Township of Franconia, PA Article VIII R-50 Residential District

[Added 4-10-1978 by Ord. No. 93; amended 5-12-1986 by Ord. No. 128; 7-14-1986 by Ord. No. 131; 6-8-1987 by Ord. No. 135; 7-10-1995 by Ord. No. 222; 3-11-1996 by Ord. No. 232; 9-18-2006 by Ord. No. 340]

§ 145-41 Applicability.

In an R-50 Residential District the following regulations shall apply.

§ 145-42 By-right use regulations.

A building may be erected, altered and used, and a lot may be used and occupied for any of the following purposes and no other.

A. Agriculture.

B. One single-family detached dwelling.

C. Open space.

D. Municipal use.

E. Accessory use to any of the above by-right uses subject to the regulations in § 145-18, including family day-care provided in a single-family detached dwelling, as defined in § 145-5 under "child day-care" and pursuant to the standards in Article XXXI.

§ 145-42.1 Conditional use regulations.

A building may be erected, altered and used, and a lot may be used or premises occupied for any one of the following purposes and no other, when authorized as a conditional use.

A. Mobile home development subject to the regulations in Article IX.

§ 145-43 Dimensional regulations for by-right uses.

A. Lot area. A lot area of not less than 25,000 square feet shall be provided for every use or principle building erected thereon.

B. Lot width. A lot width of not less than 100 feet shall be provided at the building setback line for every use or principle building erected thereon.

C. Front yard. There shall be a front yard on every lot which shall be not less than 50 feet in depth.

D. Side yards. There shall be two side yards on every lot, each of which shall be not less than 15 feet in width, with a combined width requirement of not less than 40 feet.

E. Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard on every lot which shall not be less than 30 feet.

F. Corner lots. There shall be a front yard on every street frontage and all remaining yards shall be treated as rear yards.

G. Accessory structures. Accessory structures shall be subject to the restrictions in § 145-18 and the following dimensional regulations.

(1) An accessory structure to a single family detached dwelling may be located within 10 feet of the side or rear property line if located in the rear quarter of a lot. In the case of a corner lot, all accessory structures shall respect the front yard setback of all streets.

H. Building coverage. The maximum building coverage on a lot shall be 25%.

I. Impervious coverage. The maximum impervious coverage on a lot shall be 40%.

J. Height restrictions.

(1) The maximum height for buildings or structures erected or enlarged in the R-50 Residential District shall be 35 feet, not exceeding 2 1/2 stories.

(2) For accessory structures the maximum height shall be 14 feet not exceeding one story.

§ 145-44 Additional regulations for all uses.

A. Public water and public sewerage.

B. Parking: in accordance with Article XIX.

C. Signs: in accordance with Article XX.

D. General provisions: in accordance with Article IV.

E. Floodplain regulations: in accordance with Article XVIII.

F. Natural resource regulations: in accordance with Article XXVI.

[Amended 11-19-2018 by Ord. No. 400]

G. (Reserved)[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Former Subsection G, Riparian buffer regulations, was repealed 11-19-2018 by Ord. No. 400.

H. Landscape regulations: in accordance with the Land Development and Subdivision Ordinance.[2]

[2] Editor's Note: See Ch. 122, Subdivision and Land Development.

I. Detention basin regulations: in accordance with the Land Development and Subdivision Ordinance.