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Elizabeth Township Allegheny County
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IX

R-4 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

§ 900 Purpose.

The purpose of this district is to reserve appropriate areas within the Township for multifamily development in locations easily accessible to transportation, shopping and community facilities and services; and to provide for compatible public, semipublic and accessory uses as conditional uses or uses by special exception.

§ 901 Authorized Uses.

In the R-4, Multifamily Residential District, only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted Uses.
(1) 
Principal Uses.
(a) 
Essential services.
(b) 
Forestry, subject to § 1511.
(c) 
Garden apartments.
(d) 
Public recreation.
(e) 
Townhouses.
(f) 
Triplexes, fourplexes.
(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) 
Church, subject to § 1403.8.
(b) 
Fire and emergency medical facilities, subject to § 1403.8.
(c) 
Mobile home park, subject to § 1403.33.
(d) 
Nursing home, subject to § 1403.24.
(e) 
Oil and gas drilling, subject to § 1403.36.
(f) 
Personal care boarding home, subject to § 1403.21.
(g) 
Planned residential development, subject to Article XIII.
(h) 
Private recreation, subject to § 1403.40.
(i) 
Public buildings, subject to § 1403.8.
(j) 
Public utility building or structure, subject to § 1403.41.
(k) 
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, 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) 
Family day-care home, subject to § 1403.17.
(b) 
Home occupation, subject to § 1403.23.

§ 902 Area and Bulk Regulations.

In the R-4, Multifamily 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: one acre.
B. 
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
C. 
Maximum impervious surface coverage: 40%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 35 feet.
E. 
Minimum Rear Yard:
(1) 
Principal Structures:
(a) 
Adjoining any S-C, R-C, R-1, R-2 or R-3 District: 75 feet.
(b) 
All other rear yards: 40 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: See § 1503.3.
F. 
Minimum Side Yard:
(1) 
Principal structures:
(a) 
Adjoining any S-C, R-C, R-1, R-2 or R-3 District: 75 feet.
(b) 
All other side yards: 20 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: See § 1503.3.
G. 
Special yard requirements: See § 1503.
H. 
Permitted projections into required Yards: See § 1504.
I. 
Maximum Height:
(1) 
All principal structures: three stories but no more than 45 feet.
(2) 
All accessory structures: one story but no more than 15 feet.
J. 
Height exceptions: See § 1505.

§ 903 Parking and Loading.

See Article XVI.

§ 904 Signs.

See Article XVII.

§ 905 Buffer Areas and Landscaping.

See § 1502.

§ 906 Storage.

See § 1509.