The Residential District encompasses all of the exclusively residential neighborhoods of the Borough. A variety of residential types are included; in addition, limited commercial uses such as day-care centers, professional offices, funeral homes, and public facilities, including parks and churches, are provided for on a more limited basis. Such uses may be suitable, provided they do not detract from the residential character of a neighborhood. There are locations that provide the opportunity for infill development, provided that compatibility with existing building scale, design and use are maintained. The location of the fringe portion of the one-hundred-year floodplain in parts of this district requires a project design that is consistent with the municipal floodplain regulations (see Article XII).
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Accessory use/structures (see supplemental regulations in Article X);
(2) 
Cultivation of crops (no permit required);
(3) 
Dwelling above commercial use;
(4) 
Dwelling, multiple-family (see supplemental regulations in Article XI);
(5) 
Dwelling, single-family detached;
(6) 
Dwelling, two-family;
(7) 
Essential services (no zoning permit required);
(8) 
Family-based group home (see supplemental regulations under home occupation in Article XI);
(9) 
Family day-care home (see supplemental regulations under home occupation in Article XI);
(10) 
No-impact home-based business (see supplemental regulations in Article XI); and
(11) 
Public park/playground.
B. 
Conditional uses (criteria found in Article XI)
(1) 
Adult day-care center;
(2) 
Bed-and-breakfast;
(3) 
Day-care center;
(4) 
Dwelling, townhouse;
(5) 
Funeral home;
(6) 
Group home;
(7) 
Home occupation;
(8) 
Hospital;
(9) 
Manufactured (mobile) home park;
(10) 
Medical offices, surgery center, medical clinic;
(11) 
Multiple-family housing development, retirement housing complex or townhouse development;
(12) 
Nursing or retirement home, assisted-living facility;
(13) 
Professional office;
(14) 
Public or quasi-public use, public service facility;
(15) 
Restaurant;
(16) 
Rooming and boarding houses; and
(17) 
Parking lot/parking garage.
[Added 4-8-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-01]
A. 
Medical office or single-family dwelling.
(1) 
Minimum lot area: 6,000 square feet.
(2) 
Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
(3) 
Minimum yards.
(a) 
Front: 15 feet or average of the existing front yards in the block.
[1] 
PennDOT road: 20 feet.
(b) 
Side:
[1] 
Principal structure: 10 feet.
[2] 
Accessory structure: 10 feet.
[3] 
Accessory structure [when in compliance with § 300-49C(4)]: five feet.
[4] 
Side adjoining a street (see § 300-61B): 15 feet or average of the existing yards in the block.
(c) 
Rear:
[1] 
Principal structure: 15 feet.
[2] 
Accessory structure: 15 feet.
[3] 
Accessory structure [when in compliance with § 300-49C(4)]: five feet.
B. 
Adult day-care center; bed-and-breakfast inn; group home; rooming and boarding houses; two-family dwelling.
(1) 
Minimum lot area: 12,000 feet.2
(2) 
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
(3) 
Minimum yards.
(a) 
Front: 15 feet or average of the existing front yards in the block:
[1] 
PennDOT road: 20 feet.
(b) 
Side:
[1] 
Principal structure: 10 feet.
[2] 
Accessory structure: 10 feet.
[3] 
Accessory structure [when in compliance with § 300-49C(4)]: five feet.
[4] 
Side adjoining a street (see § 300-61B): 15 feet or average of the existing yards in the block.
(c) 
Rear: 15 feet.
[1] 
Principal structure: 15 feet.
[2] 
Accessory structure: 15 feet.
[3] 
Accessory structure [when in compliance with § 300-49C(4)]: five feet.
C. 
Townhouse dwelling; multifamily dwelling.
(1) 
Minimum lot area: 8,750 square feet + 3,500 square feet per dwelling unit.
(2) 
Minimum lot width:
(a) 
For principal structure: 100 feet.
(b) 
For townhouse units: 20 feet.
(3) 
Minimum yards.
