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South Fayette Township
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VII

R-4 Neighborhood Residential District

§ 240-35 Purpose.

The purpose of this District is to protect established neighborhoods comprised of single-family dwellings on small lots that are located in the Sturgeon and the Millers Run corridor; to provide opportunities for limited commercial development on properties that front on Millers Run Road, Station or Main Streets, as a transition between existing commercial and industrial areas while accommodating parking and traffic impacts associated with smaller lots; and to provide for compatible public, semipublic and accessory uses as conditional uses or uses by special exception.

§ 240-36 Authorized uses.

In the R-4 Neighborhood Residential District, only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Forestry, subject to § 240-105.
(b) 
Single-family dwelling.
(c) 
Two-family dwelling.
(d) 
Essential services.
(e) 
Township-related facilities.
(f) 
Community club.
(g) 
Incidental mineral removal.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Signs, subject to Article XVIII.
(b) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XVII.
(c) 
Fences, subject to § 240-99.
(d) 
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.
(e) 
Private residential swimming pools or sports courts, subject to § 240-99.
(f) 
Private garages and storage buildings, subject to § 240-99.
(g) 
No-impact home-based business, subject to § 240-106.
(h) 
Keeping of domestic pets.
(i) 
Garage sales and temporary auto sales, subject to § 240-109.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Apartment in combination with business, subject to § 240-95A(3).
(b) 
Bed-and-breakfast, subject to § 240-95A(4).
(c) 
Church, subject to § 240-95A(9).
(d) 
Firehouses, subject to § 240-95A(9).
(e) 
Noncommercial recreation, subject to § 240-95A(38).
(f) 
Personal care boarding home, subject to § 240-95A(20).
(g) 
Public buildings other than Township-related facilities, subject to § 240-95A(9).
(h) 
Public recreation, other than Township-related facilities, subject to § 240-95A(38).
(i) 
Public utility building or structure, subject to § 240-95A(39).
(j) 
Schools (public or private), subject to § 240-95A(9).
(k) 
Transitional dwelling, subject to § 240-95A(20).
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 240-95A(49).
C. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Day-care center, subject to § 240-95A(15).
(b) 
Funeral home, subject to § 240-95A(18).
(c) 
Museums; libraries, subject to § 240-95A(9).
(d) 
Private club, subject to § 240-95A(37).
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Home occupation, subject to § 240-95A(21).
(b) 
Family Day Care Home, subject to § 240-95A(17).

§ 240-37 Area and bulk regulations.

In the R-4 Neighborhood Residential District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article XV.
A. 
Minimum lot area.
(1) 
Single-family dwelling.
(a) 
Without public sewers: 43,560 square feet.
(b) 
With public sewers: 6,000 square feet.
(2) 
Two-family dwelling.
(a) 
Without public sewers: 43,560 square feet.
(b) 
With public sewers: 12,000 square feet.
(3) 
All other principal uses: one acre.
B. 
Minimum lot width.
(1) 
Single-family or two-family dwelling.
(a) 
Without public sewers: 150 feet.
(b) 
With public sewers: 60 feet.
(2) 
All other principal uses: 150 feet.
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 35%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
E. 
Minimum rear yard.
(1) 
Principal structures: 30 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: see § 240-99C.
F. 
Minimum side yard.
(1) 
Single-family dwelling.
(a) 
Without public sewers: 30 feet total; minimum 15 feet one side.
(b) 
With public sewers: 15 feet total; minimum five feet one side.
[Amended 4-20-2006 by Ord. No. 7-2006]
(2) 
Accessory structures: see § 240-99C.
G. 
Special yard requirements: see § 240-99.
H. 
Permitted projections into required yards: see § 240-100.
I. 
Maximum height.
(1) 
All principal structures: three stories but no more than 45 feet.
(2) 
All accessory structures: one story but no more than 15 feet.
J. 
Height exceptions: see § 240-101.

§ 240-38 Parking and loading.

See Article XVII.

§ 240-39 Signs.

See Article XVIII.

§ 240-40 Buffer areas and landscaping.

See § 240-98.

§ 240-41 Storage.

See § 240-104.