The purpose of the R-2 Single- and Multi-Family
Residential District is to preserve areas of higher density housing
in the Borough of Crafton and allow for multifamily housing in appropriate
locations which are located on arterial or collector roads close to
shopping and community services and to provide for compatible public,
semipublic and accessory uses as conditional uses or uses by special
exception.
In the R-2 Single- and Multi-Family Residential
District only the following uses are authorized:
A. Permitted uses.
(2) Accessory uses:
(a)
Signs, subject to Article
XV.
(b)
Off-street parking areas (public or private) other than parking pads, and off-street loading, subject to Article
XIV.
(c)
Accessory uses customarily incidental to and
on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by
special exception authorized in this zoning district.
(d)
Private residential swimming pools or tennis courts, subject to §
225-122 C(1).
(e)
Private parking garages, shared parking garages and accessory storage buildings, subject to §
225-122C(8).
(g)
Temporary construction trailers or model sales offices, subject to §
225-126.
(i)
Keeping of domestic pets.
B. Conditional uses.
(1) Principal uses:
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C. Uses by special exception.
(1) Principal uses:
(a)
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer, subject to §
225-118II.
(b)
Public utility buildings or structures, subject to §
225-118FF.
In the R-2 Single- and Multi-Family Residential District all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article
XVI.
A. Minimum lot area.
(1) Single-family dwelling: 5,000 square feet.
(2) Two-family dwelling: 6,000 square feet.
(3) Multifamily dwellings: 8,000 square feet for the first
three units plus 2,000 square feet for each unit thereafter.
(4) All other principal uses: 10,000 square feet.
B. Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
C. Maximum dwelling unit density: 18 units per acre.
D. Minimum distance between buildings: 20 feet.
E. Maximum lot coverage: 70%.
F. Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
G. Minimum rear yard:
(1) Single-family and two family dwellings: 15 feet.
(2) Multifamily dwellings: 25 feet.
(3) All other principal structures: 25 feet.
(4) All accessory structures: three feet
H. Minimum side yard.
(1) Single-family and two-family dwellings: five feet.
(2) Multifamily dwellings and all other principal structures:
10 feet each side, but a minimum total of 25 feet for both sides.
(3) All accessory structures: three feet.
K. Permitted projections into required yards: see §
225-123.
L. Maximum height.
(1) Single-family and two-family swellings: 2-1/2 stories,
but no more than 35 feet.
(2) All other principal structures: three stories, but
no more than 45 feet.
(3) All accessory structures: one story, but no more than
15 feet.
N. Area exceptions for nonconforming lots: see §
225-142A.
In order to preserve the pattern of existing
development, applicants shall be required to use a contextual front
yard setback for primary uses and structures. Regardless of the minimum
front yard setback in this chapter, applicants shall be permitted
to use a "contextual" front setback. A contextual front setback may
fall at any point between the front setback required in this chapter
and the front setback that exists on a lot that is adjacent and oriented
to the same street as the subject lot. If the subject lot is a corner
lot, the contextual setback may fall at any point between the required
front setback in this chapter and the front setback that exists on
the lot that is abutting and oriented to the same street as the subject
lot. If lots on either side of the subject lot are vacant, the setback
shall be interpreted as the minimum required front setback that applies
to the vacant lot. This provision shall not be construed as requiring
a greater front setback than that imposed by the underlying zoning
district, and it shall not be construed as allowing setbacks to be
reduced to a level that results in right-of-way widths below established
minimums.