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City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IX

R-2 Residence District

§ 500-901 Purpose and intent.

The purposes of the R-2 Residence District are to provide reasonable standards for the orderly expansion of urban-type residential development; to prevent the overcrowding of the land; to exclude activities not compatible with residential development; and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the purposes of this chapter as set forth in § 500-101.

§ 500-902 Use regulations.

[Amended 10-2-2001 by Ord. No. 01-13; 5-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-05]
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any one of the following principal uses and any of the following accessory uses and no other. Unless specifically identified as an accessory use, the following are permitted principal uses:
A. 
Single-family detached dwelling.
B. 
Building for public worship.
C. 
Public or private educational institution when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board as a special exception, provided that the requirements of § 500-402E of this chapter are met.
D. 
Telecommunications facility, telephone central office, electric substation, or water or sewer pump station when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board as a special exception, provided that:
(1) 
Such use shall not include the transaction of business with the public; storage of materials, rotating equipment or trucks; repair facilities or housing of repair crews.
(2) 
A twenty-five-foot-wide buffer yard shall be provided along all property lines and shall meet the requirements of § 500-2605.
E. 
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any permitted use in this district, subject to the provisions of Article XXIV.
F. 
Home occupations as an accessory use in accordance with § 500-2408.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now § 500-2407.
G. 
Signs as accessory uses when erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of Article XXVIII.
H. 
Forestry/timber harvesting, pursuant to the regulations set forth in Article IV, § 500-402M.
I. 
No-impact home-based business as an accessory use.

§ 500-903 Area and dimensional requirements.

Unless a greater area or dimensional regulation is stated in § 500-902, Use regulations, for a specific use, all uses in the R-2 District shall meet the following requirements:
A. 
Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet.
B. 
Minimum lot width: 80 feet.
C. 
Maximum density: 2.8 dwelling units per acre.
This density requirement shall apply only to subdivisions where one or more new public streets are proposed as part of the subdivision. Relief from this density requirement shall not relieve an applicant for a subdivision from complying with the Middletown Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (Chapter 440) requirements regarding street improvements.
D. 
Maximum building coverage: 20%.
E. 
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
F. 
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
G. 
Minimum side yard: 10 feet; 25 feet aggregate.
H. 
Minimum rear yard: 25 feet.
I. 
Maximum impervious surface ratio: 30%.
[Added 5-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-05]