The purpose of this district is to encourage
single-family development at suburban densities in locations in the
Borough where utilities and transportation facilities exist or are
anticipated in the future and to provide for accessory uses and compatible
public and semipublic uses as conditional uses and uses by special
exception.
In the R-2 Suburban Residential District, only
the following uses are authorized:
A. Permitted uses.
(2) Accessory uses.
(b)
The keeping of domestic pets.
(c)
No-impact home-based business, subject to §
180-78.
(d)
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article
XIII.
(e)
Private garages and storage buildings, subject to §
180-70.
(f)
Private residential swimming pools or sports courts, subject to §
180-70.
(g)
Signs, subject to Article
XIV.
(h)
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to §
180-74.
(i)
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.
B. Conditional uses.
(1) Principal uses.
(a)
Active recreation, low-impact, subject to §
180-66A.
(b)
Community club or community swimming pool, subject to §
180-66L.
(c)
Fire and emergency medical services, subject to §
180-66Q.
(f)
Oil and gas operations and impoundments used exclusively for oil and gas operations, subject to §
180-66BB.
[Amended 1-22-2013 by Ord. No. 440]
(g)
Planned residential development (PRD), subject to Article
X.
C. Uses by special exception.
(1) Principal uses.
(c)
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or on an existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to §
180-66J.
(d)
Day-care center or preschool facility in a church or school, subject to §
180-66N.
(e)
Public utility building or structure, subject to §
180-66GG.
(f)
Schools (public or private), subject to §
180-66I.
(2) Accessory uses.
(c) Personal wind energy system.
[Added 11-24-2009 by Ord. No. 423]
(d)
Accessory structures in excess of 15 feet in height, subject to §
180-66PP.
[Added 6-11-2013 by Ord. No. 442]
In the R-2 Suburban Residential District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by Article
X governing planned residential developments (PRDs) or by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article
XI:
A. Minimum lot area:
(1) Single-family dwelling:
(a)
Without public sewers and public water: one
acre (43,560 square feet).
(b)
With public sewers and on-site water: 0.57 acre
(25,000 square feet).
(c)
With public sewers and public water: 0.46 acre
(20,000 square feet).
(2) All other principal uses: one acre (43,560 square
feet).
B. Minimum lot width:
(1) Single-family dwelling: 100 feet.
(2) All other principal uses: 150 feet.
C. Maximum lot coverage: 30%.
D. Minimum front yard: 50 feet.
E. Minimum rear yard:
(1) Principal structures: 50 feet.
F. Minimum side yard:
(1) Single-family dwellings: 20 feet.
(2) All other principal structures: 50 feet.
G. Special yard requirements: see §
180-70.
H. Permitted projections into required yards: see §
180-71.
I. Maximum height:
(1) All principal structures: 2 1/2 stories, but
no more than 35 feet.
(2) All accessory structures: one story, but no more than
15 feet.
