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.
(1) 
Principal uses:
(a) 
Single-family dwelling.
(b) 
Two-family dwelling.
(c) 
Essential services.
(d) 
Public library.
(e) 
No impact home-based business, subject to § 225-122C(9).
(f) 
Forestry, subject to § 225-120K.
(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).
(f) 
Fences, subject to § 225-122C(3).
(g) 
Temporary construction trailers or model sales offices, subject to § 225-126.
(h) 
Home gardening.
(i) 
Keeping of domestic pets.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses:
[Amended 9-11-2018 by Ord. No. 1648]
(a) 
Churches, subject to § 225-118H.
(b) 
Conversion apartment, subject to § 225-118N.
(c) 
Day-care home, subject to § 225-118O.
(d) 
Garden apartment or townhouse, subject to § 225-118AA.
(e) 
Noncommercial recreation, subject to § 225-118EE.
(f) 
Personal care boarding home, subject to § 225-118BB.
(g) 
Public buildings, subject to § 225-118CC.
(h) 
Public recreation, subject to § 225-118EE.
(i) 
Schools, subject to § 225-118H.
(j) 
Use group development, subject to § 225-118JJ.
(k) 
Community club, subject to § 225-118K.
(l) 
Bed-and-breakfast, subject to § 225-118D.
(m) 
Group home facilities, subject to § 225-118BB.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Parking pad, subject to § 225-118T.
(b) 
Front-loading detached garages, subject to § 225-122C(8)(b).
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.
(c) 
Expansion of nonconforming use, subject to § 225-118P and § 225-140D.
(2) 
Accessory uses: none.
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.
I. 
Dwelling floor area: see § 225-127.
J. 
Special yard requirements: see § 225-122.
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.
M. 
Height exceptions: See § 225-124.
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.