The purpose of this district is to provide for higher-density
residential development in areas which have public water or public
sewers or a community sewage disposal system approved by the PADEP
available and to authorize compatible public, semipublic and accessory
uses as conditional uses or uses by special exception to complement
the residential development.
In the R1 Single-Family Residential District, the following
uses are authorized:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Principal uses.
(d)
Convent, monastery, rectory or parish house occupied by no more
than 10 persons.
(f)
Conservation developments, subject to Article
XIII.
(g)
Oil and gas drilling, subject to the zoning certificate required by §
250-158A(5).
(2) Accessory uses.
(a)
Signs, subject to Article
XVII.
(b)
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article
XVI.
(c)
Private residential swimming pools or tennis courts, subject to §
250-115C.
(e)
Gardening as an avocation, including a private, noncommercial
greenhouse.
(f)
Keeping of domestic pets.
(g)
Storage of recreational vehicles owned or leased by the residents
of the premises.
(h)
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.
C. Uses by special exception.
(1) Principal uses.
(a)
Day-care center or nursery school in a church or school, subject to §
250-110A(8).
(b)
Temporary use or structure, other than a temporary dwelling or construction trailer, subject to §
250-110A(39).
In the R1 Single-Family Residential District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for specific conditional uses or uses by special exception contained in Article
XIV:
A. Minimum lot size:
(1) Single-family lots:
(a)
With public sewers: 14,500 square feet.
(b)
All others: 40,000 square feet.
(2) All other uses: one acre.
B. Minimum lot width:
(1) Single-family lots: 110 feet.
(2) All other uses: 150 feet.
C. Maximum lot coverage: 25%.
D. Minimum front yard: 40 feet.
E. Minimum rear yard:
(1) Principal structures: 40 feet.
(2) Accessory structures: 15 feet.
(3) Accessory structures 120 square feet or less: five feet.
F. Minimum side yard:
(1) Residential uses: 15 feet each side.
(2) All other uses: 15 feet each side.
(3) Accessory structures 120 square feet or less: five feet.
H. Permitted projections into required side yards: See §
250-116.
I. Maximum height:
(1) All principal structures: 35 feet and 2 1/2 stories.
(2) All accessory structures: 15 feet and one story.
Parking and loading: See Article
XVI.
Screening and landscaping: See §
250-113.
Steep slope controls: See §
250-114.