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Township of Dickinson, PA
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2022-10-17
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 205 Zoning
Part I: Admistrative Legislation
Ch 1
General Provisions
Ch 5
Authority, Municipal
Ch 17
Intergovernmental Cooperation
Ch 21
Local Government Investment Trust
Ch 23
Manager
Ch 27
Parks and Recreation Board
Ch 31
Pensions
Ch 35
Planning Commission
Ch 43
Salaries and Compensation
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 54
Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 58
Animals
Ch 65
(Reserved)
Ch 71
Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 75
Burning, Outdoor
Ch 82
Claims, Municipal
Ch 84
Construction and Materials Specifications
Ch 86
Construction Code, Uniform
Ch 92
Floodplain Management
Ch 130
Nuisances
Ch 137
Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 141
Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 146
Residency Reporting
Ch 159
Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Ch 166
Solid Waste
Ch 170
Stormwater Management
Ch 174
Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 178
Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 182
Taxation
Ch 190
Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 196
Water
Ch 205
Zoning
Ch 205 Art I
Background Provisions
§ 205-1
Title.
§ 205-2
Purpose.
§ 205-3
Scope.
§ 205-4
Interpretation; word usage.
§ 205-5
Construal of provisions.
§ 205-6
Severability.
§ 205-7
Principal uses; uses not provided for.
§ 205-8
Establishment of zones.
§ 205-9
Zoning Map.
§ 205-10
Zone boundary lines.
§ 205-11
Word usage.
§ 205-12
Definitions.
Ch 205 Art II
Zone Provisions
§ 205-13
Conservation Zone (C).
§ 205-14
Agricultural Zone (A).
§ 205-15
Low-Density Residential Zone (LDR).
§ 205-16
Mixed-Use Zone (MU).
§ 205-17
Mining Industrial Zone (MI).
§ 205-18
Business Industrial Zone (BI).
§ 205-19
Billboard Sign Overlay Zone (BS).
Ch 205 Art III
General Provisions
§ 205-20
Access drive requirements (non-single-family dwelling).
§ 205-21
Access to properties and structures.
§ 205-22
Clear sight triangle.
§ 205-23
Common open space requirements.
§ 205-24
Driveway requirements (single-family dwelling).
§ 205-25
Establishment of more than one principal use on a lot.
§ 205-26
Front yard exceptions.
§ 205-27
Access drives.
§ 205-28
Height limit exceptions.
§ 205-29
Outdoor lighting.
§ 205-30
(Reserved)
§ 205-31
Minimum habitable floor area.
§ 205-32
Materials and waste storage, handling and disposal.
§ 205-33
Off-street loading.
§ 205-34
Off-street parking.
§ 205-35
Operations and performance standards.
§ 205-36
Outdoor storage and display requirements.
§ 205-37
(Reserved)
§ 205-38
Required traffic impact study standards.
§ 205-39
Roadway classifications.
§ 205-40
Screening and landscaping requirements.
§ 205-41
Signs.
§ 205-42
Zoning requirements for use of on-lot sewage disposal systems.
Ch 205 Art IV
Specific Criteria
§ 205-43
Specific criteria for permitted uses, special exceptions and conditional uses.
§ 205-44
Adult entertainment uses.
§ 205-45
Airports/heliports.
§ 205-46
Alternative energy systems.
§ 205-47
Public utility structures.
§ 205-48
Domestic pets.
§ 205-49
Animal hospitals and veterinary offices.
§ 205-50
Auction house, excluding automobile auctions.
§ 205-51
Automobile and/or animal racing facility with or without related wagering.
§ 205-52
Automobile auctions and storage yards.
§ 205-53
Gas stations (including minor incidental repair).
§ 205-54
Bed-and-breakfasts.
§ 205-55
Beekeeping.
§ 205-56
Billboards.
§ 205-57
Boardinghouses.
§ 205-58
Campgrounds.
§ 205-59
Car washes.
§ 205-60
Cemeteries.
§ 205-61
Churches and related uses.
