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CC Central Commercial District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district are to provide areas for modern office, retail, specialty, personal service and business uses in areas where said uses already exist and for special residential uses requiring special facilities and services and to promote the development of this district as a regional core, integrating the above uses and needs with varied regional transportation facilities and other services, encouraging coordinated efforts to meet circulation and parking needs, to provide for the public convenience and to fulfill the other broad purposes of this Chapter.

CI Central Industrial District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district is to provide for the continuation and reasonable expansion of existing industries and the establishment of new industries within the existing industrial area. Performance and development standards will help ensure desirable and attractive industrial areas and help create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this Chapter.

CR Central Residential District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district is to retain and maintain the character and density of the central residential areas where a variety of housing types are permitted, as well as to provide standards for the development of new housing sites in order to broaden the Borough's housing base and to add to the vitality of the core of the Borough, to provide reasonable standards to prevent overcrowding of land, to regulate the density of population, to avoid undue congestion in the streets, to allow for the harmonious development and to create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this Chapter.

CRH Central Residential High Rise image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district is to allow for high-rise residential development with reasonable standards to provide appropriate areas for multifamily development in order to broaden the Borough's housing needs and to create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this Chapter.

FC Freestanding Commercial District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district is to provide reasonable standards for the orderly development of highway-oriented businesses and commercial uses; to provide for the development of those businesses which, due to the nature of their activities, must most appropriately be located with adequate street frontages along major roads; to avoid undue congestion on the streets; and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this Chapter.

O Office District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district is to provide reasonable standards for the harmonious development of administrative, business and professional offices, health facilities, educational and religious institutions and other related uses, all of which are necessary for service to Borough residents; to provide standards which will encourage development of a character compatible with other adjacent uses and of such design to create minimum interference with the public streets; and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this Chapter.

PI Planned Industrial District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district is to provide for the requirements of modern industrial development in undeveloped areas. Among other things, this district is intended to provide desirable locations for those types of industry which are harmonious with, and do not constitute a hazard or nuisance to, surrounding areas. Performance and development standards will help ensure desirable and attractive industrial areas and help create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this Chapter.

R-1 Residential 1 District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district is to retain the character of existing single-family residential areas, to maintain the existing low residential density, and to encourage the preservation of permanent open space by providing appropriate standards, to exclude activities incompatible with development and to create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this Chapter.

R-2 Residential 2 District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district is to retain the character and to maintain the existing medium residential density areas where single-family homes are permitted, as well as to encourage serviceable and efficient land development while providing for the preservation of permanent open space and to create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this Chapter.

R2A Residential 2-A District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this District is to allow for residential development at medium density, in accordance with the general intent and purposes of this Chapter, specifically providing for cluster developments of single family semidetached dwelling units, providing for the retention of open space for use in buffering these Districts from adjoining Residential Districts of a different classification as well as to encourage serviceable and efficient land development in a fashion conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this Chapter.

R-3 Residential 3 District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district is to provide appropriate areas for multifamily development in order to broaden the Borough's housing base and, therefor, serve a greater variety of housing needs, to provide reasonable standards to prevent overcrowding of land, to regulate the density of population, to avoid undue congestion in the streets, to allow for the harmonious development of apartments and other uses which are compatible with higher density residential development, and to create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this Chapter.

RC Retail Commercial District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district is to provide areas for modern office, retail, personal service and related uses. Standards are included to promote the grouping of retail and service uses to be compatible with adjacent shopping center development, to help ensure an attractive setting for permitted land uses and to create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this Chapter.

RC-1 Retail Commercial 1 District image/svg+xml

The purpose and intent of this district is exactly the same as Subsection 8, the RC Retail Commercial District, except that video game rooms and pinball arcades may not be permitted in the RC-1 District.

TND-1 Traditional Neighborhood District image/svg+xml

A. To provide for a traditional neighborhood with a diversity of uses, block sizes, dwelling unit types and green spaces in a compact arrangement that promotes internal and external walkability.

B. To encourage new development which emulates the character found in the Borough of Doylestown in places such as the Central Residential District and parts of the downtown.

C. To promote a streetscape quality to neighborhoods that furthers the identity of the Borough of Doylestown as a charming habitat in the central Bucks County area.

D. To encourage a combination of business and residential uses in the North Broad Street corridor which enables jobs and employment opportunities close to home.

See also § 27-4064.1 for more detailed information about this district.

TND-2 Traditional Neighborhood 2 District image/svg+xml

A. To provide for a traditional neighborhood with a diversity of uses, block sizes, dwelling-unit types and green spaces in a compact arrangement that promotes internal and external walkability.

B. To encourage new development which emulates the character found in residential building types typically found in the Central Commercial District portions of the downtown. These types include attached structures with building facades aligned close to the sidewalks, and have stoops, porticos, or porches. The buildings are typically two to three stories in height, and front on a street, alley, or public green space.

C. To promote a streetscape quality to neighborhoods that furthers the identity of the Borough of Doylestown as a charming habitat in the central Bucks County area.

D. To encourage a combination of business, live-work as well as purely residential uses in the North Main Street corridor which enables jobs and employment opportunities close to home.

See also § 27-4064.2 for more detailed information about this district.