Township of Upper Allen, PA Zoning

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Township of Upper Allen, PA

Cumberland County

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Table of Contents

Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 6 Auditor
Ch 9 Authorities, Municipal
Ch 22 Emergency Management Agency
Ch 26 (Reserved)
Ch 44 Manager, Township
Ch 47 Meetings
Ch 51 Park and Recreation Board
Ch 55 Pensions
Ch 58 Planning Commission
Ch 67 Salaries and Compensation
Ch 71 Sewer Advisory Board
Ch 73 Special Fire Police for Mutual Aid
Ch 75 Trusts and Funds
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 83 (Reserved)
Ch 86 (Reserved)
Ch 88 Animals
Ch 92 (Reserved)
Ch 95 (Reserved)
Ch 97 (Reserved)
Ch 112 Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 116 Curfew
Ch 127 (Reserved)
Ch 129 Excavation and Fill
Ch 133 Fees
Ch 136 Fire-Damaged Property
Ch 138 Fire Prevention and Protection
Ch 151 (Reserved)
Ch 155 Historic Districts
Ch 157 Hotels, Motels and Inns
Ch 160 Junk and Junkyards
Ch 168 (Reserved)
Ch 175 Parks and Recreation
Ch 178 Pawnbrokers, Junk Dealers and Transient Merchants
Ch 181 Peace and Good Order
Ch 185 (Reserved)
Ch 189 Property Maintenance
Ch 192 (Reserved)
Ch 195 Rental Property, Registration of
Ch 199 Sewage Disposal Systems, On-Lot
Ch 200 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Ch 204 (Reserved)
Ch 205 Snow and Ice Removal
Ch 210 Solid Waste
Ch 213 Storm Sewers
Ch 214 Stormwater Management
Ch 217 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 220 Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 223 Taxation
Ch 227 Transient Retail Businesses
Ch 233 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 245 Zoning
Ch 245 Art I Short Title; Purpose; General Provisions
§ 245-1.1 Short title.
§ 245-1.2 Purposes of enactment.
§ 245-1.3 Conflicting regulations.
§ 245-1.4 Applicability.
§ 245-1.5 Municipality liability.
§ 245-1.6 Community development objectives.
§ 245-1.7 Definitions.
§ 245-1.8 Disclaimer.
§ 245-1.9 Severability.
§ 245-1.10 Repealer.
§ 245-1.11 Effective date.
Ch 245 Art II Land Use Definitions
§ 245-2.1 Word usage and definitions.
Ch 245 Art III Designation of Districts
§ 245-3.1 Districts designated.
§ 245-3.2 Purpose of zoning districts.
§ 245-3.3 Zoning Map.
§ 245-3.4 District boundaries.
§ 245-3.5 Interpretation of boundaries.
§ 245-3.6 Use adjustment on district boundaries.
§ 245-3.7 Application of regulations.
§ 245-3.8 Permitted uses by zoning district.
§ 245-3.9 Uses not provided for.
Ch 245 Art IV Agriculture District (A)
§ 245-4.1 Area of application.
§ 245-4.2 Permitted uses.
§ 245-4.3 Development options, use and lot requirements.
§ 245-4.4 Sign requirements.
§ 245-4.5 Off-street parking requirements.
§ 245-4.6 Agricultural nuisance disclaimer.
Ch 245 Art V Residential Districts
§ 245-5.1 Area of application.
§ 245-5.2 Permitted uses.
§ 245-5.3 Low-Density Residential (R-1) District.
§ 245-5.4 Medium-Density Residential (R-2) District.
§ 245-5.5 High-Density Residential (R-3) District.
§ 245-5.6 Sign requirements.
§ 245-5.7 Off-street parking requirements.
§ 245-5.8 Agricultural nuisance disclaimer.
Ch 245 Art VI Commercial, Mixed-Use and Institutional Districts
§ 245-6.1 Area of application.
§ 245-6.2 Permitted uses.
§ 245-6.3 Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) District.
§ 245-6.4 Highway Commercial (C-2) District.
§ 245-6.5 Village (VIL) District.
§ 245-6.6 Professional Office (PO) District.
§ 245-6.7 Institutional (INS) District.
§ 245-6.8 Buffer, screening and landscaping requirements.
§ 245-6.9 Sign requirements.
§ 245-6.10 Off-street parking requirements.
Ch 245 Art VII Industrial District (IND)
§ 245-7.1 Area of application.
