[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
The purpose of this Part is to provide for certain areas of the Borough to be maintained as residential areas primarily for single-family detached housing.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
Land and buildings in an R-1 District shall be used for the following purposes only:
A. 
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the below when located on the same lot.
B. 
Emergency services station.
C. 
Essential services.
D. 
No-impact home-based business.
E. 
Single-family detached dwellings.
F. 
Unit for care of relative, as per § 27-15251.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
The following uses may be permitted as a special exception when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board:
A. 
Single-family semidetached dwellings.
B. 
Uses which, in the opinion of the Zoning Hearing Board, are of the same general character as the above uses in § 27-402 and which will not be detrimental to the intended purposes of this chapter.
(See Parts 13 and 15 of this chapter.)
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
1. 
Area: zero. No minimum lot area is required.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1473-20, 11/9/2020]
2. 
Width: 75 feet minimum at the build-to line.
3. 
Build-to line: 25 feet.
4. 
Side yards: 10 feet.
A. 
Single-family detached dwellings: two side yards, each having a minimum width of 10 feet.
B. 
Semidetached dwellings: one side yard having a minimum width of 10 feet.
5. 
Rear yard: 10 feet minimum.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1473-20, 11/9/2020]
6. 
Maximum lot coverage: 65%.
7. 
Minimum green area: 35%.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008; amended by Ord. No. 1454-18, 12/10/2018]
No building shall have a building height in excess of 45 feet.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
When a lot which is improved with existing single-family semidetached dwellings is the subject of a subdivision application for the purpose of enabling single-family residential development and usage on the subdivided lot or lots, the applicant shall not be required to meet the requirements of § 27-404 herein relative to lot requirements. All other requirements of this Part shall apply to the development of the subdivided lot or lots and shall be enforced.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
In addition to the requirements contained in this Part, development within that portion of the R-1 District shown on Exhibit A[1] shall meet the requirements contained in Part 19, Streetscape Enhancement Overlay District.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is the Zoning Map, which is on file in the Borough offices.
[Added by Ord. No. 1481-21, 10/12/2021]
Vacation rental use of real property zoned and located within an R-1 Low Density Residential District is expressly prohibited. Accordingly, none of the specific uses permitted by right or by special exception within an R-1 Low Density Residential District shall be construed as including or permitting a vacation rental use within this District.