Pennsauken Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
§ 141-80
R-5 Residential Districts.
In R-5 Residential Districts, the following regulations shall apply:
A.
Use regulations. A building or group of buildings may be erected, altered or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes, and no other:
(1)
High-rise and garden-type multifamily dwellings and townhouse dwellings as are designated on a development plan submitted to and approved by the Planning Board, as prescribed in § 141-89J herein, when arranged on the land in conformity with such approved plan.
[Amended 1-14-1981 by Ord. No. 80-38]
(2)
Such commercial uses as restaurant, barbershop, beauty salon, newsstand, sale of tobacco products, periodicals and confections, when made an integral part of the ground floor of a high-rise multifamily dwelling, primarily as a service and convenience to the tenants of such dwelling or group thereof.
(3)
Passenger station for public transportation.
(5)
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses.
B.
Height regulations. The maximum height of high-rise multifamily dwellings shall be 13 stories or 130 feet; the maximum height of all other permitted uses shall be two stories and not to exceed 25 feet.
[Amended 1-14-1981 by Ord. No. 80-38]
C.
Area, width and yard regulations.
(1)
Minimum lot area and width. A lot area of not less than five acres shall be provided all multifamily dwellings; for townhouse dwellings the minimum lot area shall be three acres; the minimum lot width shall be established by the yard regulations of Subsection C(2) hereinbelow.
[Amended 1-14-1981 by Ord. No. 80-38]
(2)
Yard regulations.
Type of Dwelling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum Required Yard | Commercial Uses (feet) | Detached (feet) | Single- Family Semi- detached (feet) | Town- house (feet) | Multifamily Garden- Type (feet) | Multifamily High-Rise (feet) |
Front | 55 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 50 | 75 |
Rear | 60 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 50 | 75 |
Side: | ||||||
Minimum for 1 | 12** | 6 | 15* | 6** | 50 | 75 |
Aggregate of 2 | 25 | 18 | — | — | 100 | 200 |
NOTES: *On a corner lot, the side yard abutting the street shall have a width of not less than the depth of the front yard. **Where the lot has no party wall in common with an abutting lot; on a corner lot, the side yard abutting the street shall have a width of not less than the depth of the front yard. | ||||||
D.
Off-street parking restriction. No off-street parking or loading space shall be permitted in a front yard.
E.
Screen planting requirement. All off-street parking and loading space within a yard abutting another residential district or a public street shall be provided with a screen planting the ultimate height and width of which shall be not less than 10 feet; provided, however, that a masonry wall not less than four feet in height may be used in lieu of such planting screen.
F.
Planning Board approval. For any permitted use, the Planning Board shall approve the development plan prior to issuance of a building permit.
[Amended 1-14-1981 by Ord. No. 80-38]
G.
Building coverage and net density. The maximum building coverage and net densities permitted in this district shall be as follows:
[Amended 1-14-1981 by Ord. No. 80-38]
Types of Use | Lot Coverage (percent) | Maximum Building Coverage (percent) | Dwelling Units Per Acre |
|---|---|---|---|
Single-family detached dwelling | 70 | 35 | * |
Single-family semi-detached dwelling | 75 | 35 | * |
Townhouse dwelling | 85 | 50 | 10 |
Multifamily dwelling (garden-type) | 75 | 20 | 15 |
Multifamily dwelling (high-rise), for 3 stories** | 80 | 20 | 25** |
NOTES: *Determined by permitted lot size. **For each story over three, the net density may be increased five families per acre, to a maximum of 50. | |||
H.
Senior citizens housing. Multifamily high-rise senior citizens housing may be developed within this use provided that:
[Added 7-9-1979 by Ord. No. 79-24]
(1)
The parcel of land contains not less than two acres.
(2)
Dwelling units per acre shall not exceed 50 per acre.
(4)
Off-street parking and/or loading space shall be permitted in a front yard.
(5)
At least one all-weather parking space per two dwelling units shall be provided, notwithstanding other provisions of the development ordinances.