[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. VII, § 1; as amended by Ord. 631, 3/13/2007, § 1]
1. 
Other Requirements and Regulations. All buildings and uses in any residential district shall, in addition to the requirements and regulations outlined in this Part, comply with all of the other requirements and regulations of this chapter.
2. 
Accessory structures. The following special regulations shall apply to accessory structures in residential districts:
A. 
Accessory structures may not be situated within any "front" yard in any residential zoning district.
B. 
Accessory structures may be situated within any "side" yard in any residential district, provided only that any such accessory structure shall meet all required side yard setbacks established herein for accessory structures in the same district.
C. 
Accessory structures may be situated within any "rear" yard in any residential district, only when separated from the principal structure by distance of at least 10 feet and only when any such structure meets the required side and rear yard setbacks established herein or accessory structures in the district.
D. 
See also Part 11.
3. 
Schedule of Minimum Usable Floor Areas. The schedule of minimum usable floor areas pre dwelling unit type in each residential district is as follows:
District
Dwelling Type
Minimum Usable Floor Area For Each Dwelling Unit
Minimum First Floor Area For Dwelling Unit Which is More Than One Story in Height
(square feet)
More Than One Story Building
(square feet)
One Story Building
(square feet)
R-1
1-Family
1,250
1,500 for 1 1/2 Stories
875
1,750 for 2 Stories
875
R-1T
1-Family
750
950
600
2-Family
700
900
550
R-M
1-Family
750
950
600
2-Family
700
900
550
Multi- Family
700 Average for All Units
[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. VI, § 2]
1. 
Purpose. The primary purpose of the single-family residential district is to provide suitable locations and development standards for single-family dwellings in the Borough. Certain other compatible or related uses may also be permitted in this district.
2. 
Permitted Uses. The following principal and accessory uses, permitted and conditional uses, and uses by special exception shall be permitted in the R-1 Residential District:
A. 
Principal Uses. The following principal uses shall be permitted in the R-1 Residential District:
(1) 
Single family dwelling.
(2) 
Essential services.
(3) 
Church.
(4) 
School.
(5) 
Recreational facilities.
(6) 
Temporary uses: § 27-502.A, .B and .D.
B. 
Accessory Uses. The following accessory uses as elsewhere herein regulated shall be permitted in the R-1 Residential District:
(1) 
Home occupations.
(2) 
Walls and fences.
(3) 
Private garages, carports, and/or off-street parking areas, in any side or rear yards, only.
(4) 
Driveways and driveway turnarounds.
(5) 
Private flower or vegetable gardens.
(6) 
Private swimming pools.
(7) 
Private lawn and garden storage sheds with a total floor area of 144 square feet or less.
(8) 
Signs, as regulated under Part 10.
(9) 
Other customary architectural, design or landscaping features; consistent with the maintenance of the exclusively single-family residential character of the district and subject to approval by the Zoning Officer.
C. 
Conditional Uses. The following uses shall be permitted as conditional uses in the R-1 residential district, subject to the regulations and procedures outlined under Part 11 of this chapter:
(1) 
Quasi-public uses.
D. 
Uses by Special Exception. The following uses shall be permitted as uses by special exception in the R-1 Residential District, subject to the regulations and procedures outlined under Part 13 of this chapter:
(1) 
Adult or child day care center, only when ancillary to an existing school or church.
(2) 
Public utility structures.
3. 
Bulk and Area Requirements. The following bulk and area requirements are hereby established for all permitted principal and accessory residential structures and uses in any subdistrict of the R-1 Residential District:
A. 
Minimum Lot Dimensions and Setbacks. The minimum lot frontage, depth, width and area (in square feet/sf or acres/ac) dimensions and minimum from, rear and side yard setbacks shall be as follows:
Minimum Lot Dimensions
Required Setback
Principal Use
Frontage Depth
Lot Area
Principal Building(s) Front-Rear-Side
Accessory Structures Rear-Side
1-Family or Group Res. R-1
70' - 120'
8,400 s.f.
25' - 30' - 7.5'
3' - 3'
Essential Services
None - None
4,000 s.f.
10' - 5' - 5'
5' - 5'
Church
150' - 120'
18,000 s.f.
