Planned residential development as defined herein shall be permitted as a special exception and shall be developed in accordance with the following requirements.
(A) Conformity with master plan. The proposed planned residential development shall conform to the municipality’s master plan in terms of general location.
(B) Planned residential developments. The purpose of this section shall be to permit the large-scale development of housing in such a manner as to provide for the flexibility of design and arrangement of dwelling structures which would achieve the objectives of this chapter but would not be bound by the standards establishment for individual lot by lot developments. Such developments shall, however, be subject to the broader standards set forth below.
(C) Spacing and orientation of residential developments. Spacing between buildings and orientation in residential building groups shall be as follows:
(1) In buildings containing multiple dwelling units, walls containing main window exposures or main entrances, shall be so oriented as to ensure adequate light and air exposures;
(2) Such buildings shall be so arranged as to avoid undue exposure to concentrated loading or parking facilities and shall be so oriented as to preserve visual and audible privacy between adjacent buildings; and
(3) A building group may not be so arranged that any temporary or permanently inhabited building is inaccessible by emergency vehicles.
(D) Vehicle and pedestrian circulation. Adequate provision for vehicle and pedestrian circulation shall be designed as follows:
(1) Safe and convenient arrangement of walks, roadways, driveways and off-street parking and loading space; and
(2) Separation of general vehicle traffic from pedestrian walks and public transportation loading places, such as grass or landscaped areas, curb, fence, guide rail, as deemed appropriate by the Township Planning Commission.
(E) Paving and drainage. The developer shall install throughout any proposed planned residential development, streets that are installed in accordance with township subdivision and land development standards, which shall include curbs or gutters, catch basins and storm sewers.
(Ord. 678, passed 10-20-2010)