The purposes of this district are to provide for and maintain low-density, single-family residential development, to preserve and protect open spaces and to provide for and regulate certain nonresidential uses permitted only by special exception.
Land or buildings shall be used by-right for only one or more of the following uses:
A. 
Single-family detached dwelling.
B. 
Recreation, park, or play area.
C. 
Municipal or governmental office or similar municipal or public use, excluding heavy-impact municipal facilities as defined in Article II.
The following uses shall be permitted by special exception only, subject to the applicable provisions of Article XV, Procedures and Standards for Special Exception, and Article XX, Zoning Hearing Board:
A. 
Religious use, including accessory dwelling, subject to § 182-104.
B. 
Professional home office, subject to § 182-119.
C. 
Public or private schools, subject to § 182-121, excluding commercial education as defined in Article II.
D. 
Family-based community residence facility, subject to § 182-122.
E. 
Family day-care home, subject to §§ 182-123 through 182-125.
F. 
Electric substations or similar essential government or public utility uses.
G. 
Any use of the same general character as those permitted in §§ 182-13 and 182-14. Such use shall be permitted by Borough Council upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission, shall be consistent with the purposes of the district, comply with the performance standards of Article XVIII, and not to be detrimental to the surrounding neighborhood in terms of impacts such as noise, traffic congestion, smoke, and similar impacts noted in Article XVIII, Performance Standards. To determine whether a proposed use is of the same general character as any of the uses listed in § 182-13 or 182-14, the Borough Council and the Planning Commission shall evaluate its impacts in relation to the compatibility standards in Article XIV.
The following use is permitted by conditional use only, subject to the applicable provisions of Article XVI, Procedures and Standards for Conditional Uses:
A. 
Club or lodge, except where one of the principal activities is an activity which is customarily carried on as a business, subject to § 182-129.
The following are accessory uses in the R-1 District:
A. 
Off-street parking, subject to the provisions of Article XII.
B. 
One private garage per dwelling unit in accordance with § 182-95.
C. 
No-impact home-based business, subject to § 182-103.
D. 
Small collection facility for recycling permitted on publicly owned land only, subject to § 182-106.
E. 
Storage shed, subject to § 182-95
F. 
Private swimming pool, subject to § 182-99.
G. 
Satellite dishes (antennas), subject to § 182-101.
H. 
Accessory dwelling unit, subject to § 182-96.
I. 
Fences, subject to § 182-98.
J. 
Signs, subject to Article XIII.
K. 
Any accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the uses permitted above (in §§ 182-13, 182-14 and 182-15) and not detrimental to the neighborhood, in terms of impacts such as noise, traffic congestion, smoke, and similar impacts noted in Article XVIII, Performance Standards.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, the following shall be minimum requirements:
Standard
Size
Lot size
4,500 square feet.
Lot width
40 feet.
Front yard
20 feet, which may be reduced to 15 feet on the long side of a corner lot
Side yards
16 feet, aggregate, and 8 feet, minimum
Rear yard
25 feet, minimum
Building coverage
35%, maximum
Impervious surface
45%, maximum
Height
35 feet or 2 stories, maximum