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Cross Creek Township Washington County
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

R-1 Rural Neighborhood District

§ 320-20 Purpose.

The purpose of this District is to preserve natural resources and limited agricultural operations while encouraging low density single-family residential neighborhoods suited to the natural conditions and to provide for accessory uses and compatible public and semipublic uses as conditional uses.

§ 320-21 Authorized uses.

[Amended 8-9-2011 by Ord. No. 1-11; 12-30-2024 by Ord. No. 5-24]
In the R-1 Rural Neighborhood District, only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Agriculture, subject to § 320-78.
(b) 
Essential services.
(c) 
Forestry, subject to § 320-84.
(d) 
Garden nursery, subject to § 320-78.
(e) 
Greenhouse, subject to § 320-78.
(f) 
Municipal facility.
(g) 
Oil and gas drilling, subject to Ord. No. 4-06.
(h) 
Single-family dwelling.
(i) 
Banquet facility.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Accessory structures, subject to § 320-73.
(b) 
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) 
Fences.
(d) 
Keeping of domestic pets.
(e) 
No-impact home-based business, subject to § 320-83.
(f) 
Low-impact on-site sales accessory to a farm, subject to § 320-82.
(g) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XIII.
(h) 
Private residential swimming pools or sports courts.
(i) 
Private stable, subject to § 320-78.
(j) 
Signs, subject to Article XIV.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Churches, subject to § 320-69I.
(b) 
Day-care center or preschool facility in a church or school, subject to § 320-69P.
(c) 
Golf course: golf or country club, subject to § 320-69T.
(d) 
Mineral extraction, subject to § 320-69CC.
(e) 
Noncommercial recreation, subject to § 320-69HH.
(f) 
Oil and gas processing or transfer site, subject to § 320-69EE.
(g) 
Public recreation, subject to § 320-69HH.
(h) 
Public utility installation, subject to § 320-69II.
(i) 
Schools, subject to § 320-69I.
(j) 
Sportsmen's club, subject to § 320-69MM.
(k) 
Special event barn, principal use.
(2) 
Accessory uses:
(a) 
Special event barn, accessory use.
C. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Animal hospital, subject to § 320-69C.
(b) 
Boarding stable or riding academy, subject to § 320-69F.
(c) 
Cemetery, subject to § 320-69H.
(d) 
Kennel, subject to § 320-69Y.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Bed-and-breakfast, subject to § 320-69D.
(b) 
Crematorium accessory to a cemetery, subject to § 320-69O.
(c) 
Family day-care home, subject to § 320-69Q.
(d) 
Home occupation, subject to § 320-69V.

§ 320-22 Area and bulk regulations.

In the R-1 Rural Neighborhood District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for specific permitted uses, conditional uses or uses by special exception contained in Article XI.
A. 
Minimum lot area.
(1) 
Agriculture, garden nursery or greenhouse: 10 acres.
(2) 
Boarding stable or riding academy: 10 acres.
(3) 
Kennel: five acres.
(4) 
Private stable: five acres.
(5) 
Single-family dwelling.
(a) 
With public sewers: one acre.
(b) 
Without public sewers: two acres.
(6) 
Golf course: 30 acres.
(7) 
All other principal uses: two acres.
B. 
Minimum lot width.
(1) 
Single-family dwelling.
(a) 
With public sewers: 100 feet.
(b) 
Without public sewers: 150 feet.
(2) 
All other principal uses: 200 feet.
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 35%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 30 feet.
E. 
Minimum rear yard.
(1) 
Principal structures.
(a) 
With public sewers: 35 feet.
(b) 
Without public sewers: 50 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: see § 320-73.
F. 
Minimum side yard.
(1) 
Single-family dwelling: 15 feet.
(2) 
All other principal structures: 20 feet.
(3) 
Accessory structures: see § 320-73.
G. 
Special yard requirements: see § 320-73.
H. 
Permitted projections into required yards: see § 320-74.
I. 
Maximum height.
(1) 
All principal structures: 2 1/2 stories but no more than 50 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures.
(a) 
Farm structures: one story but no more than 20 feet.
(b) 
All others: one story but no more than 15 feet.
J. 
Height exceptions: see § 320-75.

§ 320-23 Parking and loading.

See Article XIII

§ 320-24 Signs.

See Article XIV.

§ 320-25 Screening and landscaping.

See § 320-72.

§ 320-26 Storage.

See § 320-79.