[Amended 1-3-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-2]
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Single-family detached dwellings.
(2) Single-family semidetached dwellings.
(3) Agricultural operations including crop farming and
animal husbandry subject to the following:
(4) No stable or storage of manure or other odor producing
substance shall be located within 200 feet of any property line.
(5) No sale of products shall be permitted.
(6) No keeping, breeding, and/or raising of cattle, sheep,
goats, pigs, fowl, or horses, including rental horses, shall be permitted
on lots of less than 20 acres.
(9) Parking, storage or use of recreational vehicles.
[Added 3-7-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-02]
B. Special exceptions. Churches may be permitted as a special exception in accordance with the procedures of Article
VIII and subject to satisfactory compliance with the following:
(1) It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to
adequately demonstrate to the Zoning Hearing Board that such special
exception will be compatible with adjacent uses, neighborhood characteristics
and the objectives of this chapter.
(2) A site development plan shall be submitted with any
special exception application under this subsection.
[Amended 1-3-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-2]
A. Permitted uses.
[Amended 12-1-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-08]
(1) Single-family detached dwellings.
(2) Single-family semidetached dwellings.
(3) Two-family detached dwellings.
(6) Conversions of existing residences to a two-or-more-family
dwelling subject to the following:
(a)
A minimum of two off-street parking spaces shall
be provided on the same lot for each additional dwelling unit created.
(b)
Each dwelling unit shall have private bath and
toilet facilities.
(7) A site development plan shall be required for all
residential uses when three or more dwelling units are proposed (Uses
4, 5 and 6 above).
(11)
Parking, storage or use of recreational vehicles.
[Added 3-7-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-02]
B. Special exceptions.
(1) Outdoor recreational facilities such as tennis courts,
swimming pools, etc., subject to the following:
[Amended 12-5-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-05]
(a)
Any such use shall not outwardly display its commercial nature other than by a sign in accordance with §
205-27C(3).
(b)
The Zoning Hearing Board may require specific
screening measures where in its opinion the proposed parking areas
may be detrimental to other orderly use of adjacent properties.
(c)
All exterior lighting shall be shielded from
the view of surrounding lots.
(d)
A minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet with
a minimum frontage of 80 feet and side yards of 15 feet shall be provided.
(e)
The applicant shall conclusively demonstrate
that all anticipated parking needs shall be adequately provided.
(2) Day-care centers and similar institutions subject
to the following:
[Amended 12-5-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-05]
(a)
All parking areas shall be screened from adjacent
properties.
(b)
All outdoor recreation areas shall be screened
from adjacent properties.
(c)
A minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet with
a minimum frontage of 80 feet and side yards of 15 feet shall be provided.
(3) A site development plan shall be submitted with any
special exception application under this subsection.
(4) Bed-and-breakfast.
[Added 12-1-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-08]
(a) No more than four rental units shall be provided, and no more than
four persons may occupy one rental unit.
(b) At least one bathroom shall be provided for use by guests.
(c) There shall be no use of show windows or any type of display or advertising
visible from outside the premises, except for a single nonilluminated
sign no larger than two square feet in size.
(d) A preexisting residence shall retain a residential appearance and
character.
(e) The use shall be operated only by persons who reside within the bed-and-breakfast
and by a maximum of one nonresident employee.
(f) There shall be no separate cooking facilities in any guest room.
Food shall only be served to guests who are staying overnight.
(g) The maximum, uninterrupted length of stay at a bed-and-breakfast
shall be 14 days.
(h) The use of any amenities provided by the bed-and-breakfast, such
as swimming pool or tennis court, shall be restricted in use to the
guests and permanent residents of the establishment.
(i) A minimum of one off-street parking space shall be provided on the
same lot for each rental unit.
(j) The bed-and-breakfast facilities may be used as the location for
weddings up to five times a calendar year.
C. Conditional
uses.
[Added 5-6-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-03]
(1) Multipurpose
– events center, subject to the following:
(a) Any such use shall be conducted on a lot of not less than two acres.
(b) In the event an operator of a multipurpose venue – events center
desires to permit the on-site sale of alcohol, an additional conditional
use hearing shall be required.
[Amended 1-3-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-2]
A. Permitted uses.
(1) All permitted uses and special exceptions as listed
and regulated in the (R-2) District.
(2) Retail businesses (e.g., convenience stores, groceries,
apparel, etc., and including tavern/bar and restaurant).
[Amended 12-5-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-05]
(3) Service businesses (e.g., banks, insurance, professional
offices).
(4) Personal services (e.g., barber shops, beauty salons,
laundry).
(5) Repair services (e.g., shoe shops, beauty salons,
laundry).
