Borough of Marcus Hook, PA
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 196 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Auditor
- Ch 10 Civil Service Commission
- Ch 14 Emergency Operations Plan
- Ch 15 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 15A Fire Department
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 Historical Commission
- Ch 19 Library, Public
- Ch 24 Manager
- Ch 31 Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 34 Planning Commission
- Ch 37 Police Department
- Ch 40 Purchasing
- Ch 45 Recreation and Park Board
- Ch 48 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 51 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 53 Smoking
- Ch 54 Social Security
- Ch 57 Vacant Property Review Committee
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 62 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 64 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 67 Amusements, Licensing of
- Ch 70 Billboards and Advertising Structures
- Ch 73 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 76 Building Construction
- Ch 78 Open Burning and Air Pollution Control
- Ch 80 Carnivals
- Ch 82 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 82A Claims, Municipal
- Ch 83 Curfew
- Ch 84 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 88 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 90 Dumpsters and Portable Storage Containers
- Ch 93 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 94 Fire Insurance Escrow
- Ch 96 Fire Prevention
- Ch 97 Fireworks
- Ch 99 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 102 Food Establishments
- Ch 106 Garbage and Rubbish
- Ch 111 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 116 Junk Dealers and Junkyards
- Ch 121 Littering
- Ch 124 Loitering
- Ch 129 Massage Parlors
- Ch 132 Mechanical Standards
- Ch 135 Multiple Dwellings; Rooming Houses; Rental Units
- Ch 142 Numbering System: Properties and Premises
- Ch 145 Parades
- Ch 148 Parking Lots, Municipal
- Ch 151 Parks
- Ch 154 Plumbing
- Ch 157 Property Maintenance
- Ch 158 Radio Antennas and Electrical Disturbances
- Ch 160 Records
- Ch 162 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 165 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 167 Sewers
- Ch 169 Skateboards, Scooters and Rollerblades
- Ch 172 Solid Waste
- Ch 174 Stormwater Management
- Ch 175 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 178 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 180 Taxation
- Ch 182 Telephone Services
- Ch 185 Vector Control
- Ch 188 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 191 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 193 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 196 Zoning
- Ch 196 Art I Introduction
- § 196-1 Title.
- § 196-2 Purposes.
- § 196-3 Establishment of districts.
- § 196-4 Establishment of controls.
- § 196-5 Zoning Map; district boundary lines; tolerances.
- § 196-6 Interpretation.
- § 196-7 Municipal liability.
- Ch 196 Art II Definitions
- § 196-8 Interpretation of language.
- § 196-9 Definitions.
- Ch 196 Art III R-1 Residential District
- § 196-10 Purpose.
- § 196-11 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-12 Conditional uses.
- § 196-13 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-14 Dimensional regulations.
- § 196-15 Special development regulations.
- Ch 196 Art IV R-2 Residential District
- § 196-16 Purpose.
- § 196-17 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-18 Conditional uses.
- § 196-19 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-20 Dimensional regulations.
- Ch 196 Art V R-3 Residential District
- § 196-21 Purpose.
- § 196-22 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-23 Conditional uses.
- § 196-24 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-25 Dimensional regulations.
- Ch 196 Art VI R-4 Planned Residential District
- § 196-26 Purpose.
- § 196-27 Development type.
- § 196-28 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-29 Conditional uses.
- § 196-30 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-31 Dimensional regulations.
- § 196-32 Special development regulations.
- Ch 196 Art VII Central Retail District
- § 196-33 Purpose.
- § 196-34 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-35 Conditional uses.
- § 196-36 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-37 Dimensional regulations.
- § 196-38 Special development regulations.
- Ch 196 Art VIII Planned Business Park District
- § 196-39 Purpose.
- § 196-40 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-41 Conditional uses.
- § 196-42 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-43 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 196-44 Special development regulations.
- § 196-45 Group development.
- Ch 196 Art IX Recreational Business Campus District
- § 196-46 Purpose.
- § 196-47 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-48 Conditional uses.
- § 196-49 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-50 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 196-51 Special development regulations.
- Ch 196 Art X Downtown Mixed Use District
- § 196-52 Purpose.
- § 196-53 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-54 Conditional uses.
- § 196-55 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-56 Dimensional regulations.
- § 196-57 General project design objectives.
- § 196-58 Special development regulations.
- Ch 196 Art XI Waterfront Mixed Use District
- § 196-59 Purpose.
- § 196-60 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-61 Conditional uses.
- § 196-62 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-63 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 196-64 Special development regulations.
- § 196-65 Views.
- Ch 196 Art XII Transit-Oriented Development District
- § 196-66 Purposes.
- § 196-67 Conflicts.
- § 196-68 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-69 Conditional uses.
- § 196-70 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-71 Dimensional standards.
- § 196-72 Development standards.
- § 196-73 Open space and landscaping.
- § 196-74 Walls and hedges.
- § 196-75 Conceptual plan/development plan.
- Ch 196 Art XIII Industrial Transition District
- § 196-76 Purpose.
- § 196-77 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-78 Conditional uses.
- § 196-79 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-80 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 196-81 Special development regulations.
