The Borough is divided into the districts set
forth by this chapter and as shown by the district boundaries on the
Official Zoning District Map. The zoning districts are:
R-A
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Rural Agricultural District
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R-1
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Restricted Residential District
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R-2
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Suburban Residential District
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R-3
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Limited Residential District
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C-1
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General Commercial District
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I-1
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Industrial District
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Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries
of districts as shown on the Official Zoning District Map, the following
rules shall apply:
A. District boundaries indicated as appearing to follow
the center lines of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed
to follow such center lines.
B. District boundaries indicated as appearing to follow
platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
C. District boundaries indicated as appearing to follow
municipal boundaries shall be construed as following municipal boundaries.
D. District boundaries indicated as following railroad
lines shall be construed to be midway between the main tracks.
E. District boundaries indicated as approximately following
the center lines of streams, rivers or other bodies of water shall
be construed to follow center lines and, in the event of change in
the location of streams, rivers and other bodies of water, shall be
construed as moving with the actual body of water and following the
center line.
F. Distances not specifically indicated on the Official
Zoning District Map shall be determined by the scale of the map.
The following regulations shall apply in all
zoning districts:
A. In the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts, any use not specifically
listed as an authorized use in the zoning district shall not be permitted
in that zoning district.
B. In the R-A, C-1 and I Districts, any use not specifically listed in the authorized uses for the zoning district shall not be permitted in that zoning district, unless such use is authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board as a use by special exception in accordance with the applicable express standards and criteria for "comparable uses not specifically listed" in §
180-66M of this chapter.
C. In all zoning districts where single-family dwellings
or two-family dwellings are an authorized use or are a legally nonconforming
use, the single-family dwelling or two-family dwelling shall be the
only principal structure on the lot, except in an approved planned
residential development (PRD) where single-family dwellings or two-family
dwellings may be authorized on the same lot with other single-family
dwellings or two-family dwellings.
D. In the zoning districts where such uses are authorized
by this chapter, two or more multifamily or nonresidential buildings
may occupy the same lot, provided each building can independently
meet the applicable area and bulk regulations and parking requirements
to accommodate the possibility of subdivision of the property in the
future to separate the buildings.
E. In the C-1 and I Districts, two or more authorized
uses may occupy the same building, provided all applicable area and
bulk regulations and parking requirements for each of the uses can
be met on the lot.
F. In all zoning districts, all accessory structures
shall be located on the same lot with the principal structure to which
they are accessory. Any accessory structure shall not be built unless
or until the principal structure it serves exists on the lot.