(a) 
Front: 15 feet or average of the existing front yards in the block.
[1] 
PennDOT road: 20 feet.
(b) 
Side:
[1] 
Principal structure: 10 feet.
[2] 
Accessory structure: 10 feet.
[3] 
Accessory structure [when in compliance with § 300-49C(4)]: five feet.
[4] 
Side adjoining a street (see § 300-61B): 15 feet or average of the existing front yards in the block.
(c) 
Rear:
[1] 
Principal structure: 15 feet.
[2] 
Accessory structure: 15 feet.
[3] 
Accessory structure [when in compliance with § 300-49C(4)]: five feet.
(4) 
Maximum number of units per building: six units.
D. 
Day-care center; funeral home; hospital; medical clinic or surgery center; outdoor commercial recreation; professional office; public park, playground; public/semipublic uses, public service facility; restaurant.
(1) 
Minimum lot area: 30,000 square feet.
(2) 
Minimum lot width: 120 feet.
(3) 
Minimum yards.
(a) 
Front: 30 feet.
(b) 
Side:
[1] 
Principal structure: 30 feet.
[2] 
Principal structure adjoining nonresidential use: 10 feet.
[3] 
Accessory structure: 10 feet.
[4] 
Accessory structure [when in compliance with § 300-49C(4)]: five feet.
[5] 
Side adjoining a street (see § 300-61B): 30 feet.
(c) 
Rear:
[1] 
Principal structure: 15 feet.
[2] 
Accessory structure: 15 feet.
[3] 
Accessory structure [when in compliance with § 300-49C(4)]: five feet.
E. 
Multifamily housing development, retirement housing complex, townhouse development; nursing or retirement home, assisted-living facility.
(1) 
Minimum lot area: two acres.
(2) 
Maximum density: 10 units/acre.
(3) 
Minimum lot width: 200 feet.
(4) 
Minimum yards.
(a) 
Front: 30 feet.
(b) 
Side:
[1] 
Principal structure: 15 feet.
[2] 
Accessory structure: 15 feet.
[3] 
Accessory structure [when in compliance with § 300-49C(4)]: five feet.
[4] 
Side adjoining a street (see § 300-61B): 30 feet.
(c) 
Rear:
[1] 
Principal structure: 40 feet.
[2] 
Accessory structure: 15 feet.
[3] 
Accessory structure [when in compliance with § 300-49C(4)]: five feet.
(5) 
Maximum number of townhouse units per building: eight units.
(6) 
Minimum separation between buildings: 40 feet.
(7) 
Minimum separation building to driveways and parking areas: (does not apply to garages incorporated within the building structure): 15 feet.
F. 
Mobile home park.
(1) 
Minimum park area: two acres.
(2) 
Minimum lot width: 200 feet.
(3) 
Maximum gross site density: five dwelling units per acre.
(4) 
Minimum building separation. All mobile homes shall be separated a minimum of 50 feet from auxiliary park buildings.
(5) 
Minimum yards for site perimeter:
(a) 
Front: 25 feet, but not less than 50 feet from road center line.
(b) 
Side: 50 feet.
(c) 
Rear: 50 feet.
(6) 
Mobile home park - individual lots.
(a) 
Minimum lot area: 6,000 square feet.
(b) 
Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
(c) 
Minimum yards:
[1] 
Front: 20 feet.
[2] 
Side: 10 feet.
[3] 
Rear: 10 feet.
(7) 
Water and sewage facilities. The development must be served by public water and public sewage facilities.
(8) 
Recreation space requirements. A minimum of 10% of the gross park area or 10,000 square feet per unit, whichever is larger, shall be provided for recreation space. This recreation space shall be suitable for outdoor recreational activity and shall be readily accessible to all mobile home lots. The plans and application for a mobile home park shall show the proposed recreational facilities to be provided and explain the maintenance of such recreation space.
(9) 
Screening and landscaping. Screening, landscaping and buffer yards shall be required in accord with § 300-59.