(6) Manufacturing and processing which is clearly incidental
to a retail or service business as listed above and provided all the
goods so manufactured or processed are sold on the premises.
(7) Newspaper, printing establishments, and broadcasting studios; provided,
however, that any antennas or towers associated with the broadcasting
studios are:
[Amended 1-4-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-01]
(a)
Attached to the roof of the primary structure and extend not more than 20 feet above the highest level of the roof of the primary structure in accordance with the definition of "building" in §
205-56 hereof; and
(b)
That electromagnetic frequency and radio frequency interference
from the antennas or towers shall be limited as required by the Federal
Communications Commission, and certification of such compliance shall
be provided to the Borough with any application for approval of the
broadcast studio.
(8) Multiple occupancy buildings provided each such use
is permitted in the (CC) District.
(10)
Accessory uses and essential services.
(11)
Parking, storage or use of recreational vehicles.
[Added 3-7-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-02]
B. Special
exceptions.
[Added 12-1-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-08]
(1) Boardinghouse,
subject to the following conditions:
(a) Minimum lot area: 1/2 acre.
(b) Minimum setback from all lot lines: 25 feet.
(c) Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
(d) Maximum density: eight rental units per acre.
(e) Each rental unit shall be limited to a maximum of two persons each.
(f) Interior space: a minimum of 300 square feet of interior floor space
per rental unit.
(g) The owner or the owner’s legal representative must reside at
the boardinghouse.
(h) Signs shall be limited to two signs with a maximum of two square feet each and shall comply with all other provisions of §
205-27.
(i) Minimum of one bathroom for each rental floor of the boardinghouse.
C. Frontage requirement. No lot may solely have frontage on a minor
street which provides secondary access to the rear or side of properties
otherwise abutting a street (an alley); frontage solely on an alley
is not permitted. For the purpose of this subsection, the definition
of "street" shall not include "alley."
[Added 10-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-07]
[Amended 5-7-1984; 1-3-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-2]
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Any permitted use as listed in the (CC-II) Community Commercial-II District subject to the (HC) Highway Commercial lot size requirements of Article
IV.
(3) Shopping centers in accordance with the following:
(a)
Access. There shall be a minimum of two separate
points of ingress and egress and no access points shall be located
within 70 feet of intersecting streets, unless such points are located
directly at an intersection.
(b)
Management. A shopping center shall be under
unified management which shall clearly establish centralized responsibility
for the operation and maintenance of the project, including all common
areas.
(c)
Signs. There shall be only one freestanding
sign per road frontage which shall be designed and used for the purpose
of announcing the shopping center itself in compliance with the applicable
provisions of this chapter.
(d)
Parking. There shall be a minimum of five parking
spaces for every 1,000 square feet of merchandising or sales area
designed for tenant occupancy.
(e)
Circulation. Traffic circulation within a shopping
center project shall be designed to minimize pedestrian and vehicular
mixing and congestion. Circulation shall be provided along the outer
perimeters and along store frontages.
(f)
Setback requirements. Shopping centers shall
comply with the yard and setback requirements for the (HC) Highway
Commercial District.
(4) Automotive sales and services.
(5) Motor vehicle, mobile home, trailer, construction
or farm equipment sales and services.
(6) Freight, bus, and trucking terminals.
(7) Wholesaling, storing and warehousing.
(9) Accessory uses including out-of-doors storage provided
no such storage shall occupy the required front yard area or be located
within 10 feet of the side or rear property lines.
(10)
Multiple occupancy buildings.
(11) Tattoo establishment.
[Added 12-1-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-08]
(12)
Pawnbroker. The pawnbroker use shall not be a permitted use
in any other district.
[Added 8-3-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-04]
(13) Nursing home.
[Added 12-5-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-05]
B. Special exceptions.
(1) Light manufacturing, assembling, converting, altering,
finishing, or other processing of products or materials and research
and development establishments and related accessory uses subject
to the following:
(a)
It shall be satisfactorily demonstrated that
the proposed use will be compatible with adjacent uses and neighborhood
characteristics, and that the magnitude of operation does not necessitate
locating in the (I) Industrial District.
(b)
All illumination shall be arranged so that there
shall be no glare of lights upon a residential district or existing
residence.
(c)
No out-of-doors storage shall occupy the required
front yard area or be located within 10 feet of the side or rear property
lines.
(d)
Area, parking, and setback distance shall be
in compliance with the (HC) Highway Commercial District requirements.
