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DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 25-11.2 Watchmen's Quarters. In an I, P-C or O-R District, residence quarters for watchmen or caretakers shall be permitted as an accessory use to the main building on the same lot; in a P-C or O-R District, applicable regulations of R-1, R-2, R-3, R-3AH, R-4, R-5 and R-6 and P-C and O-R Districts shall apply to any residence quarters of watchmen or caretakers. (Ord. No. 904-88 § 25-5.5B; Ord. No. 1144-92) Comment [PG42]: outdated use 25-11.32 Side Yards. Side yards of nonresidential buildings on lots which are contiguous to the boundary of any residential district shall have a minimum required width of seventy-five (75) feet. (Ord. No. 904-88 § 25-5.5C) 25-11.43 Buffer Strips in All Nonresidential Districts and for Residential Developments of Ten Acres or Greater. a. In addition to the setback requirements listed in subsection 25-5.1 of the Table of District Regulations, along any side or rear property line which is also the boundary line between such a nonresidential district and a residential district or is contiguous to a residential use in a residential zone, a seventy-five (75) foot buffer strip shall be planted and maintained in perpetuity with trees and shrubbery of such sizes and densities as to adequately screen the buildings from such abutting residential district or use in a residential zone. The required buffer width shall be fifty (50) feet in all nonresidential zones. These requirements shall also apply to a residential subdivision or site plan on a property that is 10 acres or greater in area, as well as to any residential use permitted by use variance in a non-residential zone. In the P- C Zone the required buffer shall be one hundred (100) feet, planted and maintained in perpetuity with trees and shrubbery of such sizes and densities as to adequately screen the buildings from such abutting residential district or use. Comment [PG43]: onerous requirement b. The above requirements shall be reduced for lots that are less than 40,000 square feet in area and/or less than 300 feet in width. On such smaller lots, the required buffer width shall be 10 percent of lot width or depth, but not less than 20 feet. c. On wooded sites,

in area and/or less than 300 feet in width. On such smaller lots, the required buffer width shall be 10 percent of lot width or depth, but not less than 20 feet. c. On wooded sites, existing trees should be saved within buffer strips to the maximum extent possible. Where existing trees would be removed in buffer strips, replacement trees and landscaping shall be provided to form a continuous natural landscape edge. Berming, evergreen trees and/or fencing shall be provided along the interior edge of the buffer (i.e., closest to new development on the site) when adequate natural buffering cannot be provided. d. Aboveground stormwater management facilities shall not be permitted in buffer strips. e. A landscaping plan shall be submitted and approved by the Township Planner and the approved plan shall be kept on file in the Department of Planning and Development. (Ord. No. 904-88 § 25-5.5D; Ord. No. 1062-91; Ord. No. 1458-97 § 1) 25-11.54 Waste Disposal in P-C, O-R, or I or I-B District. In a P-C, I, I-B or O-R District, every building or group of buildings shall make adequate provisions for the proper disposal of wastes within a screened enclosure. Such provision should be reflected in the preliminary site plan. (Ord. No. 904-88 § 25-5.5E; Ord. No. 1337-95 § 5) 25-11.6 Indoor Storage and Loading in P-C or O-R District. In a P-C or O-R District, no visible display of waste, trash or scrap and no open storage of material of any kind shall be permitted and in such districts provisions shall be made for properly enclosed areas and truckloading bays entirely within the structure. (Ord. No. 904-88 § 25-5.5F) Comment [PG44]: addressed elsewhere in ordinance 47