The purpose of this zoning district is to preserve
existing residential developments of medium density and to encourage
the future development of designated areas as similar medium-density
single-family residential areas.
A building may be erected, altered or used, and a lot or premises may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this section and for no other, provided that the demolition of or special exception or conditional use for a historic resource shown on the
Historic Resources Map or any subdivision, land development or construction activity within 300 feet of a historic resource shown on the
Historic Resources Map shall be subject to the provisions of Article XIXA relating to historic preservation, and further provided that development shall be in accordance with the Design Guidelines of Article
XIII for the Concordville Village Overlay District.
A. Uses by right.
(1) Single-family detached dwelling.
(2) Agriculture and horticulture, including the keeping
of livestock, animals and poultry customarily incidental thereto,
and permitting:
(b)
The keeping of two small household animals for
each dwelling unit and one additional small household animal for each
1/2 acre of lot size.
(3) Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any of the above-permitted uses. The term "accessory
use" shall not include a business but shall include:
(a)
Home professional office or studio, as defined in §
210-4, and subject to the following special requirements in addition to all other applicable requirements of this chapter for the residential district in which the use is located.
[1]
Such office shall be located in the dwelling
in which the practitioner resides.
[2]
Not more than one person shall be employed by
the practitioner of the professional occupation, such as a secretary,
Cclerk, professional or technical assistant, except that two members
of a recognized profession related to each other by blood, marriage
or legal adoption shall be permitted to practice together.
[3]
The area used for the practice of a profession
shall occupy no more than 25% of the total floor area.
[4]
The profession shall be clearly incidental to
the residential use of the dwelling or dwelling unit and shall not
change the essential residential character of a dwelling.
[5]
No external alterations inconsistent with the
residential use of the dwelling shall be permitted.
[6]
No display of products and no window or other sign shall be visible from outside the building, except for a name or accessory use sign as permitted outside a dwelling in the sign regulations (Article
XXIII).
[7]
Three off-street parking spaces, located to
the side or rear of the premises and not in the front yard, shall
be required in addition to those otherwise required in this chapter
for a single-family dwelling.
[8]
The home professional office of a physician
shall not include a biological or other medical testing laboratory.
(b)
Home occupation, as defined in §
210-4, and subject to the following special requirements in addition to all other applicable requirements of this chapter for the residential district in which the use is located.
[1]
Such office shall be located in the dwelling
in which the practitioner resides or within a building accessory thereto.
[2]
Not more than one person shall be engaged or
employed in such practice or home occupation who is not a resident
of the dwelling.
[3]
The area used for the practice of a profession
or a home occupation shall not exceed 25% of the total floor area.
[4]
The occupation shall be clearly incidental to
the residential use of the dwelling and dwelling unit.
[5]
No external alterations inconsistent with the
residential use of the dwelling shall be permitted.
[6]
There shall be no display of products, storage
of goods or materials or window or other sign visible from outside
the building (except for a name or accessory use sign or a professional
office as permitted outside a dwelling in the sign regulations, and
no accessory use shall have any other external evidence for a secondary
use).
[7]
No goods or services shall be offered for sale
or lease to the general public on the premises except that business
conducted primarily by mail or telephone shall be permitted.
[8]
No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation
in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential
neighborhood, and any need for parking generated by the conduct of
such home occupation shall be met off the street and other than in
a required front yard.
[9]
No equipment or process shall be used in such
home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors
or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the
lot, if the occupation is conducted in a single-family residence.
In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process shall
be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio
or television receivers off the premises or which causes fluctuations
in line voltage off the premises.
B. Conditional uses. (Reserved)
C. Uses by special exception, subject to the provisions of Article
XXVIII.
(1) Utility installation, subject to the exemptions of §
210-221, provided that:
(a)
No public business office is operated.
(b)
Any storage of parts and equipment is incidental
to the primary use and is enclosed in a building.
(2) A cellular telecommunications facility with antennas
attached to a nonresidential building or a structure of a permitted
church, municipal or governmental building or facility and a building
or structure owned by a public utility regulated by the Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission, subject to the applicable provisions of
Articles XXA and XXVIII.
[Added 11-5-2008 by Ord. No. 325]
See design guidelines of Article
XIII for the Concordville Village Overlay District.
See the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.