§ 205-62
Communication antennas co-located upon existing structures.
§ 205-63
Child day-care facilities.
§ 205-64
Commercial produce operations.
§ 205-65
Commercial recreation facilities.
§ 205-66
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and concentrated animal operations (CAOs).
§ 205-67
Conservation design developments.
§ 205-68
Convenience stores.
§ 205-69
Convention and/or conference centers.
§ 205-70
Composting.
§ 205-71
Restaurants.
§ 205-72
Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats.
§ 205-73
Temporary family housing.
§ 205-74
Group homes.
§ 205-75
Farm occupations.
§ 205-76
Farmers and/or flea markets.
§ 205-77
Fences and walls.
§ 205-78
Fish hatcheries and/or fish farms.
§ 205-79
Medical marijuana facilities.
§ 205-80
Freestanding communication antennas, towers and equipment.
§ 205-81
Funeral homes.
§ 205-82
Garage/yard/moving sales.
§ 205-83
Golf courses and driving ranges.
§ 205-84
Health, fitness, social, fraternal and other private clubs.
§ 205-85
Heavy equipment and/or commercial truck sales, service and/or repair facilities.
§ 205-86
Heavy industrial uses.
§ 205-87
Helicopter pads, private.
§ 205-88
Historic structure conversions.
§ 205-89
Home improvement and building supply stores.
§ 205-90
Home occupations.
§ 205-91
Hospitals with related uses.
§ 205-92
Junkyards.
§ 205-93
Drop lot or drop and hook lot.
§ 205-94
Kennels.
§ 205-95
Man-made lakes, dams, ponds, and impoundments.
§ 205-96
Mobile home parks.
§ 205-97
Manure storage facilities.
§ 205-98
Mass transit and/or taxicab terminals.
§ 205-99
Medical residential campuses.
§ 205-100
Methadone treatment facility.
§ 205-101
Mining, quarrying and related processing operations.
§ 205-102
Storage unit centers.
§ 205-103
Entertainment facilities.
§ 205-104
Noncommercial keeping of livestock.
§ 205-105
Nursing, rest or retirement homes.
§ 205-106
Ornamental ponds and wading pools.
§ 205-107
Short-term rentals.
§ 205-108
Outdoor residential athletic courts.
§ 205-109
Outdoor shooting ranges (public and private).
§ 205-110
Parking and/or storage of recreational vehicles and personal cargo trailers.
§ 205-111
Passenger motor vehicle and recreational vehicle sales, service and repair facilities.
§ 205-112
Power generation facilities.
§ 205-113
Principal waste handling, recycling, processing, transfer and disposal facilities.
§ 205-114
Public, private, and commercial schools.
§ 205-115
(Reserved)
§ 205-116
Recycling facilities for paper, plastic, glass, and metal products.
§ 205-117
Residential swimming pools.
§ 205-118
Riding stables.
§ 205-119
Roadside stands.
§ 205-120
(Reserved)
§ 205-121
Rural occupations.
§ 205-122
Sales of compost, mulch, woodchips and coal.
§ 205-123
Satellite dish antennas.
§ 205-124
Sawmills.
§ 205-125
Septage and compost processing.
§ 205-126
Shopping centers.
§ 205-127
Slaughtering, processing, rendering, and packaging of food products and by-products.
§ 205-128
Truck or motor freight terminals.
§ 205-129
Truck stops.
§ 205-130
Two-family conversions.
§ 205-131
Warehouses and distribution centers.
§ 205-132
Wind and/or solar farms.
Ch 205 Art V
Environmental Protection Regulations
§ 205-133
Purpose.
§ 205-134
Relationship to other sections of chapter.
§ 205-135
Floodplains.
§ 205-136
Riparian buffers.
§ 205-137
Wetland and wetland buffers.
§ 205-138
Steep slopes.
§ 205-139
Appalachian Trail Overlay Zone.
§ 205-140
Historic site protection.
