CHAPTER 14-200. RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
§14-203. Residential Related Uses, Non-Residential Uses and Other Permitted Uses. [18]
(1) Residential Related Uses. Where the Chart at §14-205
provides for Residential Related Uses, the following uses shall be
permitted:
(a) Agriculture or horticulture, except the commercial
keeping or handling of farm stock or poultry; and except commercial greenhouses
or establishments for sale of farm or horticultural
products;
(b) Office of doctors of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry,
chiropractic, optometry or podiatry; minister; lawyer; licensed psychologist; or
architect; provided that such office:
(.1) Shall be situated in the
dwelling of such practitioner;
(.2) Shall be incidental to the main
purpose of the residence;
(.3) Shall have no more than one assistant
regularly employed therein;
(.4) Shall not be used by any colleagues
or associates;
(c) Private dwelling garage and/or stable as an
accessory use;
(d) Accessory uses, as defined;
(e) The
following uses, in completely enclosed, detached buildings only, provided that
any existing building which is proposed to be converted into one of the
following uses shall comply with the area regulations and the off-street parking
regulations of the district; and further provided that off-street parking shall
not be located between the street line and the front wall of any existing
building:
(.1) Churches, chapels, convents, monasteries, or other
places of worship and their adjunct residential
dwellings;
(.2) Municipal art galleries, municipal museums or
municipal libraries;
(.3) Railroad passenger
stations;
(.4) Telephone exchange buildings; water booster or sewer
booster substations; electric transforming or gas regulating substations;
provided, the exterior architectural design shall be of a residential character,
in conformity with all the regulations of the district, and shall at no time be
used for the storage of equipment or vehicles or for other commercial
purposes;
(f) Providing of family day care to six (6) or fewer children
(except that for properties within the Sixth and Tenth Councilmanic Districts,
family day care may only be provided to four (4) or fewer children) for periods
of less than 24 consecutive hours, provided that such day care providers conform
to all relevant licensing and/or registration requirements of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia, and further provided that such day
care be conducted in completely enclosed structures containing no more than one
family and in a manner incidental to the main purpose of the residences;
provided however, that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to restrict
uses customarily and traditionally conducted in dwellings as an accessory use to
the main purpose of the residences, including the providing of day care for less
than 10 hours per week or the providing of day care without charge or without
reimbursement;
(g) Signs, subject to the following
conditions:
(.1) Temporary signs for a period of one year advertising
the sale or rent of the real estate upon which they are erected; provided, that
the total area of such sign or any combination of signs upon any lot, parcel or
development shall not exceed 12 square feet for each 50 lineal feet along any
street line of the lot, parcel or development, or 300 square feet, whichever is
smaller; signs permitted in this sub-paragraph shall be permitted anywhere upon
the lot, parcel or development;
(.2) Signs pertaining to a permitted
use of the premises, which shall not exceed an area of more than 150 square
inches on a face nor have more than two faces, upon each street-line frontage of
the lot; provided, that, to the extent permitted, churches, institutions, and
other permitted non-residential buildings shall be permitted a sign area of 15
square feet upon each street line frontage of the lot;
(.3) No sign
shall project above the roof line or wall coping, nor be placed in any part of
the required yards, except as provided in sub-paragraph (.1)
above;
(.4) Permitted signs may be illuminated by interior lighting or
lighting directed toward the sign; provided, that they do not create glare upon
adjacent lots; but in no case shall signs be illuminated by flashing, animated
or intermittent illumination.