§ 245-7.2 Permitted uses.
§ 245-7.3 Lot requirements.
§ 245-7.4 Building height limitations.
§ 245-7.5 Buffer and screening requirements.
§ 245-7.6 Sign requirements.
§ 245-7.7 Off-street parking requirements.
Ch 245 Art VIII Planned Residential Development (PRD) Overlay District
§ 245-8.1 Purpose.
§ 245-8.2 Application requirements for Planned Residential Development Overlay District.
§ 245-8.3 General regulations; procedures.
§ 245-8.4 Standards and conditions.
Ch 245 Art IX Steep Slope Protection (SSP) Overlay District
§ 245-9.1 Purpose.
§ 245-9.2 Boundary definition of district.
§ 245-9.3 Steep Slope Protection Overlay District concept.
§ 245-9.4 Boundary interpretation and appeals procedures.
§ 245-9.5 Land use and development regulations in Steep Slope Protection Overlay District.
§ 245-9.6 Uses permitted within the Steep Slope Protection Overlay District.
Ch 245 Art X Floodplain Regulations
§ 245-10.0 Preamble.
§ 245-10.1 Short title.
§ 245-10.2 Intent.
§ 245-10.3 Applicability.
§ 245-10.4 Abrogation and greater restrictions.
§ 245-10.5 Severability.
§ 245-10.6 Warning and disclaimer of liability.
§ 245-10.7 Designation of Floodplain Administrator.
§ 245-10.8 Permits required.
§ 245-10.9 Duties and responsibilities of Floodplain Administrator.
§ 245-10.10 Application procedures and requirements.
§ 245-10.11 Review by the Cumberland County Conservation District.
§ 245-10.12 Review of application by others.
§ 245-10.13 Changes.
§ 245-10.14 Placards.
§ 245-10.15 Start of construction.
§ 245-10.16 Enforcement.
§ 245-10.17 Appeals.
§ 245-10.18 Identification of floodplain areas.
§ 245-10.19 Description and special requirements of identified floodplain areas.
§ 245-10.20 Changes in identification of area.
§ 245-10.21 Boundary disputes.
§ 245-10.22 Jurisdictional boundary changes.
§ 245-10.23 General technical provisions.
§ 245-10.24 Elevation and floodproofing requirements.
§ 245-10.25 Design and construction standards.
§ 245-10.26 Development that may endanger human life.
§ 245-10.27 Special requirements for subdivisions and land development.
§ 245-10.28 Special requirements for manufactured/mobile homes.
§ 245-10.29 Special requirements for recreational vehicles.
§ 245-10.30 Activities requiring special permits.
§ 245-10.31 Application requirements for special permits.
§ 245-10.32 Application review procedures.
§ 245-10.33 Special technical requirements.
§ 245-10.34 Existing structures in identified floodplain areas.
§ 245-10.35 Improvements.
§ 245-10.36 Variances.
§ 245-10.37 Variance procedures and conditions.
§ 245-10.38 General definitions.
§ 245-10.39 Specific definitions.
Ch 245 Art XI Conservation Design Overlay District (CSO)
§ 245-11.1 Purpose.
§ 245-11.2 Area of application.
§ 245-11.3 Development options; use and lot requirements.
§ 245-11.4 Sign requirements.
§ 245-11.5 Off-street parking requirements.
§ 245-11.6 Greenway area standards.
§ 245-11.7 Conservation/greenway area, development area, and density determinations for Options 1 and 2 conservation subdivisions.
§ 245-11.8 General regulations and design standards for conservation subdivisions.
§ 245-11.9 Conservation/greenway area easements.
§ 245-11.10 Ownership and maintenance of conservation and greenway areas and common facilities.
Ch 245 Art XII Airport Overlay District (AO)
§ 245-12.1 Purpose.
§ 245-12.2 Definitions.
§ 245-12.3 Establishment of airport zones.
§ 245-12.4 Permit applications.
§ 245-12.5 Variance.
§ 245-12.6 Use restrictions.
§ 245-12.7 Preexisting nonconforming uses.
§ 245-12.8 Obstruction marking and lighting.
§ 245-12.9 Enforcement; notice.
Ch 245 Art XIII Scenic River Corridor Overlay District
§ 245-13.1 Purpose.
§ 245-13.2 Area of application.
