A.
The V-1 Village District is intended and designed to provide certain
areas of the Borough for the development of professional and low intensity
business offices in areas where residential dwellings currently predominate.
This district is intended to include older, established types of development
designed mainly for residential purposes, but where changing conditions
have made limited offices suitable and not incompatible with the basic
residential character of the district.
B.
This district is intended to encourage the preservation of the existing
historic houses where road widenings are not needed, and adequate
rights-of-way where they are needed, and the residential appearance
of the areas. It is also intended to encourage the sharing of parking
and vehicular circulation and the limiting of vehicular access onto
Route 29. The V-1 District is also intended to protect the adjoining
residential neighborhoods from any impacts of the types of land uses
permitted herein.
A.
The following uses are permitted:
(1)
Single-family detached dwellings.
(2)
Twin dwellings.
(3)
Duplex dwellings.
(5)
Office for the professional practice of medicine, law, engineering,
accounting, architecture, real estate, insurance, financial consultation,
and similar activities.
(6)
Places of worship.
(7)
Child day-care centers.
(8)
Studios of art, dance, music, or photography.
(9)
Municipal or governmental offices.
(10)
Uses of similar intensity and scale.
B.
Any of the permitted uses which require new construction of a building or more than four new parking stalls shall be permitted as a conditional use when authorized by the Borough Council subject to compliance with the provisions of this article and to the standards set forth in § 680-55 of this chapter.
A.
Access shall be shared with abutting properties similarly zoned for
nonresidential use. This shall be accomplished by offering an irrevocable
offer of cross-easement to abutting similarly zoned properties. Access
to any major highways (such as Route 29) shall be closed upon the
opening of shared access with an abutting property.
B.
Parking shall not be located in the front of the principal building.
C.
Any new building shall be similar to the scale, massing, and general
design of the existing buildings.
The following uses are excluded: retail sales, drive-in restaurants,
fast food restaurants, barber/beauty shops, other personal services
uses (such as dry cleaning, tailors, etc.).
[Amended 7-12-2006 by Ord. No. 519]
A.
Minimum lot size: 7,500 square feet.
B.
Minimum lot width: 75 feet.
C.
Yard requirements.
(1)
Front yard. The minimum distance shall be 15 feet or the average
of the existing front yards on either side of the property for a distance
of 100 feet, whichever is less. The maximum distance shall be 30 feet.
(2)
Side yard. Minimum 10 feet if abutting a nonresidential zoning
district; 20 feet if abutting a residential district.
(3)
Rear yard. Twenty-five feet if abutting a nonresidential district;
30 feet if abutting a residential district.
D.
Height: maximum 35 feet.
E.
Impervious coverage: maximum 50% of lot.
Bonuses will be permitted as follows:
A.
If a building built prior to 1900 is used and the front and side
facades and front porch (if any) are preserved, the maximum impervious
coverage shall be 60%.
B.
If parking and internal vehicular circulation is to be shared with abutting nonresidentially zoned properties, the maximum impervious coverage shall be 75% and parking lot landscaping may be considered landscaping for the purposes of § 680-111. This sharing shall be accomplished by the applicant providing Council with proof that an irrevocable offer of cross-easement to abutting properties has been made, and it is shown on the plans. The easement shall provide for a driveway with vehicular access with sufficient width and turning radius for two-way traffic.
C.
If a property or properties abut a nonresidentially zoned property
and an irrevocable offer of dedication is made for an ultimate right-of-way
width of 50 feet from the center line of the street, the maximum impervious
coverage shall be 75%.
A.
A minimum of 15% of lot shall be landscaped open space, excluding parking lot landscaping, except as permitted in § 680-110.
B.
Where abutting a residentially zoned parcel, there shall be a twenty-foot
landscaped buffer required along the property line. This may include
side, front, and rear yards setbacks. The adequacy of this buffer
shall be decided by Borough Council based upon the recommendations
of the Borough Planning Commission or other Borough agencies chosen
by Council.
C.
Parking in side or rear yards shall be screened from the street by
a low hedge, fence, or wall.
A.
All exterior lighting shall not unreasonably or unnecessarily disturb
adjacent property owners or interfere with traffic by either location
or glare.
B.
No lighting fixture shall exceed a twenty-foot mounting height, unless it is in the setback area, then the requirements of § 680-57 apply.
C.
Lighting facilities, poles, etc., shall not be permitted within any
parking space or aisle.
D.
Lighting fixtures shall be of the character consistent with the architecture
of the structure and surrounding properties.
A.
Pedestrian pathways abutting properties and between the rear of a
property and the street frontage are encouraged and shall not be considered
as part of the impervious coverage.
B.
All wall surfaces shall be finished in a manner consistent with the
front facades of the building.
C.
New buildings should be designed to be compatible with other buildings
in this district in terms of scale, massing, and building materials.
D.
Any lot with more than one building shall be designed as a compact,
unified development with common parking and signage and internalized
circulation.
