AGE QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY DISTRICT (AQRC DISTRICT) ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING CODE OF WORCESTER TOWNSHIP BY (1) CREATING A NEW WORCESTER TOWNSHIP ZONING DISTRICT CALLED THE AGE QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY DISTRICT (AQRC DISTRICT) AND PROVIDING DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND UNIT OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT NEW DISTRICT . INCLUDING DEFINITIONS; PERMITTED USES; DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS; BUFFER/SCREENING AND STREET BOUNDARY REQUIREMENTS; AND AGE RESTRICTIONS; AND (2) AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF WORCESTER TOWNSHIP TO REZONE TWO PROPERTIES LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH WALES ROAD AND TOWNSHIP LINE ROAD ]KNOWN GENERALLY AS THE SCHLOSSER PROPERTY AND THE VANGROSSI PROPERTY (TOGETHER CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 100 ACRES) AND BEING FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS MONTGOMERY COUNTY TAX MAP PARCELS 67-00-03634-00-7 AND 67-00-02614-00-1 FROM THEIR CURRENT CLASSIFICATION OF AGR RESIDENTIAL TO A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF AQRC AGE QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY DISTRICT.

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Worcester Township has enacted the Worcester Township Zoning Ordinance and the Worcester Township Zoning Map; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Worcester Township desires to address the housing needs of older persons who do not require the intensive needs of a nursing or personal care home but desire the security, safety, and special design of a residential environment which can provide residential units particularly conducive to older persons in the form of independent living; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Worcester Township desires to create a new zoning district entitled. "AQRC-Age Qualified Residential Community" in order to provide housing for the increasing population of older persons living in Worcester Township; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Worcester Township desires to amend the Worcester Township Zoning map to rezone Tax Map Parcel Nos. 67-00-03634-00-7 and 67-00-02614-00-1 consisting of approximately 100 acres from AGR to AQRC-Age Qualified Residential Community;