No building shall hereafter be erected or altered
to exceed the height or to occupy a greater percentage of the lot
area or to have narrower or smaller rear, front or side yards or to
occupy a lot of smaller area or lesser width or to accommodate a greater
number of families per house than is prescribed in the accompanying
Schedule of Heights, Area and Bulk for the district in which such building may be located.
In a residential district, no dwelling shall
have a cubical content of less than eight thousand (8,000) cubic feet
as determined by standard measurements, exclusive of the cellar and
attic.
The provisions of these regulations with respect
to heights shall not apply to:
A. A. Church spires, cupolas, chimneys, flagpoles, radio
or television aerials and their supports if not occupying an area
greater than 25% of the ground area covered by the main building.
B. Domes, ornamental towers, observation towers, water
towers or tanks, hose towers and scenery lofts.
[Amended 3-20-2017 by Ord. No. 4-17; 7-10-2017 by Ord. No. 16-17]
A. In any district, where 40% or more of the properties
fronting upon one side of a street between two street intersections
(commonly known as a “block”) and located in such district
have been improved with buildings at the time of the passage of this
chapter and a front yard of greater depth than the minimum required
by the Schedule of Heights, Area and Bulk for such district has been provided for the majority of
such buildings, such minimum shall be disregarded and for it shall
be substituted the requirement that no building or structure hereafter
erected or altered in said portion of such district shall be placed
nearer to the street line than the average depth of the front yard
established by such majority, except that the minimum depth of the
front yard for a dwelling on a lot between two adjoining lots, upon
each of which there is a building at the time of passage of this chapter,
shall be the average of the depths of front yards provided for such
buildings. Where less than 40% of such property has been improved
with buildings or where dwellings do not front upon a street, the
minimum depth of front yard shall be as required by the Schedule of
Height, Area and Bulk.
B. A porch may be erected in a front yard, provided that
it is not closer to an adjoining property than the required width
of the side yard and does not extend into the required front yard
more than 10 feet.
In any residential district, in the case of
a detached dwelling no side yard shall be less than 7 1/2 feet, and
in no case shall the total of both side yards be less than that required
in the Schedule of Heights, Area and Bulk.
In any district, in the interpretation of front,
rear or side yards on a corner lot, the lesser dimension shall be
considered as the depth of the lot in the absence of a contrary designation
by the owner when first applying for a building permit.
In any area of the borough which has not, at
the time of the introduction of this chapter, been laid out in building
lots by a filed plan, no residential dwelling shall be erected on
a lot having a frontage of less than 50 feet at the building line
nor having a total lot area of less than that provided by the Schedule
of Heights, Area and Bulk.