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Solebury Township City Zoning Code

PART 8

R-1 SMALL LOT RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

§ 27-801 Purpose.

[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988; as added by Ord. 145, 6/1/1993, § I.1; and amended by Ord. 153, 5/3/1994, § 1]
The R-1 Small Lot Residential District is designated to provide additional affordable housing for present and future residents of the Township. The district permits the construction of single-family detached dwellings on much smaller lot sizes than are permitted elsewhere in the Township to achieve economies which will permit affordable housing to be constructed.

§ 27-802 Use Regulations.

[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988, § 605A; as added by Ord. 145, 6/1/1993, § I.1; and amended by Ord. 153, 5/3/1994, § 1; by Ord. 200, 3/18/2003, § IV; by Ord. 2006-3, 2/21/2006, Art. IV; and by Ord. 2014-5, 5/22/2014, Arts. IX, X]
1. 
A building may be erected, altered or used, and any land may be used or occupied for any one of the following principal and conditional uses and no other:
A. 
Permitted Principal Uses.
(1) 
Single-family detached dwellings.
(2) 
Municipal uses.
(3) 
Forestry/timber harvesting uses.
(4) 
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, subject to the provisions of Parts 25 and 26.
(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.
[Added by Ord. 2018-004, 3/6/2018]
C. 
Conditional Uses. (Refer to Part 26 for special provisions governing conditional uses and Part 29 for standards and criteria).
(1) 
Wireless telecommunications facilities (possibly permitted by right or as a conditional use pursuant to the conditions and requirements contained in § 27-2611).

§ 27-803 Height Regulations.

[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988; as added by Ord. 145, 6/1/1993, § I.1; and amended by Ord. 153, 5/3/1994, § 1]
The maximum height of dwellings and other structures erected, enlarged, altered or used shall be 35 feet, except as provided in Part 25.

§ 27-804 Area and Bulk Regulations.

[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988; as added by Ord. 145, 6/1/1993, § I.1; and amended by Ord. 153, 5/3/1994, § 1 I]
1. 
The following area and bulk regulations shall apply:
A. 
Residential Uses: Single-Family Detached Dwellings.
(1) 
Minimum lot area: 8,000 square feet.
(2) 
Minimum lot width at actual building setback line: 75 feet.
(3) 
Minimum lot width at street line: 50 feet.
(4) 
Maximum impervious surface coverage: 40%.
(5) 
Maximum building coverage: 25%.
(6) 
Minimum depth of front yard: 25 feet.
(7) 
Minimum depth of rear yard: 25 feet.
(8) 
Minimum side yard: 20 feet aggregate; eight foot minimum for each individual side yard.