(A) Frontage required onto improved street. Each proposed new lot, each land development and each proposed principal building shall be on a lot which directly abuts a public street, a street proposed to be dedicated to the township by the subdivision plan which created or creates such lot, or a private street which meets all of the requirements of the township subdivision and land development ordinance. In the case of townhouses, manufactured/mobile home park or apartments, each unit may have access onto a parking court which then has access onto a public or private street meeting township standards.
(B) Number of principal uses and principal buildings per lot.
(1) A lot in a commercial or industrial district may include more than one permitted principal use per lot and/or more than one permitted principal building per lot, provided that all of the requirements are met for each use and each building. If differing dimensional requirements apply for different uses on the lot, then the most restrictive requirement shall apply.
(a) For example, if use one requires a one acre lot area and use two on the same lot requires a two acre lot area, then the lot shall have a minimum lot area of two acres.
(b) The applicant shall submit a site plan that demonstrates that each structure would meet the requirements of this chapter.
(c) The uses and buildings shall be in common ownership. However, a condominium form of ownership of individual buildings, with a legally binding property owners association, may be established if the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer, based upon review by the Township Solicitor, that there will be appropriate legal mechanisms in place.
(2) A lot within a residential or R-A District shall not include more than one principal use and shall not include more than one principal building unless specifically permitted by this chapter.
(a) A manufactured/mobile home park, condominium residential development or apartment development may include more than one principal building per lot, provided all other requirements of this chapter are met.
(b) A lot may include a dwelling unit and one allowed nonresidential use, such as a Christmas tree farm.
(c) A condominium form of ownership of individual dwelling units, with a legally binding homeowners association, may be established if the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer, based upon review by the Township Solicitor, that there will be appropriate legal mechanisms in place and compliance with applicable state law. Each principal condominium building shall be laid out so that each building would be able to meet the dimensional requirements of this chapter as if the building was on its own fee simple lot.
(3) An applicant may prove to the Zoning Hearing Board that a use listed as a principal use in this chapter is actually functioning as an accessory use.
(4) If differing dimensional requirements apply for different uses on the lot, then the most restrictive provision shall apply.
(C) Minimum size of dwellings. Each dwelling unit shall include a minimum of 500 square feet of enclosed habitable, indoor, heated floor area, which shall be primarily above the ground level.
(D) Maximum occupancy. No recreational vehicle shall be occupied on a lot for more than 30 days in a calendar year, except as may be approved within a campground with suitable central water and sewage service. No mobile/manufactured home shall be occupied on a lot as a dwelling unless it meets all of the requirements for a dwelling.
(Ord. 126, passed 3-18-2010; Ord. 126A, passed 2-7-2013)