developed Rural and Environmentally Sensitive Planning Areas can provide for modest levels of additional development, the Suburban Planning Area is a key area for accommodating market forces and demand for development.

The Land Use Policy Objectives of the Suburban Planning Area serve to guide development and redevelopment into more compact forms of Centers and former single-use developments and to accommodate mixed-use development, redevelopment, services, and cultural amenities. The objectives also focus on planning and zoning for a wide range of land uses and users, to achieve more balanced communities.

The Natural Resource Conservation Policy Objectives of the Suburban Planning Area strive to conserve continuous natural systems, strategically locate open space, and buffer Critical Environmental Sites. The plan is to use open space to reinforce neighborhood and community identity, and protect natural linear systems, including regional systems that link into other Planning Areas.

5.1.2 Zoning

According to the Township of Jackson Zoning Map, the subject site is within the Single Family Residential (Low Density) (R-1) Zone (refer to Figure 6: Jackson Township Zoning Map). According to the Township of Jackson Code (244-47), the following Uses are permitted in the R-1 Zone:

Permitted principal uses of buildings and structures are as follows:

  • Community residences for the developmentally disabled.
  • Community shelters for victims of domestic violence.
  • Detached single-family dwelling units.
  • Houses of worship.

Permitted accessory uses of buildings and structures are as follows:

  • Dog pens, provided that they are located behind the rear building line and not in the required side or rear yard setback.
  • Fences and walls, subject to the provisions of § 244-190.
  • Off-street parking and private garages.
  • Private residential swimming pools, subject to the provisions of § 244-216.
  • Satellite dish antennas, subject to the provisions of § 244-165.
  • Sheds (garden, storage or tool).
  • Signs, subject to the provisions of § 244-207.
  • Other customary accessory uses, buildings and structures which are clearly incidental to the principal use and building.
  • Family day-care home.

Permitted conditional uses of buildings and structures are as follows:

  • Child-care centers, nursery schools and day-care centers
  • Churches and places of worship
  • Home occupations
  • Home professional offices
  • Public utilities