(2) Adult bookstore, adult motion-picture theater or cabaret,
massage parlor, health club or health spa, or model studio subject
to the following:
(a)
It shall be unlawful to establish an adult bookstore,
adult motion-picture theater or cabaret, massage parlor, health club
or health spa, or model studio within 500 feet of any school, church,
residential zone, establishment licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor
Control Board to dispense alcoholic beverages, any restaurant, eating
establishment, hotel or motel, or within 500 feet of any other adult
bookstore, adult motion-picture theater or cabaret, massage parlor,
health club or health spa, or model studio, except as a special exception
in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section.
(b)
The Zoning Hearing Board may authorize the establishment
of an adult bookstore, adult motion-picture theater or cabaret, massage
parlor, health club or health spa, or model studio within 500 feet
of any school, church, residential zone, establishment licensed by
the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to dispense alcoholic beverages,
any restaurant, eating establishment, hotel or motel, or within 500
feet of any other adult bookstore, adult motion-picture theater or
cabaret, massage parlor, health club or health spa, or model studio,
only if the following findings are made by the Board:
[1]
That the applicant has presented to the Board
a petition which indicates approval of the proposed use by 51% of
the persons owning, residing or doing business within 500 feet of
the location of the proposed use.
[2]
The applicant shall have attempted to contact
all eligible locations within this radius, and must supply a list
of all addresses at which no contact was made.
[3]
The circulator of the petition shall have subscribed
to an affidavit or verification pursuant to 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904
attesting to the fact that the circulator personally witnessed the
signatures on the petition and that the same were affixed to the petition
by the persons whose names appear thereon.
C. Any use contemplated by this section must comply with all other applicable provisions of this chapter including the provisions of Article
V dealing with parking, screening, off-street loading, and signs.
D. In addition to any other requirements set forth in this section, or elsewhere in this chapter, any use permitted in accordance with Subsection
A, supra, shall as a minimum be completely screened on three sides, consisting of the rear boundary line and each boundary line perpendicular thereto, by the planting and continuous maintenance of an evergreen material, such as arborvitae or some similar plant, for as long as said use is in existence. These screening plants shall have an initial minimum height of four feet after planting.
[Amended 1-3-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-2]
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Manufacturing, assembling, converting, printing or
other processing, handling, or storage of products or materials.
(2) Wholesaling, storing, and warehousing.
(3) Freight, bus, and trucking terminals.
(4) Building material and equipment and vehicle storage,
sales and service.
(5) Research and development.
(6) Accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental
to other permitted principal uses including dwellings for only bona
fide caretakers or watchmen and their families.
B. Special exceptions.
(1) In accordance with the requirements of Article
VIII, single-family detached dwellings may be permitted as a special exception subject to the following standards:
(a)
The applicant shall satisfactorily present to
the Zoning Hearing Board the characteristics and circumstances which
justify the residential use in an (I) Industrial District.
(b)
The applicant shall acknowledge his understanding
that the district is intended by the Borough to be used primarily
for industrial purposes and that the granting of a special exception
shall not receive favored status over industrial uses.
[Amended 1-3-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-2]
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Single-family detached dwellings.
(2) Single-family semidetached dwelling.
(3) Attached dwelling residences.
(6) Accessory and essential services.
B. Special exceptions.
(1) Mobile home park subject to the following:
(a)
Applicable requirements of Article
IX of this chapter.
[Added 12-5-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-05]
The Mixed Use District's purpose is to encourage multiple
functions within the same building or the same general area through
either: combining different uses in the same building or combining
complementary single-use buildings on a parcel, to encourage pedestrian
activity and traffic efficiency, with resources, such as parking,
shared by the complementary uses.
A. Permitted uses.
(1)
Single-family attached dwellings.
(3)
Mixed commercial/residential structures.
(5)
On-site production with on-site retail or restaurant use.
(7)
Business incubators which may house multiple uses including
retail, services, and light manufacturing.
(10)
Craftsman/artisan studio.
(11)
Copy shop/business service.
(14)
Theatre (indoor) (excluding adult motion picture theater).
(16)
Commercial recreation (indoor).
(17)
No-impact home-based business.
(19)
Multiple occupancy buildings.
(20)
Accessory uses including community garden, outdoor cafe/dining,
and automated banking facility.
(22)
Arts and learning center.
(23)
Assisted living residence.
B. Special exceptions.
(2)
School (public or private).
(5)
Continuing care retirement facility.
C. Notwithstanding the limitation of §
205-5D, in the Mixed Use District more than one principal use may exist on a single parcel or tract of land.
[Added 12-5-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-05]
A. Permitted uses.
(3)
School (public or private).
(7)
Park, playground and other noncommercial outdoor recreational
use.
(13)
Accessory uses including community garden.