Ch 245 Art XIV Specific Standards for Designated Uses
§ 245-14.1 Specific standards.
§ 245-14.2 Accessory agriculture uses, including the farmhouse, barns, outbuildings and structures.
§ 245-14.3 Accessory apartments.
§ 245-14.4 (Reserved)
§ 245-14.5 Active and low-impact noncommercial recreation areas in conservation and greenway areas in conservation subdivisions.
§ 245-14.6 Adaptive reuse of federally or locally designated historic buildings.
§ 245-14.7 Adult regulated facility.
§ 245-14.8 Agriculture operation.
§ 245-14.9 Agritourism enterprise.
§ 245-14.10 Airports, heliports and helistops.
§ 245-14.11 Animal hospitals; kennels.
§ 245-14.12 Bed-and-breakfast homes and inns.
§ 245-14.13 Boardinghouses.
§ 245-14.14 Camps and campgrounds.
§ 245-14.15 Cemeteries.
§ 245-14.16 Wireless communications facilities.
§ 245-14.17 Confined livestock operations.
§ 245-14.18 Continuing care retirement community.
§ 245-14.19 Convenience stores with or without gas dispensing; gasoline service stations.
§ 245-14.20 Conversion apartments.
§ 245-14.21 Drive-in facilities for permitted uses.
§ 245-14.22 Emergency medical treatment facilities.
§ 245-14.23 Farmers markets.
§ 245-14.24 Golf courses.
§ 245-14.25 Group child-care homes, family child-care homes, child-care centers and older adult living centers.
§ 245-14.26 Group homes and family care facilities.
§ 245-14.27 Group quarters.
§ 245-14.28 Halfway houses.
§ 245-14.29 Honeybee apiaries.
§ 245-14.30 Hospitals and medical labs and clinics.
§ 245-14.31 Junkyards.
§ 245-14.32 Keeping of animals and animal structures.
§ 245-14.33 Keeping of chickens or poultry.
§ 245-14.34 Keeping of exotic wildlife.
§ 245-14.35 Landscaping and garden service, nonretail/retail.
§ 245-14.36 Long-term-care nursing and personal care facilities.
§ 245-14.37 Laundry and dry-cleaning establishments.
§ 245-14.38 Mini storage warehouses.
§ 245-14.39 Mixed uses.
§ 245-14.40 Mobile/manufactured home parks.
§ 245-14.41 Mortuaries or undertaking establishments.
§ 245-14.42 Motels or hotels.
§ 245-14.43 Multifamily dwellings.
§ 245-14.44 Natural production uses.
§ 245-14.45 Nightclubs.
§ 245-14.46 Power-generation facilities.
§ 245-14.47 Private and semipublic outdoor recreation areas.
§ 245-14.48 Professional and other home occupations (other than no-impact home-based businesses).
§ 245-14.49 Professional and other home occupations, no-impact.
§ 245-14.50 Public and nonpublic schools.
§ 245-14.51 Public and semipublic buildings, including churches and similar places of worship, libraries, community activity buildings, cultural facilities, municipal buildings.
§ 245-14.52 Public utility buildings and structures.
§ 245-14.53 Racetracks.
§ 245-14.54 Resorts.
§ 245-14.55 Riding academies and boarding stables.
§ 245-14.56 Sale of agriculture products.
§ 245-14.57 Schools, commercial.
§ 245-14.58 Semitrailer parking lots.
§ 245-14.59 Shopping centers, malls, plazas and large commercial establishments.
§ 245-14.60 Shotgun, rifle, pistol or archery ranges (outdoor).
§ 245-14.61 Single-family attached dwellings.
§ 245-14.62 Solar energy systems, accessory (ASES).
§ 245-14.63 Solid waste processing and/or disposal facilities.
§ 245-14.63.5 Special occasion facilities.
§ 245-14.64 Special occasion homes.
§ 245-14.65 Student housing.
§ 245-14.66 Taverns.
§ 245-14.67 Transportation and trucking terminals.
§ 245-14.68 Vehicle body shops; repair garages.
§ 245-14.69 Vehicle, mobile/manufactured homes or trailer sales lot.
§ 245-14.70 Vehicle washes.
§ 245-14.71 Wholesaling, storage and warehousing.
Ch 245 Art XV Nonconforming Lots, Uses and Buildings
§ 245-15.1 Continuation of nonconforming uses and buildings.
§ 245-15.2 Existing nonconforming lots of record.
