Gettysburg City Zoning Code
PART 5
R-2 MODERATE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
§ 27-501 Purpose.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
The purpose of this Part is to provide for the development of certain areas of the Borough into residential neighborhoods permitting a variety of housing types.
§ 27-502 Uses Permitted by Right.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
Land and buildings in an R-2 District shall be used for the following purposes only:
A.
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the below when located on the same lot.
B.
Apartments or condominiums.
C.
Emergency services station.
D.
Essential services.
E.
No-impact home-based business.
F.
Public or private nonprofit park, playground or recreation area.
G.
Public or private primary and secondary schools.
H.
Single-family attached dwellings.
I.
Single-family detached dwellings.
J.
Single-family semidetached dwellings.
K.
Two-family dwellings.
L.
Unit for care of relative, as per § 27-15251.
§ 27-503 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:
C.
Mobile home parks.
D.
Municipal or governmental buildings and uses.
E.
Places of worship.
F.
Professional offices.
G.
Student housing, but only so long as the following three requirements shall have been met:
(1)
The land is located directly adjacent to (including across the street from) an Institutional District.
(2)
Parking required under § 27-1302P of this chapter shall be provided either on site or on the campus located within the adjacent Institutional District.
(3)
A buffer yard is created for any existing family, detached dwelling which abuts the land on which the student housing is located, such buffer yard to be provided along the property line separating such uses and to be planted with trees and shrubs and shall comply with the other requirements in § 27-1510.
§ 27-504 Lot Requirements.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
1.
Minimum area: zero. No minimum lot area is required.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1473-20, 11/9/2020]
2.
Minimum width at the build-to line: 20 feet.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1447-18, 1/22/2018; Ord. No. 1473-20, 11/9/2020]
3.
Build-to line: 10 feet.
4.
Side yards: zero. No minimum lot area is required.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1473-20, 11/9/2020]
5.
Rear yard: five feet minimum.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1473-20, 11/9/2020]
6.
Maximum lot coverage: 80%.
7.
Minimum green area: 20%.
§ 27-505 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.
§ 27-506 Existing Single-Family Semidetached Dwellings.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
When a lot which is improved with existing single-family semidetached dwellings is the subject of a subdivision application for the purpose of enabling single-family residential development and usage on the subdivided lot or lots, the applicant shall not be required to meet the requirements of § 27-504 herein relative to lot requirements. All other requirements of this Part shall apply to the development of the subdivided lot or lots and shall be enforced.
§ 27-507 Existing Single-Family Attached Dwellings.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
When a lot which is improved with existing single-family attached dwellings is the subject of a subdivision application for the purpose of enabling single-family residential development and usage on the subdivided lot or lots, the applicant shall not be required to meet the requirements of § 27-504 herein relative to lot requirements. All other requirements of this Part shall apply to the development of the subdivided lot or lots and shall be enforced.
§ 27-508 Streetscape Enhancement Overlay District.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
In addition to the requirements contained in this Part, development within that portion of the R-2 District shown on Exhibit A[1] shall meet the requirements contained in Part 19, Streetscape Enhancement Overlay District.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is the Zoning Map, which is on file in the Borough offices.