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Elizabeth Township Allegheny County
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VII

R-2 SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

§ 700 Purpose.

The purpose of this district is to encourage single-family developments at suburban densities in locations in the Township where utilities and transportation facilities exist or are anticipated in the future; and to provide for accessory uses and compatible public and semipublic uses as conditional uses or uses by special exception.

§ 701 Authorized Uses.

In the R-2, Suburban Residential District, only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted Uses.
(1) 
Principal Uses.
(a) 
Essential services.
(b) 
Forestry, subject to § 1511.
(c) 
Public recreation.
(d) 
Single-family dwelling.
(2) 
Accessory Uses.
(a) 
Fences, subject to § 1503.
(b) 
Keeping of domestic pets.
(c) 
No-impact home-based business, subject to § 1510.
(d) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XVI.
(e) 
Other 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.
(f) 
Private garages and storage buildings, subject to § 1503.
(g) 
Private residential swimming pools or sports courts, subject to § 1503.
(h) 
Signs, subject to Article XVII.
(i) 
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 1507.
(j) 
Keeping of poultry subject to § 1508.11.
[Added by Ord. No. 935, 2/5/2018]
B. 
Conditional Uses.
(1) 
Principal Uses.
(a) 
Churches, subject to § 1403.8.
(b) 
Fire and emergency medical facilities, subject to § 1403.8.
(c) 
Hospitals, subject to § 1403.8.
(d) 
Oil and gas drilling, subject to § 1403.36.
(e) 
Planned residential development, subject to Article XIII.
(f) 
Public buildings, subject to § 1403.8.
(g) 
Public utility building or structure, subject to § 1403.41.
(h) 
Schools (public or private), subject to § 1403.8.
(2) 
Accessory Uses.
(a) 
None.
C. 
Uses By Special Exception.
(1) 
Principal Uses.
(a) 
Day-care center or preschool facility in a church or school, subject to § 1403.14.
(b) 
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 1403.45.
(2) 
Accessory Uses.
(a) 
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or on an existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 1403.10.
(b) 
Family day-care home, subject to § 1403.17.
(c) 
Home occupation, subject to § 1403.23.

§ 702 Area and Bulk Regulations.

In the R-2, Suburban Residential District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article XIV.
A. 
Minimum Lot Area:
(1) 
Hospital: five acres.
(2) 
Single-family dwelling:
(a) 
Without public sewers: one acre.
(b) 
With public sewers: 10,500 square feet.
(3) 
All other principal structures: one acre.
B. 
Minimum Lot Width:
(1) 
Single-family dwelling:
(a) 
Without public sewers: 100 feet.
(b) 
With public sewers: 70 feet.
(c) 
All other principal structures: 100 feet.
C. 
Maximum impervious surface coverage: 35%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 35 feet.
E. 
Minimum Rear Yard:
(1) 
Principal structures: 40 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: See § 1503.3.
F. 
Minimum Side Yard:
(1) 
Single-family dwellings: 10 feet.
(2) 
All other principal structures: 20 feet.
(3) 
Accessory structures: See § 1503.3.
G. 
Special yard requirements: See § 1503.
H. 
Permitted projections into required yards: See § 1504.
I. 
Maximum Height:
(1) 
Hospitals: five stories but no more than 60 feet.
(2) 
All other principal structures: 2 1/2 stories but no more than 35 feet.
(3) 
All accessory structures: one story but no more than 15 feet.
J. 
Height exceptions: See § 1505.

§ 703 Parking and Loading.

See Article XVI.

§ 704 Signs.

See Article XVII.

§ 705 Buffer Areas and Landscaping.

See § 1502.

§ 706 Storage.

See § 1509.