Gettysburg City Zoning Code
PART 4A
R-1A PRESERVATION RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
§ 27-4A01 Purpose.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
The purpose of this Part 4A is to provide for certain areas of the Borough that contain large residential dwellings to be maintained as single-family dwellings, but to allow bed-and-breakfast uses to be conducted in those buildings as a way to provide income to maintain the large dwellings without conversion to other uses that are not owner-occupied, such as conversion apartments.
§ 27-4A02 Uses Permitted by Right.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
Land and buildings in an R-1A District may be used for the following purposes as a matter of right:
A.
Accessory buildings and use customarily incidental to the below when located on the same lot.
B.
Bed-and-breakfast use.
C.
Emergency services stations.
D.
Essential services.
E.
No-impact home-based business.
F.
Single-family detached dwellings.
G.
Unit for care of relative, as per § 27-15251.
H.
Homestay, as an accessory use to a permanent residential use or occupancy.
[Added by Ord. No. 1481-21, 10/12/2021]
I.
Vacation rental.
[Added by Ord. No. 1481-21, 10/12/2021]
§ 27-4A03 Uses Permitted by Special Exception.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
The following uses may be permitted as a special exception when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board:
A.
Home occupations.
B.
Municipal or governmental buildings and uses.
C.
Single-family semidetached dwellings.
D.
Uses which, in the opinion of the Zoning Hearing Board, are of the same general character as the above uses in § 27-4A02 and which will not be detrimental to the intended purposes of this chapter.
E.
Event venue.
[Added by Ord. No. 1488-23, 5/8/2023]
§ 27-4A04 Lot Requirements.
§ 27-4A05 Building Height.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008; amended by Ord. No. 1454-18, 12/10/2018]
No building shall have a building height in excess of 45 feet.