Rockaway Township City Zoning Code
§ 54-30.23
R-20 Single-Family Residential District.
[Ord. No. 95-24 § 54-117; Ord. No. 99-19 § 10; Ord. No. 07-19 § 5]
A.
Permitted principal uses. The following principal uses are permitted in the R-20 district:[1]
(1)
Single-family detached residential use.
(2)
Plant material nurseries, parks, golf courses. 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.
[1]
Note: See Appendix A, included as an attachment to this chapter.
B.
Permitted accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures permitted in the R-20 district are those uses and structures which are customarily incidental and subordinate to a permitted principal use. 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 uses specifically permitted above are prohibited. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit timbering, lumbering or tree farming.
E.
Required conditions.
(1)
Minimum lot area. Every lot shall have a minimum area of 20,000 square feet.
(2)
Minimum lot width. Each lot shall have a minimum lot width of 100 feet, measured at the required front yard setback line.
(3)
Average lot width. Each lot shall have an average lot width of 100 feet, designed such that the minimum lot area of 20,000 square feet shall be provided within 200 feet of the front street right-of-way line.
(4)
Minimum lot frontage. Each lot shall have a minimum frontage of 100 feet.
(5)
Minimum front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 50 feet.
(6)
Minimum side yard. There shall be two side yards, and no side yard shall be less than 10 feet.
(7)
Minimum rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 50 feet.
(8)
Minimum 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 25% of the total lot area.
F.
Cluster developments. The following regulations shall apply to cluster developments within the R-20 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 shown on a concept plan prepared in accordance with Subsection 54-30.13.
(2)
Minimum open space ratio. The subdivider shall either deed to the Township for open space or he shall set aside within the subdivision open space at a ratio of not less than 2,500 square feet for each lot in the subdivision.
(3)
Minimum lot area of public open space lots. No area to be deeded to the Township for open space purposes shall be less than six 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 six 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 17,500 square feet.
(5)
Average lot width. Each lot shall have an average lot width of 100 feet, designed such that the minimum lot area of 17,500 square feet shall be provided within 175 feet of the front street right-of-way line.
(6)
Minimum lot width. Each lot shall have a minimum lot width of 100 feet, measured at the required front yard setback 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 10 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 25% of the total lot area.