Township of West Whiteland, PA Zoning

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 9 Council of Governments, West Chester Area
Ch 30 Manager
Ch 33 Municipal Debt Collection and Attorney Fees
Ch 35 Municipal Service Commission
Ch 48 Pensions
Ch 53 Planning Commission
Ch 65 Responsible Contractors
Ch 69 Salaries and Compensation
Ch 74 Tax Collection, Real Estate
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 91 Alarm Systems
Ch 96 Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 102 Animals
Ch 115 Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 118 Burning, Open
Ch 123 Cable Television and Telecommunications Services
Ch 129 Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 134 Contractor Requirements
Ch 137 Dangerous Structures
Ch 140 (Reserved)
Ch 148 Emergency Communications Systems
Ch 151 Firearms and Weapons
Ch 176 Insurance
Ch 185 Junkyards
Ch 193 Littering
Ch 198 Loitering
Ch 206 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
Ch 213 Noise Disturbance
Ch 224 Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 230 Peace and Good Order
Ch 230A Marijuana
Ch 235 Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 243 Property Maintenance
Ch 247 Public Property, Protection of
Ch 250 Rental Property
Ch 253 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Ch 264 Solid Waste: Trash and Recycling
Ch 266 Special Events, Private
Ch 270 Stormwater Management
Ch 276 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 281 Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 292 Taxation
Ch 295 Transportation Impact Fees
Ch 300 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 308 Warrantless Arrests
Ch 316 Weed Control
Ch 325 Zoning
Ch 325 Art I General Provisions
§ 325-1 Title.
§ 325-2 Purpose.
§ 325-3 Community development objectives.
§ 325-4 Scope of regulations.
§ 325-5 Conflict with other provisions.
§ 325-6 Establishment of districts.
Ch 325 Art II Terminology
§ 325-7 Interpretation and word usage.
§ 325-8 Definitions.
Ch 325 Art III Residential Districts
§ 325-9 R-1 District.
§ 325-10 R-2 District.
§ 325-11 R-3 District.
§ 325-12 R-4 District.
Ch 325 Art IV Town Center District
§ 325-13 TC Town Center Mixed Use District.
Ch 325 Art V Neighborhood Commercial District
§ 325-14 NC Neighborhood Commercial District.
Ch 325 Art VI Office Districts
§ 325-15 O/L – Office/Laboratory District.
§ 325-15.1 O/R – Office/Residential District.
§ 325-15.2 O/C – Office/Commercial District.
Ch 325 Art VII Industrial Districts
§ 325-16 Purpose.
§ 325-17 General requirements for industrial districts.
§ 325-18 I-1 Limited Industrial District.
§ 325-19 I-2 General Industrial District.
§ 325-20 Commercial infectious or chemotherapeutic waste facility.
Ch 325 Art VIII Supplementary Land Use Regulations
§ 325-21 Agricultural land use.
§ 325-22 Recreational land use.
§ 325-23 Accessory use regulations.
§ 325-24 Junkyards.
§ 325-25 Conversion of dwellings.
§ 325-26 Clustering and lot averaging development options.
§ 325-27 Child and adult day-care centers.
§ 325-28 Sale of seasonal merchandise standards and criteria.
§ 325-28.1 Forestry.
§ 325-28.2 Vehicle fueling stations.
§ 325-28.3 Surface land uses affiliated with transmission pipelines.
Ch 325 Art IX Common Regulations
§ 325-29 Fences and walls.
§ 325-30 Stripping of topsoil; excavation of dirt, clay, sand, gravel or rock.
§ 325-31 Accessory buildings.
§ 325-32 Landscaping design.
§ 325-33 (Reserved)
§ 325-34 Lighting.
§ 325-35 Storage.
§ 325-36 Access and traffic control.
§ 325-37 Interior circulation.
§ 325-38 Loading and unloading.
§ 325-39 Off-street parking.
§ 325-40 Storm drainage.
§ 325-41 Physical performance standards.
§ 325-42 Traffic impact study.
§ 325-43 Design standards.
§ 325-44 Solar energy systems.
Ch 325 Art X Institutional District
§ 325-45 IN Institutional District.
Ch 325 Art XI Unified Development Area
§ 325-46 Purpose.
§ 325-47 Zoning overlay concept.
§ 325-48 Qualifying conditions.
§ 325-49 Application content.
§ 325-50 Procedure.
Ch 325 Art XII Airport Overlay District
§ 325-51 Purpose.
§ 325-52 Relation to other zoning districts.
§ 325-53 Definitions.
