In the R-1 Residence District, the following use and area regulations
shall apply:
A.
Use regulations. A building may be erected or used and a lot may
be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and no other:
(1)
Single-family detached dwellings.
(2)
Two-family or multiple dwellings on conversion only in accordance with the provisions of § 340-20.
(3)
Tilling of the soil and nurseries.
(4)
Public or parochial schools, churches, hospitals, municipal buildings
or uses, public parks, playgrounds or noncommercial recreational areas
or buildings.
(5)
Utility uses, including railway or bus passenger stations, telephone
central offices, electric substations and utility lines and structures.
(6)
The following uses when authorized by the Planning Board as a conditional
use:
[Amended 7-2-1984]
(a)
Private education institutions.
(b)
Convalescent homes, sanatoriums or philanthropic uses.
(c)
Clubs or lodges organized for fraternal or social purposes,
provided that the chief activity shall not be one which is customarily
carried on as a business, and provided that the buildings and services
shall be for the use of members and their guests only.
(7)
Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to
any of the foregoing permitted uses. The term "accessory use" shall
not include a business, but shall include the following:
(a)
Private garages.
(b)
The keeping or raising of livestock or poultry, provided that
any building used for keeping or raising livestock or poultry shall
be situated not less than 50 feet from any street line and not less
than 30 feet from any other property line.
(c)
Professional offices or studios and/or rooms for home occupations,
provided that such offices, studios or rooms for home occupations
shall be located in a dwelling in which the practitioner resides or
in a building accessory thereto, and no goods shall be publicly displayed
on the premises.
(8)
Unless otherwise specifically permitted within this chapter, no more
than one principal dwelling or principal building shall be permitted
on one lot, and no more than one principal use shall be permitted
on one lot.
[Added 3-3-2014 by Ord. No. 4-2014]
B.
Area regulations.
(1)
Lot area and width. For uses serviced by the Borough sewer system,[1] a lot area of not less than 7,200 square feet per family
shall be provided for every building hereafter erected or used, in
whole or in part, as a dwelling. For uses not serviced by the Borough
sewer system, a minimum lot area of 12,000 square feet shall be provided.
Each lot shall have a frontage on at least one street of not less
than 60 feet.
(2)
Building area. Not more than 30% of the area of each lot may be occupied
by buildings.
(3)
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each street on which a
lot abuts, which shall be not less than 30 feet in depth, provided
that the front yard on the long side of a corner lot may be reduced
to a depth of not less than 20 feet.
(4)
Side yards. There shall be two side yards on each lot, which shall
be not less than 20 feet in aggregate width and neither of which shall
be less than eight feet in width.
(5)
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot, which shall be
not less than 25 feet in depth.
