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Township of Dickinson, PA
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 205 Zoning
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Editor's Note: This chapter also repealed former Ch. 205, Zoning, adopted 9-6-1994 by Ord.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
§ 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.
Article 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).
Article 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.
Article 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.
Article 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.
Article 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.
Article 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.
Article 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.