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Carroll Township Perry County
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VI

R-1 Residential District

§ 138-36 Intended purpose.

The R-1 Residential Districts are designed to accommodate and protect the amenities of certain areas in the Township where the development pattern has already been established with single-family residential dwellings of a low-density character and to stabilize these areas as a development feature of the Township.

§ 138-37 Permitted uses.

Permitted uses are as follows:
A. 
Single-family detached dwelling units.
B. 
Churches and similar places of worship.
C. 
Public or private preschool, primary, and secondary educational facilities and related school uses.
D. 
Public park and recreation areas.
E. 
Municipal and public buildings.
F. 
Hospitals.
G. 
Public utility facilities, provided that they do not include material storage, storage for trucks, repair facilities, or housing quarters for repair crews as provided for in § 138-94T.
[Amended 6-20-2000 by Ord. No. 42; 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 60]
H. 
Customary accessory uses and buildings incidental to any permitted use in accordance with Article XII of this chapter.
I. 
Home occupations in accordance with Article XII of this chapter.
J. 
Farm animals in accordance with Article XII, § 138-94I.
[Amended by Ord. No. 38-A; 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 44]

§ 138-38 Building height.

The height of a principal building shall be not greater than 30 feet. No accessory building shall exceed 24 feet in height except that buildings devoted for farm use shall be exempt from height restrictions. The height requirement is measured from the highest point of the adjacent existing ground.

§ 138-39 Lot area.

The minimum lot area per dwelling unit shall be not less than 1.5 acres unless the lots are served by public sewer, in which case the minimum lot size shall not be less than 15,000 square feet.

§ 138-40 Lot width.

The lot width at the required front building line shall be not less than 150 feet on an interior lot and the same on each side facing a street on a corner lot, with the following provisions:
A. 
Lots served by public sewer shall have a required front building line lot width of 100 feet.
B. 
The lot width at any point shall be not less than the following percentages of the width at the front building line:
Width at Front
Building Line
(feet)
Percentage of Width
100 - 200
75%
200 - 350
50%
351 - 500
30%
500 plus
25%
C. 
The minimum lot width for lots located on a cul-de-sac turnaround shall be no less than 150 feet measured at the right-of-way line.
[Added 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 44]

§ 138-41 Yard requirements.

Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards of not less than the depth and width indicated below:
A. 
Front yard depth: 30 feet.
B. 
Side yards (two), width: 15 feet each, on interior lot. On a corner lot, the side yard abutting the street shall be not less than 30 feet in width.
C. 
Rear yard depth: 30 feet.

§ 138-42 Building coverage.

Building coverage shall be no more than 30%.

§ 138-43 Buffer yard.

[Added 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 44]
All nonresidential uses shall provide an additional one-hundred-eighty-foot buffer area to all side and rear yards abutting a residential use and/or residential district. Continuation of the nonresidential uses into the buffer yard shall be in accordance with Article XII of this chapter.

§ 138-44 Minimum off-street parking requirements.

Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV of this chapter.

§ 138-45 Sign requirements.

Signs shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article XI of this chapter.

§ 138-46 Environmental assessment.

[Amended by Ord. No. 38-A; 6-20-2000 by Ord. No. 42]
A. 
Limited environmental assessment (LEA). An LEA shall be required for all subdivision of land not classified as a minor subdivision as set forth in § 120-14 of Chapter 120, Subdivision and Land Development, and all residential land development plans proposing between three and 19 units.
B. 
Environmental assessment (EA). An EA shall be required for all subdivision of land into 20 or more residential lots and/or units other than as provided for under Subsection A above, and all subdivision and land development plans for nonresidential uses regardless of their size and number of lots.
C. 
The appropriate environmental study shall be submitted to the Township Engineer and Planning Commission for review and recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. The intent of the environmental study is to monitor the impact of development on the existing natural and socioeconomic environment of Carroll Township and shall be in accordance with Article XII, § 138-109.