The purposes of this district are to preserve the public open space in the Borough and to provide for specific opportunities for active and passive recreational use. The district is also designed to permit the use of the property for municipal use by the Borough of Ridley Park.
Land, buildings, or premises shall be used by right for only one or more of the following uses:
A. 
Passive recreational uses.
B. 
Playgrounds.
C. 
Outdoor educational facilities (no structures), such as nature trails and natural amphitheaters.
D. 
Picnic areas.
The following uses are permitted by conditional use only, subject to the applicable provisions of Article XVIII:
A. 
Municipal property, buildings, or uses.
B. 
Playfields.
C. 
Tennis courts.
The following uses are permitted as accessory uses incidental to the uses permitted by right:
A. 
Off-street parking in accordance with Article XIV of this chapter.
B. 
Signs in accordance with Article XV of this chapter.
Standard
Size
Lot area
1 acre minimum
Building coverage
25% maximum
Impervious surface
30% maximum
Setbacks
50 feet minimum* (perimeter)
Front yard
50 feet minimum*
Height
35 feet or 3 stories maximum
NOTES:
*
For conditional uses that abut a residential district.