City of Scranton, PA
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2023-12-12
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The Code
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 445 Zoning
- Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Administrative Code
- Ch 12 Ambulance and Emergency Service
- Ch 18 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 24 Bonds
- Ch 30 City Classification
- Ch 35 Code and Supplement Sales
- Ch 41 Contracting Procedures
- Ch 47 Defense Council
- Ch 51 Economic and Community Development
- Ch 53 Employee Benefits
- Ch 59 Fire, Bureau of
- Ch 65 Funds and Trusts
- Ch 76 Library
- Ch 82 Oaths
- Ch 88 Ordinances, Printing of
- Ch 94 Parking Authority
- Ch 99 Pensions
- Ch 105 Police, Bureau of
- Ch 108 Property Disposal
- Ch 111 Reimbursements
- Ch 117 Signature Stamp
- Ch 123 Solicitor
- Ch 129 Special Accounts
- General Legislation
- Ch 140 Advertising and Bill Posting
- Ch 146 Air Pollution
- Ch 152 Alarms and Alarm Systems
- Ch 158 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 164 (Reserved)
- Ch 169 Animals
- Ch 172 Gaming Machines
- Ch 175 Bicycles
- Ch 181 (Reserved)
- Ch 187 Building Construction
- Ch 193 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 198 Coal and Mining
- Ch 201 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 203 Contractors, Permits and Inspections
- Ch 209 (Reserved)
- Ch 212 Day Care
- Ch 213 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 215 Electrical Standards
- Ch 218 Engine Brake Retarders
- Ch 221 Explosives and Blasting Agents
- Ch 226 Fees, Miscellaneous
- Ch 232 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 237 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 243 Fire Prevention
- Ch 245 Fireworks
- Ch 256 Food and Food Handlers
- Ch 263 Gambling
- Ch 269 Gasoline Service Stations
- Ch 272 Gas Piping Standards
- Ch 275 Graffiti
- Ch 278 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 290 (Reserved)
- Ch 296 Human Relations and Discrimination
- Ch 298 Insurance
- Ch 301 Junk and Junkyards
- Ch 303 Lackawanna River Levee
- Ch 305 Littering
- Ch 309 Loitering
- Ch 313 (Reserved)
- Ch 317 Noise
- Ch 324 Obscene Material
- Ch 328 Parking Garages and Lots
- Ch 332 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 336 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 340 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 343 Personal Care Boarding Home Facilities
- Ch 345 Plumbing
- Ch 349 Poles and Wires
- Ch 354 (Reserved)
- Ch 359 Condemned Property
- Ch 360 Property Maintenance
- Ch 366 Records
- Ch 371 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 373 Rental Property
- Ch 375 Rooming Houses
- Ch 379 Secondhand Goods and Dealers
- Ch 383 Sewers
- Ch 386 Sex Offenders
- Ch 394 Skateboarding and Rollerblading
- Ch 400 Solid Waste
- Ch 405 Stormwater Management
- Ch 412 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 417 Strikebreakers
- Ch 423 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 428 Taxation
- Ch 434 Trees and Weeds
- Ch 437 Vehicles, All-Terrain and Snowmobiles
- Ch 438 Vehicles, Abandoned and Junk
- Ch 439 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 441 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 445 Zoning
- Ch 445 Art I Administration
- § 445-1 Purposes and objectives.
- § 445-2 Applicability.
- § 445-3 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- § 445-4 Filing fees and costs.
- § 445-5 Interpretation; similar uses.
- § 445-6 General procedure for permits.
- § 445-7 Permits and certificates.
- § 445-8 Amendments to this chapter.
- § 445-9 Curative amendments.
- § 445-10 Zoning Officer.
- § 445-11 Zoning Hearing Board actions and variances.
- § 445-12 Board hearings and decisions.
- § 445-13 Appeals.
- § 445-14 Public utility exemptions.
- § 445-15 Limited City exemption.
- § 445-16 Site plan review procedures for certain uses.
- § 445-17 Submission requirements for site plan review.
- § 445-18 Conditional use process.
