Rockaway Township City Zoning Code
§ 54-30.21
R-5AC Single-Family Detached Residential District.
[Ord. No. 95-24 § 54-115; Ord. No. 99-19 § 10; Ord. No. 07-19 § 3]
A.
Permitted principal uses. The following principal uses are permitted in the R-5AC district:[1]
(1)
Single-family detached residential use.
(2)
Plant material nurseries, parks, golf courses; provided that plant material nurseries shall not result in the emission of any fly ash, dust, fumes, vapors or gases which can cause damage to health, to animals or vegetation or other forms of property, or which can cause any soiling at any point.
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Note: See Appendix A, included as an attachment to this chapter.
B.
Accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures permitted in the R-5AC district are those uses and structures which are customarily incidental and subordinate to a principal permitted use. Horses, provided they are kept under sanitary conditions and provided that unattended horses are at all times kept within a fence which shall not be permitted closer than 50 feet to a property line. No horse or pony may be kept on a lot less than 45,000 square feet. A minimum sixty-thousand-square-foot area is required for two horses, and a minimum eighty-thousand-square-foot area is required for three horses. If more than three horses or ponies are kept, an additional 15,000 square feet per additional horse or pony shall be required.
In case of a question concerning whether a use or structure is accessory to a permitted principal use, the determination thereof shall lie with the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
D.
Prohibited uses. Any use other than those specifically permitted above are prohibited. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit timbering, lumbering or tree farming.
E.
Required conditions. The following requirements must be complied with in the R-5AC district:
(1)
Minimum lot area. Every lot shall have a minimum area of five acres.
(2)
Minimum lot width. Each lot shall have a minimum lot width of 300 feet, measured at the required front yard setback line.
(3)
Average lot width. Each lot shall have an average lot width of 300 feet, measured at the required front yard setback line.
(4)
Minimum lot frontage. Each lot shall have a minimum frontage of 200 feet.
(5)
Minimum front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 65 feet.
(6)
Minimum side yard. There shall be two side yards, and no side yard shall be less than 50 feet.
(7)
Minimum rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 65 feet.
(8)
Maximum building height. No building shall exceed 2 1/2 stories, or 30 feet, whichever is less.
(9)
Maximum impervious coverage. The total impervious coverage on any lot shall not exceed 8% of the total lot area.
(10)
A preexisting nonconforming lot of no more than two acres shall be required to maintain minimum yard setbacks of 25 feet.
F.
Cluster development. The following regulations shall apply to cluster developments within the R-5AC district:
(1)
Maximum density. The total number of dwelling units shall not exceed the number that would have otherwise resulted from a conventional subdivision as regulated by Subsection 54-30.13.
(2)
Minimum open space ratio. The subdivider shall either deed to the Township for open space or shall set aside within the subdivision open space at a ratio of not less than 43,750 square feet for each lot in the subdivision.
(3)
Minimum lot area of public open space lots. No area to be dedicated to the Township for open space purposes shall be less than 10 acres unless the area is to be joined to an existing or proposed parcel of Township land, the aggregate size of which shall not be less than 10 acres, unless a smaller area is shown on the Master Plan or Official Map of the Township.
(4)
Minimum residential lot area. Every lot shall have a minimum area of 43,750 square feet.
(5)
Minimum lot width. Each lot shall have a minimum lot width of 175 feet, measured at the required front yard setback line.
(6)
Average lot width. Each lot shall have an average lot width of 175 feet, designed such that the minimum lot area of 43,750 square feet shall be provided within 250 feet of the front street right-of-way line.
(7)
Minimum lot frontage. Each lot shall have a minimum frontage of 100 feet.
(8)
Minimum front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 50 feet.
(9)
Minimum side yard. There shall be two side yards, and no side yard shall be less than 25 feet.
(10)
Minimum rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 50 feet.
(11)
Maximum building height. No building shall exceed 2 1/2 stories, or 30 feet in height, whichever is less.
(12)
Maximum impervious coverage. The total impervious coverage on any lot shall not exceed 15% of the total lot area.