From the Zoning Codebook : CS
zoning is:
Section 706.E. Community Service Uses
1.
Use
E-I: Cemetery:
Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead,
dedicated
for such purposes and licensed by the state authority having
jurisdiction. It
includes
columbarium's, crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries when
operated in
conjunction with and within the boundaries of the cemetery:
a.
The minimum lot size shaI1 be twenty-five
(25) acres for any
newly proposed
cemetery
land use.
b. No more than ten
percent (10) of the
entire area, to a maximum of five
(5) acres,
may be
devoted to above-ground buildings not serving as burial
markers or
memorials,
such as business and administration offices, chapels,
maintenance
facilities, bath-houses, greenhouses, work houses, repair
shops, and the like. This
restriction includes parking facilities.
c.
A forty (40) foot
buffer strip, unoccupied except for landscaping and
walkways;
shall be
provided between any building or burial site and the
cemetery property line.
d. For all
entrance features including gates, fountains, statuary.
identification signs,
and the
like;
(1). There
shall be not more than two
(2) signs at
such entrance, which shall comply
with the sign
regulations.
(2). The
main portion of entrance features shall be located at least
ten (10) feet from
the
nearest right-of-way line of any public street.
(3). No
such entrance features shall exceed twelve (12) feet in
height.
e. Where
interior roads are provided, they shall be paved according
to municipal
standards,
and shall have a minimum wid111 of twelve (12) feet for
one-way and
twenty
(20) feet for two-;~ay. There shall be no dead-end roads,
unless provided
with a
turn-around having a centerline radius of at least forty
(40) feet.
2. Use
E-2: Community Center:
An area, building,
structure, or other facility used and
open to residents or
friends of a neighborhood community, for educational, social
or
recreational
programs and other community uses, and owned and operated by
a civic,
educational,
municipal, philanthropic, religious, or tax exempt entity:
a. The use
shall not be conducted as a private, gainful business
b. No
outside recreational area shall be located nearer to any
residential lot line than
one hundred (100)
feet.
3.
Use
E-3:
Adult/Child
Day Care: Such
use shall include a day nursery, nursery
school,
kindergarten, or other agency giving day care to children or
senior citizens,
subject to
the following additional provisions:
a. Where
no more than ten (10) individuals are
to be provided day care, the minimum
lo1 size
shall be one-half
(5)ac
re. One additional half (.5)
acre shall be provided
for each additional
gioup of ten (10)
individuds or iraction thcreof of design
capacity.
b. In all residential
districts the use shall be permitted only as an accessory
use to a
single-family detached residence, or place of worship.
c .
Outdoor play areas sl~allb e screened according to the
provisjons of this Ordinance
so as to
protect the neighborhood from inappropriate noise and
nuisance.
d. The
practice of babysitting on an occasional basis shall not be
restricted under this
xse.
4.
Use
E-4: Dormitory:
A building that is
owned or operated by a licensed institution,
the primary purpose
of which is to provide temporary living accommodations for
individuals
associated with or attending the institution. This use is
only permitted as an
accessory use by
Special Exception.
5 .
Use
E-5: Hospital:
An
insiitutio~lp roviding human health-care semices
primarily as
an
in-patient facility, and offering clinical, temporary, or
emergency medical or surgical
care
procedures to the sick and injured, and licensed by the
State to pl.ovide such
facilities
and services. A
hospital includes not only the facilities where such service
is
rendered,
but includes related facilities such as laboratories, out-patierit
departments,
training
facilities, central services, and staff offices that are
essential to the service
delivery:
a.
A lot area of not less
than ten (10) acres shall be required
b. Where
the use adjoins existing residential uses, a twenty-five
(25) foot, mediumdensity
screening
buffer shall be provided. Care shall be taken to locate
emergency
and
service entrances where they are not offensive lo adjoining
neighbors.
c. Such use must have
access from a four-lane highway.
6 .
Use E-6: Library or
Museum: Such use shall include a library or nluseum
open to
the public
or connected with a permitted educational use, conducted as
a non-profit
operation,
and not conducted as a private, gainful business.
a. Retail
activity shall not permitted
7.
Use
E-7: Life CareFacilily:
A residential
facility, building. or complex of buildings,
exclusively designed and operated for persons in need of
life care arrangements, within
which is
provided piivate or semi-private living and sleeping
quarters, with private or
common
eating facilities, together with ancillary services for
health care, social, and
recreatioi~al services, Dependent care includes personal
care, congregate care,
inlern~ediatec are, and
skilled nursing care.
a.
Permitted Uses:
(1). Village Dwelling Unit: A
village dwelling unit is
a
small, detached dwelling
unit resembling a
single-family dwelling unit, and inlended for occupancy by
a
single farnily unit, except
that it is not individually lotted or subdivided from
the life care complex.
Village dwellingunirs must front onto an inierior private
street or roadway.
(2). Large Apartment
Building: A multi-family dwelling, with full provisions for
independent living, in which
each dwelling unit is
associated with one or
more
common areas designated for
the exclusive use and benefit of all occupanls.
(3). Dependent Care Fac
8 1 )
: A group of living
units which consisl of
(1) one,
or a combination of the
following care arrangements, where rooms are not
complete dwelling units:
(a). Personal Care Facility
(b).
Congregate Care Facility
(c). Intermediate Care
Facility
(d). Skilled Nursing Care
Facility
(4).
Accessory Uses:
Auditoriums
Chapel
Community Center
Congregate dining facilities
Offices for the
administration: and management of the facility,
provided they are used solely
to service the residenfs of the facility.
