[Amended 5-19-1975 by Ord. No. 75-6; 11-9-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-8; 1-11-2021 by Ord. No. 2020-8]
A.Â
A single principal building or single principal use. A lot may be
used only for one of the following principal buildings or principal
uses:
(1)Â
A principal building or a principal use permitted in an R-1 Residential
District.
(2)Â
Boardinghouse or rooming house.
(3)Â
Convalescent home or nursing home which does not primarily care for
or treat patients with contagious diseases, drug or alcohol patients,
or mentally ill or mentally retarded patients.
(4)Â
Funeral home.
(5)Â
Community garage.
(6)Â
Private parking lot if the parking lot is used only for the parking of passenger motor vehicles owned or operated by the person owning or leasing the parking lot, his/her/its employees, boarders, house tenants, visitors and the like and the parking lot is operated only to meet the requirements of the exception in § 240-27B(1).
B.Â
Multiple buildings and multiple uses. A lot may be used for one or
more or a combination of one or more of any of the following principal
buildings or principal uses:
C.Â
Accessory buildings and accessory uses.
(1)Â
The accessory buildings and accessory uses permitted on a lot are those which are customarily incidental to the principal building or principal use on the lot, including, in the case of a single-family house or a two-family house, the accessory buildings and accessory uses set forth by way of example in § 240-15B.
(2)Â
No accessory use shall be permitted in connection with a private
parking lot.
D.Â
Special exceptions. A lot may be used for one of the following principal
buildings or principal uses:
(1)Â
Private academic school;
(2)Â
Nonprofit charitable or religious institution, or municipal or public
institution, for other than correctional or rehabilitative purposes
or diagnostic, treatment or scientific testing purposes; or
(3)Â
Senior citizens center (which primarily provides at least three of
the following activities, programs or services for the elderly: counseling,
education, health, nursing, nutrition, recreation, referral, religious,
self-development or social welfare activities, programs or services
for the elderly), when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning
Hearing Board and under such appropriate safeguards and conditions
attached by the Zoning Hearing Board as it deems necessary. In determining
whether a special exception is to be granted or denied, the Zoning
Hearing Board shall take into consideration whether such building
or use will be appropriately located and designed in light of the
surrounding uses in the neighborhood and the character, of the neighborhood;
will meet a community need without substantially adversely affecting
the essential character of the neighborhood; and will be consistent
with the surrounding uses in the neighborhood and the character of
the neighborhood so as to conserve the objective value of maintaining
existing local groupings of consistent uses and yet encourage the
most appropriate or effective use of the land.
E.Â
Conditional uses. A home occupation may be conducted in a house or
in an accessory building, or a professional office or professional
studio may be maintained in a house or in an accessory building, when
authorized as a conditional use by Borough Council and under such
appropriate safeguards and conditions attached by Borough Council
as it deems necessary.
A.Â
Single-family house; two-family house; boardinghouse or rooming house;
convalescent home or nursing home; funeral home. The lot area for
a single-family house, two-family house, boardinghouse or rooming
house, convalescent home or nursing home, or funeral home shall be
not less than 3,000 square feet. The lot width at the building line
shall be not less than 30 feet.
B.Â
Row house; apartment house; conversion apartment house; multifamily
house. A lot area of not less than 1,000 square feet for each dwelling
unit shall be provided for every building erected or used as a row
house, apartment house, conversion apartment house or multifamily
house. The lot width at the building line shall be not less than 30
feet.
A.Â
Single-family house; two-family house; row house; boardinghouse or
rooming house; convalescent home or nursing home; funeral home; apartment
house, conversion apartment house; multifamily house. The building
height of any of the foregoing buildings shall not exceed 35 feet.
B.Â
Community garage. The building height of a community garage shall
not exceed 21 feet.
D.Â
Accessory building. The building height of an accessory building
shall not exceed the height of the principal building or 21 feet,
whichever is less.
The building area on a lot shall not exceed 50% of the lot area.
A.Â
Front yard.
(1)Â
There shall be a front yard, the depth of which to the building line shall be not less than 25 feet. However, the depth of the front yard to the building line may be decreased under § 240-53A in the case where more than 50% of the residential frontage of a block has been improved as of September 13, 1954.
(2)Â
In the case of a community garage on a reverse lot, the yard abutting
the alley shall be deemed to be the front yard, and the depth of that
front yard to the building line may be reduced to five feet.
B.Â
Side yards.
(1)Â
A single-family house shall have two side yards (one at each side
of the lot), the width of each of which shall be not less than three
feet.
(2)Â
A two-family house, boardinghouse or rooming house, convalescent
home or nursing home, funeral home, apartment house, conversion apartment
house, or multifamily house shall have two side yards (one at each
side of the lot), the width of each of which shall be not less than
six feet.