Ch 205 Art VI
Nonconformities
§ 205-141
Nonconforming uses and structures.
§ 205-142
Continuation of nonconforming uses and structures.
§ 205-143
Repairs and maintenance.
§ 205-144
Registration of nonconforming uses and structures.
§ 205-145
Expansion and change of nonconforming uses and structures.
§ 205-146
Nonconforming lots.
Ch 205 Art VII
Zoning Hearing Board
§ 205-147
Establishment and membership.
§ 205-148
Organization of Zoning Hearing Board.
§ 205-149
Expenditures for services.
§ 205-150
Public hearings.
§ 205-151
Zoning Hearing Board's jurisdiction.
§ 205-152
Appeals to the Zoning Hearing Board.
§ 205-153
Time limitations.
§ 205-154
Stay of proceeding.
§ 205-155
Appeal.
§ 205-156
Mediation option.
Ch 205 Art VIII
Administration
§ 205-157
Zoning Officer.
§ 205-158
Zoning permits.
§ 205-159
Certificate of zoning compliance.
§ 205-160
Fees.
§ 205-161
Amendments.
§ 205-162
Conditional uses.
§ 205-163
Mediation option.
§ 205-164
Information submission requirements.
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Ch DL
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Chapter 205
Zoning
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
8-3-2020
by
Ord. No. 2020-02
.
[1]
Amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Sign Requirements
Attachment 2 - Accessory Use Table
Attachment 3 - Principal Use Table
Attachment 4 - Zoning Map
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter also repealed former Ch. 205, Zoning, adopted 9-6-1994 by Ord. No. 1-1994.
Article I
Background Provisions
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§ 205-1
Title.
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§ 205-2
Purpose.
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§ 205-3
Scope.
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§ 205-4
Interpretation; word usage.
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§ 205-5
Construal of provisions.
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§ 205-6
Severability.
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§ 205-7
Principal uses; uses not provided for.
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§ 205-8
Establishment of zones.
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§ 205-9
Zoning Map.
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§ 205-10
Zone boundary lines.
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§ 205-11
Word usage.
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§ 205-12
Definitions.
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Article II
Zone Provisions
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§ 205-13
Conservation Zone (C).
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§ 205-14
Agricultural Zone (A).
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§ 205-15
Low-Density Residential Zone (LDR).
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§ 205-16
Mixed-Use Zone (MU).
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§ 205-17
Mining Industrial Zone (MI).
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§ 205-18
Business Industrial Zone (BI).
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§ 205-19
Billboard Sign Overlay Zone (BS).
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Article III
General Provisions
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§ 205-20
Access drive requirements (non-single-family dwelling).
chevron_right
§ 205-21
Access to properties and structures.
chevron_right
§ 205-22
Clear sight triangle.
chevron_right
§ 205-23
Common open space requirements.
chevron_right
§ 205-24
Driveway requirements (single-family dwelling).
chevron_right
§ 205-25
Establishment of more than one principal use on a lot.
chevron_right
§ 205-26
Front yard exceptions.
chevron_right
§ 205-27
Access drives.
chevron_right
§ 205-28
Height limit exceptions.
chevron_right
§ 205-29
Outdoor lighting.
chevron_right
§ 205-30
(Reserved)
chevron_right
§ 205-31
Minimum habitable floor area.
chevron_right
§ 205-32
Materials and waste storage, handling and disposal.
chevron_right
§ 205-33
Off-street loading.
chevron_right
§ 205-34
Off-street parking.
chevron_right
§ 205-35
Operations and performance standards.
chevron_right
§ 205-36
Outdoor storage and display requirements.
chevron_right
§ 205-37
(Reserved)
chevron_right
§ 205-38
Required traffic impact study standards.
chevron_right
§ 205-39
Roadway classifications.
chevron_right
§ 205-40
Screening and landscaping requirements.
chevron_right
§ 205-41
Signs.
chevron_right
§ 205-42
Zoning requirements for use of on-lot sewage disposal systems.
