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Solebury Township City Zoning Code

PART 7

VR, VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

§ 27-701 Purpose.

[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988, § 600]
The VR, Village Residential Districts are designated to conserve the character of the Township villages. To ensure that new uses are compatible with existing uses, the VR District provides area and bulk regulations and use regulations consistent with the setting of the villages.

§ 27-702 Use Regulations.

[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988, § 601; as amended by Ord. 138, 5/26/1992, § 34; by Ord. 171, 7/7/1998, § I.3; by Ord. 200, 3/18/2003, § IV; by Ord. 2006-3, 2/21/2006, Art. IV; by Ord. 2014-5, 5/22/2014, Arts. VII, VIII; by Ord. 2018-004, 3/6/2018; by Ord. 2018-005, 6/19/2018; by Ord. No. 2022-004, 7/19/2022; by Ord. No. 2024-002, 5/7/2024]
1. 
A building may be erected, altered or used, and land may be used or occupied, subject to the other provisions of this chapter, for any one of the following principal or conditional uses and no other:
A. 
Permitted Principal Uses.
(1) 
Single-family detached dwellings.
(2) 
Two-family dwellings and conversion into two-family dwellings, in accordance with § 27-704, Subsection 1A, and § 27-2604.
(3) 
Municipal use.
(4) 
Forestry/timber harvesting uses.
(5) 
Wireless telecommunications facilities (possibly permitted by right or as a conditional use pursuant to the conditions and requirements contained in § 27-2611).
B. 
Permitted Accessory Uses.
(1) 
Accessory uses on the same lot and customarily incidental to the principal residential uses permitted in Subsection 1A.
(2) 
Parking in accordance with Part 23.
(3) 
Signs in accordance with Part 24.
(4) 
No-impact home-based business.
(5) 
Individual backyard composting facility.
C. 
Conditional Uses. (Refer to Part 26 for special provisions governing conditional uses and Part 29 for standards and criteria).
(1) 
Single-family attached dwellings in the form of a duplex or twin dwelling.
(2) 
Cultural, religious or charitable use.
(3) 
Bed-and-breakfast inn/small short-term lodging facility (accessory to only single-family detached, single-family attached or two-family dwellings used as a primary residence; accessory uses must still comply with the principal use standards in § 27-2602, Subsection 1OO).
(4) 
School; library; commercial school.
(5) 
Emergency services.
(6) 
Private club.
(7) 
Communications antenna mounted on an existing public utility transmission tower, building or other structure, including existing communications towers, and communications equipment building accessory thereto. An applicant for a conditional use to situate a communications antenna must demonstrate to the Township that it has met the requirements of § 27-2611 of this chapter.
(8) 
Wireless telecommunications facilities (possibly permitted by right or as a conditional use pursuant to the conditions and requirements contained in § 27-2611).

§ 27-703 Height Regulations.

[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988, § 602]
The maximum height of dwellings and other structures erected, enlarged, altered or used shall be 35 feet, except as provided in Part 25.

§ 27-704 Area and Bulk Regulations.

[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988, § 603]
1. 
Except as specified in Part 26 relative to setbacks from the Delaware Canal, the following shall apply:
A. 
Single-Family Detached Dwellings; Duplex or Twin Dwellings; Two-Family Dwellings; and Conversion into Two-Family Dwellings.
(1) 
Minimum lot area: 21,780 square feet (1/2 acre) per dwelling unit.
(2) 
In the case of a two-family dwelling and each half of a twin dwelling, the minimum lot area for each unit: 21,780 square feet.
(3) 
Minimum lot width at building line: 100 feet.
(4) 
Minimum lot width at street line: 50 feet.
(5) 
Maximum impervious surface coverage: 25%.
(6) 
Maximum building coverage: 20%.
(7) 
Minimum depth of front yard: 50 feet.
(8) 
Minimum depth of rear yard: 35 feet.
(9) 
Minimum width of each individual side yard: 20 feet.
B. 
Private Clubs.
(1) 
Minimum lot area: 15 acres.
(2) 
Minimum lot width at building line: 500 feet.
(3) 
Minimum lot width at street line: 350 feet.
(4) 
Maximum impervious surface coverage: 25%.
(5) 
Maximum building coverage: 10%.
(6) 
Minimum depth of front yard and rear yards: 175 feet.
(7) 
Minimum width of each individual side yard: 125 feet.
C. 
All other uses permitted under § 27-702, Subsection 1C(2), (3), (4), and (5).
(1) 
Minimum lot area: two acres.
(2) 
Minimum lot width at building line: 200 feet.
(3) 
Minimum lot width at street line: 75 feet.
(4) 
Maximum impervious surface coverage: 30%.
(5) 
Maximum building coverage: 20%.
(6) 
Minimum depth of front yard: 60 feet.
(7) 
Minimum depth of rear yard: 50 feet.
(8) 
Minimum width of each individual side yard: 40 feet.