Apartment buildings, as defined in
Article IV: Definitions of this chapter, shall conform to the following requirements:
A. All apartment buildings shall conform to the requirements set forth in
Article X: Minimum Lot and Yard Requirements, Minimum Lot and Yard Requirements.
B. No apartment building shall contain more than six dwelling units.
C. No single apartment building shall be situated on a lot of less than one gross acre, and the density shall not exceed two apartment buildings per gross acre.
D. Two off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit, plus one additional off-street parking space for each two dwelling units, in accordance with
Article XII: Special Regulations,
§ 155-55: Off-street parking, of this chapter. For purposes of this section, garage parking spaces allocated to the use of a dwelling unit may be used to satisfy the parking space requirement; however, outdoor parking spaces adjoining or near the garage which would block vehicular access to the garage if a vehicle were parked in such outdoor spaces cannot be counted to satisfy this parking space requirement if the garage spaces are being counted in satisfaction of the requirement.
E. A buffer strip 25 feet in width, landscaped and screened, shall be provided and maintained adjacent to any property line adjoining a residential district.
F. The minimum front setback, side setback, and rear setback distances established in
Article X: Minimum Lot and Yard Requirements of this chapter notwithstanding, no apartment building, as measured from its building line, shall be located less than 150 feet from any residential district.
G. Apartment buildings shall conform to the requirements set forth in
Chapter 135: Subdivision and Land Development.
H. Space between two apartment buildings, or between an apartment building and any other principal building on another tract, shall not be less than 75 feet from building line to building line.
I. The minimum habitable floor area per dwelling unit shall be 500 square feet, which shall be increased by 250 square feet for each bedroom in excess of two contained in the dwelling unit.
J. The maximum number of residents of an apartment shall be three residents per bedroom. For purposes of this section, the term "bedroom shall not include the kitchen, dining room or dining area, living room, bathrooms, hallways, foyers, closets or storage rooms, or garages, nor shall it include any unfinished attic, basement or cellar.
K. Each dwelling unit shall have a wall common to the exterior of the structure with a minimum length of 15 feet and with at least one window of at least six square feet in area, with an unobstructed view of the outside area, on each floor of the dwelling unit.
L. Apartment buildings shall front on an improved street or shall front upon a courtyard fronting upon an improved street provided the nearest point of the apartment building is not further than 250 feet from the improved street, and the smallest dimension of the courtyard is no less than 1/2 the largest dimension.
M. The tract upon which an apartment building is located shall have a minimum of 100 feet for each acre of land included in the tract, frontage on an improved public street that has been dedicated to and accepted by the Township, or is a road maintained by Monroe County or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
N. Outside service areas for storage, outside airing or hanging of laundry or for the location of refuse disposal containers shall be visually screened in a manner acceptable to the Township.
O. At least 20% of the tract area shall be set aside as recreation area and shall not be owned by any individual tenant or dwelling unit occupant, if other than the owner of the apartment building. Such area shall be open space and shall be appropriately developed to provide for passive and active recreational activities to serve the residents of the apartment project. Such recreational sites or facilities shall be located in an area or areas which will not be detrimental to adjacent property owners by virtue of noise, light, glare or any other nuisance feature emanating from such facility, as well as in such an area or areas where the recreational activities of the apartment project residents will not be adversely affected by the character and uses of the surrounding areas.
P. The front facade of an apartment building shall not continue on the same plane for a distance of more than 70 feet. Offsets between front facade planes shall be at least four feet.
Q. Reporting of occupancy. The owner of any apartment building (or the owner of each individual dwelling unit therein, if individually owned) shall, upon the initial occupancy of said dwelling unit and within 10 days following each subsequent change in occupancy (as measured from the execution of a written lease, or, in the event no written lease is executed, from the date of occupancy by the new occupant), furnish to the Township on forms so designated, the name, address, names of additional occupants, and other information as required on the form.
R. Any person, firm, corporation or other entity who shall violate the reporting of occupancy requirement of
§ 155-91P above, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $ 1,000, plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this section continues shall constitute a separate offense.
