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.
[Amended 10-2-2001 by Ord. No. 01-13; 5-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-05]
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied
for any one of the following principal uses and any of the following
accessory uses and no other. Unless specifically identified as an
accessory use, the following are permitted principal uses:
A.
Single-family detached dwelling.
B.
Building for public worship.
C.
Public or private educational institution when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board as a special exception; provided that the requirements of § 500-402E of this chapter are met.
D.
Telecommunications facility, telephone central office, electric substation,
distribution gas-pressure-regulation station, or water or sewer pump
station when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board as a special exception,
provided that:
(1)
Such use shall not include the transaction of business with
the public; storage of materials, rotating equipment or trucks; repair
facilities or housing of repair crews.
E.
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any permitted use in this district, subject to the applicable provisions of Article XXIV.
G.
Signs as accessory uses when erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of Article XXVIII.
I.
No-impact home-based business as an accessory use.
Unless a greater area or dimensional regulation is stated in § 500-802, Use regulations, for a specific use, all uses in the R-1 District shall meet the following requirements:
A.
Minimum lot area: 15,000 square feet.
B.
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
C.
Maximum density: two dwelling units per acre. This density requirement shall apply only to subdivisions where one or more new public streets are proposed as part of the subdivision. Relief from this density requirement shall not relieve an applicant for a subdivision from complying with the Middletown Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (Chapter 440) requirements regarding street improvements.
D.
Maximum building coverage: 20%.
E.
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
F.
Minimum front yard: 35 feet.
G.
Minimum side yard: 10 feet; 30 feet aggregate.
H.
Minimum rear yard: 35 feet.
I.
Maximum impervious surface ratio: 30%.
[Added 5-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-05]
If open space land is provided, a modification of the requirements of § 500-803 shall be permitted, subject to the following:
A.
The amount of open space provided shall equal or exceed the total area by which the lots in the subdivision are reduced below the standards of § 500-803, exclusive of street and right-of-way dedication.
B.
No single area of open space shall be less than one acre in size.
C.
Minimum lot area: 12,000 square feet.
D.
Minimum lot width: 90 feet.
E.
Maximum density: 2.3 dwelling units per acre.
This density requirement shall apply only to subdivisions where one or more new public streets are proposed as part of the subdivision. Relief from this density requirement shall not relieve an applicant for a subdivision from complying with the Middletown Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (Chapter 440) requirements regarding street improvements.
F.
Maximum building coverage: 20%.
G.
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
H.
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
I.
Minimum side yard: 10 feet; 25 feet aggregate.
J.
Minimum rear yard: 35 feet.
