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CRSC Community and Regional Shopping Center District image/svg+xml

A. In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to CRSC Community and Regional Shopping Center Districts to provide for the logical and timely development of planned community-level retail commercial centers, incorporating office, entertainment and highway-business uses to serve the shopping and service needs of the Township's population growth and planned regional-level retail commercial centers as a conditional use to serve the expanding regional market of the Lower Perkiomen Valley area in accordance with the policies set forth in the Upper Providence Township Comprehensive Plan. Furthermore, it is the intent of this district to require the preparation of a market area study and community impact analysis by prospective applicants for community and regional shopping center development in order to:
(1) Minimize conflicts between the proposed development and the adjacent neighborhoods.
(2) Ensure that proposed shopping centers can be supported by the expected market area they are designed to serve.
(3) Avoid detrimental competition with existing commercial facilities and shopping centers within both the Township and in adjacent municipalities.
(4) Avoid congestion and hazardous traffic conditions as a result of the development of proposed shopping centers.
B. Finally, it is the intent of this district to ensure that proposed shopping centers are developed in accordance with a unified, overall site development plan, including reserve areas for possible future expansion, coordinated internal and external vehicular and pedestrian circulation systems, well-related, convenient and efficient parking and loading areas, agreeable surroundings that provide comfort, safety and convenience for prospective customers and high-quality design in terms of building relationship, facade treatment, signing, lighting and landscaped and planted buffers and screens, as well as other natural and constructed amenities in furtherance of the general welfare of prospective shopping center customers and of the residents of Upper Providence Township.

See Article XIII: CRSC Community and Regional Shopping Center District for more information.
 

IO Interchange Office District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the community development objectives contained in Article I: General Provisions, § 182-2: Community development objectives, of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to IO Interchange Office Districts to provide flexible standards for corporate headquarters or multi-building office development in a campus setting.
A. To encourage the development of employment centers at the interchanges of State Route 422 (Pottstown Expressway).
B. To provide a visual gateway into the Township.
C. To preserve the rural character of the Township while encouraging the development of large land areas under single direction.
D. To provide for ancillary uses to support corporate office development, creating autonomous development that is efficient in design.
E. To achieve the goals of the adopted Comprehensive Plan by supporting the recommendations of the interchange studies.

IO-2 Interchange Office Support District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the community development objectives contained in Article I: General Provisions, § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to IO-2 Interchange Office Support Districts to provide standards for office uses and developments which will provide complementary services for nearby Interchange Office District developments.
A. To encourage the development of office and related services in locations at or near interchanges of State Route 422 (the Pottstown Expressway) that are convenient to the larger-scale corporate headquarters and office developments in IO Districts.
B. To provide such areas either immediately abutting or surrounded by existing IO Districts.
C. To function as a service district to the IO District, IO-2 Districts should only be applied to the Township Zoning Map subsequent to the development of a sufficient amount of nearby development in an IO District, or alternatively, upon final approval of a sufficient amount of such development, so as to provide demonstrated need for such support services as would be provided in the IO-2 Districts.
D. To provide ancillary commercial uses, as conditional uses, which provide retail goods and/or services for the employees in this district.
E. To provide for a limited array of freestanding commercial uses, also as conditional uses, which will provide certain essential services for employees of the broader employment centers around the Route 422 interchanges, including developments in both IO and IO-2 Districts.
F. To be applied in locations so as to reduce conflicts and traffic congestion on major arterial highways which traverse these areas, by minimizing travel outside the interchange area.
G. To provide certain development flexibility afforded by permitting a limited amount of land subdivision for tracts of land whose physical characteristics discourage creation of a singular development site, and to ensure that when such subdivision is permitted, it is done in strict conformity with a recorded master plan and accompanying set of restricted covenants, assuring continual adherence to an approved development concept.
H. To provide development regulations which ensure the preservation of the Township's rural character.
I. To recognize the desirability of mixed-use communities to reduce automobile trips on Township streets by allowing a limited amount of residential development within an IO-2 Master Plan development. This will provide housing choices for employees in the IO-2 development and also enable greater use of walking and bicycling as a means of commuting.

