6100 Union Deposit Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17111

Traditional Neighborhood Development

Traditional neighborhood development is primarily intended to: Encourage new development to occur in a manner that will be consistent with the traditional patterns and scale of development and mix of uses that occurred in the region before 1946; Promote a mix of diverse but compatible types of neighborhood development; Avoid development that would be inconsistent with the character of the community, and could cause inefficient patterns of sprawled development; Encourage a blending of recreation areas, preserved natural features, compatible institutional uses, and a mix of housing at a medium density, including housing intended to be affordable to middle-income persons; Provide for reasonably safe and convenient pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle circulation, with an emphasis on avoiding conflicts between vehicles backing out of garages across sidewalks; Encourage persons to live, work, shop, attend religious services and enjoy recreation within the Township; Encourage the creation of a sense of place, feelings of belonging and a community spirit that promotes social interaction and volunteerism; Encourage the location of principal nonresidential uses with distinguished architectural features at prominent locations around a Central Commons, to serve as a focal point for the development; Serve the purposes for traditional neighborhood development as listed in the State Municipalities Planning Code, as amended; Allow a TND under this set of development standards to have a higher density and a wider range of uses than would otherwise be allowed, in return for a higher level of site design and preservation of common open space land; Promote the placement of new single-family detached dwellings abutting preexisting single-family detached dwellings on abutting lots, when feasible.