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Cheltenham Township
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VIII

R4 Residential Districts

§ 295-800 Legislative intent.

A. 
In expansion of the declaration of legislative intent found in Article I of this chapter and the statement of community development objectives found in Article I, the intent of this article, among others, is as follows:
(1) 
Promote the maintenance, stability, continued viability and enhanced value of the Township's residential neighborhoods.
(2) 
Ensure new residential infill development and redevelopment is in character with existing neighborhoods.
(3) 
Accommodate a variety of housing types.

§ 295-801 Permitted uses.

A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and no other, subject to the guidelines herein:
A. 
Use D-11: Place of Worship.
B. 
Use F-5: Outdoor Recreation.
C. 
Use F-7: Public Grounds.
D. 
Use G-3: Duplex Unit (Two-Family Semidetached).
E. 
Use G-6: Single-Family Detached Dwelling.
F. 
Use G-7: Townhouse Dwelling Unit (Single-Family Attached), row house or townhouse.
G. 
Use G-8: Twin Houses (Single-Family Semidetached).
H. 
The following accessory uses on the same lot which are subordinate and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses and as provided for in Article IV herein:
(1) 
Use A-1: Residential Accessory Structure.
(2) 
Use A-3: Recreational Vehicles.
(3) 
Use A-5: Antenna Systems.
(4) 
Use A-6: Fences and Walls.
(5) 
Use A-7: Home Occupation.
(6) 
Use A-9: Swimming Pool.
(7) 
Use A-10: Tennis/Sport Courts.
(8) 
Use A-13: No-Impact Home-Based Business.
(9) 
Use A-14: Agriculture.
(10) 
Use A-15: Livestock.
(11) 
Use A-16: Fowl/Poultry.
(12) 
Use A-18: Accessory Roof-Mounted Solar System.
(13) 
Use D-4: Adult/Child Day Care, accessory only to D-11: Place of Worship.
I. 
Uses permitted by special exception:
(1) 
Use A-19: Accessory Ground-Mounted Solar System.

§ 295-802 Dimensional standards.

A. 
The following dimensional requirements shall apply:
Dimensional Requirements
Minimum lot area
2,500 square feet
Minimum lot width
24 feet
Setbacks
Minimum setbacks required for principal structures. See Article XXVI, General Regulations, for allowed projections into setbacks and Article IV, Use Regulations, for applicable minimum setbacks for accessory structures
Front
20 feet or the average of the 2 closest adjacent structures
Sides
Single-family detached, and two-family dwellings: aggregate 15 feet, neither of which shall be less than 7 feet
Single-family semidetached dwelling: 9 feet single-family attached dwelling; 8 feet per end unit
Rear
25 feet
Garage
10 feet from the front facade of the primary structure (see additional regulations, §§ 295-803 and 295-804)
Maximum building coverage
35%
Maximum impervious coverage
55%
Minimum green space required in front yard
Single-family attached dwelling: 45% of front yard
Maximum building height
The lesser of 3 stories or 40 feet
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§ 295-803 Additional regulations applying to single-family detached and semidetached dwellings.

A. 
Garages shall satisfy one of the following design options, as illustrated below:
(1) 
The garage is front entry and is set back 10 feet from the front facade of the primary structure.
(2) 
The garage is side entry, so garage doors are perpendicular to the street on which the house faces.
(3) 
The garage is located behind the rear facade of the house. In such case, the garage may be detached from or attached to the house.
(4) 
The garage is rear entry, so that garage doors are on the opposite side of the house from the front facade. In such case, a garage would typically be accessed by an alley.

§ 295-804 Additional regulations applying to single-family attached dwellings.

A. 
Parking requirements.
(1) 
For end units, garages shall either be located behind the unit or be side entry.
(2) 
Off-street unenclosed parking for all units shall be located to the rear of the units.
B. 
Number of units.
(1) 
The maximum number of dwelling units per building row shall be six.
C. 
Utilities shall be placed underground or be within the rear yards.
D. 
Building separation.
(1) 
There shall be a sixty-foot separation between groups of buildings.
E. 
Building length.
(1) 
The maximum building length shall be 160 feet.
F. 
Open space requirement.
(1) 
Developments of two buildings or more shall provide open space of at least 20% of the gross tract area.
(2) 
Open space may consist of a park, active recreation facilities, passive open space, and other similar types of open space.
(3) 
No portion of any building lot, road right-of-way area, or parking medians or islands shall be used for meeting the minimum required amount of total open space.
(4) 
No more than 10% of the allotted open space shall contain stormwater management facilities.

§ 295-805 Conversions of dwellings in the R4 Residential District.

A. 
The Township Zoning Hearing Board may authorize as a special exception the conversion of any dwelling in R4 Residential Districts at the effective date of this chapter on a designated lot into a dwelling for a greater number of families than is permitted by the district regulations therein, but not more than a total of three families per lot, subject to the following requirements:
(1) 
The lot area per family shall not be reduced to less than 2,000 square feet.
(2) 
The yard, building area and other applicable requirements for the district shall not be reduced.
(3) 
No major structural alteration of the building exterior shall be made except as may be necessary for purposes of sanitation and safety.
(4) 
Such conversion shall be authorized only for a building which has little economic value or usefulness as a single-family dwelling or other conforming use.
B. 
The Township Zoning Hearing Board may prescribe such further conditions and restrictions with respect to the conversion and use of such building as it deems appropriate in accordance with Article XXVIII of this chapter.