395 Howarth Rd, Media, PA 19063

Planned Residential Development District

The provisions of this article are enacted for the following purposes: To respond to increasing urbanization and the growing demands for housing of various types and designs.; To encourage innovations in residential development and renewal so that the growing demand for housing may be met by greater variety in type, design and layout of dwellings and by the conservation and more efficient use of open space ancillary to said dwellings.; To encourage more efficient allocation and maintenance of open space for conservation and active and passive recreation.; To provide greater opportunities for better housing and recreation for all who are or will be residents of the Township.; To encourage a more efficient use of land and public services and to reflect changes in the technology of land development so that the economics so secured may inure to the benefit of those who require housing.; To encourage sensitive land development which will respect and conserve such natural features and resources of the land as floodplain and flood-prone areas, important farmlands, steep and very steep slopes, watercourses and water bodies, groundwater and aquifer recharge areas, forested areas, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife habitats, historic and cultural sites, visual resources and other features of importance to the vitality of natural and cultural resources.; To provide a procedure which can relate the type, design and layout of residential development to the particular site and to the particular demand for housing existing at the time of development in a manner consistent with the preservation of the property values within existing residential areas and to assure that the increased flexibility of regulations over land development established hereby is carried out pursuant to sound, expeditious and fair administrative standards and procedures.