§ 325-54 Establishment of airport zones.
§ 325-55 Permit applications.
§ 325-56 Variances.
§ 325-57 Use restrictions.
§ 325-58 Preexisting nonconforming uses.
§ 325-58.1 Obstruction marking and lighting.
§ 325-58.2 Appeals, violations, and penalties.
Ch 325 Art XIII Floodplain Conservation
§ 325-59 Statutory authorization.
§ 325-60 General provisions.
§ 325-61 Administration.
§ 325-62 Identification of floodplain areas.
§ 325-63 Technical provisions.
§ 325-64 Prohibited activities.
§ 325-65 Existing structures in identified floodplain areas.
§ 325-66 Variances.
§ 325-67 (Reserved)
Ch 325 Art XIV Steep Slope Conservation
§ 325-68 Purpose.
§ 325-69 Compliance required; construal of provisions; disclaimer.
§ 325-70 Designation and interpretation of district boundary.
§ 325-71 Permitted uses.
§ 325-72 Administration.
§ 325-73 Uses and/or structures rendered nonconforming by adoption of district.
Ch 325 Art XV Carbonate Area District
§ 325-74 Purpose.
§ 325-75 Findings; interpretation.
§ 325-76 Applicability.
§ 325-77 Standards.
§ 325-78 Procedures for all applicants.
§ 325-79 Environmental assessment report.
§ 325-80 Board approval required.
Ch 325 Art XVI Historic Preservation
§ 325-81 Purpose.
§ 325-82 Compliance required; overlay concept; construal of provisions.
§ 325-83 Historic Resources Map.
§ 325-84 West Whiteland Historical Commission.
§ 325-85 Demolition of historic resources.
§ 325-86 Special use provisions.
§ 325-87 Integrity of historic setting.
§ 325-88 Review of proposed signs.
§ 325-89 Landscaping.
§ 325-90 Standards for rehabilitation.
§ 325-91 Lot averaging and cluster development provisions.
§ 325-92 Historic resource impact study.
§ 325-93 Certified historic districts.
Ch 325 Art XVII Signs
§ 325-94 Purpose.
§ 325-95 General regulations.
§ 325-96 Signs in residential and institutional districts.
§ 325-97 Signs in commercial and professional districts.
§ 325-98 Signs in Town Center.
§ 325-99 Industrial districts.
§ 325-100 Temporary signs.
§ 325-101 Nonconforming signs.
§ 325-102 Abandoned signs.
Ch 325 Art XVIII Nonconforming Uses, Structures, Lots and Signs
§ 325-103 Applicability.
§ 325-104 Continuation.
§ 325-105 Nonconforming use.
§ 325-106 Nonconforming structures.
§ 325-107 Nonconforming lots.
§ 325-108 Nonconforming signs.
§ 325-109 (Reserved)
Ch 325 Art XIX Zoning Hearing Board
§ 325-110 Establishment and membership.
§ 325-111 Organization.
§ 325-112 Expenditures for services; fees.
§ 325-113 Applications for hearings.
§ 325-114 Hearings.
§ 325-115 Appeals from Zoning Officer.
§ 325-116 Challenges to Zoning Ordinance or Map.
§ 325-117 Challenges to Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
§ 325-118 Variances.
Ch 325 Art XX Administration
§ 325-119 Applicability; administration and enforcement; violations and penalties.
§ 325-120 Permits.
§ 325-121 Use and occupancy permits.
§ 325-122 Determination of fees.
§ 325-123 Municipal liability.
§ 325-124 Conditional uses.
§ 325-125 Amendments.
§ 325-126 Review fees for professional consultants.
Ch 325 Art XXI Rail Transit Overlay District
§ 325-127 Purpose.
§ 325-128 Relation to other zoning districts.
§ 325-129 Use regulations.
§ 325-130 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 325-131 Design standards.
Ch 325 Art XXII Wireless Communications Facilities
§ 325-132 Purposes and findings of fact.
§ 325-133 General requirements for all non-tower wireless communications facilities.
§ 325-134 Non-tower wireless facilities outside rights-of-way.
§ 325-135 Non-tower wireless facilities in public rights-of-way.
§ 325-136 General requirements for all tower-based wireless communications facilities.
§ 325-137 Tower-based facilities outside rights-of-way.
§ 325-138 Tower-based facilities in rights-of-way.
§ 325-139 Police powers.
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

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Chapter 325 Zoning

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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of West Whiteland 12-8-1998 by Ord. No. 276 (Ch. 27 of the 1983 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Planning Commission — See Ch. 53.

