The purpose of this chapter is to permit the development of attached residential buildings at higher densities, in order to provide another housing alternative within the Borough.

(Ord. 774. Passed 8-23-76.)

   In an AL Alternate Residential District, a building may be erected, altered or used, and a lot or premises may be used, for the following purposes and no other:

   (a)   General Uses.

      (1)   A single-family detached dwelling;

      (2)   A two-family detached dwelling;

      (3)   A one-family semidetached dwelling;

      (4)   A two-family semidetached dwelling;

      (5)   A single-family attached dwelling; and

      (6)   A multifamily dwelling.

      (1)   A private swimming pool;

      (2)   Customary residential accessory buildings, including but not limited to sheds, garages and carports; and

      (3)   Home-based businesses.

      (1)   Conversion from a single-family detached dwelling to a two-family detached dwelling; (See Section 1264.08)

      (2)   A family day-care home facility, provided that such use is conducted in a single-family detached or semidetached dwelling; (See Section 1264.14)

      (3)   Wireless communications facility with antenna(s); (See Chapter 1274)

      (4)   Congregate housing for the elderly;

      (5)   Long-term care facility;

      (6)   Mobile homes and mobile home parks;

      (7)   Bed and Breakfast establishments; (See Section 1264.15)

      (8)   Family/caregiver suite. (See Section 1264.18)

      (1)   Senior cooperative housing (subject to the criteria set forth in Sections 1264.11 and 1264.19).

(Ord. 774. Passed 8-23-76; Ord. 870. Passed 5-13-91; Ord. 919. Passed 7-14-97; Ord. 925. Passed 6-8-98; Ord. 968. Passed 1-13-03; Ord 973. Passed 12-8-03; Ord. 979. Passed 5-9-05; Ord. 989. Passed 5-9-05; Ord. 998. Passed 12-12-05; Ord. 1084. Passed 11-13-18; Ord. 1085. Passed 5-13-19.)

   (a)   The minimum lot area shall be 14,000 square feet.

   (b)   The minimum lot area per dwelling unit for a three or more bedroom dwelling unit shall be 2,200 square feet; for a two bedroom dwelling unit, 2,000 square feet; for a one bedroom dwelling unit, 1,800 square feet; and for an efficiency dwelling unit, 1,600 square feet.

   (c)   The minimum lot width shall be 100 feet.

   (d)   The maximum lot coverage shall be thirty-five percent.

   (e)   The minimum building setback shall be thirty feet.

   (f)   The minimum side yard for the principal building shall be fifteen feet.

(Ord. 979. Passed 5-9-05; Ord. 989. Passed 5-9-05.)

   (g)   The minimum rear yard for the principal building shall be thirty feet.

(Ord. 979. Passed 5-9-05; Ord. 989. Passed 5-9-05.)

   (h)   The maximum building height for the principal building shall be three stories or thirty-five feet.

(Ord. 979. Passed 5-9-05; Ord. 989. Passed 5-9-05.)

   (i)   Maximum combined lot coverage and hardscape coverage shall be 60%, but in no case shall lot coverage exceed the maximum allowed for the zoning district. (Ord. 1087. Passed 10-15-19.)

   (j)   Not more than six single-family attached units may be placed in one row.

   (k)   A building offset of a minimum of four feet shall be required for every forty feet of building length.

   (l)   The minimum distance between buildings shall be fifteen feet, except when measured from window wall to window wall, in which case the distance shall be thirty feet.

   (m)   There shall be a minimum of 300 square feet of usable common open space per dwelling unit.

(Ord. 774. Passed 8-23-76.)

   (n)   For every garage in a Residential District, whether or not the garage is attached to or detached from the dwelling, the entirety of the garage must be set back at least three feet from the street-facing facade of the dwelling.

(Ord. 913. Passed 10-14-96.)

   (o)   (1)   No accessory building is permitted within a front yard.

      (2)   No accessory building shall exceed twenty-five feet in building height.

      (3)   Accessory buildings shall be located, with one limited exception as described in (4) below, a minimum of ten feet from any side and/or rear property line.

      (4)   Up to one shed, with a footprint size not exceeding sixty-four square feet and a building height not exceeding eight feet, may be placed as close as but no closer than four feet from a side and/or rear property line. Such exception is allowed only if the entire shed can be situated to the rear of an imaginary line that represents an extension of any adjacent principal building’s rear building line.

      (5)   A shed allowed under exception (4) above is excluded from lot coverage calculations for purposes of complying with the Borough Zoning Code.

(Ord. 979. Passed 5-9-05; Ord. 989. Passed 5-9-05.)