[Ord. 12-8-97A, 12/8/1997, § 901]
The purpose of the R-3 District is to provide for high density
residential uses (while retaining reviewability by the Zoning Hearing
Board). The uses include mobile home parks, townhouses and apartment
complexes. These and other uses currently exist in certain portions
of the R-2 District in a less dense fashion than they are to be allowed
in the R-3 District. The intrusion of commercial uses in the R-3 District
is to be discouraged. These community development objectives are legitimate
and shall be implemented in the Borough.
[Ord. 12-8-97A, 12/8/1997, § 902; as amended by
Ord. No. 00093, 5/14/2018; and by Ord. No. 00096, 4/8/2019]
[Ord. 12-8-97A, 12/8/1997, § 903]
1.
Mobile home parks.
2.
Attached dwellings.
3.
Multiple-family dwellings/apartments.
4.
Family day-care home.
5.
Single-family semidetached dwellings.
6.
Two-family detached dwellings.
7.
Two-family semidetached dwellings.
8.
Conversion of a single-family, detached dwelling to a two-family
detached dwelling.
9.
Home businesses.
10.
Temporary quarters.
11.
Essential services building.
12.
Accessory uses incidental to the above special exception uses.
[Ord. 12-8-97A, 12/8/1997, § 904]
1.
The following shall be the minimum, height, bulk, setback and area
regulations in the R-3 zoning district:
A.
For uses permitted in the R-2 zoning district, the minimum height,
bulk, setback, and area regulations of the R-2 zoning district shall
apply.
C.
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(1)
For attached dwellings, multifamily dwellings/multiple-family
dwellings, and nonresidential units the following shall be the minimum
height, bulk, setback and area regulations in the R-3 zoning district:
|
With Public Sewer and Public Water
|
Minimum Lot Area
(square feet)
|
Minimum Lot Width
|
Minimum Side Yard
|
Minimum Rear Yard
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Two-Family Dwellings
|
4,000 (per dwelling)
|
25 feet
|
15 feet
|
20 feet
| |
|
Semi-Detached Dwellings
|
6,000 (per dwelling)
|
25 feet
|
15 feet
|
20 feet
| |
|
Other Multifamily
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|
Dwellings
| |||||
|
Interior Units
|
3,000
|
25 feet
|
0 feet
|
20 feet
| |
|
Exterior Units
|
3,000
|
25 feet
|
15 feet
|
20 feet
| |
|
Multiple-family Dwellings
|
20,000* (*3,000 each unit)
|
100 feet
|
25 feet
|
20 feet
| |
|
Nonresidential Units
|
12,500
|
80 feet
|
20 feet
|
30 feet
| |
(2)
The front yard (building setback) shall be the greater of the
equivalent to 1/2 the width of the legal right-of-way of the street
or streets on which the lot abuts or 25 feet.
(a)
Except on Rothsville Road and Seventh Street (SR 272), if the
block on which the site fronts is more than 50% developed at the time
of enactment of this chapter, the setback of the majority of the existing
buildings on that block must be used, except in no case shall a setback
line be less than 15 feet from the street line.
(3)
As provided in the previous table, the minimum lot area for
an apartment building is 20,000 square feet. The maximum density for
an apartment building shall be based on a minimum of 3,000 square
feet of lot area for each one-bedroom apartment unit and an additional
500 square feet of lot area for each additional bedroom.
(4)
No less than three nor more than eight multiple-family dwellings
units may be contained within one multiple-family dwelling.
[Amended by Ord. No. 00093, 5/14/2018]
(5)
The following requirements shall apply to all buildings containing
more than one dwelling unit and located on the same lot.
(b)
In the event there is more than one unit, the setback of the
units must be such that the second unit is at least two feet set back
further from the first unit and if there are four or more units, every
other unit must be set back at least two feet further from the minimum
setback line and from the other alternative units (in order to present
a staggered look).
(6)
All parking areas which are shared by residents of more than
one apartment unit or multifamily dwelling shall be located a minimum
of 15 feet from any apartment or multifamily dwelling and 25 feet
from all properties which contain a single-family detached dwelling
or a single-family semidetached dwelling.
(7)
Height Requirements. All principal structures shall have a maximum
height of 35 feet. All accessory structures shall have a maximum height
of 15 feet.
(8)
Maximum lot coverage: 60%.
[Amended by Ord. No. 00096, 4/8/2019]
2.
All other height, bulk, setback and distance regulations shall be
the same as provided for single-family detached dwellings in the R-2
district.
