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Folcroft City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

R-3 Apartment District

§ 600-24 Purpose.

The purpose of the R-3 Apartment District is to provide for medium- and high-density residential development in the form of small apartments and to allow for larger apartment buildings and apartment complexes by special exception. A secondary purpose is to provide for townhouses as a use permitted by right. Consistent with the community development objectives, much of this higher-density residential development is intended to be located in the vicinity of the local train station and along bus routes. District regulations are also designed to stabilize and protect the residential characteristics of the district, encourage a suitable environment for residential activities, and allow for parks and recreational uses.

§ 600-25 Uses permitted by right.

Land, buildings, or premises shall be used by right for only one or more of the following uses:
A. 
Apartment, containing not more than four units.
B. 
Single-family attached dwelling (townhouse).
C. 
Recreational, park, or play area.

§ 600-26 Uses permitted by conditional use.

The following uses shall be permitted by conditional use only, subject to the applicable requirements of Article XVI:
A. 
Church or other religious use, including rectory, classrooms for religious instruction, or similar customary religious activities, subject to § 600-130.

§ 600-27 Uses permitted by special exception.

The following uses shall be permitted by special exception only, subject to the applicable requirements of Articles XVII and XXI, respectively.
A. 
Apartments containing more than four units, subject to § 600-149.

§ 600-28 Accessory uses and structures.

The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses, subject to all applicable requirements of Article XV, General Regulations, and other articles as noted below.
A. 
Off-street parking, subject to Article XIII.
B. 
Garage for residential use, subject to § 600-102.
C. 
Storage shed, subject to § 600-102.
D. 
Fence, subject to § 600-111.
E. 
Swimming pool for use of apartment residents or private swimming pool, subject to § 600-110.
F. 
Satellite antenna, subject to § 600-109.
G. 
Sign, subject to Article XIV.
H. 
No-impact home-based business, subject to § 600-103.
I. 
Any accessory use or structure on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the uses permitted above in this district and not detrimental to the neighborhood.

§ 600-29 Dimensional regulations.

A. 
Apartments.
(1) 
Lot area: 2,500 square feet per unit for the first four dwelling units and 2,000 square feet per unit for each additional unit.
(2) 
Lot width: 150 feet.
(3) 
Yards (front, side, rear): 25 feet each.
(4) 
Impervious surface: 65% maximum.
(5) 
Height: four stories or 45 feet or five stories or 55 feet when the building is set back 50 feet or more.
B. 
Townhouses. As required by § 600-21, Subsection A, of the R-2 Townhouse District.

§ 600-30 Special development regulations.

A. 
There shall be a planted visual screen, as defined in Article II, which shall be placed where a proposed apartment development abuts adjacent single-family dwellings, uses, or districts that allow single-family dwellings.
B. 
Not less than 35% of the total lot areas shall be landscaped, in accordance with a landscaping plan, as required in § 600-115.
C. 
Off-street parking shall comply with Article XIII, and signage shall comply with Article XIV.