(1) Subarea A.

(a)   Purposes.

The /NCP, North Central Philadelphia Overlay district is established to help:

(.1)   preserve and protect the area from the conversion of houses into multi-family buildings that have the potential to destabilize the area;

(.2)   sustain and promote single-family residential uses;

(.3)   prevent declining property values;

(.4)   discourage nonresidential parking as a main use; and

(.5)   foster the preservation and development of this section of the City in accordance with its special character.

(b)   District Boundaries. 474

The Subarea A /NCP district regulations apply to all residentially-zoned properties within the following areas, as shown on the following map for illustrative purposes only:

(.1)   Beginning at its northwest boundary and proceeding east, the area bounded by Cecil B. Moore Avenue, 12th Street, Oxford Street, 11th Street, Cecil B. Moore Avenue, 9th Street, Master Street, 11th Street, Stiles Street, 12th Street, Flora Street, and 13th Street.

(.2)   All properties fronting on the west side of 13th Street between Jefferson Street and Oxford Street.

(.3)   The area bounded by 13th Street, Susquehanna Avenue, 11th Street, and Diamond Street.

(.4)   The area bounded by Girard Avenue, Watts Street, Parish Street, Park Street, Brown Street and 12th Street. 475

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(c)   Use Regulations. 476

The following uses are prohibited in the Subarea A /NCP district:

(.1)   Two-family buildings;

(.2)   Multi-family buildings;

(.3)   Rooming houses;

(.4)   Boarding houses;

(.5)   Housing, not owner-occupied, for students (as defined by § 14-203(325) (Student)); and

(.6)   Fraternity and sorority houses.

 

Notes

474	Amended, Bill No. 120774-A (approved January 14, 2013).
475	Added, Bill No. 120774-A (approved January 14, 2013).
476	Amended, Bill No. 120774-A (approved January 14, 2013); amended, Bill No. 190311 (became law September 12, 2019).