Township of Upper Chichester, PA Article IV R-2 Medium Density Residential District

§ 600-17 District purpose.

The purposes of this district are to provide for continued medium density, suburban-type single-family residential development to preserve existing medium-density development and open space; and to provide for and regulate certain uses permitted by special exception.

§ 600-18 Uses permitted by right.

Land, buildings or premises shall be used by right for only one or more of the following uses:

A. All uses permitted by right in the R-1 District.

§ 600-19 Uses permitted by special exception.

The following uses shall be permitted by special exception only, subject to the applicable provisions of Articles XXI and XXV and the provisions cited below:

A. Cemetery, subject to §§ 600-182 and 600-183.

B. Municipal or public use, subject to §§ 600-182 and 600-183.

C. Wireless communication facility with antenna attached to a nonresidential building or a structure of a permitted church, educational, public, municipal or governmental building or facility, and a building or structure owned by a public utility regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and subject to the provisions of § 600-187.

§ 600-20 Conditional uses.

The following shall be permitted as conditional uses only, subject to Article XXII and the provisions cited below:

A. Private club, subject to § 600-193.

B. Active recreation area, as defined in Article II and subject to §§ 600-189 and 600-190.

C. Educational and religious use, subject to §§ 600-189 and 600-190.

D. Professional home office, subject to § 600-196.

§ 600-21 Accessory uses.

As noted in R-1 District, § 600-14, and subject to the provisions of § 600-159.

§ 600-22 Area and bulk regulations.

Unless specifically stated otherwise, the following shall be minimum requirements:

A. Single-family detached dwelling.

(1) Lot size: 11,250 square feet.

(2) Lot width: 75 feet.

(3) Street frontage: 50 feet, and 35 feet at cul-de-sac.

(4) Building coverage: 25%, maximum.

(5) Impervious surface: 50%, maximum.

(6) Front yard:

(a) Interior lot: 35 feet.

(b) Corner lot: 35 feet at each street lot abuts.

(7) Side yards: 15 feet each.

(8) Rear yard: 50 feet.

(9) Height: two stories, maximum, and 35 feet, maximum.

(10) Accessory structures as noted in § 600-159.

§ 600-23 Homeowners' associations.

If a homeowners' association is required for any development located within the R-2 District, it shall adhere to the requirements of § 600-179.