[Ord. No. 368, 11/7/2023]
The R-1 Residential Districts are composed of low-density residential areas of the Borough, plus certain open areas where similar residential development appears likely to occur. The regulations for these districts are designated to stabilize and protect the essential characteristics of the area, protect the amenities of certain areas of the Borough where the pattern has already been established with single-family development on relatively large lots and promote and encourage a suitable environment for family life. To these ends, development is restricted to conventional low-density single-family detached dwellings and related land uses.
[Ord. No. 368, 11/7/2023]
(NOTE: See § 26-166B of this chapter.)
A. 
Single-family detached dwelling units.
B. 
Churches and similar places of religious worship.
C. 
Public nursery, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school and institutions of higher education (and modifications to existing public and private educational institutions).
D. 
Public parks, playgrounds and open space.
E. 
Hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, providing that care of persons requiring isolation, restraint, or curtailed freedom of movement are not included.
F. 
General gardening and the growing of trees and nursery stock; not including roadside displays or commercial signs.
G. 
No-impact home-based businesses, subject to the definition in Part 2, and as prescribed in Home Occupation Regulations (see § 26-134 of this chapter).
H. 
Professional offices, conducted in a residential district, but not as a home occupation, subject to the definition in Part 2, and providing there is limited external evidence of such use, including signs as allowed in a residential zone and necessary off-street parking.
I. 
Recreational areas (not to include swimming pools) and structures operated by membership clubs for the benefit of their members and not for gain, providing that the residential character of the neighborhood be preserved so as to in no way give the impression of a commercial use.
J. 
Necessary public utility structures and buildings providing that they do not include materials storage, storage for trucks, repair facilities or housing quarters for repair crews.
K. 
Cemeteries (minimum 10 acres).
L. 
Private swimming pools as an accessory use to a dwelling (see § 26-132 of this chapter).
M. 
Customary accessory uses and buildings, excluding outdoor storage, incidental to any permitted uses, including:
(1) 
Private garages.
(2) 
Garden houses, tool houses, playhouses or greenhouses not used for commercial purposes.
N. 
Uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, are of the same general character as those listed as permitted uses and which will not be detrimental to the intended purpose of this district.
O. 
The following special exception (NOTE: See § 26-167B of this chapter.) uses, after approval by the Zoning Hearing Board:
(1) 
Newly established, private nursery, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school and institutions of higher education; providing, however, that the lot upon which located contains a minimum of 10 acres plus 500 square feet of land area per pupil.
(2) 
Golf courses and country clubs.
(3) 
Other business activities conducted from a residential property that exceed the standards for a no-impact home-based business, or professional office, as permitted above, but are otherwise suitable within this district.
A. 
Lot regulations. A lot width, lot area and setbacks of not less than the dimensions shown in the following table shall be provided for every dwelling unit and/or principal nonresidential building hereafter erected or altered for any use permitted in this district, per Table 63.A:
Table 63.A
Lot Requirements
Building Setback requirements1
Minimum Lot Area
Minimum Lot Width
(feet)
Maximum Lot Coverage
Front
(feet)
One Side2
(feet)
Total Sides
(feet)
Rear
(feet)
Public utilities
None
30
30
60
30
Single-family dwelling
10,000
75
30%
30
10
20
25
All others
20,000
100
25%
30
15
30
25
NOTES:
1
See § 26-24E of this chapter.
2
See § 26-146B of this chapter.
B. 
Building height. No principal building shall exceed 2-1/2 stories or 35 feet in height; and no accessory building shall exceed one story or 18 feet in height.
[Ord. No. 368, 11/7/2023]
Minimum off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of § 26-127 of this chapter and shall adhere to 'Design Standards', § 26-136, Design Standards, of this chapter and may require buffers/screening in accordance with § 26-131 of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 368, 11/7/2023]
The minimum habitable floor area of any new dwelling unit hereafter utilized shall be:
Floor Area
(square feet)
No. of Bedrooms per Dwelling Unit
700
0 to 1
800
2
1,000
3
[Ord. No. 368, 11/7/2023]
Only those signs referring or relating to uses conducted on the premises or in accordance with limitations and maintenance specified in § 26-128 of this chapter shall be permitted.