[Amended 7-7-1992 by Ord. No. 635]
A. No building or land shall hereafter be used or occupied
and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved or altered
unless in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the
district in which it is located.
B. All uses or lots in all zoning districts shall comply with the applicable requirements and standards for managing stormwater runoff in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
172, Stormwater Management, of this Code.
C. Agricultural activities, nurseries and forestry management operations, where permitted by this chapter, shall be required to provide for the safe management of stormwater runoff in accordance with the requirements of Chapter
172, Stormwater Management, of this Code. However, the submission and approval of a stormwater management plan shall be waived when:
(1) Agricultural activities are operated in accordance
with a conservation plan or erosion and sedimentation control plan
approved by the Allegheny County Conservation District or the Westmoreland
County Conservation District, whichever is appropriate.
(2) Forestry management operations are following Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection management practices contained
in its publication Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Guidelines
for Forestry and are operating under an erosion and sedimentation
control plan.
D. Strip mining, where permitted by this chapter, shall
have a plan for control of erosion and sedimentation and stormwater
runoff which is approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection. If the strip mining operation is located within a watershed
for which a stormwater management plan has been approved in accordance
with the requirements of the Storm Water Management Act, then the erosion/sedimentation plan and any permanent
stormwater runoff controls shall be consistent with the standards
and criteria of the watershed stormwater management plan. A copy of
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection approved plan
shall be filed with the Borough of Trafford prior to commencing any
mining operations.
The following are permissive uses in the districts
indicated:
A. R-1 Single-Family Residential District.
(1) Single-family dwelling only.
(2) Educational or religious use not conducted as a gainful
business, when permitted as an exception and on a street classified
as other than minor - marginal access. Nursery-kindergarten grades
one through six may be on a minor - marginal access street.
(4) Home gardening without the sale of products, provided
that no dust, odor or injurious chemical substance or use shall be
permitted.
(5) Private garage and no other accessory uses.
(6) Private swimming pool and no accessory uses.
B. R-2 General Residential District.
(1) All uses permitted in an R-1 District.
(2) Double, multifamily, group housing project.
(4) Tourist home, if located on a major street, but not
a minor street.
(5) General hospital, clinic.
(6) Public library, if located on a major street, but
not a minor street.
C. The R-3 Multiple-Family Residential District is composed
of certain medium-density residential areas of the borough representing
multiple-unit dwellings, plus certain open areas where similar residential
development appears likely to occur. To these ends, development is
limited to a medium concentration and low-rise buildings providing
homes for the residents in a variety of dwelling types, and also,
development shall be provided under prescribed standards of density
and open space.
D. C-1 Light Commercial District.
(1) All nonresidential uses permitted in an R-2 District,
except that secondary uses may be permitted on the second floor of
commercial buildings in C-1 Districts.
(3) Restaurant, cafe, tearoom.
(5) Service establishment, such as a barbershop, beauty
shop and a self-service, hand or commercial laundry establishment.
(6) Dry-cleaning, pressing and tailor shop using nonexplosive
solvents, provided that the cleaning operation is not conducted on
the premises.
(8) Theater, assembly hall, pool hall, bowling or any
legal recreational use.
(11)
Auto sales, including minor repair and service
conducted inside the building.
(12)
Commercial parking (surface, subsurface, in
or on the building).
(13)
Municipal building, such as fire, police or
maintenance.
(15)
Club, lodge and fraternity not carried on for
profit.
(16)
Recreation, community building.
E. C-2 Heavy Commercial District.
(1) All heavy commercial activities permitted, except
processes or operations which may be noxious or injurious by reason
of dust, odor, smoke, refuse material, gas, fumes, noise, vibration
or danger from explosion.
(2) All uses permitted in the C-1 District, except secondary
uses.
(3) The following or comparable uses will be permitted subject to Subsection
E(1) above:
(c)
Building material, except stone-crushing and
concrete-mixing.
(e)
Distributing plant, parcel delivery, ice storage,
locker service, beverage distribution or bottling plant.
(f)
Retail lumber sales in a fire-resistant building.
(g)
Major garage, auto repair, filling station.
(h)
Contractor, equipment storage when placed in
an opaque enclosure.
(i)
Utility substation, volume- or pressure-control
station when screened by organic plantings having a thickness of at
least three feet or fire-resistant material to the full height of
the equipment attached or resting on the ground.
(j)
Monument works, provided that the process is
done within a structure.
F. I-1 Light Industrial District. All industrial activates
permitted, except industrial processes which may be noxious or injurious
by reason of dust, smoke, refuse material, odor, gas, fumes, noise,
vibration or danger from explosion. The following and comparable uses
will be permitted:
(4) Laundry, cleaning and dyeing establishments.
(6) Soft drink, milk-bottling and distribution stations
of the same.
(9) Optical goods, glass or plastic.
(10)
Bulk storage of gasoline, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquids for retail sale and distribution, provided
that the location, plans and construction shall conform to the laws
and regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters or an equivalent
rating association, local code or state law.
G. I-2 Heavy Industrial District.
(2) Chemical industries employing more than 10 employees.
(3) Asphalt manufacture or refining.
(4) Wrecking or dismantling of motor vehicles, storage
of the parts and materials from such operations and the storage of
other junk, only within a completely enclosed building or if surrounded
by an opaque fence at least seven feet in height.
H. P Permanent Preserve District. Areas so classified
on the Zoning Districts Map are generally areas of excessive slope,
inaccessible land or remnants of land not suited for general uses.
These areas may be used for the following purposes or comparable purposes
if, in the opinion of the Zoning Hearing Board, they are suited to
the characteristics of the land and are not detrimental to adjacent
land uses:
(2) Tree nursery or commercial forest.
(3) Landfill when permitted by special exception and when
approved by the proper health authorities.
[Added 4-21-2009 by Ord. No. 731]
A. Gas
and oil well production. Gas and oil well production shall be permitted
in all zoning districts (C-1 Light Commercial District, C-2 Heavy
Commercial District, I-1 Light Industrial District, I-2-Heavy Industrial
District, P Permanent Preserve District, R-1 Single-Family Residential
District, R-2 General Residential District and R-3 Multiple-Family
Residential District) as conditional uses. Applications for gas and
oil well production must be accompanied by a site development plan
drawn by an architect, engineer or landscape architect showing the
ingress and egress of all residential properties affected by the proposed
use. The site plan shall reflect that landscaping is adequate to screen
and buffer neighboring properties, and that the availability of ingress
and egress does not disturb residential dwellings. Gas and oil well
production must be located at a sufficient distance from inhabited
structures so as to not disturb neighboring properties, and shall
in no event be located within 200 feet of any inhabited structure.
Further, no residence shall be built and no building permit shall
issue for any residence within 200 feet of any gas or oil well production
previously constructed on that same property. The Trafford Borough
Council may place reasonable conditions upon the approval of any site
plan submitted under this subsection.
[Amended 10-20-1998 by Ord. No. 667]
The lot, height and off-street parking requirements
are included in the schedule at the end of this chapter.