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Elverson City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

SRR Site Responsive/Recreation District

§ 290-401 Purpose.

The purpose of the (SRR) Site Responsive/Recreation District is to provide areas in the Borough for a mix of primarily lower-density residential uses in development patterns responsive to community resource protection objectives. The SRR District contains active farmland, significant environmental constraints, and low-density residential dwellings on larger lots. The district serves as a logical transition between the Town Center District and adjacent municipalities. The SRR District provides flexible design options through use of the Site Responsive Residential Community Option.

§ 290-402 Use regulations.

A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any one of the following principal purposes and no other.
A. 
Uses by right. The following uses are permitted by right in the SRR District:
(1) 
Agriculture in accordance with § 290-1205.
(2) 
Single-family detached dwelling.
(3) 
Site Responsive Residential Community Option in accordance with § 290-1226.
(4) 
Group care facility in accordance with § 290-1211.
(5) 
Municipal use.
(6) 
Forestry/timber harvesting in accordance with § 290-1210.
(7) 
Non-tower wireless communications facilities in accordance with § 290-1231.
(8) 
Public utility service structures and facilities in accordance with § 290-1224.
(9) 
Accessory use in addition to a permitted principal use, in accordance with § 290-1202.
B. 
Conditional uses. The following uses are permitted when approved by the Borough Council as a conditional use, subject to the provisions of Article XVII herein.
(1) 
Supplemental dwelling unit in accordance with § 290-1228.
(2) 
Agriculture, intensive, in accordance with § 290-1205.
(3) 
Accessory use in addition to a permitted principal use, in accordance with § 290-1202.

§ 290-403 Area and bulk regulations.

The following shall apply to all uses except those included in a Site Responsive Residential Community, in which case the provisions of § 290-1226 shall apply:
Without Public Sewer
With Public Sewer
Minimum lot area
60,000 square feet
30,000 square feet
Minimum lot width at the building line
150 feet
100 feet
Maximum building coverage
10%
20%
Maximum lot coverage
20%
30%
Front yard, minimum
30 feet
25 feet
Rear yard, minimum
25 feet
25 feet
Side yard, minimum
25 feet
25 feet
Maximum building height
3 stories or 35 feet, whichever is less

§ 290-404 Design standards.

The following standards shall apply in the SRR District, where applicable:
A. 
Natural resources protection, Article X.
B. 
General regulations, Article XI.
C. 
Supplemental use regulations, Article XII.
D. 
Signs, Article XIII.
E. 
Off-street parking and loading, Article XIV.