The MG Maple Glen Overlay District is intended and designed to:
A. Create a center for Maple Glen by enhancing and improving the pedestrian-friendly
image of the village center through roadway
, sidewalk
, landscaping,
facade enhancements, and new infill
.
B. Provide the Maple Glen area of the Township the ability to incorporate new suitable land
, for which the area is not currently zoned.
C. Promote new
on vacant land and encourage the
of
to create a traditional village town center with
patterns that maintain the adjacent
, are pedestrian-oriented, compact in size and are sensitive to placement that will encourage customers to park once and walk to multiple businesses.
D. Promote
and
that creates links to adjacent residential
with pedestrian paths, focal points, gathering places and inviting green areas that provide visual and environmental amenities for the community
E. Require the shared
of access driveways to reduce the number of existing or future driveways and their related congestion.
F. Encourage parking in the side or rear
areas and
facilities. Permit off-site parking to count towards a development's minimum parking requirement.
G. Require sufficient, safe and inviting pedestrian access from the
to the various
and their related parking, while striving to create a district-wide
character. Establish a pedestrian-friendly village setting where all properties arc accessible to each other without the need of a motor vehicle.
H. Require architectural and landscape design, standards that develop a village theme for the Maple Glen Village District and ensure that there is an appropriate transition between
in accordance with the provisions of this overlay and surrounding residential
.