(2) Non-Residential Uses. Where the
Chart at §14-205 provides for Non-Residential Uses, the following uses
shall be permitted:
(a) The following non-residential uses shall be
permitted only if a Board of Adjustment certificate is obtained and provided
that they are conducted in completely enclosed detached
buildings:
(.1) Art galleries, museums and/or libraries; provided,
that any sales shall be accessory and incidental thereto, and limited to
catalogues, books, prints, postcards, and kindred
items;
(.2) Charitable institutions;
(.3) Club houses,
lodges, fraternity houses in which the service conducted is solely for the use
of members and guests and is not a business operation for
gain;
(.4) Fire stations;
(.5) Home occupations, customarily
and traditionally conducted in a dwelling as an incidental use, subject to all
of the following limitations and restrictions:
(.a) It shall be
conducted solely by members of the family residing in the same dwelling without
the employment of other persons;
(.b) It shall not be permitted any
display sign or public advertising, exterior storage of materials or any other
exterior indications of the home occupation, or variation from the residential
appearance of the structure;
(.c) It shall not be conducted between
the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M.;
(.d) It shall not be permitted
the use of equipment producing offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors,
heat or glare;
(.e) It shall be limited to the use of not more than
25% of the total floor area of the building, including basements, or 250 square
feet, whichever is less;
(.f) It shall not be permitted the storage
of a stock in trade nor the sale of commodities on the
premises;
(.6) Medical and surgical hospitals and medical centers, and
sanitaria;
(.7) Police stations;
(.8) Rest, old age, nursing
or convalescent homes, and nurseries;
(.9) Water or sewage pumping
station;
(b) The following non-residential uses shall be permitted only
if a Board of Adjustment certificate is obtained:
(.1) Electric
transforming or gas regulating substations; provided, that any facilities used
in connection therewith and located in the open air shall: (1) not be within 50
feet from any lot line; (2) have a green belt at least 4 feet high containing
evergreens, shrubbery and/or trees to be planted and maintained in an area at
least 10 feet in depth around the entire inside perimeter of the lot, except at
points of ingress or egress; (3) shall not be used for the storage of equipment
or vehicles;
(.2) Municipal recreational facilities owned and operated
by the City of Philadelphia, and the buildings adjunct to the
same;
(.3) Schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions of
learning, adjunct dormitories and adjunct play and recreation
grounds;
(.4) Waiting rooms or shelters for the use of bus or trolley
passengers;
(.5) Water storage tanks or
reservoirs.
(3) Other Permitted Uses. Where the Chart at
§14-205 provides for Other Permitted Uses, the following uses shall be
permitted:
(a) For properties zoned "R-1" and "R-1A" the following
uses are also permitted:
(.1) Private dwelling garages and/or stable
as an accessory use;
(.2) Signs shall be permitted in these districts
only as set forth below:
(.a) Temporary signs for a period of one
year advertising the sale or rent of the real estate upon which they are
erected; provided, that the total area of such sign or any combination of signs
upon any lot, parcel or development shall not exceed 12 square feet for each 50
lineal feet along any street line of the lot, parcel or development, or 300
square feet, whichever is smaller; such signs shall be permitted anywhere upon
the lot, parcel or development.
(.b) No sign shall project above the
roofline or wall coping;
(.c) Permitted signs may be illuminated by
interior lighting or lighting directed toward the sign; provided, that they do
not create glare upon adjacent lots; but in no case shall signs be illuminated
by flashing, animated or intermittent illumination.
(b) For properties
zoned "R-2", "R-10B", "R-11", "R-11A", "R-12", "R-13" and "R-15" the following
uses are also permitted:
(.1) Private dwelling garage as an accessory
use;
(.2) Accessory uses, as defined;
(.3) Signs as set
forth in paragraph (3)(a)(.2) above.
(c) For properties zoned "R-2",
the following use is also permitted:
(.1) Providing of family day care
to six (6) or fewer children (except that for properties within the Sixth and
Tenth Councilmanic Districts, family day care may only be provided to four (4)
or fewer children) for periods of less than 24 consecutive hours, provided that
such day care providers conform to all relevant licensing and/or registration
requirements of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia,
and further provided that such day care be conducted in completely enclosed
structures containing no more than one family and in a manner incidental to the
main purpose of the residences; provided however, that nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to restrict uses customarily and traditionally
conducted in dwellings as an accessory use to the main purpose of the
residences, including the providing of day care for less than 10 hours per week
or the providing of day care without charge or without reimbursement;