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AO Apartment-Office District image/svg+xml

The purposes of the A-O Apartment-Office District are to provide reasonable standards for the harmonious development of apartments, business and professional offices, educational, philanthropic and religious uses, residential uses, accessory uses and other uses which are compatible with high-density development; regulate the density of population; provide for the public convenience and avoid undue congestion in the streets; and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out these and other broad purposes of this chapter as set forth in § 500-101: Purpose.

See Article XI: A-O Apartment-Office District for complete details on this district.

AQC Age-Qualified Community District image/svg+xml

The purpose of this district is to allow the creation of a planned community for persons 55 years of age and over which provides for a variety of residential housing types as well as indoor and outdoor recreational facilities.

See Article XXI: AQC Age-Qualified Community District for complete details on this district.

C Commercial District image/svg+xml

The purpose of the Commercial District is to provide reasonable standards for the orderly expansion of general retail and other commercial uses in areas where a nucleus of such uses already exists or where, due to the character of the undeveloped land, the application of shopping center standards is not feasible. The standards of this district are designed to provide for the public convenience and to fulfill the other broad purposes of the chapter as set forth in § 500-101: Purpose.

See Article XXI: AQC Age-Qualified Community District for complete details on this district.

CS Shopping Center District image/svg+xml

The purpose of the Shopping Center District is to provide for the appropriate development of modern, well-designed, integrated retail shopping centers. The principal use of land in this district shall be commercial and service uses to serve surrounding residential areas. In order to preserve residential values and protect the general welfare, design standards which will reduce traffic and parking congestion are incorporated into the district. Among other things, the shopping center shall be comprised of a group or groups of integrated buildings within which retail trade and related service activities shall be conducted with convenient, safe and adequate vehicular and pedestrian accessways and safe and adequate off-street parking and loading facilities.

See Article XVI: CS Shopping Center District for complete details on this district.

GB General Business District image/svg+xml

The purpose of the General Business District is to provide for major commercial, multifamily, intensive office and light industrial uses in a concentrated area. Such developments should be planned for adequate improvements, internal streets, suitable open space and landscaping, and compatibility with adjacent uses. The design standards for specific uses in this district are reflective of the Township's desire to encourage appropriate high-quality, mixed-use development and to promote flexibility for redevelopment in consideration of the changing nature of shopping centers, the demand for a diversity of uses in a singular location, including, but not limited to, entertainment, lodging, housing, hospitality, retail, office, cultural, and gathering space.

See Article XVII: GB General Business District for complete details on this district. 

M-1 Light Manufacturing District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district is to provide reasonable standards for the orderly development of light manufacturing uses and such other uses as are related or accessory thereto; to establish reasonable standards for buildings and other structures, including lot areas and dimensions of yards and other open spaces; and to ensure that facilities and industries operate in a manner which will minimize air pollution, noise, glare, heat, vibration, and fire and safety hazards. The Light Manufacturing District is intended to permit and encourage industrial development that will be so located and designed as to constitute a harmonious and appropriate part of the physical development of the Township and contribute to the soundness of the economic base of the Township.

See Article XIX: M-1 Light Manufacturing District for complete details on this district. 

MHP Mobile Home Park District image/svg+xml

The purpose of this district is to allow for the creation of a planned community of mobile homes or, where this use is not appropriate, for the orderly development of an office campus. Reasonable standards for the size of structures, open space and permitted uses are established for this district.

See Article XIV: MHP Mobile Home Park District for complete details on this district.

MR Multi-Residential District image/svg+xml

It is the purpose and intent of this district to provide for multi-residential development to meet the goals and objectives of the Middletown Township Comprehensive Plan and this chapter. It provides for medium-intensity multi-residential development in areas of the Township that in the past have been moderately or extensively developed. The standards and criteria for this district are set up to provide a method for encouraging efficient and attractive residential design and at the same time providing for the protection of natural resources, open space for recreational and aesthetic purposes, a mix and intensity of residential development which is compatible with existing uses and will also help to meet the housing needs within the Township.