§ 245-15.3 Existing nonconforming uses and buildings.
§ 245-15.4 Change of use.
§ 245-15.5 Abandonment and discontinuance.
§ 245-15.6 Registration.
Ch 245 Art XVI General Regulations
§ 245-16.1 Application.
§ 245-16.2 General requirements for accessory buildings or structures.
§ 245-16.3 Specific requirements for accessory structures, buildings and uses.
§ 245-16.4 Yard adjustment regulations.
§ 245-16.5 General buffer regulations.
§ 245-16.6 Height adjustments.
§ 245-16.7 Habitable floor area.
§ 245-16.8 Unenclosed storage.
§ 245-16.9 Clear sight triangle, sight distance.
§ 245-16.10 Performance standards for all uses.
§ 245-16.11 Prohibited uses.
§ 245-16.12 Waste and sewage disposal.
§ 245-16.13 Parking and storage of unlicensed, uninspected or inoperable motor vehicles.
§ 245-16.14 Repair of personal motor vehicles.
§ 245-16.15 Temporary construction building or trailer.
§ 245-16.16 Sale of personal vehicles.
Ch 245 Art XVII Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 245-17.1 General parking regulations.
§ 245-17.2 Off-street parking requirements.
§ 245-17.3 Location of parking spaces.
§ 245-17.4 Joint parking facilities.
§ 245-17.5 Parking reductions.
§ 245-17.6 Design standards.
§ 245-17.7 Drainage, surfacing and maintenance standards.
§ 245-17.8 Lighting.
§ 245-17.9 Loading and unloading space.
Ch 245 Art XVIII Signs
§ 245-18.1 Purpose.
§ 245-18.2 Permitted signs.
§ 245-18.3 Number permitted.
§ 245-18.4 Sign area.
§ 245-18.5 Size limitations and restrictions.
§ 245-18.6 Setback requirements.
§ 245-18.7 Height limitation.
§ 245-18.8 Safety and maintenance.
§ 245-18.9 Off-premises advertising signs.
§ 245-18.10 Real estate development signs.
§ 245-18.11 Temporary signs.
§ 245-18.12 Signs permitted in all districts without a permit.
§ 245-18.13 Signs prohibited in all districts.
§ 245-18.14 Permits to build new permanent signs or alter or move existing permanent signs.
§ 245-18.15 Nonconforming signs.
§ 245-18.16 Annual inspections.
§ 245-18.17 Abandoned signs.
§ 245-18.18 Violations and penalties.
§ 245-18.19 Fees.
Ch 245 Art XIX Administration and Enforcement
§ 245-19.1 Appointment and powers of Zoning Officer.
§ 245-19.2 Duties of the Zoning Officer.
§ 245-19.3 Permits.
§ 245-19.4 Fees.
§ 245-19.5 Records.
§ 245-19.6 Certificate of use.
§ 245-19.7 Appeals and applications.
§ 245-19.8 Interpretation.
§ 245-19.9 Zoning Hearing Board.
§ 245-19.10 Hearings.
§ 245-19.11 Jurisdiction.
§ 245-19.12 Variances.
§ 245-19.13 Special exceptions.
§ 245-19.14 Conditional use.
§ 245-19.15 Referrals to the Upper Allen Township commissions, committees and Engineer.
§ 245-19.16 Parties appellant before the Board.
§ 245-19.17 Time limitations.
§ 245-19.18 Stay of proceedings.
§ 245-19.19 Enactment of Zoning Ordinance amendments.
§ 245-19.20 Procedure for landowner curative amendments.
§ 245-19.21 Procedure for Township curative amendments.
§ 245-19.22 Township and Municipal Authority exemption.
§ 245-19.23 Causes of action.
§ 245-19.24 Enforcement notice.
§ 245-19.25 Enforcement remedies.
Appendix
Ch A250 Fees
Ch A251 Grievance Procedure
Ch A252 Meeting Guidelines
Ch A253 Smoking
Ch A254 Public Records Access Policy
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

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Title	Adopted	Subject	Affects
Ord. No. 834 pdf	2024-02-07	Zoning Amendment	Ch 245

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Upper Allen 12-20-2017 by Ord. No. 771.[1] Amendments indicated where applicable.]

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Attachment 1 - Zoning Map

[1]

Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the repeal of former Ch. 245, Zoning, of the 1993 Code, adopted 12-16-2004 by Ord. No. 588, as amended.