(3)Â
A row house which is at the end of the row shall have a side yard
(at the side of the lot adjoining the row house), the width of which
shall be not less than six feet.
(4)Â
A community garage shall have two side yards (one at each side of
the lot), the width of each of which shall be not less than six feet.
(5)Â
A principal building other than one referred to above shall have
two side yards (one at each side of the lot), the width of each of
which shall be not less than 10 feet. If the building height of the
building is over 35 feet, the width of each side yard shall be increased
one foot for each five feet, or fraction thereof, by which the building
height exceeds 35 feet.
C.Â
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be
not less than five feet.
D.Â
Private parking lot. A private parking lot shall have two side yards (one at each side of the lot), the width of each of which shall be not less than three feet; and a rear yard, the depth of which shall be not less than five feet. No parking shall be permitted within three feet of the side lines of the lot, within five feet of the rear line of the lot, or within five feet of the street line (or if the parking lot is on a reverse lot, within five feet of the lot line abutting the alley). Only the minimum number of off-street parking spaces which are required by § 240-27 for a particular building or use shall be located in front of the building line established for the block.
[Amended 3-24-1986 by Ord. No. 86-2]
A.Â
Spaces
required. Off-street parking spaces for passenger motor vehicles shall
be provided in the following amounts for the following principal buildings
or principal uses:
(1)Â
For a principal building or principal use permitted in an R-1 Residential District, off-street parking spaces shall be provided as required by § 240-20A
(2)Â
For
a two-family house, row house, apartment house, conversion apartment
house or multifamily house, off-street parking spaces shall be provided
at the rate of one parking space for each dwelling unit.
(3)Â
For
a boardinghouse or rooming house, off-street parking spaces shall
be provided at the rate of one parking space for each dwelling unit;
one parking space for each of the first four boarding units or rooming
units; one parking space for each three boarding units or rooming
units in excess of four; and one parking space for the owner or operator.
(4)Â
For
a convalescent home or nursing home, off-street parking spaces shall
be provided at the rate of one parking space for each four patient
beds; one parking space for each staff or visiting doctor; and one
parking space for each two employees (including nurses) on the largest
work shift.
(5)Â
For
a funeral home, off-street parking spaces shall be provided at the
rate of one parking space for each vehicle customarily used in the
operation of a funeral home (such as hearses, limousines, flower cars
and the like); three parking spaces for the director or supervisor
of the funeral home; one parking space for each family dwelling unit
located on the premises; one parking space for each two employees
(other than the director or supervisor or employees residing on the
premises); and such additional parking spaces for business visitors
or guests as shall be determined by the Department.
(6)Â
For
a private academic school, off-street parking spaces shall be provided
at the rate of one parking space for each two employees (including
teachers and administrators) and such additional parking spaces for
students and visitors as shall be determined by the Department.
(7)Â
For
a nonprofit charitable or religious institution or a municipal or
public institution, off-street parking spaces shall be provided at
the rate of one parking space for each two employees and such additional
parking spaces for members, business visitors or guests as shall be
determined by the Department.
B.Â
Location of off-street parking spaces. The off-street parking spaces required by Subsection A above shall be provided on the same lot with the principal building or principal use and may be provided by a private garage on the lot. The location on the lot of an off-street parking space and the design of an off-street parking space shall be governed by the regulations in §§ 240-51, 240-53 and 240-54. Exception: If in the opinion of the Department the physical circumstances or condition of the lot (such as the topography, slope or drainage of the lot or the irregularity, narrowness or shallowness of the lot in size or shape) preclude the safe design, construction or maintenance of off-street parking spaces, maneuvering areas or means of access, or make the same impractical, the requirement that all of the off-street parking spaces are to be provided on the same lot with the principal building or principal use may be modified or waived by the Department to the extent that it can be shown (upon such evidence as the Department deems sufficient) that off-street parking spaces can be provided:
(1)Â
On a private parking lot owned by the owner or operator of the principal
building or use (or on a private parking lot leased by such owner
or operator for a period of not less than 10 years) and a substantial
portion of which is within 450 feet (by the most direct walking route)
of the lot line of the lot containing the principal building or the
principal use;
(2)Â
On a free municipal parking lot, a substantial portion of which is
within 450 feet (by the most direct walking route) of the lot line
of the lot containing the principal building or the principal use;
or
(3)Â
In the case of a single-family house, two-family house, boardinghouse
or rooming house, conversion apartment house or multifamily house,
at a community garage a substantial portion of which is within 450
feet (by the most direct walking route) of the lot line of the lot
containing the principal building or the principal use.