- § 445-19 Special exception use process.
- § 445-20 Site planning guidelines.
- § 445-21 Liability.
- Ch 445 Art II Terminology
- § 445-22 Interpretation.
- § 445-23 Terms defined.
- Ch 445 Art III Districts
- § 445-24 Districts designated.
- § 445-25 Application of district regulations.
- § 445-26 Zoning Map.
- § 445-27 District boundaries.
- § 445-28 Protection of dwellings across municipal boundaries.
- § 445-29 Table of permitted uses by district.
- § 445-30 Table of lot and setback requirements by district.
- § 445-31 R-1C District.
- § 445-32 Uses without public water and/or sewage service.
- Ch 445 Art IV Specific Uses
- § 445-33 Applicability.
- § 445-34 Specific principal uses.
- § 445-35 Accessory uses.
- Ch 445 Art V Environmental Protection
- § 445-36 General performance standards.
- § 445-37 Nuisances and hazards to public safety.
- § 445-38 Wetlands.
- § 445-39 Setback from rivers and creeks.
- § 445-40 Steep slopes.
- § 445-41 Storage of explosive and hazardous substances.
- § 445-42 Sewage disposal.
- § 445-43 Noise.
- § 445-44 Vibration.
- § 445-45 Odors; dust; air and water pollution.
- § 445-46 Light and glare control.
- § 445-47 Grading and erosion control.
- § 445-48 Placement; screening of waste containers; outdoor machinery; fencing of storage.
- § 445-49 Radioactivity and electrical disturbances.
- § 445-50 Tree preservation.
- § 445-51 Floodplain management requirements.
- § 445-52 Removal of topsoil.
- Ch 445 Art VI Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 445-53 Required number of parking spaces.
- § 445-54 General regulations.
- § 445-55 Design standards.
- § 445-56 Parking of unregistered, commercial and junk vehicles.
- § 445-57 Off-street loading.
- Ch 445 Art VII Signs
- § 445-58 Applicability.
- § 445-59 Existing nonconforming signs.
- § 445-60 Miscellaneous signs not requiring permits.
- § 445-61 Freestanding, wall and window signs.
- § 445-62 Abandoned or outdated signs.
- § 445-63 Location of signs.
- § 445-64 Illumination of signs.
- § 445-65 Vehicles functioning as signs.
- § 445-66 Prohibited signs.
- § 445-67 Construction of signs.
- § 445-68 Measurement; major types of signs.
- § 445-69 Off-premises signs; billboards.
- § 445-70 Sign area bonuses.
- § 445-71 Signs identifying major residential or business developments.
- Ch 445 Art VIII General Regulations
- § 445-72 Frontage onto improved streets; number of uses or buildings; minimum size of dwellings.
- § 445-73 Height exceptions; airport approaches.
- § 445-74 Special lot and yard requirements; sight distance and buffer yards.
- § 445-75 Landscaping.
- § 445-76 Ultimate/future street right-of-way widths.
- § 445-77 Nonconformities.
- § 445-78 Temporary structure or use.
- § 445-79 Motor vehicle access.
- § 445-80 Demolition of an attached building.
- Ch 446 Sexual Orientation and Gender Conversion Efforts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY:[1] Adopted by the City Council of the City of Scranton as Ord. No. 74-1993 (Ch.
36 of the 1979 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Boards, commissions and committees — See Ch. 18.
Building construction — See Ch. 187.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 243.
Flood damage prevention — See
Ch. 250.
Junk and junkyards — See Ch. 301.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 405.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 423.
ATTACHMENTS
445a Residential Districts
445b Business Districts445c Insitutional Districts445d Table of Req. for C-R R-1 and R-1A445e Table of Req. for R-2 R-3 and R-2-O445f Table of Req. for C-D C-N C-G I-L and I-G445g Table of Req. for INS-L and INS-G445h Table 6.1445i Miscellaneous Signs445j Freestanding Signs[1]
Editor's Note: For current zoning provisions, refer to Ord.
No. 54-2023, adopted 5-9-2023.