See Article XII: MR Multi-Residential District for complete details on this district.

OC Office Campus District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of the OC Office Campus District is to provide reasonable standards for the orderly development of an office campus and such uses as are related or accessory thereto, in those parts of the Township which have access to an arterial street.

See Article XX: OC Office Campus District for complete details on this district.

OR Open Recreation District image/svg+xml

The purpose of the OR Open Recreation District is to reinforce public commitment of land to open spaces.

See Article VII: OR Open Recreation District for complete details on this district. 

P Professional District image/svg+xml

The purpose of the Professional District is to provide reasonable standards for the harmonious development of offices, medical facilities and educational, religious and philanthropic institutions and other related uses where, because of the nature of the undeveloped land, intensive development is not appropriate. The construction of single-family detached dwellings will not be precluded from this district.

See Article XVIII: P Professional District for complete details on this district. 

R-1 Residence District image/svg+xml

The purposes of the R-1 Residence District are to provide for the orderly expansion of urban-type residential development in areas which can feasibly be supplied with public facilities; to protect the public health and to prevent overcrowding of the land through the application of maximum housing densities; to provide standards which will encourage the installation of public facilities and the preservation of public open space; to exclude activities of a commercial or industrial nature and any activities not compatible with residential development; to provide for the public convenience and to avoid undue congestion on the roads; and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the purposes of this chapter as set forth in § 500-101: Purpose.

See Article VIII: R-1 Residence District for complete details on this district.

R-2 Residence District image/svg+xml

The purposes of the R-2 Residence District are to provide reasonable standards for the orderly expansion of urban-type residential development; to prevent the overcrowding of the land; to exclude activities not compatible with residential development; and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the purposes of this chapter as set forth in § 500-101: Purpose.

See Article IX: R-2 Residence District for complete details on this district. 

R-3 Residence District image/svg+xml

The purposes of the R-3 Residence District are to provide for clustered development with large open space areas for resource protection and recreation; to exclude activities not compatible with residential development; and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the purposes of this chapter as set forth in § 500-101: Purpose.

See Article X: R-3 Residence District for complete details on this district.

RA-1 Residence Agricultural District image/svg+xml

The purpose of the RA-1 Residence Agricultural District is to discourage the scattering of commercial, industrial, multifamily residential and other urban-type uses throughout predominantly rural areas of the Township; to encourage the continued use of land for agricultural purposes; and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the purposes of this chapter as set forth in § 500-101: Purpose.

See Article IV: RA-1 Residence Agricultural District for complete details on this district.

RA-2 Residence Agricultural District image/svg+xml

The RA-2 Residence Agricultural District is composed of low-density residential areas of the Township and open areas where similar residential development is likely to occur. The purposes of this district are to permit residential development at a low density to provide a transition zone between agricultural areas and medium-density residential development; to provide standards which will encourage the installation of public facilities and the preservation of permanent public open space; to exclude activities of a commercial or industrial nature and any activities not compatible with residential development; and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the purposes of this chapter as set forth in § 500-101: Purpose.

See Article V: RA-2 Residence Agricultural District for complete details on this district.

RA-3 Residence Agricultural District image/svg+xml

The RA-3 Residence Agricultural District is composed of low-density residential areas of the Township and open areas where similar residential development is likely to occur. The purposes of this district are to permit residential development at a moderate density; to provide standards which will encourage the installation of public facilities and the preservation of permanent public open space; to exclude activities of a commercial or industrial nature and any activities not compatible with residential development; and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the purposes of this chapter as set forth in § 500-101: Purpose.

See Article VI: RA-3 Residence Agricultural District for complete details on this district.

RC Retirement Community District image/svg+xml

The purpose of this district is to allow for the creation of a planned community for senior citizens which would provide care, supervision, living accommodations, health care and recreation. Reasonable standards for the size of structures, open space and permitted uses are established for this district.

See Article XIII: RC Retirement Community District for complete details on this district.