Township of Tinicum, PA
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2023-02-21
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 395 Zoning
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Article VI R-3 Residential District
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 10 Local Government Investment Trust
- Ch 14 Officers and Employees
- Ch 21 Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 28 Planning Commission
- Ch 35 Police Department
- Ch 42 Recreation Board
- Ch 49 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 56 Shade Tree Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 61 Airports
- Ch 63 Alarm and Warning Systems
- Ch 70 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 74 Amusement Devices, Mechanical or Electronic
- Ch 77 Animals
- Ch 82 Boarding and Enclosing of Buildings
- Ch 85 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 89 Bus Stop Shelters
- Ch 92 Butane Canisters, Sale of
- Ch 96 Certificate of Occupancy
- Ch 103 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 110 Contractors
- Ch 117 Curfew
- Ch 124 Drainage, Grading and Erosion Control
- Ch 131 Fences
- Ch 139 Fire and Rescue Services Fees
- Ch 146 Firearms
- Ch 152 Fireworks
- Ch 159 Floodplain Management
- Ch 179 Hawking and Peddling
- Ch 181 Hotels, Motels and Inns
- Ch 188 Land Development
- Ch 202 Massage Businesses
- Ch 214 Minibikes
- Ch 216 Neighborhood Blight
- Ch 217 Noise
- Ch 219 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 228 Parking of Recreational Vehicles and Utility Trailers
- Ch 235 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 264 Properties, Disorderly
- Ch 265 Property Maintenance
- Ch 269 Rental Property
- Ch 278 Sewers
- Ch 280 Sex Offenders
- Ch 285 Signs and Billboards
- Ch 290 Small Wireless Facilities
- Ch 292 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 299 Solid Waste; Recycling
- Ch 306 Storage Sheds and Temporary Trailers
- Ch 308 Stormwater Management
- Ch 312 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 320 Structures, Unsafe
- Ch 328 Structures, Vacant or Abandoned
- Ch 335 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 341 Swimming Pools
- Ch 350 Taxation
- Ch 355 Trees, Shrubs and Other Plants
- Ch 358 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 360 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 367 Vehicles, Inoperative
- Ch 373 Vehicles, Removal and Impounding
- Ch 388 Wood, Storage of
- Ch 395 Zoning
- Ch 395 Art VI R-3 Residential District
- § 395-29 District purposes.
- § 395-30 Uses permitted by right.
- § 395-31 Uses permitted by special exception.
- § 395-32 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 395-33 Area and bulk regulations.
- Appendix
- Ch A400 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The main purpose of this district is to provide for and maintain
high-density residential development, in the form of townhouses. Secondary
purposes are to provide for detached and semidetached housing types,
to establish appropriate open spaces and provide for uses by special
exception.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot may be
used for only one or more of the following uses:
All accessory uses and structures permitted in the R-1 District,
except small recycling facilities.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, the following shall be
minimum requirements:
C.
Two-family detached dwelling (detached duplex): As permitted in § 395-28C of the R-2 Residential District.
D.
Single-family attached dwelling (townhouse):
(1)
Lot area: 2,000 square feet.
(2)
Lot width: 20 feet.
(3)
Front yard: not less than that for existing dwellings on same block;
15 feet where there are no existing dwellings on same block.
(4)
Side yard: 10 feet at end of row.
(5)
Rear yard: 25 feet.
(6)
Units in row: six, maximum.
(7)
Building coverage: 60%, maximum.
(8)
Impervious surface: 80%, maximum.
(9)
Building height: 35 feet, maximum.
(10)
Separation distance: 25 feet between buildings.