25' - 30' - 15'
3' - 15'
School
300' - 250'
2 AC
25' - 30' - 30'
3' - 15'
Recreational Facilities
None - None
11,000 s.f.
10' - 5' - 5'
5' - 5'
B. 
Maximum Lot Coverage. The maximum lot coverage shall be as follows:
(1) 
Single-family: R-1 26%.
(2) 
All others: 40%.
C. 
Maximum Height. The maximum height shall be as follows:
(1) 
Principal Structures: 36 feet and three stories, except schools or churches which may be constructed to a height not to exceed 50 feet and three stories.
(2) 
Accessory Buildings: 15 feet and one story.
(3) 
Walls or Fences: four feet in any required front yard and six feet in any required side or rear yard; except that recreational facilities and schools may have open chain link security fencing in any required side or rear yard to a height not to exceed 10 feet.
[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. 6, § 3; as amended by Ord. 631, 3/13/2007, § 1]
1. 
Purpose. The primary purpose of the R-1T Traditional Single-Family District is to provide suitable locations and development standards for single-family dwellings in the traditional, historical and heritage sections of the Borough with smaller lot sizes and frontages. This district recognizes that the area in questions is nearly fully developed and is intended to guide the continued use of the area as well as redevelopment of areas made vacant through the demolition of existing structures.
2. 
Zoning District Defined. The R-1T Traditional Single-Family District includes all of the following areas:
A. 
All properties in the area bounded by West Hazel Way or Alley, Sarah Street and Hays Street.
B. 
All properties in the area bounded by Walnut Street, Sarah Street, Grandview Boulevard and the unopened street named Laurel Street as shown on the maps of record.
C. 
All properties abutting the northerly line of Walnut Street to 1/2 the distance to Eighth Avenue.
D. 
All properties abutting the northerly line of Eighth Avenue between Evan Street and Parry Street to 1/2 the distance to Seventh Avenue.
E. 
All properties abutting or to the south of the southerly line of Doyle Avenue to the Borough boundary.
3. 
Permitted Uses. The following principal and accessory uses, permitted and conditional uses, and uses by special exception shall be permitted in the R-1T Traditional Single-Family District:
A. 
Principal Uses. The following principal uses shall be permitted in the R-1T Residential District:
(1) 
Single-family detached dwelling.
(2) 
Essential services, church, school and recreational facilities and temporary uses as regulated in the R-1 Single-Family District.
(3) 
Off-street parking (only where ancillary to another permitted principal use, conditional use or use by special exception which is situated contiguous to or directly across the street from the parking area.)
B. 
Accessory Uses. The following accessory uses shall be permitted in the R-1T Residential District:
(1) 
All uses listed as permitted accessory uses in the R-1 Single-Family District.
4. 
Conditional Uses. The following uses shall be permitted only as conditional uses in the R-1T Traditional Single-Family District, subject to the regulations and procedures outlined under Part 12 of this chapter:
A. 
Those uses listed as "conditional uses" and as regulated in the R-1 Residential Districts.
B. 
Quasi-public uses as regulated in the R-1 Single-Family District.
C. 
Those uses listed as conditional uses in the R-M Multi-family District as described and regulated in § 27-704 below.
5. 
Uses by Special Exception. The following uses shall be permitted as uses by special exception in the R-1T Residential District, subject to the regulations and procedures outlines under Part 13 of this chapter.
A. 
Public utility structures.
B. 
Community garage (as an accessory use only).
6. 
Bulk and Area Requirements. The following bulk and area requirements are hereby established for all permitted principal and accessory structures and uses in the R-1T Single-Family District:
A. 
Minimum Lot Dimensions and Setbacks. The minimum lot frontage, depth, width and area (in square feet/sf) dimensions and minimum front, rear and side yard setbacks shall be as follows:
Minimum Lot Dimensions
Required Setbacks
Principal Use
Frontage-Depth
Lot Area
Principal Building Front-Rear-Side
Accessory Structures Rear-Side
Single-Family Detached Dwelling
25' - 110'
3,000 sf
Front-see § 27-604
Side-2 1/2'
Rear-40'
3' - 3'
Quasi-Public Uses
300' - 250'
2 ac
25' - 30' - 30'
5' - 15'
Off-Street Parking
50' - 110'
5,500 sf
N/A
N/A
B. 
