1472 Morgantown Rd, Morgantown, PA 19543

Resource Conservation District

In accordance with the planning goals of the Honey Brook Township and Borough Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan and the purpose statements and community development objectives set forth in Article I of this Chapter, the RC-Resource Conservation District is established to help protect the Township's areas characterized by the presence of sensitive natural features; support agriculture and forestry; and allow for rural-residential living opportunities. This district includes much of the Township's woodlands and steeply sloped lands, as well as lands permanently protected by conservation easement. The regulations set forth herein are intended to achieve the following specific purposes: To minimize incompatible land uses and manage their potential impacts on the district's steeply sloped and forested lands, and high groundwater recharge areas of the Brandywine watershed.; To provide areas for low-density, rural residential living opportunities without the need for supporting public water or sewer services.; To ensure new development is designed to be optimally consistent with the sloped and wooded features of the Welsh Mountain and Barren Hills sectors of the Township.; To support Honey Brook Township's land preservation policies contained within its adopted Land Preservation Plan.; To enable potential residential development to be transferred to other, more appropriate locations within the Township and Honey Brook Borough through the use of this Chapter's transferable development rights provisions.