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Rockaway Township City Zoning Code

§ 54-30.39

R-P Residential-Professional District.

[Ord. No. 95-24 § 54-125; Ord. No. 96-18 § 1; Ord. No. 99-19 § 10]
A. 
Permitted principal uses.[1]
(1) 
Single-family detached residential use; and
(2) 
Professional offices.
B. 
Permitted accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures permitted in the R-P 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.
C. 
Conditional uses. The conditional uses permitted in the R-P district are indicated in Subsection 54-30.15; provided that such uses shall comply with the conditions for said uses in Subsection 54-30.15.
D. 
Prohibited uses. Any use other than those uses specifically permitted in paragraphs A, B and C above is prohibited. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit a professional office as a principal use on the same lot as a dwelling.
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 provided that where there is a corner lot, the lot frontage on one street may be reduced by a maximum of 10 feet from the minimum requirements 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) 
Maximum building height. No building shall exceed 2.5 stories, or 35[2] feet, whichever is less.
[2]
Note: Pursuant to Ordinance No. 99-19, Section 10, the maximum building height as it pertains to single-family residential uses is 2.5 stories or 30 feet, whichever is less.
(9) 
Maximum impervious coverage. The total impervious coverage on any lot containing a dwelling as a principal use shall not exceed 25% of the total lot area. The total impervious coverage on any lot containing a professional office as a principal use shall not exceed 50% of the total lot area, unless the lot is also within the CWR district, in which case the total impervious coverage shall not exceed 45% of the total lot area.
(10) 
Minimum buffer area. Any lot containing a professional office as a principal use shall be required to provide a landscaped buffer area along any lot line that abuts a property used for a residence. The buffer area shall be at least 10 feet in depth, measured perpendicular to the lot line. No building, parking area or other paved area shall be permitted to encroach into the required buffer area. The developer shall provide landscaping, fencing, or walls in the buffer area sufficient to screen the lot containing the professional office from the view of the lot containing the residence.