Maximum Lot Coverage. The maximum lot coverage shall be as follows:
(1) 
Single-family detached dwellings: 33%.
(2) 
All other uses: 50%.
C. 
Maximum Height. The maximum height in the R-1T Traditional Single-Family District shall be the same as that established for permitted principal and accessory structures and uses in the R-1 Single-Family District.
7. 
Existing Nonconforming Uses and Lots. Lots, structures and uses of land which were both lawful and existing prior to the adoption of this chapter and any amendments hereto, but which are restricted or prohibited by this chapter and any successors or any amendments, are permitted to remain and continue, subject to the following regulations set forth in Part 14 of this chapter.
[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. VII, § 4; as amended by Ord. 631, 3/13/2007, § 1]
1. 
Purpose. The primary purpose of the R-M Multi-family District is to provide suitable locations and development standards for dwellings for more than one family in the older sections of the Borough with small lot sizes and frontages. This district recognizes that the area in questions is nearly fully developed and is intended to guide the continued use of the area as well as redevelopment of areas made vacant through the demolition of existing structures.
2. 
Zoning District Defined. The R-M Multi-family District shall be the same area as defined for the R-1T Traditional Single-Family District at § 27-703.2.
3. 
Permitted Uses. There are no permitted uses in the R-M Multi-family District.
4. 
Conditional Uses. The following principal and accessory uses, permitted only as conditional uses, and uses by special exception shall be permitted in the R-M Multi-family District:
A. 
Principal Uses. The following principal uses shall be permitted only as conditional uses in the R-M Multi-family District, subject to the regulations and procedures outlined under Part 12 of this chapter:
(1) 
Structures with more than one dwelling unit.
(2) 
Garden apartments.
(3) 
Townhouse apartments.
(4) 
Bed and breakfast.
(5) 
Mid-rise apartments, including elderly housing facilities.
(6) 
Boarding house.
(7) 
Nursing home.
(8) 
Off-street parking (only where ancillary to another permitted principal use, conditional use or use by special exception which is situated contiguous to or directly across the street from the parking area and as regulated in the R-1T Residential District).
B. 
Accessory Uses. The following accessory uses shall be permitted in the R-M Multi-family District only in conjunction with a properly approved conditional use:
(1) 
Buildings and uses of the type permitted as "accessory uses" and as regulated in the R-1T Traditional Single-Family District; except that approved off-street parking areas for any multi-family dwelling only may also be permitted in any required front yard, provided that said parking area shall be set back at least eight feet from the front property line and that any such setback area shall be completely landscaped in accordance with a plan approved by the Planning Commission.
(2) 
Essential services, church, school and recreational facilities and temporary uses as regulated in the R-1 Single-Family District.
5. 
Special Exceptions. There are no special exceptions in the R-M Multi-family District.
6. 
Bulk and Area Requirements. The following bulk and area requirements are hereby established for all permitted principal and accessory structures and uses in the R-M Multi-family District:
A. 
Minimum Lot Dimensions and Setbacks. The minimum lot frontage, depth, width and area (in square feet/sf) dimensions and minimum front, rear and side yard setbacks shall be as follows:
Minimum Lot Dimensions
Required Setbacks
Principal Use
Frontage-Depth
Lot Area per Dwelling Unit
Principal Building Front-Rear-Side
Accessory Structures Rear-Side
More than one dwelling unit
30' - 110'
3,000 sf
Front-see § 27-604
Side-4'
Rear-40'
3' - 3'
Off-Street Parking
50' - 110'
5,500 sf
N/A
N/A
B. 
Maximum Lot Coverage. The maximum lot coverage shall be as follows:
(1) 
All uses: 40%.
C. 
Maximum Height. The maximum height in the R-M Multi-family District shall be the same as that established for permitted principal and accessory structures and uses in the R-1T Traditional Single-Family District.
7. 
Existing Nonconforming Uses and Lots. Lots, structures and uses of land which were both lawful and existing prior to the adoption of this chapter and any amendments hereto, but which are restricted or prohibited by this chapter and any successors or any amendments, are permitted to remain and continue, subject to the following regulations set forth in Part 14 of this chapter.