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Township of Nether Providence, PA
Delaware County
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In R-2 Residence Districts, the following regulations shall apply.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises may be used for any of the following purposes and for no other:
A. 
Any use permitted in R-1 Residence Districts.
[Amended 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581]
A lot area of not less than 14,000 square feet per family shall be provided for every building hereafter erected, altered or used in whole or in part as a dwelling.
[Amended 3-8-2007 by Ord. No. 718]
The building area shall not exceed 20% of the lot area, and not more than 28% of any lot area shall be covered by impervious surfaces.
[Amended 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581; 12-12-1996 by Ord. No. 599]
A. 
There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall be at least 40 feet.
B. 
In the case of a corner lot, a front yard as provided for in Subsection A shall be required on each street on which the lot abuts.
C. 
Frontage. Each lot shall have a frontage on a right-of-way of no less than 95 feet.
[Added 7-10-1997 by Ord. No. 621]
[Amended 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581; 12-12-1996 by Ord. No. 599]
In the case of a single-family detached dwelling, there shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building, neither of which shall be less than 20 feet wide, and together having an aggregate width of not less than 60 feet.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 407, which dealt with side yards for buildings other than single-family dwellings and which immediately followed this section, was deleted 12-10-1992 as Ord. No. 581.
[Amended 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581; 12-12-1996 by Ord. No. 599]
There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be at least 30 feet. In the case of a building over 40 feet in height, the depth shall be increased five feet for each 12 feet, or portion thereof by which the building exceeds 40 feet in height.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 409, which dealt with changing existing dwellings into two-family or multiple-family dwellings and which immediately followed this section, was repealed 1-19-1960 by Ord. No. 354.