In the expansion of the declaration of legislative intent contained in §
415-2, the intent of the Borough Residential District is to:
A. Encourage the retention and preservation of Victorian and early 20th
Century residences.
B. Permitting residential uses and conditionally allowing limited office
and commercial conversions.
C. Maintain the existing residential streetscape of Main Street through
regulations that allow these conversions; provided, that facades and
porches are preserved or improved.
D. Provide a pedestrian-friendly environment to foster a less vehicular-intensive
linkage throughout the commercial area.
In the Borough Residential District, a building may be erected,
altered or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following
uses and no other:
A. Single-family detached dwellings.
B. Single-family semidetached dwellings.
On any lot in the BR District, any one of the following uses, and no other, may be permitted as a conditional use by the Borough Council according to the requirements of §
415-29.
A. Business or professional office.
B. Retail establishment for the sale of clothing, drugs, flowers, antiques;
sale and repair of jewelry, watches, clocks, optical goods, electronic
equipment (including calculators and computers) or musical, professional
or scientific instruments or related items.
C. Personal service shop, including tailor, barber, beauty salon, shoe
repair, dressmaking or similar shop.
D. Restaurant (excluding drive-in, drive-through and fast-food).
[Amended 3-11-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-05]
E. Studio for dance, music, art or photography.
F. Undertaking or funeral establishment.
G. Antique sales, repair and restoration.
H. Bed-and-breakfast home as a conditional use and in compliance with §
415-121 hereof.
I. Religious, educational and municipal uses.
[Added 3-11-2004 by Ord.
No. 2004-05]
The following standards shall apply to all uses in the BR District:
A. Minimum lot area standards for lots dedicated exclusively to residential usage as well as standards for lot width, front, side and rear yard setbacks, building area and impervious surface limitations shall be such as apply in R-3 Residential Districts, §
415-16 hereof.
B. Minimum lot area standards for lots dedicated exclusively to such nonresidential uses as are permitted within the district by conditional use in accordance with §
415-27 as well as standards for lot width, front, side and rear yard setbacks, impervious surface and building height limitations shall be such as apply in BC Borough Commercial Districts in §
415-34 hereof.
C. Minimum lot area standards for lot dedicated to mixed residential
and nonresidential usage as well as standards for lot width, front,
side and rear yard setbacks, building area and impervious surface
limitations shall be such as apply in R-3 Residential Districts, excepting
that no lot, regardless of the type of building located or planned
for such lot shall be so developed unless there exists a minimum 7,000
square feet of lot area.
In addition to the requirements found in Article
XIV, Off-Street Parking and Loading, the following requirements shall apply to all uses in the BR District:
A. There shall be no parking permitted between the front wall of a principal
structure and the curb of Main Street.
B. The following setbacks apply to all parking lots in the BR District:
(1) From the rear property line: five feet.
(2) Edge of the cartway if located on an alley: none.
(3) From the side property line: five feet.
(4) From any wall of the main building: five feet.
C. The Borough Council can waive the ten-foot by twenty-foot dimensional
requirements for parking spaces in this district and allow nine-foot
by eighteen-foot spaces; provided, that:
(1) The proposed lot will only serve commercial, multifamily, institutional
or mixed commercial-residential uses.
(2) A site plan is submitted and its design is acceptable to the Council.
In making its decision, the Council may consult with the Borough Planning
Commission, Engineer or other appropriate agencies.
(3) When granting the waiver, the Council may place whatever reasonable
restrictions on the plan that it deems appropriate.
[Added 3-11-2004 by Ord.
No. 2004-05; amended 6-29-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-06]
No building or structure shall exceed 35 feet in height. Height of uses accessory to dwellings shall be subject to §
415-114B.