Numbering of buildings — See Ch. 115.

Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 129.

Junkyards — See Ch. 185.

Mobile homes and mobile home parks — See Ch. 206.

Stormwater management — See Ch. 270.

Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 276.

Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 281.

Weed control — See Ch. 316.

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 - Zoning Map

Attachment 2 - Exhibit 1

Attachment 3 - Exhibit 3

Attachment 4 - Exhibit 4

Attachment 5 - Rail Transit Overlay Map

Attachment 6 - Potential Impact Radius (PIR) and Pipeline Class Locations

Attachment 7 - Exhibit 4, Bonus Menu

Article I General Provisions

§ 325-1 Title.

§ 325-2 Purpose.

§ 325-3 Community development objectives.

§ 325-4 Scope of regulations.

§ 325-5 Conflict with other provisions.

§ 325-6 Establishment of districts.

Article II Terminology

§ 325-7 Interpretation and word usage.

§ 325-8 Definitions.

Article III Residential Districts

§ 325-9 R-1 District.

Has Notes

§ 325-10 R-2 District.

Has Notes

§ 325-11 R-3 District.

Has Notes

§ 325-12 R-4 District.

Has Notes

Article IV Town Center District

Has Notes

§ 325-13 TC Town Center Mixed Use District.

Article V Neighborhood Commercial District

Has Notes

§ 325-14 NC Neighborhood Commercial District.

Article VI Office Districts

§ 325-15 O/L – Office/Laboratory District.

Has Notes

§ 325-15.1 O/R – Office/Residential District.

Has Notes

§ 325-15.2 O/C – Office/Commercial District.

Has Notes

Article VII Industrial Districts

§ 325-16 Purpose.

§ 325-17 General requirements for industrial districts.

§ 325-18 I-1 Limited Industrial District.

Has Notes

§ 325-19 I-2 General Industrial District.

Has Notes

§ 325-20 Commercial infectious or chemotherapeutic waste facility.

Article VIII Supplementary Land Use Regulations

§ 325-21 Agricultural land use.

§ 325-22 Recreational land use.

§ 325-23 Accessory use regulations.

§ 325-24 Junkyards.

§ 325-25 Conversion of dwellings.

§ 325-26 Clustering and lot averaging development options.

§ 325-27 Child and adult day-care centers.

§ 325-28 Sale of seasonal merchandise standards and criteria.

§ 325-28.1 Forestry.

§ 325-28.2 Vehicle fueling stations.

§ 325-28.3 Surface land uses affiliated with transmission pipelines.

Article IX Common Regulations

§ 325-29 Fences and walls.

§ 325-30 Stripping of topsoil; excavation of dirt, clay, sand, gravel or rock.

§ 325-31 Accessory buildings.

§ 325-32 Landscaping design.

§ 325-33 (Reserved)

§ 325-34 Lighting.

§ 325-35 Storage.

§ 325-36 Access and traffic control.

§ 325-37 Interior circulation.

§ 325-38 Loading and unloading.

§ 325-39 Off-street parking.

§ 325-40 Storm drainage.

§ 325-41 Physical performance standards.

§ 325-42 Traffic impact study.

§ 325-43 Design standards.

§ 325-44 Solar energy systems.

Article X Institutional District

§ 325-45 IN Institutional District.

Article XI Unified Development Area

§ 325-46 Purpose.

§ 325-47 Zoning overlay concept.

§ 325-48 Qualifying conditions.

§ 325-49 Application content.

§ 325-50 Procedure.

Article XII Airport Overlay District

§ 325-51 Purpose.

§ 325-52 Relation to other zoning districts.

§ 325-53 Definitions.

