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Township of North Strabane, PA
Washington County
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[Ord. No. 376, 7/24/2018]
The purpose of this district is to protect older established neighborhoods comprised primarily of single-family dwellings on small lots, to provide opportunities for limited commercial development on properties that front on arterial or collector roads, to provide services to the immediate neighborhoods and local traffic, and to provide for compatible public, semipublic and accessory uses as conditional uses or uses by special exception.
[Ord. No. 376, 7/24/2018]
1. 
In the R-1-V Village Residential District, only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted uses:
(1) 
Principal uses:
(a) 
Essential services.
(b) 
Forestry, subject to § 27-1410.
(c) 
Passive recreation.
(d) 
Public buildings.
(e) 
Single-family dwelling.
(f) 
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 27-1905.
(g) 
Two-family dwelling.
(h) 
Oil and gas pipelines and temporary water pipelines, subject to § 27-1413.
(i) 
Small wireless communications facility and accessory equipment on a wireless support structure, subject to § 27-2100 et seq.
[Added by Ord. No. 406, 7/25/2023]
(2) 
Accessory uses:
(a) 
Keeping of domestic pets.
(b) 
No-impact home-based business, subject to § 27-1411.
(c) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Part 15.
(d) 
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this district.
(e) 
Private garages and storage buildings, subject to § 27-1403.
(f) 
Private residential swimming pools or sports courts, subject to § 27-1403.
(g) 
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 27-1407.
B. 
Conditional uses:
(1) 
Principal uses:
(a) 
Active recreation, low-impact.
(b) 
Limited commercial uses.
(c) 
Multifamily dwellings.
(d) 
Personal-care boarding home.
(e) 
Residence in combination with business.
(2) 
Accessory uses:
(a) 
Accessory dwelling.
C. 
Uses by special exception:
(1) 
Principal uses:
(a) 
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or on an existing public utility storage or transmission structure.
(b) 
Day-care center or preschool in a place of worship or school.
(c) 
Place of worship/place of assembly.
(d) 
Private club.
(e) 
Public utility building or structure.
(f) 
Schools (public or private).
(g) 
Short-term lodging accommodations, subject to § 27-1303, Subsection 60.60.
[Added by Ord. No. 402, 10/25/2022]
(h) 
Non-tower wireless communications facility and accessory equipment on a wireless support structure, subject to § 27-2100 et seq.
[Added by Ord. No. 406, 7/25/2023]
(2) 
Accessory uses:
(a) 
Family day-care home, subject to § 27-1303, Subsection 23.
(b) 
Home occupation, subject to § 27-1303, Subsection 26.
[Ord. No. 376, 7/24/2018]
1. 
In the R-1-V Village Residential District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Part 13:
A. 
Minimum lot area:
(1) 
Single-family dwelling:
(a) 
Without public sewers: one acre (43,560 square feet).
(b) 
With public sewers: 6,000 square feet. (NOTE: For provisions governing nonconforming lots of record, see § 27-1703A.)
(2) 
Two-family dwelling:
(a) 
Without public sewers: one acre (43,560 square feet).
(b) 
With public sewers: 12,000 square feet, or 6,000 square feet per dwelling unit.
(3) 
Limited commercial uses: 6,000 square feet.
(4) 
All other principal uses: one acre.
B. 
Minimum lot width:
(1) 
Single-family dwelling:
(a) 
Without public sewers: 100 feet.
(b) 
With public sewers: 60 feet. (NOTE: For provisions governing nonconforming lots of record, see § 27-1703A.)
(2) 
Two-family dwelling:
(a) 
Without public sewers: 100 feet.
(b) 
With public sewers: 80 feet.
(3) 
Limited commercial uses: 60 feet.
(4) 
All other principal uses: 150 feet.
C. 
Maximum impervious surface coverage: 35%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 20 feet.
E. 
Minimum rear yard:
(1) 
Principal structures: 25 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: See § 27-1403C.
F. 
Minimum side yard:
(1) 
Single-family or two-family dwellings:
(a) 
Without public sewers: 15 feet.
(b) 
With public sewers: 7.5 feet.
(2) 
All other principal structures: 25 feet.
(3) 
Accessory structures: See § 27-1403C.
G. 
Special yard requirements: see § 27-1403.
H. 
Permitted projections into required yards: see § 27-1404.
I. 
Maximum height:
(1) 
All principal structures: three stories, but no more than 35 feet.
(2) 
All accessory structures: one story, but no more than 15 feet.
J. 
Height exceptions: see § 27-1405.
[Ord. No. 376, 7/24/2018]
See Part 15.
[Ord. No. 376, 7/24/2018]
See Part 16.
[Ord. No. 376, 7/24/2018]
See § 27-1402.
[Ord. No. 376, 7/24/2018]
See § 27-1409.