In the HR Residential District, the following
regulations shall apply.
A building may be erected, altered or used and
a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and
no other:
A. Multifamily dwelling; multifamily dwelling group.
C. Except as set forth below, the following uses are permitted on the
same lot with a multifamily dwelling or a multifamily dwelling group,
provided that the gross floor area of all such uses shall not exceed
7% of the gross floor area devoted to multifamily uses exclusive of
the area required for garages and basements. Such commercial uses
shall be located within such multifamily dwellings and shall be located
only on the street floor, basement or top floor. Hotel, motel and
restaurant uses shall not be permitted in this district:
[Amended 3-26-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-837]
(1) Retail establishment for the sale of dry goods, variety merchandise,
clothing, foods, beverages, drugs, furnishings or other household
supplies; sale and repair of jewelry, clocks, optical goods, musical
instruments or scientific or professional instruments; florist shop;
and beverage shop.
(2) Business or professional office, studio, bank, savings-and-loan or
other financial institutions, municipal building, library, museum,
passenger station for public transportation.
D. Signs, to be regulated by the provisions of Article
XXVII.
E. Personal care facility as a conditional use in accordance with §
165-219.1.
[Added 2-25-1991 by Ord. No. 91-587]
F. No-impact home-based businesses in accordance with the standards set forth in §
165-219.2.
[Added 9-18-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-772]
The minimum height of buildings erected in this
district shall be six habitable stories, and the maximum height shall
be 85 feet, provided that for every one foot of height in excess of
60 feet, there shall be added one foot to the depth of each yard requirement.
A. For the purposes of HR Districts only, the "height
of a building" shall be defined as the building's vertical measurement
from the mean level of the ground surrounding the building to the
highest roof level, provided that chimneys, spires, towers, elevator
housings, tanks and similar projections shall not be included in calculating
the height.
B. Accessory buildings or structures. The maximum height
of any accessory use structure or of any shelter which connects one
building with another shall be one story.
All utilities shall be placed underground within
the lot lines.
All recreational service and parking areas shall be effectively screened from abutting lots by a buffer of not less than 20 feet in width. Such plantings shall be in accordance with the provisions of §
165-217.1 herein.
There shall be provided on the premises one
or more areas having an aggregate of not less than 100 square feet
per dwelling unit and located conveniently thereto. Such common open
space shall be permitted to extend within the otherwise required yards
or buffer spaces but shall not be permitted to extend within the front
yard. In no case shall any common open space be located within 50
feet of an abutting agricultural or residential district, except where
the perimeter zoning line of such residential district shall be located
in or contiguous to the bed of a public street.
All buildings shall be provided with trash receptacles
convenient to service entrances and screened as a part of the architectural
treatment of the building.
Requirements of the Township Fire Prevention
Code and the Upper Merion Township Fire Board shall be incorporated
into the buildings and the site.
In order to accomplish the spirit and purpose
of this chapter, a developer of any tract of land within this district
shall submit development plans in accordance with Article XXXIII herein.