chevron_right
Article IV
Specific Criteria
chevron_right
§ 205-43
Specific criteria for permitted uses, special exceptions and conditional uses.
chevron_right
§ 205-44
Adult entertainment uses.
chevron_right
§ 205-45
Airports/heliports.
chevron_right
§ 205-46
Alternative energy systems.
chevron_right
§ 205-47
Public utility structures.
chevron_right
§ 205-48
Domestic pets.
chevron_right
§ 205-49
Animal hospitals and veterinary offices.
chevron_right
§ 205-50
Auction house, excluding automobile auctions.
chevron_right
§ 205-51
Automobile and/or animal racing facility with or without related wagering.
chevron_right
§ 205-52
Automobile auctions and storage yards.
chevron_right
§ 205-53
Gas stations (including minor incidental repair).
chevron_right
§ 205-54
Bed-and-breakfasts.
chevron_right
§ 205-55
Beekeeping.
chevron_right
§ 205-56
Billboards.
chevron_right
§ 205-57
Boardinghouses.
chevron_right
§ 205-58
Campgrounds.
chevron_right
§ 205-59
Car washes.
chevron_right
§ 205-60
Cemeteries.
chevron_right
§ 205-61
Churches and related uses.
chevron_right
§ 205-62
Communication antennas co-located upon existing structures.
chevron_right
§ 205-63
Child day-care facilities.
chevron_right
§ 205-64
Commercial produce operations.
chevron_right
§ 205-65
Commercial recreation facilities.
chevron_right
§ 205-66
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and concentrated animal operations (CAOs).
chevron_right
§ 205-67
Conservation design developments.
chevron_right
§ 205-68
Convenience stores.
chevron_right
§ 205-69
Convention and/or conference centers.
chevron_right
§ 205-70
Composting.
chevron_right
§ 205-71
Restaurants.
chevron_right
§ 205-72
Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats.
chevron_right
§ 205-73
Temporary family housing.
chevron_right
§ 205-74
Group homes.
chevron_right
§ 205-75
Farm occupations.
chevron_right
§ 205-76
Farmers and/or flea markets.
chevron_right
§ 205-77
Fences and walls.
chevron_right
§ 205-78
Fish hatcheries and/or fish farms.
chevron_right
§ 205-79
Medical marijuana facilities.
chevron_right
§ 205-80
Freestanding communication antennas, towers and equipment.
chevron_right
§ 205-81
Funeral homes.
chevron_right
§ 205-82
Garage/yard/moving sales.
chevron_right
§ 205-83
Golf courses and driving ranges.
chevron_right
§ 205-84
Health, fitness, social, fraternal and other private clubs.
chevron_right
§ 205-85
Heavy equipment and/or commercial truck sales, service and/or repair facilities.
chevron_right
§ 205-86
Heavy industrial uses.
chevron_right
§ 205-87
Helicopter pads, private.
chevron_right
§ 205-88
Historic structure conversions.
chevron_right
§ 205-89
Home improvement and building supply stores.
chevron_right
§ 205-90
Home occupations.
chevron_right
§ 205-91
Hospitals with related uses.
chevron_right
§ 205-92
Junkyards.
chevron_right
§ 205-93
Drop lot or drop and hook lot.
chevron_right
§ 205-94
Kennels.
chevron_right
§ 205-95
Man-made lakes, dams, ponds, and impoundments.
chevron_right
§ 205-96
Mobile home parks.
chevron_right
§ 205-97
Manure storage facilities.
chevron_right
§ 205-98
Mass transit and/or taxicab terminals.
chevron_right
§ 205-99
Medical residential campuses.
chevron_right
§ 205-100
Methadone treatment facility.
chevron_right
§ 205-101
Mining, quarrying and related processing operations.
chevron_right
§ 205-102
Storage unit centers.
chevron_right
§ 205-103
Entertainment facilities.
chevron_right
§ 205-104
Noncommercial keeping of livestock.
