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Darby City Zoning Code

ARTICLE III

R-1 Residential District

§ 153-11 District purposes.

The purposes of this district are to provide for and maintain medium density, single-family residential development, to preserve and protect open spaces and to provide for and regulate certain nonresidential uses permitted only by special exception.

§ 153-12 Uses permitted by right.

Land or buildings shall be used by right for only one or more of the following uses:
A. 
Single-family detached dwelling.
B. 
Recreation, park or play area.
C. 
Municipal use.
D. 
Community residence facility, family-based, subject to § 153-116.

§ 153-13 Uses permitted by special exception.

The following uses shall be permitted by special exception only, subject to the applicable provisions of Articles XVII and XXI:
A. 
Major home occupation, subject to § 153-129.
B. 
Religious use, including accessory dwelling, subject to § 153-131.
C. 
Family day-care home, subject to § 153-142.

§ 153-14 Accessory uses.

A. 
Off-street parking, subject to the provisions of Article XIV.
B. 
Storage shed, subject to § 153-108.
C. 
Private swimming pool, subject to § 153-111.
D. 
Satellite antenna, subject to § 153-113.
E. 
Signs, subject to Article XV.
F. 
No-impact home-based business, subject to all relevant provisions of Article XVI.
G. 
Small collection facility for recycling permitted on publicly owned land only, subject to § 153-141.
H. 
Any accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the uses permitted above and not detrimental to the neighborhood.

§ 153-15 Area and bulk regulations.

Unless specifically stated otherwise, the following shall be minimum requirements:
A. 
Single-family detached dwelling.
(1) 
Lot size: 6,000 square feet.
(2) 
Lot width: 60 feet.
(3) 
Front yard: 30 feet, which may be reduced to 15 feet on the long side of a corner lot.
(4) 
Side yards: 25 feet aggregate and 10 feet minimum.
(5) 
Rear yard: 25 feet minimum.
(6) 
Building coverage: 30% maximum.
(7) 
Impervious surface: 50%.
(8) 
Height: 35 feet or two stories maximum.