[Added 12-18-1961 by Ord. No. 110; amended 3-13-1968 by Ord. No.
68-216; 8-12-1968 by Ord. No. 68-223; 3-12-1969 by Ord. No.
69-233; 6-23-1969 by Ord. No. 69-241; 6-14-1971 by Ord. No.
71-274; 9-11-1972 by Ord. No. 72-296; 8-12-1974 by Ord. No.
74-329; 9-10-1979 by Ord. No. 79-397; 6-15-1987 by Ord. No.
87-516[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This amendment also repealed
original Article VII-C, HR-2 Residential Districts, added 3-13-1968
by Ord. No. 68-216, as amended, which immediately followed this article.
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.
B.
Municipal uses.
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.
(3)
Medical clinic.
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.
A.
Density. There shall be a lot area sufficient to provide a density of not more than 17 dwelling units per developable acre. Such density may be increased to 20 dwelling units per developable acre by special exception if there shall be no uses permitted by § 165-48C and provided that 55% or more of all dwelling units shall be studio or one-bedroom units.
B.
Front, side and rear yards. There shall be a front
yard, a rear yard and two side yards on each lot, the depth of which
shall be not less than 150 feet.
C.
Building coverage. Not more than 10% of the total
lot area shall be covered by buildings.
D.
Building size. No single building shall project outside
a circle having a diameter of 400 feet.
E.
Building arrangement. In the case of two or more buildings
for any permitted use on one lot, such buildings shall be arranged
in a harmonious grouping, and:
(1)
The distance between any two buildings, regardless
of orientation, shall be not less than the height of the taller of
the two buildings or the height of one building if both buildings
are of the same height; provided, however, that in no case shall the
distance between buildings or wings of a building court be less than
75 feet.
(2)
When courts are created by construction of a single
continuous building being built around a central open area, such court
shall have not more than 75% of its perimeter surrounded by the subject
building.
A.
Off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article XXVIII. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article XXVIII, the following regulations shall apply to multifamily dwellings:
(1)
Seventy-five percent of the area for residential parking
shall be paved. The remaining area for residential parking shall be
reserved for paving at such time as the Township Building Official
shall determine that existing paved areas have become inadequate.
Such reserved and unpaved area shall be maintained as open space but
shall not constitute a portion of the open space otherwise required
by this chapter.
(2)
In addition to parking provided for residential uses, other permitted uses, where included, shall be provided with parking in accordance with the requirements of Article XXVIII herein, which shall be in addition to that parking required for residential uses.
(3)
No parking or loading area shall be located closer
to any front lot line than 150 feet nor nearer to any side or rear
lot line than 50 feet.
(4)
Any parking area desired by the developer in excess
of that required by this chapter shall be located under the required
parking areas or within or under any buildings to be constructed.
B.
All interior parking, service and accessways as well
as all public peripheral streets shall be constructed in accordance
with Township highway specifications and in accordance with the regulations
of the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance[1] and shall not be located within 50 feet of an abutting
residential district, except where the perimeter zoning line of such
residential district shall be located in or contiguous to the bed
of a public road.
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.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 87, Fire Prevention.
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.