chevron_right
§ 205-105
Nursing, rest or retirement homes.
chevron_right
§ 205-106
Ornamental ponds and wading pools.
chevron_right
§ 205-107
Short-term rentals.
chevron_right
§ 205-108
Outdoor residential athletic courts.
chevron_right
§ 205-109
Outdoor shooting ranges (public and private).
chevron_right
§ 205-110
Parking and/or storage of recreational vehicles and personal cargo trailers.
chevron_right
§ 205-111
Passenger motor vehicle and recreational vehicle sales, service and repair facilities.
chevron_right
§ 205-112
Power generation facilities.
chevron_right
§ 205-113
Principal waste handling, recycling, processing, transfer and disposal facilities.
chevron_right
§ 205-114
Public, private, and commercial schools.
chevron_right
§ 205-115
(Reserved)
chevron_right
§ 205-116
Recycling facilities for paper, plastic, glass, and metal products.
chevron_right
§ 205-117
Residential swimming pools.
chevron_right
§ 205-118
Riding stables.
chevron_right
§ 205-119
Roadside stands.
chevron_right
§ 205-120
(Reserved)
chevron_right
§ 205-121
Rural occupations.
chevron_right
§ 205-122
Sales of compost, mulch, woodchips and coal.
chevron_right
§ 205-123
Satellite dish antennas.
chevron_right
§ 205-124
Sawmills.
chevron_right
§ 205-125
Septage and compost processing.
chevron_right
§ 205-126
Shopping centers.
chevron_right
§ 205-127
Slaughtering, processing, rendering, and packaging of food products and by-products.
chevron_right
§ 205-128
Truck or motor freight terminals.
chevron_right
§ 205-129
Truck stops.
chevron_right
§ 205-130
Two-family conversions.
chevron_right
§ 205-131
Warehouses and distribution centers.
chevron_right
§ 205-132
Wind and/or solar farms.
chevron_right
Article V
Environmental Protection Regulations
chevron_right
§ 205-133
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 205-134
Relationship to other sections of chapter.
chevron_right
§ 205-135
Floodplains.
chevron_right
§ 205-136
Riparian buffers.
chevron_right
§ 205-137
Wetland and wetland buffers.
chevron_right
§ 205-138
Steep slopes.
chevron_right
§ 205-139
Appalachian Trail Overlay Zone.
chevron_right
§ 205-140
Historic site protection.
chevron_right
Article VI
Nonconformities
chevron_right
§ 205-141
Nonconforming uses and structures.
chevron_right
§ 205-142
Continuation of nonconforming uses and structures.
chevron_right
§ 205-143
Repairs and maintenance.
chevron_right
§ 205-144
Registration of nonconforming uses and structures.
chevron_right
§ 205-145
Expansion and change of nonconforming uses and structures.
chevron_right
§ 205-146
Nonconforming lots.
chevron_right
Article VII
Zoning Hearing Board
chevron_right
§ 205-147
Establishment and membership.
chevron_right
§ 205-148
Organization of Zoning Hearing Board.
chevron_right
§ 205-149
Expenditures for services.
chevron_right
§ 205-150
Public hearings.
chevron_right
§ 205-151
Zoning Hearing Board's jurisdiction.
chevron_right
§ 205-152
Appeals to the Zoning Hearing Board.
chevron_right
§ 205-153
Time limitations.
chevron_right
§ 205-154
Stay of proceeding.
chevron_right
§ 205-155
Appeal.
chevron_right
§ 205-156
Mediation option.
chevron_right
Article VIII
Administration
chevron_right
§ 205-157
Zoning Officer.
chevron_right
§ 205-158
Zoning permits.
chevron_right
§ 205-159
Certificate of zoning compliance.
chevron_right
§ 205-160
Fees.
chevron_right
§ 205-161
Amendments.
chevron_right
§ 205-162
Conditional uses.
chevron_right
§ 205-163
Mediation option.
chevron_right
§ 205-164
Information submission requirements.
chevron_right