Pennsauken Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
§ 141-76
R-1 Residential Districts.
In the R-1 Residential Districts, the following regulations shall apply:
A.
Use regulations. A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes, and no other:
(1)
Single-family detached dwelling.
(2)
Agriculture, including the raising and harvesting of crops and all forms of gardening and other forms of horticultural practices, but not including the keeping of farm animals or poultry.
(3)
Any one or more of the following uses when authorized as a conditional use by the Board of Adjustment:
(a)
Place of worship.
[Amended 12-30-2002 by Ord. No. 02-38]
(c)
Club or lodge, provided that the principal activity shall not be one which is customarily carried on as a business, and provided that all services shall be for members and their guests only.
(d)
Passenger station for public transportation; telephone central office; and other public utility use.
(6)
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses.
(7)
Home occupations.
B.
Height regulations, accessory height regulations and floor area. The maximum height of buildings and other structures erected or enlarged in this district shall be 35 feet, not exceeding 2 1/2 stories. The maximum height of accessory buildings and other accessory structures erected or enlarged in this district shall be 16 feet, and they shall have a maximum floor area of 400 square feet.
[Amended 2-25-2015 by Ord. No. 2015:02]
C.
Area, width, yard and coverage regulations. The following shall apply in this district:
(1)
Minimum lot area and width. A lot area of not less than 9,000 square feet and a lot width of not less than 75 feet at the building line shall be provided for every use permitted in this district.
(2)
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each lot the depth of which shall be not less than 35 feet.
(3)
Side yards:
(a)
On each interior lot there shall be two side yards having an aggregate width of not less than 30 feet, neither side yard having a width of less than 10 feet.
(b)
On each corner lot there shall be two side yards, the side yard abutting the street having a width of not less than 10 feet.
(c)
On any lot, in any side yard not abutting a street or any rear yard, a detached accessory use building may be erected within that yard area if not closer to a property line than five feet.
[Amended 2-8-1989 by Ord. No. 89-4; 7-7-2010 by Ord. No. 2010:19]
(4)
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot the depth of which shall be not less than 40 feet.