In RA Residence Apartment Districts, the following
regulations shall apply.
Uses permitted in the R 3/4 District.
A.
Regulations applying to single-family dwellings. Every lot hereafter used for a single-family dwelling and any structure accessory thereto shall meet the height, building line, acreage and setback requirements provided in Article VII hereof for single-family dwellings.
B.
Regulations applying to apartment houses. The following
area and height regulations shall apply to every building or group
of buildings hereafter erected or used as apartment houses.
(1)
Lot area. Every lot on which an apartment house or
combination of apartment houses is hereinafter erected or used shall
have an area of not less than five acres.
(2)
Lot width. Every such lot shall not be less than 400
feet in width at the building line.
(4)
Yards. There shall be front, side and rear yards not
less than 50 feet in depth between any building and any public or
private street and any property line. If said street is designated
as an arterial or collector street, then the front yard depth shall
be not less than 75 feet.
(5)
Building height. No building or structure shall exceed
three stories or 35 feet in height, except that no accessory structure
shall exceed 20 feet in height.
(6)
Building size. The greatest dimension in length or
depth of any apartment building shall not exceed 120 feet.
(7)
Minimum room sizes. Rooms in apartments shall have
the following minimum areas, exclusive of closet space. Any floor
space exceeding 40 square feet, enclosed by partitions or walls having
cased openings or doors of any type, shall be deemed to be a room.
A basement shall not contain habitable rooms except for janitor's
living quarters, which shall be counted as a dwelling unit.
|
Type of Room
|
Floor Area
(square feet)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
First bedroom
|
160
| |
|
All other bedrooms
|
120
| |
|
Living room
|
240
| |
|
Dining room
|
160
| |
|
Dinette
|
120
| |
|
Kitchen
|
80
| |
|
Bath
|
40
|
(8)
Minimum habitable floor area. Each apartment unit
shall have not less than 600 square feet of gross habitable floor
area, not including stairs and corridors.
A.
Subdivision compliance. In addition to the requirements of this chapter, the plan for proposed development shall comply with the standards of Chapter 162, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Code of the Village of Chester Heights.
B.
Landscape architecture.
(1)
A landscape plan prepared by a landscape architect
shall be required. The plan shall include the following information.
(a)
Approximate finished grades and drainage patterns
of topography after project construction.
(b)
Description of existing vegetation conditions
on the tract and measures to be taken to protect such vegetation during
and following construction.
(c)
Proposed locations and listing of plant materials,
by species and size, to be planted at the project.
(d)
Proposed locations and descriptions of other
landscape materials to be used at the project.
(2)
The landscape plan shall reflect the following considerations:
(a)
The definitions of spaces within the proposed
development, e.g., by creating enclosures, open areas and landmarks.
Particular attention shall be given to creating privacy for individual
units by the creative use of plants and structural materials harmonious
with the overall architectural theme of the proposed development.
(c)
The provision of landscaped visual buffer zones
along tract boundary lines of such width, density and variation of
plantings as necessary to ensure privacy of adjoining properties.
The minimum width of such buffer zones shall be 15 feet.
(d)
The provision of landscaping to help improve
human comfort and to serve as a means of energy conservation. Measures
to be considered shall include the use of plant materials to reduce
the chilling effects of strong prevailing winter winds and to provide
shade during hot summer months.
(e)
The provision of plant materials and natural
environments to provide food and cover for upland birds and other
wildlife species compatible with residential communities. The provision
of suitable gardening areas to be used by residents of the proposed
development.
(f)
The use of plant species which add diversity
and richness to the proposed development, in terms of colors and textures,
as well, as those species which are hardy, relatively disease and
insect-resistant, locally available, and primarily indigenous to the
natural environments of the region.
C.
Solid waste storage and collection.
(1)
A plan for the storage and collection of trash, garbage
and rubbish must be submitted as part of the application for apartment
use approval, indicating methods and proposed locations for the storage
and collection of all solid wastes.
(2)
Outdoor refuse collection centers must be accessible
to the street system and must be screened by landscaping, wall or
fence from public view and adjoining properties.
D.
Emergency facilities and services. Plans for streets,
parking areas and building placement and construction shall be reviewed
by the Marshal of the local fire department. The following provisions
shall be met:
(1)
Fire hydrants, as required by the local fire department
and all applicable provisions of the Borough's subdivision regulations.
(2)
Smoke detector devices, approved by the local fire
department, which shall include a minimum of one per unit and one
per corridor. An internal alarm system with trip stations within 15
feet of every apartment door and sufficient alarm bells to be heard
inside every apartment unit when any station is tripped.
(3)
Fire lanes shall be subject to the approval of the
Borough Fire Marshal. No apartment shall be located more than 150
feet from a duly improved and accessible fire lane, as defined herein,
nor more than 600 feet from a private or public street.
(4)
Fire lanes shall have a minimum unobstructed right-of-way
width of 40 feet; and there shall be constructed within this right-of-way
an all-weather and well drained, surfaced cartway with a minimum width
of 20 feet. The extension of fire lanes shall begin from one or more
private or public streets.
(5)
Dead-end fire lanes shall be terminated with an unobstructed
vehicular turnaround or cul-de-sac with a minimum right-of-way radius
of 60 feet and shall have a minimum surfaced radius of 50 feet. Dead-end
fire lanes shall have a maximum length of 400 feet.
(6)
The location of fire lanes shall conform to plans
for the extension of streets, sanitary sewers, water mains, storm
sewers and other drainage facilities and public utilities as contained
in this chapter and other ordinances of the Borough of Chester Heights
and shall provide adequate access to buildings by firemen and other
emergency services.
(7)
A systematic building numbering system shall be designed
and implemented, with all numbers to be displayed in a manner adequate
for convenient recognition by fire, police and ambulance personnel.
E.
Off-street parking, loading and special requirement relating to street frontage. The parking regulations under §§ 185-103, 185-104 and 185-105 of Article XVII or this chapter shall apply.
(1)
An off-street parking space serving an apartment may
be provided as an individual garage, as a carport, or be in a parking
compound adjacent to or near the apartment, but it may not be closer
than 20 feet to an apartment wall, except when located within the
apartment house. The minimum required parking spaces shall not be
met by permitting on-street parking on any street whether public or
private.
(2)
Parking lots shall be designed so that not more than
10 parking spaces are placed in a continuous row without intervening
planting areas of at least 100 square feet.
(3)
Each such parking space shall provide a minimum of
190 square feet (9 1/2 feet by 20 feet) of off-street paved parking
surface exclusive of the space needed for access and maneuvering.