§ 325-54 Establishment of airport zones.

§ 325-55 Permit applications.

§ 325-56 Variances.

§ 325-57 Use restrictions.

§ 325-58 Preexisting nonconforming uses.

§ 325-58.1 Obstruction marking and lighting.

§ 325-58.2 Appeals, violations, and penalties.

Article XIII Floodplain Conservation

§ 325-59 Statutory authorization.

§ 325-60 General provisions.

§ 325-61 Administration.

§ 325-62 Identification of floodplain areas.

§ 325-63 Technical provisions.

§ 325-64 Prohibited activities.

§ 325-65 Existing structures in identified floodplain areas.

§ 325-66 Variances.

§ 325-67 (Reserved)

Article XIV Steep Slope Conservation

§ 325-68 Purpose.

§ 325-69 Compliance required; construal of provisions; disclaimer.

§ 325-70 Designation and interpretation of district boundary.

§ 325-71 Permitted uses.

§ 325-72 Administration.

§ 325-73 Uses and/or structures rendered nonconforming by adoption of district.

Article XV Carbonate Area District

§ 325-74 Purpose.

§ 325-75 Findings; interpretation.

§ 325-76 Applicability.

§ 325-77 Standards.

§ 325-78 Procedures for all applicants.

§ 325-79 Environmental assessment report.

§ 325-80 Board approval required.

Article XVI Historic Preservation

§ 325-81 Purpose.

§ 325-82 Compliance required; overlay concept; construal of provisions.

§ 325-83 Historic Resources Map.

§ 325-84 West Whiteland Historical Commission.

§ 325-85 Demolition of historic resources.

§ 325-86 Special use provisions.

§ 325-87 Integrity of historic setting.

§ 325-88 Review of proposed signs.

§ 325-89 Landscaping.

§ 325-90 Standards for rehabilitation.

§ 325-91 Lot averaging and cluster development provisions.

§ 325-92 Historic resource impact study.

§ 325-93 Certified historic districts.

Article XVII Signs

§ 325-94 Purpose.

§ 325-95 General regulations.

§ 325-96 Signs in residential and institutional districts.

§ 325-97 Signs in commercial and professional districts.

§ 325-98 Signs in Town Center.

§ 325-99 Industrial districts.

§ 325-100 Temporary signs.

§ 325-101 Nonconforming signs.

§ 325-102 Abandoned signs.

Article XVIII Nonconforming Uses, Structures, Lots and Signs

§ 325-103 Applicability.

§ 325-104 Continuation.

§ 325-105 Nonconforming use.

§ 325-106 Nonconforming structures.

§ 325-107 Nonconforming lots.

§ 325-108 Nonconforming signs.

§ 325-109 (Reserved)

Article XIX Zoning Hearing Board

§ 325-110 Establishment and membership.

§ 325-111 Organization.

§ 325-112 Expenditures for services; fees.

§ 325-113 Applications for hearings.

§ 325-114 Hearings.

§ 325-115 Appeals from Zoning Officer.

§ 325-116 Challenges to Zoning Ordinance or Map.

§ 325-117 Challenges to Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.

§ 325-118 Variances.

Article XX Administration

§ 325-119 Applicability; administration and enforcement; violations and penalties.

§ 325-120 Permits.

§ 325-121 Use and occupancy permits.

§ 325-122 Determination of fees.

§ 325-123 Municipal liability.

§ 325-124 Conditional uses.

§ 325-125 Amendments.

§ 325-126 Review fees for professional consultants.

Article XXI Rail Transit Overlay District

§ 325-127 Purpose.

§ 325-128 Relation to other zoning districts.

§ 325-129 Use regulations.

§ 325-130 Area and bulk regulations.

§ 325-131 Design standards.

Article XXII Wireless Communications Facilities

§ 325-132 Purposes and findings of fact.

§ 325-133 General requirements for all non-tower wireless communications facilities.

§ 325-134 Non-tower wireless facilities outside rights-of-way.

§ 325-135 Non-tower wireless facilities in public rights-of-way.

§ 325-136 General requirements for all tower-based wireless communications facilities.

§ 325-137 Tower-based facilities outside rights-of-way.

§ 325-138 Tower-based facilities in rights-of-way.

§ 325-139 Police powers.