Tobacco Township City Zoning Code

Restidential-Multi family

Ch. 7

SECTION 702. USES PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

(1) Single Family Homes (2) Two family dwellings(3) Multiple Family Dwellings(4) Temporary Outdoor Uses(5) Home Occupations(7) Cemeteries(8) Public Buildings(9) Public Service Installations(10) Accessory Uses for 1-9

SECTION 703. USES PERMITTED BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

(1) Planned Unit Development(2) Site Condominium(3) Bed and Breakfasts(4) Day Nurseries(5) Funeral Homes(6) Mobile Home Parks(7) Religious, Social, Educational and Human Care Institutions(8) Golf Courses (9) Public Parks(10) Private Recreational Uses(11) Accessory Uses for 1-10Regulations for Special Uses are found in Chapter 14, Special Use Permits.

SECTION 704. DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS.

(1) Lot Area, minimum - Forty-three thousand, five hundred and sixty (43,560) square feet.(2) Lot Width, minimum - Two hundred (200’) feet.(3) Front Yard, minimum - Thirty-five (35’) feet. (4) Back Yard, minimum - Thirty-five (35’) feet.(5) Side Yard, minimum - Fifteen (15’) feet each side. Where a R-2 and C or I district abut,the side yard shall be fifty (50’) feet in the C or I district.(6) Corner lot, street minimum - Twenty-five (25’) feet.(7) Corner lot, other minimum - Fifteen (15’) feet.(8) Housing Unit, single family minimum - Twelve Hundred (1,200) square feet and two family dwelling and Mobile Homes- minimum- Nine Hundred-eighty (980) square feet. Apartment, Seven-Hundred Twenty (720) square feet. (9) Height, maximum - Two and one half (2.5) stories, not exceeding a total height of thirty-five (35’)feet. Accessory structures are limited to one (1) story, with a maximum wall height of fourteen (14’) feet and a maximum peak height of 35 feet, except that a garage attached to a two (2) or two and one half (2.5) story dwelling may have the same number of stories and same height as the dwelling, providing that the style and exterior surface of the garage conforms to that of the (10) Lot coverage, maximum percent - Twenty-five (25%) percent.Historical Notes: Subsection (9) & (11) amended by Ordinance 06-01, eff March 30, 2006. Subsection (9) amended by Ordinance 04-05, eff Oct 7, 2004. Subsection (9) amended by adding the last sentence. Ordinance 15-02, eff Dec 24, 2015. Prior to 2006 amendment, subsections (9) & (11) read as follows: (11) “Accessory Structures - No accessory Structures may be located closer than ten (10’) feet to the principal structure. No accessory structure shall be erected in any required yard except a rear yard”.Prior to 2004 amendment, subsection (9) read: “Thirty-five (35’) feet or two and one half (2.5) stories. Accessory structures may not exceed fifteen (15’) feet or one (1) story”.

SECTION 705. PARKING REGULATIONS.

Every land use that has employees working on the site, must have one parking space for each employee in addition to the parking required for a use of its type.THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS ARE IN ADDITION TO EMPLOYEE PARKING-Bed & Breakfast1 per Guest Room-Cemetery2 per Acre-Church/School1 per 3 Seats or 6 ft. of Auditorium bench/pew length-Day Nurseries1 per 4 Children, per license-Funeral Home1 per 150 sq. ft. of building-Multiple Family Dwelling2 per dwelling unit-Park, Golf Course, Other Outdoor Uses1 per 2 Acres-Picnic Area1 per Picnic Table-Private Club1 per 2 Member Families-Public Building1 per 150 sq. ft. of public area-Single Family Dwelling2 per dwelling-Two-Family Dwelling2 per dwelling unitSee Chapter 12 for Parking Regulations