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C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District

C-1-R Neighborhood Commercial District -- Restricted

C-2 Commercial Shopping Center District

C-3 Limited Highway Commercial District

C-4 Special Limited Business and Apartment District

C-5 General Highway Commercial District

I-1 Campus Light Industrial District

The purpose of this district is to provide areas for industrial development seeking spacious and attractive settings.

I-2 Light Industrial District

The purpose of this district is to provide areas for a wide variety of industrial and selected business uses seeking attractive settings where lot sizes and industrial and business uses would tend to be smaller than those in the I-1 District.

I-2-R Light Industrial District--Restricted

I-3 General Industrial District

The purpose of this district is to provide areas for a wide variety of industries that require smaller lots and prefer a more built-up environment than the uses located in the other industrial zoning districts.

I-C Industrial-Commercial District

The purpose of this district is to provide areas for industrial development seeking spacious and attractive settings and to provide areas for adult entertainment uses along a public highway that are not in close proximity to residential areas, schools and churches. In addition, where the Township deems it appropriate, certain areas will be available for retirement communities and independent and/or assisted living facilities under the prescribed area and bulk requirements.

MCX Municipal Complex District

It is the purpose and intent of this article to provide a district in which shall be located exclusively West Goshen Township's municipal offices, facilities, and other uses described in this article, and wireless communications facilities and equipment of entities holding a valid federal license when approved and determined by the Supervisors to enhance telecommunications in the public interest.

MPD Multipurpose District

MSD Medical-Service District

It is the purpose and intent of this article to further the public health, safety and welfare by making provision for a Medical Service District to adequately provide for centralized medical facilities to serve the people in the West Chester region, of which the Township is a part, to encourage location of support of medical services uses within the district in conjunction with existing medical facilities and to provide for the expansion of existing medical facilities within the district to service the present and future needs of the region.

OP Planned Office Park

A planned office park is a lot or tract of land, consisting of not less than 10 acres held in single and separate ownership, which has been platted to provide for three or more permitted uses with special emphasis given to aesthetics and compatibility of uses within the tract. A planned office park shall be developed by a single person or body according to an overall plan, subject to review and approval by the Board of Supervisors following Planning Commission review pursuant to the provisions of the West Goshen Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of 1976, as the same may from time to time be amended. Where the developer elects to develop an entire tract under this article, the area of an individual lot (except for a nursing or convalescent home) may be reduced to one acre, provided that the average of the area of the individual lots for the entire tract, excluding the area for convalescent or nursing homes, but including any lots remaining in open space, shall be not less than two acres. It is the specific intent of this article to provide for selected, attractive, modern office and compatible use development in areas where traditional business or industrial development would be inappropriate.

R-2 Residential District

R-3 Residential District

R-3B-A R-3B Zone A Residential

The Flexible Design Conservation District is intended to facilitate flexible development options which promote different housing and unit types and create opportunities for recreational use of land by residents of the Township consistent with the Township's community development objectives as adopted in the Township's Comprehensive Plan.

R-3B-B R-3B Zone B Residential

The Flexible Design Conservation District is intended to facilitate flexible development options which promote different housing and unit types and create opportunities for recreational use of land by residents of the Township consistent with the Township's community development objectives as adopted in the Township's Comprehensive Plan.

R-3B-C R-3B Zone C Residential

The Flexible Design Conservation District is intended to facilitate flexible development options which promote different housing and unit types and create opportunities for recreational use of land by residents of the Township consistent with the Township's community development objectives as adopted in the Township's Comprehensive Plan.

R-4 Residential District

RGC Residential Golf Course District

A. The intent of this district is to further the objectives of this chapter by permitting the coordinated development of residential dwellings as an integral part of a golf course community, which provides a high ratio of open space to land development, while at the same time providing for a variety of housing types, subject to the provision for public sewer and public water.
B. This article establishes performance criteria to permit a residential golf course development, and such development will result in a more desirable environment, provide for the sufficient use of land, encourage the reservation and intelligent use of open space, enhance recreation opportunities and amenities and better the overall appearance of the community.
C. Single-family detached residential cluster development pursuant to the open space design option regulations of Article XXV is permitted when property within the RGC District is not developed as part of a golf course pursuant to Subsections A and B of this section, when authorized as a conditional use by the Board of Supervisors.