6 Mallard Mill Run, Wallingford, PA 19086

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 provide a procedure which can relate the type, design and layout of residential development to the particular site involved in a manner consistent with the preservation of property values within existing neighboring residential areas; To encourage a more efficient use of land and of public services through private initiative; To ensure that the increased flexibility of regulations over land development as authorized herein is carried out under such administrative standards and procedures as shall encourage the disposition of land development proposals without undue delay; To encourage a pattern of development which preserves open spaces, trees and natural topography, prevents soil erosion and provides for parks, playgrounds and recreational areas; To establish administrative standards to encourage such development and to assure that such development will in all respects further the purposes of this Article; To establish development in the township consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.