21 Big Rd, Zieglerville, PA 19492

Village Mixed-Use District

In expansion of the declaration of legislative intent and community development objectives contained in Article I of this chapter, the primary intent of the Village Mixed-Use District is to retain and enhance the identity and purposes of the Village of Zieglerville by conserving and building upon desirable village characteristics and encouraging development to provide a harmonious mix of housing, businesses, institutions, and public spaces. This district is intended to be consistent with the future growth area category as designated in the Central Perkiomen Valley Regional Comprehensive Plan and is intended to implement the applicable goals and objectives of the regional plan. In addition, the Village Mixed-Use District is intended to achieve the following specific objectives: Maintain to the greatest extent possible, the historical visual character established along Routes 29 and 73 by the locations, sizes, shapes, styles, and spatial relationships of existing residential buildings, businesses, and other properties relative to each other and to the mature landscaping adjacent to these buildings; Encourage economically viable residential and or nonresidential use or re-use of existing buildings by permitting substantial additions to existing buildings and by permitting additional buildings on lots with existing buildings; Accommodate residential and/or nonresidential uses in new buildings while ensuring that the architecture, proportions, and window and door openings of new buildings reflect the architectural heritage of the community and the multistory residential character of existing buildings located along Routes 29 and 73, including front and side facades, porches, and rooflines; Consolidate driveways and establish shared parking facilities at the rear of parcels that front on Routes 29 and 73, and provide a network of sidewalks throughout the village to give priority to pedestrian movement and encourage walking among buildings, open spaces, and streets; Establish standards that allow a mixed use, small town character with opportunities for affordable housing and a range of small-scale business and institutional uses that are compatible with small town character, including buildings and spaces with a pedestrian scale, proportions, and orientations that promote social interaction and establish community identity; Provide open space that includes community focal points, and preserve and protect areas containing sensitive natural features such as woodlands, steep slopes, streams, floodplain, and wetlands, by setting them aside from development and integrating them into the system of public green spaces within and adjacent to the village; Strengthen the role of Zieglerville as a core area of Lower Frederick Township, and enhance the opportunities for preservation of rural resources along and outside the future growth area boundaries as defined in the Central Perkiomen Valley Regional Comprehensive Plan; Provide regulations to achieve the intent and objectives of the Village Mixed-Use District.