Moorestown City Zoning Code
ARTICLE V
R-1-A Residence Districts
§ 180-11 Use restrictions and regulations.
In all R-1-A Residence Districts the following uses, and no others, of lands and buildings are permitted:
B.
An accessory use of an accessory structure on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the permitted uses referenced in § 180-11A, provided that the terms "accessory use" and "accessory structure" shall not be construed to include a business, and no goods shall be publicly displayed on the lot in connection with any accessory use permitted under this subsection, but the terms "accessory use" and "accessory structure" shall include:
[Added 5-14-2001 by Ord. No. 1957-01]
(1)
A tenant house.
§ 180-12 Area restrictions and regulations.
[Amended 11-13-2000 by Ord. No. 1935-00;[1] 10-28-2002 by Ord. No. 2013-02; 11-14-2005 by Ord. No. 32-2005; 9-22-2008 by Ord. No. 21-2008; 9-13-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021]
In all R-1-A Residence Districts, parcels of land are subject to the restrictions and regulations established herein.
A.
A lot area of not less than 25,000 square feet per family shall be provided for every main building hereafter erected or used in whole or in part as a dwelling. Such lot shall be not less than 150 feet in width at the building line.
B.
The maximum building coverage shall be 20%, and the maximum impervious surface shall be 30%.
C.
There shall be a front yard along each street on which a lot abuts, which yard shall not be less than 50 feet in depth, except that on Haines Mill Road and Tom Brown/Westfield Road between New Albany and Bridgeboro Roads, said yard shall not be less then 150 feet in depth. However, the front yard on the long side of a corner lot may be reduced to a depth of not less than 25 feet, except those lots that abut Haines Mill Road and Tom Brown/Westfield Road between New Albany and Bridgeboro Roads.
D.
There shall be two side yards on every lot, which yards shall be not less than 40 feet in aggregate width and neither of which shall be less than 15 feet in width; provided, however, that on a corner lot, which is subject to Subsection C of this section, there shall be one side yard of not less than 15 feet in width.
E.
There shall be a rear yard on every lot, which yard shall be not less than 25 feet in depth, except that along the streets identified in Subsection C above, said yard shall not be less than 150 feet in depth.
F.
Each building lot shall have a minimum building envelope of 10,000 square feet in area.
G.
For reverse frontage lots and corner lots, a four-foot-high berm in a landscape buffer of sufficient width shall be required along a major thoroughfare, designed in accordance with the standards of § 158-26.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former § 180-12.1, Conservation design subdivisions in R-1-A Residence Districts, added 9-22-2008 by Ord. No. 21-2008, was repealed9-13-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021.
[1]
Editor's Note: The preamble to this ordinance stated the purpose of this legislation as follows: 1. Moorestown Township has within its borders certain roads and streets that are major thoroughfares. 2. The Township is desirous of preserving open space and scenic vistas along certain major thoroughfares through the use of increased setback requirements in the R-1 and R-1-A Zones. 3. Township Council recognizes the hardship on properties with existing structures caused by modification of setback requirements in the event of a proposed expansion, relief from which shall be obtained from the Zoning Board of Adjustment on a case-by-case basis.
§ 180-13 Height restrictions and regulations.
In all R-1-A Residence Districts the following height restrictions and regulations are established:
A.
No building, structure or any part thereof, other than farm buildings, shall exceed 35 feet in height, provided that such height limits may be exceeded by one foot for each foot by which the width of each side yard is increased beyond minimum side yard requirements up to a maximum height of 45 feet.