AN ORDINANCE OF
The Board of Supervisors of Kennett Township hereby enacts and ordains the following amendments to the Kennett Township Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance No. 50, as amended:
Section 1.
SECTION 201, DEFINITION OF TERMS, is amended as follows:
BUILDING HEIGHT.
Delete definition in its entirety and add the following term:
Building Height.
The vertical distance measured from the mean average of the elevation of
the finished grade surrounding the building or structure at all corners to:
A.
The mean average
height between the horizontal eaves and the ridge of the highest roof of a
gabled, hipped, or gambrel pitched roof, excluding antennas, towers, spires,
dormers, chimneys, equipment penthouses, and parapets, or
B.
The highest point of
a flat roof (l in 12 pitch or less), excluding antennas, towers, spires,
chimneys, equipment penthouses, and parapets.
C.
The excluded
elements in sub-sections A and B above shall not exceed the maximum permitted
building height by more than ten (10) feet.
FLAG
Flag
INTERIOR
Interior Lot:
A lot which has no direct frontage on a public or private street, but
which obtains access to such streets by way of a private driveway or access
agreement across land owned by another party.
The front lot line of an interior lot shall be considered that lot line
where the driveway or access point enters the property.
The front lot line shall be the line from which the building line and
required front yard is established.
The rear lot line shall be considered that lot line which runs generally
parallel to and does not intersect with the front lot line.
Section 2.
SECTION 1002, AREA AND BULK REGULATIONS FOR BP BUSINESS PARK DISTRICTS is
amended by replacing Section 1002.H with the following:
H.
Section 3.
SECTION 1011 AREA AND BULK REGULATIONS FOR BP BUSINESS PARK DISTRICTS is
amended by replacing Section 1011.A.9 with the following:
9.
Maximum Building Height
45 feet
and by replacing
Section 1011.B.11 with the following:
11.
Maximum Building Height
45 feet
Section 4.
SECTION 1015 AREA AND BULK REGULATIONS FOR BR BUSINESS/RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICT is amended by replacing Section 1015.A.9 with the following:
9.
Maximum Building Height
45 feet
and by replacing
Section 1015.B.11 with the following:
11.
Maximum Building Height
45 feet
and by replacing
Section 1015.C.9 with the following:
9.
Maximum Building Height
45 feet
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Section 5.
ARTICLE XIV DESIGN STANDARDS.
Add the following new sections:
The following
standards shall apply to all FLAG LOTS:
A.
Flag lots shall be
permitted only in cases of single-family detached dwelling units located in
residential districts.
B.
Flag lots shall be
permitted only for tracts of land with limited street frontage, but with
sufficient area for additional lots and where the uses of such lots would result
in an improved subdivision design.
Flag lots shall not be permitted in a subdivision where a street could
reasonably be developed to serve the lots with each meeting the minimum lot
width requirement.
C.
Each flag lot shall
contain its own access strip owned in fee as part of the lot and not by way of a
grant or right-of-way, easement, license, or similar grant.
D.
Each access strip
shall have a minimum width of fifty (50) feet measured from the existing street
line of a public street for the full length of the access strip to the point
where the lot first obtains the minimum standard lot width.
Minimum street line requirements shall not apply to flag lots if all
other requirements of Section 1415 are met.
E.
Flag lots shall
contain a lot area at least equal to the minimum required lot area of the
district in which the lot is located.
The area of the access strip shall not be included in the calculations of
the required minimum lot area.
F.
The front yard for a
flag lot shall be measured from the point where the lot first obtains the
minimum required lot width for the district in which the lot is located.
G.
Only one (1) tier of
flag lots shall be permitted on the tract being subdivided.
A tier shall be considered those flag lots (or a single lot) located
behind the frontage lots which meet the minimum lot width requirement at the
street line.
H.
No more than two (2)
contiguous flag lot access strips shall be formed.
I.
For any subdivision
of twenty (20) lots or fewer, there shall be a maximum of four (4) flag lots.
In subdivisions with more than twenty (20) lots, a maximum of twenty
percent (20%) of the total lots may consist of flag lots.
J.
A flag lot shall not
be further subdivided without the provision of direct public or private street
access.
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K.
A driveway
constructed in the access strip connecting the main portion of a flag lot with a
public street shall be provided with full and adequate drainage facilities which
shall be approved by the Township Engineer.
Driveways within the access strips shall meet the driveway standards of
Section 505 of the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
A.
Interior lots shall
be permitted only in cases of single-family detached dwelling units located in
residential districts
B.
The number of
interior lots sharing a common private driveway shall not exceed three (3).
If more than three (3) existing or potential lots will use a common
driveway, a public or private road shall be created which meets all of the
requirements for such a road as specified in the Subdivision and Land
Development Ordinance.
C.
Interior lots shall
contain a lot area equal to the minimum required lot area of the district in
which the lot is located. The area
of the common driveway shall not be included in the calculations of the required
minimum lot area of the interior lots.
D.
The front lot line
of an interior lot shall be considered that lot line where the driveway or
access point enters the property.
The front lot shall be the line from which the building line and required front
yard is established. The rear lot
line shall be considered that lot line which runs generally parallel to and does
not intersect with the front lot line.
Minimum street line requirements shall not apply to interior lots if all
other requirements of Section 1416 are met.
E.
The common driveway
constructed for use by the interior lots shall be provided with full and
adequate drainage facilities which shall be approved by the Township Engineer.
Common driveways shall meet the driveway standards of Section 505 of the
Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
F.
Cross-easements and
maintenance agreements for use and maintenance of the common driveway shall be
submitted to the Township for review and approval.
Such cross-easements and maintenance agreements shall be recorded with
the approved final subdivision plan and each interior lot deed.
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ENACTED AND ORDAINED
this 27th day of September, 2000.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Michael E. Elling
Attest:
Charles G. Shoemaker
Secretary-Treasurer
Thomas W. Nale, III