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Thornburg City Zoning Code

PART 9

R-2 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

§ 27-901 Purpose.

[Ord. 378, 2/14/2005, § 900]
The purpose of the R-2 Residential District is to reserve an undeveloped area in the Borough for the development of two-family and multi-family dwellings; and, to allow certain additional compatible supporting uses as conditional uses and uses by special exception.

§ 27-902 Authorized Uses.

[Ord. 378, 2/14/2005, § 901]
1. 
In the R-2 Residential District only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted Uses.
(1) 
Principal Uses.
(a) 
Two-family dwellings.
(b) 
Townhouses.
(c) 
Garden apartments.
(2) 
Accessory Uses.
(a) 
Signs, subject to Part 12.
(b) 
Off-street parking areas (public or private) and off-street loading, subject to Part 11.
(c) 
Accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this Zoning District.
(d) 
Private residential swimming pools or tennis courts, subject to § 27-1404C.
(e) 
Private parking garages and accessory storage buildings, subject to § 27-1404C.
(f) 
Fences, subject to § 27-1404C.
(g) 
Home gardening.
(h) 
Keeping of domestic pets.
(i) 
No-impact home-based business, subject to § 27-1412.
B. 
Conditional Uses.
(1) 
Principal Uses.
(a) 
Public recreation, subject to § 27-1304J.
(b) 
Private recreation, subject to § 27-1304J.
(2) 
Accessory Uses.
(a) 
None.
C. 
Uses by Special Exception.
(1) 
Principal Uses.
(a) 
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 27-1304B.
(b) 
Community club, subject to § 27-1304D.
(c) 
Public utility buildings or structures, subject to § 27-1304K.
(d) 
Expansion of nonconforming use, subject to § 27-1304G and § 27-1602D.
(2) 
Accessory Uses.
(a) 
None.

§ 27-903 Area and Bulk Regulations.

[Ord. 378, 2/14/2005, § 902]
1. 
In the R-2 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 Part 13.
A. 
Minimum lot area:
(1) 
Two-family dwelling: 14,000 square feet (7,000 square feet per family).
(2) 
All other uses: one acre.
B. 
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 40%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
E. 
Minimum rear yard:
(1) 
Principal structures: 25 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: five feet.
F. 
Minimum side yard:
(1) 
Principal structures: 10 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: 10 feet.
G. 
Dwelling floor area: see § 27-1408.
H. 
Maximum dwelling unit density: four units per acre.
I. 
Minimum distance between buildings: 20 feet (Where there is more than one building on the same lot).
J. 
Special yard requirements: see § 27-1404.
K. 
Permitted projections into required yards: see § 27-1405.
L. 
Maximum height:
(1) 
Single-family dwellings: 2 1/2 stories, but not more than 35 feet.
(2) 
All other principal structures: three stories, but not more than 45 feet.
(3) 
All accessory structures: one story, but not more than 15 feet.
M. 
Height exceptions: see § 27-1406.
N. 
Area exceptions for nonconforming lots: see § 27-1604.1.

§ 27-904 Engineering Report.

[Ord. 378, 2/14/2005, § 903]
See § 27-1411.

§ 27-905 Parking and Loading.

[Ord. 378, 2/14/2005, § 904]
See Part 11.

§ 27-906 Performance Standards.

[Ord. 378, 2/14/2005, § 905]
See § 27-1402.

§ 27-907 Signs.

[Ord. 378, 2/14/2005, § 906]
See Part 12.

§ 27-908 Screening and Landscaping.

[Ord. 378, 2/14/2005, § 907]
See § 27-1403.

§ 27-909 Storage and Parking.

[Ord. 378, 2/14/2005, § 908]
See § 27-1409.