Parking garage for use by
residents and their guests.
Recreational Social
Facilities
Retail services designed
solely to accommodate
the residents of the
community such as, but not
limited lo a beaut)) shop, coffee shop, gift
shop, and [he like.
Structures designed for
maintenance, service, or storage-related use
of the facility.
Other uses as may be
permitted by the Board of Commissioners in a
Conditional Use hearing.
b.
Special Development Standards
for 1;ife
Care Facilities: In addition
10
oiher
requirements set forth wilhin
this Ordinance, the following special development
standards shall apply to Life
Care Facilities:
(1). Permitted Dmsity:
Calculation of the permitted density is based on the
declared
dwelling unit types pcr gross site area, according to the
following
ratios:
(a).
Village Dwelling Units are permitted a density of eight
(8) dwelling
units per
acre of land declared for this use.
(b).
Apartment Dwelling Units are
permitted a density of twenty-four (24)
dwelling
units per acre of land declarcd for this use.
(c).
Dcpenden: Care Units are permitted a density of thirty-six
(36) beds per
acre of
land declared for this use.
(2).
With respect to Life Care Facilities, a mix of
housing unit types is
encouraged.
A ~ninimum of two (2)
different dwelling unit types must be
provided,
and a minimun~ of twenty-five (25) percent of the total
permitted
number of
dwelling units must be of one type.
(3).
Development plans for Me care facilities must clearly
designate the intended
use for
each structure and building.
( 4
Proposed use and development shall comply with the safety
standards as
contained
in the Minimum Property Standards issued by the
U.S. Department
of Housing
and Urban Development.
(5). Dependent
Care Facilities shall be in conformance with the Regulations
of the
Commonwealth of I'ennsylvania.
(5).
Distance Retween Buildings:
(a). All
apartment and dependent care buildings shall be separated
from one
another by
a minimum distance of thirty (30) feet.
(b), All
village dwellings shall be separated from one another by a
n>inimum
distance
of fifteen (15) feet on the sides of the dweIling, and
thirty (30)
feet on
the front and rear of the dwelling.
(c). All
accessory structures shall be separated from one another and
from
any
principal building by a mjnimun~d istance of thirty (30)
feet.
(7). Each
building used by residents of the facility, with the
exception of village
dwelling
units, shall be provided with a minimum of one
(I) drop-off area for
use by
personal vehicles and vans.
(8). All buildings and
facilities used by residents of the faciliiy must be
provided
with a six
(6) fool wide pedestrian walkway which interconnects the
facility.
(9). All roads shall
be privately owned and maintained, but shall be built
according
to
Township specifications.
(10). All green space
area is intended to be privately owned, and shall be planted
and
maintained according to the standards for open space
established in this
Ordinance.
Open Space may be used for passive recreation only, Any
proposed
recreation facilities are allocated to the permitted site
coverage.
8. Use
E-8: Municipal
Complex: Such use shall include
:i municipal
administration
building,
police barracks, library, or road maintenance facility.
9. Use
E-9: Nursing Home:
Such use shall include a licensed nursing or
convalescent
home,
subject to the following additional provisions:
a. The
minimum lot area in all districts shall be five
(5) acres.
b. The
maxinium residential density permitted shall be thirty-six
(35)
beds per acre.
c.
Dwelling areas containing beds are not permitted to be
self-contained dwelling units
complete
with kitchen facilities.
10. Use E-10: Place of
Worship: A
tax-exempt institution that people regularly attend to
participate in or hold religious services, meetings, and
other activities related to religious
ceremonies. The term church shall include those buildings
and structures in which the
religious
services are held:
a. The minimum lot
size for a newly proposed place of worship, and related
residential
facilities shall be
five (5) acres.
b. If the place of
worship is located on a
parcel or property in conjunction with a
school as defined in
this article, the minimum lot size shall be ten
(10) acres, and use
conditions
associated with schools shall also apply.
c. For places of
worship located in residential zoning districts, accessory
uses which
occur with a frequency greater than once a month, may only
be permitted by special
exception
approval. Supporting residential housing facilities is
not an applicable
accessory use. Uses
included in this requirement are amusements, classes,
counseling services,
dances, day care programs, fund raising events, meetings and
events open to the
public a t large, plays, tailgate sales, outreacl~p rograms
and the
like.
d. In granting
a special exception
for accessory uses, the Zoning Hearing Board shall
consider the impact
of the proposed activities on the ability of the site to
sustain it
and the impact on
the surrounding neighborhood. Demand on available parking,
scheduling and
coordination of events, the hours of operation, and special
restrictions shall
be evaluated.
e. In order to promote
available parking within the Township, places of worship may
rent or lease
parking spaces to other uses and entities during days or
times when
church facilities or
other functions are not in
operation. Such agreement must be
approved by the
Township through the issuance of a use permit.
1 1 .
Use E-11: School
-
Public / Private:
A facility, building lot, parcel, use: or group
of
facilities, buildings and uses that provides a broad
educational curriculum to
individuals enrolled therein, and is licensed by the State
Department of Education,
including
private and public kindergartens, elementary junior and
senior high schools,
and
colleges and universities:
a. The
minimum lot area shall be five
(5) acres,
b.
Access shall be from an arterial or collector road as
identified in the Comprehensive
Plan.
c. Outdoor
play area and fields shall be shielded with a high intensity
screen when any
porlion
thereof is located within one hundred
(100) feet of an
off-site; residential
land use.
d.
Temporary classroon~ trailers are permitted provided rhey
meet the district yard
requiremenrs.
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end of section
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