In R-2 Residential Districts, the regulations which follow in this Article
V and the regulations which are set forth in Articles
IX and
X shall apply.
[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. 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) A principal building or a principal use permitted in an R-1 Residential
District.
(2) Boardinghouse or rooming house.
(3) 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.
(6) 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. 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:
(3) Conversion apartment houses.
(4) Two-family houses, including two-family duplex houses and two-family
sectional houses.
C. Accessory buildings and accessory uses.
(1) 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) No accessory use shall be permitted in connection with a private
parking lot.
D. Special exceptions. A lot may be used for one of the following principal
buildings or principal uses:
(2) 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) 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. 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.
F. Prohibited uses. The uses prohibited in R-1 Residential Districts per §
240-15D are prohibited in R-2 Residential Districts.
The building area on a lot shall not exceed 50% of the lot area.
[Amended 3-24-1986 by Ord. No. 86-2]
A. 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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. 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) 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) 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) 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.