IO-3 Interchange Office, Retail, Service and Recreation District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the community development objectives contained in Article I: General Provisions, § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to IO-3 Interchange Office, Retail, Service and Recreation Districts to provide flexible standards for corporate headquarters or multibuilding office, retail, service and recreation development in a campus setting.
A. To encourage the development of employment centers at the interchanges of State Route 422 (Pottstown Expressway).
B. To provide for retail and service uses to support office development and their employees in the IO, IO-2 and IO-3 Districts.
C. To provide an attractive gateway into the Township.
D. To achieve the goals of the adopted Comprehensive Plan by supporting the recommendations of the interchange studies.
E. To be applied in a manner that will reduce conflicts on existing major arterial highways and minimize travel outside the interchange area.

M-1 Office and Limited Industrial District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to M-1 Office and Limited Industrial Districts to provide for the orderly and planned establishments of employment-oriented office, research and development and laboratory uses and a variety of nonpolluting industrial uses in both planned centers and on individual sites, that are needed to meet both local and regional employment needs and market demands and that will take advantage of the superior locations and highway accessibility offered by the interchanges of the Pottstown Expressway and the Phoenixville Spur that are proposed to be located within the Township. Furthermore, it is the intent of this article to provide performance standards, setbacks and buffering requirements to ensure that the type and magnitude of office and industrial development will cause minimal negative impact on the surrounding residential neighborhoods and on the sensibilities of local residents. Finally, it is the intent of this article to preserve valuable natural features and other amenities and to reflect the varied site needs of the prospective tenants in furtherance of the general welfare of the residents of Upper Providence Township.

See Article XV: M-1 Office and Limited Industrial District for more information.

M-2 Manufacturing Industrial District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to M-2 Manufacturing Industrial Districts to establish reasonable standards of performance for the provision and maintenance of general manufacturing and heavy industrial uses in the Oaks area of the Township, where historic locational factors and accessibility to the regional transportation network offer primary sites for such intensive activities. Furthermore, it is the intent of this district to provide buffering requirements and building and parking setbacks to ensure that such uses will cause minimal conflicts with adjacent residential development in the Oaks area in furtherance of the general welfare of neighborhood residents and of the residents of Upper Providence Township.

See Article XVII: M-2 Manufacturing Industrial District for more information.

NC Neighborhood-Convenience Commercial District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to NC Neighborhood-Convenience Commercial Districts to provide for the orderly and planned establishment of retail-commercial and professional office uses needed to meet the convenience shopping and personal service needs of the neighborhoods of the Township and to assure that the type and magnitude of commercial development is compatible with the needs of the Township's growing population and the commercial facilities in adjacent municipalities and to:
A. Provide attractive and well-designed retail-commercial, professional office and highway-business uses in planned districts, incorporating unified design controls.
B. Minimize conflicts between said uses and adjacent residential development.
C. Provide for sufficient and well-related parking facilities, loading areas, signing, illumination, planting areas and buffers to enhance the function and design of Neighborhood-Convenience Commercial Districts in furtherance of the general welfare of the residents of Upper Providence Township.

OSC Open Space Conservation District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the community development objectives contained in Article I: General Provisions, § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to the OSC Open Space Conservation District to establish reasonable standards and criteria to protect major open space lands, parks, preserves and agriculturally utilized lands in the Township. It shall further be the intent of this District:
A. To provide appropriate restrictions for such lands consistent with the recommendations of the Township's Comprehensive Plan, and Open Space and Environmental Resource Protection Plan and to ensure that lands are dedicated to such use for the future.
B. To protect the existing vistas into and rural character of large tracts of undeveloped land in the Township.
C. To protect unique landforms and visual and physical access to the Schuylkill River and Perkiomen Creek which are major amenities, and which form portions of the Township boundaries.
D. To allow certain recreational uses which are consistent with the open space preservation goals of this District.
E. To reduce the negative impacts of suburbanization and sprawl, and to protect these areas from inappropriate uses.

