Ambridge City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
R Residential Districts
§ 310-10 Applicability of regulations.
In R Residential Districts, the following regulations shall apply.
§ 310-11 Use.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises may be used for any of the following purposes and for no other:
A.
Single-family detached dwelling; single-family semidetached dwelling, provided that the adjoining single-family semidetached dwelling with which it has a party wall in common is erected at the same time.
B.
Single-family attached dwelling; multiple-family dwelling; apartments, conversion apartments or garden apartment.
C.
Education, religious, philanthropic use; hospitals, sanitariums, funeral homes and mortuaries.
D.
Fraternities, clubs, lodges and tourist homes.
E.
Municipal, recreational, telephone central office, utility lines, electric substation, and railway or bus passenger station.
F.
Tilling of the soil, nursery or greenhouses; provided, however, that no livestock or poultry shall be kept or grazed upon the premises.
G.
The production and sale of farm or nursery products produced on the property where offered for sale, provided that no building or structure other than a portable stand shall be constructed for such sale, and provided that any such stand shall be removed during seasons when products are not being offered for sale.
H.
Community garage.
I.
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses. The term "accessory use" shall not include a business but shall include a professional office or studio and rooms for home occupation in the building or in a building accessory thereto if no goods are publicly displayed on the premises and no sign or advertisement is shown other than a sign not larger than 200 square inches bearing the name and occupation (words only) of the practitioner.
§ 310-12 Lot area.
A lot area of not less than 3,000 square feet per family shall be provided for every building hereafter erected, altered or used in whole or in part as a single-family detached and/or semidetached dwelling.
§ 310-13 Single-family dwelling height.
In the case of a single-family detached and semidetached dwellings or a building accessory thereto, the height shall not exceed 3 1/2 stories nor 40 feet.
§ 310-14 Lot area for multiple dwellings.
In the case of apartment houses, conversion apartments and other multiple dwellings including three dwelling units or more, a lot area of not less than 3,000 square feet shall be provided for every building hereafter erected, altered or used, in whole or in part, for such purposes, and a minimum lot area of 1,000 square feet shall be provided for each dwelling unit.
§ 310-15 Height for multiple dwellings.
In the case of buildings other than the single-family detached and semidetached dwellings or a building accessory thereto, the height shall not exceed eight stories nor 85 feet.
§ 310-16 Building area restrictions.
The building area shall not exceed 50% of the lot area.
§ 310-17 Front yard.
There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall be at least 20 feet. In the case of a corner lot, the front yard on the long side of the lot may be reduced to a depth of not less than 10% of lot width.
§ 310-18 Side yards.
In the case of single-family detached dwellings, there shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building, neither of which shall be less than three feet wide; in the case of single-family semidetached dwellings, there shall be one side yard which shall be at least six feet wide; and in the case of a building other than a single-family dwelling or single-family semidetached dwelling or a building accessory thereto, there shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building, neither of which shall be less than 12 feet wide, provided that, if such building is over forty-feet-high, the width of each side yard shall be increased four feet for each 10 feet or portion thereof by which the building exceeds 40 feet in height.
§ 310-19 Rear yard.
There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be at least 15 feet.
§ 310-20 Off-street parking.
A.
In the case of dwellings, apartments, garden apartments or conversion apartments, off-street parking space shall be provided on the premises at the rate of one vehicle per family unit.
B.
In the case of a tourist home or rooming house, off-street parking shall be provided on the premises at the rate of one vehicle for each sleeping accommodation.