- Ch 196 Art XIIIA Industrial Transition - 2 District
- § 196-81.1 Purpose.
- § 196-81.2 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-81.3 Conditional uses.
- § 196-81.4 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-81.5 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 196-81.6 Special development regulations.
- Ch 196 Art XIV Heavy Industrial District
- § 196-82 Purpose.
- § 196-83 Uses permitted by right.
- § 196-84 Conditional uses.
- § 196-85 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-86 Prohibited uses and activities.
- § 196-87 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 196-88 Special development regulations.
- Ch 196 Art XV Parking Regulations
- § 196-89 Purposes.
- § 196-90 Applicability.
- § 196-91 General regulations for off-street parking.
- § 196-92 Required parking ratios.
- § 196-93 Design regulations.
- § 196-94 Off-site and shared parking.
- § 196-95 Design of off-street loading facilities.
- § 196-96 Screening and landscaping requirements.
- Ch 196 Art XVI Signs
- § 196-97 Purposes.
- § 196-98 Scope and applicability.
- § 196-99 Determination of size of signs.
- § 196-100 Sign restrictions and standards.
- § 196-101 Signs not requiring a permit.
- § 196-102 Signs requiring a permit.
- § 196-103 Nonconforming signs.
- § 196-104 Amortization of nonconforming signs.
- § 196-105 Permits and inspections.
- Ch 196 Art XVII General Regulations
- § 196-106 Purpose.
- § 196-107 Overall requirements.
- § 196-108 Projections into required yards.
- § 196-109 Visibility at corner lots.
- § 196-110 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 196-111 No-impact home-based businesses.
- § 196-112 Community residence facilities, family-based.
- § 196-113 Family day-care homes.
- § 196-114 Decks.
- § 196-115 Satellite antennas.
- § 196-116 Swimming pools, private.
- § 196-117 Fences and walls.
- § 196-118 Refuse.
- § 196-119 Lighting.
- § 196-120 Planted visual screen.
- § 196-121 Landscaping.
- § 196-122 Private clubs.
- § 196-123 Condominiums.
- § 196-124 Compatibility standards for uses of the same general character.
- § 196-125 Airport zoning.
- § 196-126 Trailers.
- Ch 196 Art XVIII Procedure and Standards for Conditional Uses
- § 196-127 Purpose.
- § 196-128 General requirements.
- § 196-129 Standards for review of conditional uses.
- § 196-130 Requirements for review where standards are not provided.
- § 196-131 Standards of proof.
- § 196-132 Impact on the public interest.
- § 196-133 Expiration of conditional use permits.
- § 196-134 Community center or municipal use.
- § 196-135 Religious use.
- § 196-136 Independent living facility.
- § 196-137 Child day-care centers.
- § 196-138 Gasoline service stations.
- § 196-139 Residential conversions.
- § 196-140 Laboratories.
- § 196-141 Office buildings.
- § 196-142 Parking garage or lot.
- § 196-143 Hotels.
- § 196-144 Cellular communications facilities.
- Ch 196 Art XIX Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
- § 196-145 Purpose.
- § 196-146 Continuation.
- § 196-147 Enlargement.
- § 196-148 Change of use.
- § 196-149 Enclosure.
- § 196-150 Abandonment.
- § 196-151 Reconstruction.
- § 196-152 Repairs and maintenance.
- § 196-153 Displacement.
- § 196-154 Nonconforming lots.
- § 196-155 Reduction of lot area.
- § 196-156 Nonconforming signs.
- § 196-157 Registration of nonconforming uses.
- § 196-158 Ownership.
- § 196-159 Violations.
- Ch 196 Art XX Performance Standards
- § 196-160 Purpose.
- § 196-161 Administration.
- § 196-162 Performance standards enumerated.
- Ch 196 Art XXI Administration and Enforcement
- § 196-163 Purpose.
- § 196-164 Administration.
- § 196-165 Enforcement.
- § 196-166 Permits.
- § 196-167 Amendments.
- Ch 196 Art XXII Zoning Hearing Board
- § 196-168 Purpose.
- § 196-169 Administration and procedure.
- § 196-170 Powers of Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 196-171 Hearings and decisions.
- § 196-172 Notice of requirements.
- § 196-173 Elements of decisions of Board.
- § 196-174 Standards for Zoning Hearing Board action.
- § 196-175 Standards of proof.
- § 196-176 Expiration of variances and special exceptions.
- § 196-177 Time limitations and stay of proceedings.
- § 196-178 Appeals to court.
- Appendix
- Ch A199 Cable Franchise Agreements
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Marcus Hook 10-3-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-4, approved 10-3-2005[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Historical Commission — See Ch. 17.
Planning Commission — See Ch. 34.
Shade Tree Commission — See Ch. 51.
Adult entertainment — See Ch. 62.
Billboards and advertising structures — See Ch. 70.
Building construction — See Ch. 76.
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 84.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 96.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 99.
Massage parlors — See Ch. 129.
Multiple dwellings; rooming houses; rental units — See Ch. 135.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 157.
Solid waste — See Ch. 172.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 174.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 178.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed former
Ch. 196, Zoning, adopted 12-4-1978 by Ord. No. 711, as amended.