PBO Professional and Business Office District image/svg+xml

The Professional and Business Office District is to provide appropriate locations primarily for office and related uses. The regulations which apply within the district are designed to encourage the formation and continuance of a quiet, compatible and uncongested environment for business and professional offices intermingled harmoniously with residences and certain limited service uses. Specifically, it is the intent of the district to:
A. Discourage any encroachment by unrestricted commercial or industrial establishments or other uses which might adversely affect the specialized office, service and residential character of the district.
B. Encourage the conversion of existing dwellings to office use in order to encourage the preservation of sound residential structures, which maintains the visual character and architectural scale of existing development.
C. Attract professional office and service uses which do not generate large volumes of traffic and continuous customer turnover.
D. Encourage the orderly, well-planned development of professional and business offices and limited service establishments within the district when a proliferation of unrestricted commercial usage would be undesirable. 

R-1 Residential-Agricultural District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to R-1 Residential-Agricultural Districts to establish reasonable standards of performance and to promote the desirable benefits which agricultural uses and single-family detached dwellings will have in those areas of Upper Providence Township not presently served by public sewer and water facilities.

See Article IV: R-1 Residential-Agricultural District for more information.

R-2 Residential District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to R-2 Residential Districts to enhance the attributes which single-family detached dwellings will have in those areas of the Township that are presently served or planned to be served by public sewer and water service.

See Article V: R-2 Residential District for more information.

R-3 Residential District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this Article with respect to R-3 Residential Districts to establish reasonable controls and standards of performance for single-family, two-family and townhouse dwellings in those areas of Upper Providence Township where the existing community character and the presence or planned extension of sewer and water facilities would most readily accommodate. Furthermore, it is the intent of this Article to encourage the optional intermixing of two-family and townhouse dwellings and/or single-family detached dwellings on smaller tracts and the required intermixing of at least two of these dwellings on larger tracts in order to promote a variety of income levels and life styles within a single, planned development in the Township's developing neighborhoods, which would have the essential facilities, open spaces and amenities to support such an intermixing, for the benefit of the residents of the development and in furtherance of the general welfare of Upper Providence Township.

See Article VI: R-3 Residential District for more information.

R-4 Residential District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to R-4 Residential Districts to establish reasonable controls and standards of performance for garden-apartment dwellings in those areas of Upper Providence Township where the existing community character, superior highway access, proximity to commercial and employment centers and the presence or planned extension of sewer and water facilities would most readily accommodate the highest intensity of residential dwelling types permitted in the Township, for the benefit of the residents of the development and in furtherance of the general welfare of Upper Providence Township.

See Article VII: R-4 Residential District for more information.

VCO Village Commercial and Office District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to the Village Commercial and Office District to encourage the development or redevelopment of limited commercial and office uses while preserving the neighborhood character and residential nature to areas of Upper Providence Township. The permitted uses will meet personal service needs of the village areas within the Township and will reflect the magnitude of development needed to support the surrounding residential village areas.

See Article XIIIA: VCO Village Commercial and Office District for more information.

VP Village Preservation District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in § 182-2: Community development objectives of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to VP Village Preservation Districts to encourage the preservation of the existing character and residential life-styles of the Mont Clare portions of Upper Providence Township which exhibit a mixture of single-family detached and two-family dwellings on smaller lot sizes than those found throughout the Township. Furthermore, it is the intent of this district to guide the future development or redevelopment of these neighborhoods in the Township by providing strict control of conversions to multiple-family dwellings, home occupations and the introduction of incompatible uses or activities within the designated Village Preservation Districts in order to preserve and enhance their present character and, thus, avoid rapid deterioration or transition to the detriment of the local residents and the general welfare of Upper Providence Township.

See Article VIII: VP Village Preservation District for more information.

YMU Yerkes Mixed-Use District image/svg+xml

In expansion of the statement of community development objectives contained in § 182-2: Community development objectives. of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to the YMU Yerkes Mixed-Use District to establish reasonable controls and standards of performance for transitional residential uses and complementary nonintensive commercial uses in the Route 29 corridor in proximity to the Township's border with Collegeville Borough. Additionally, it is the intent of this article to encourage the use and application of environmentally sustainable and green building design standards.