985 Spring City Rd, Phoenixville, PA 19460

Residential District

It is the purpose of the R-1 District to: foster the protection of critical natural resources, such as streams, floodplains, wetlands, wet soils, steep slopes, woodland, wildlife habitat areas, very low or variable groundwater yield areas and areas of the scenic and historic Pickering Creek Valley; encourage and promote continued agriculture, open space, recreation and conservation uses while also permitting low density residential development that will be consistent with the existing residential development and perpetuate the rural character of the area; and also, by providing a Reduction in Lot Size Option to enable landowners within the R-1 District to develop in a manner other than lot by lot which will provide a greater variety of type, design and layout of dwellings, reductions in development and improvement costs and preservation of open space, agriculture and environmentally sensitive areas. In addition, the R-1 District, is intended to maintain areas of low population density compatible with the existing patterns of land use and lack of public sewage or road capacities both existing and planned within the District. Residential densities and design configurations, as well as non-residential use opportunities are established as a means to achieve this land conservation objective and as appropriate components of the overall pattern of land use that is provided throughout the Township.