back from side and rear property lines a minimum distance equal to the setbacks required for accessory buildings as set forth in § 150-177

(4) Roof-mounted satellite earth stations are not permitted on buildings less than forty (40) feet in height

(5) Use of the satellite earth station is limited to the property on which it is located

(6) Ground-mounted satellite earth stations must be screened from streets or abutting residential properties with suitable planting

B. In all other districts, satellite earth stations are permitted as accessory uses only are subject to the following regulations

(1) Roof-mounted satellite earth stations are permitted only on buildings thirty-five (35) feet or greater in height

(2) Ground-mounted satellite earth stations are not permitted between the principal building and any abutting street

(3) Satellite earth stations which are not used for transmitting to other properties shall have a maximum height of eleven (11) feet

(4) Ground-mounted satellite earth stations placed in yards abutting residential district shall be screened with suitable planting