Smith Township Washington County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
PART 6
R-1 Suburban Residential District
§ 600 Purpose.
[Ord. 2007-2, 5/22/2007]
The purpose of this district is to encourage single-family developments at suburban densities in locations in the Township where public sewers exist or are anticipated in the future and to provide for accessory uses and compatible public and semipublic uses as conditional uses.
§ 601 Authorized Uses.
[Ord. 2007-2, 5/22/2007; as amended by Ord. 2009-6, 8/20/2009; and by Ord. 2010-3, 9/1/2010[1]]
In the R-1 Suburban Residential District, only the following uses are authorized:
A.
Permitted uses.
(1)
Principal uses.
(a)
Churches.
(b)
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 1211.
(c)
Essential services.
(d)
Forestry.
(e)
Oil and gas drilling subsurface facilities.
(f)
Public buildings.
(g)
Public recreation.
(h)
Schools, public or private.
(i)
Single-family dwellings.
(2)
Accessory uses. The following accessory uses are permitted when accessory to any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this district:
(a)
Accessory structures, subject to § 1203C.
(e)
Private residential swimming pools, subject to § 1203C.
(h)
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this district.
(i)
Accessory solar energy systems.
[Added by Ord. No. 2023-2, 4/17/2023]
B.
§ 602 Area and Bulk Regulations.
[Ord. 2007-2, 5/22/2007]
In the R-1 Suburban Residential District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by Part 10 governing planned residential development or by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses or uses by special exception contained in Part 11:
Type | Requirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Minimum lot area | |||
Single-family dwelling | |||
Without public sewers | 1 acre | ||
With public sewers | 10,890 square feet | ||
All other principal uses | 1 acre | ||
Minimum lot width | |||
Single-family dwelling | 100 feet | ||
All other principal uses | 150 feet | ||
Maximum lot coverage | 35% | ||
Minimum front yard | 40 feet | ||
Minimum rear yard | |||
Principal structures | 40 feet | ||
Accessory structures | See § 1203C | ||
Minimum side yard | |||
Single-family dwelling | 20 feet | ||
All other principal structures | 20 feet | ||
Accessory structures | See § 1203C | ||
Special yard requirements | See § 1203 | ||
Permitted projections into required yards | See § 1204 | ||
Maximum height | |||
All principal structures | 2 1/2 stories, but no more than 45 feet | ||
All accessory structures | 1 story, but no more than 20 feet | ||
Height exceptions | See § 1205 | ||
§ 603 Off-Street Parking and Loading.
[Ord. 2007-2, 5/22/2007]
See Part 13.
§ 604 Signs.
[Ord. 2007-2, 5/22/2007]
See Part 14.
§ 605 Screening and Landscaping.
[Ord. 2007-2, 5/22/2007]
See § 1202.