Independence Township Beaver County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VII
R-1 Suburban Residential District
§ 200-17 Statement of purpose and use summary.
§ 200-18 Conditional use provisions.
The following conditional uses may be authorized by the Township Supervisors pursuant to the standards and criteria specified herewith:
D.
Multifamily dwellings; to include apartments, garden apartments or row houses (townhouses).
(1)
Minimum lot size for a multifamily dwelling structure in the R-1 District shall be two acres for the first dwelling unit and 15,000 square feet for each additional unit. Single or joint ownership of multidwelling structures may be permitted.
(2)
The following design standards shall apply:
(a)
No row house (townhouse) or apartment shall exceed two stories in height.
(b)
No row house (townhouse) structure shall contain more than four dwelling units.
(c)
No row house (townhouse) structure shall be more than 120 feet in length.
(d)
No apartment structure shall be more than 80 feet in length.
(e)
At least two off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit and such space shall be within 150 feet of any commonly used entranceway for such dwelling units.
(f)
Buildings shall be so designed as to avoid monotonous patterns of construction, or repetitive spaces or modules between buildings.
(g)
No structure shall be erected within 25 feet of another structure.
(3)
The developer shall provide an approved (PA-DEP) sanitary sewage disposal system of sufficient size and design to adequately serve the maximum designed capacity of the proposed residential units in the development in lieu of connection to an approved municipal sewage system.
(4)
An approved municipal water system shall be provided to serve the maximum designed capacity of the proposed residential units.
(5)
All multifamily dwelling unit development shall be subject to preliminary site plan review and approval in accordance with the following application requirements.
(a)
Overall development plans showing:
[1]
Kind, location, occupancy capacity of structures and uses;
[2]
General floor plan of building;
[3]
Location and identification of open space, streets and all other means for pedestrian and vehicular circulation, parks, recreational areas and other nonbuilding sites;
[4]
Provisions for automobile parking and loading;
[5]
General landscape plan;
[6]
General location and nature of public and private utilities and community facilities and services.
E.
Noncommercial farm animal keeping.
(1)
Farm animals may be raised and cared for in R-1 Districts, provided that the property contains a minimum of two contiguous acres of land in conjunction with the primary residence of the animal owner. There shall be a maximum of four animals per qualified residential site.
(2)
Animals may be kept only for noncommercial purposes for recreation and/or food production of the resident family.
(3)
General regulations that apply to farm operations in the A-1 District shall apply to all activities in conjunction with animal keeping.
§ 200-19 Special exception provisions.
The following special exceptions may be authorized the Zoning Hearing Board, pursuant to the standards and criteria specified herewith:
A.
Church, school.
(1)
Structural conditions, sanitation, entrances and exits, fire control and other appropriate elements must be certified for compliance with applicable local, state and federal requirements.
(2)
Structures shall be compatible with the residential character of the vicinity in which they will be located.
(3)
All structures shall be situated on the site in such a manner that they meet the minimum area and yard requirements specified in § 200-20.
(4)
Ingress and egress for all site access and off-street parking shall be situated in a manner to minimize interference with through traffic movements on adjacent street rights-of-way.