Township of Mount Pleasant, PA Zoning

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Township of Mount Pleasant, PA

Washington County

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Table of Contents

Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 6 Authority Municipal
Ch 19 Manager
Ch 25 Park and Recreation Board
Ch 29 Planning Commission
Ch 37 Salaries and Compensation
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 46 Adult Entertainment
Ch 52 Animals
Ch 61 Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 65 Buildings, Unsafe
Ch 70 Burning, Open
Ch 78 Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 89 Fees
Ch 92 Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
Ch 93 Fireworks
Ch 97 Floodplain Management
Ch 104 Gas and Oil Exploration
Ch 115 Insurance
Ch 121 Nuisance Vehicles and Components
Ch 125 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
Ch 146 Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 153 Housing
Ch 162 Sewers
Ch 168 Solid Waste
Ch 171 Stormwater Management
Ch 173 Streetlighting Districts
Ch 175 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 178 Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 182 Taxation
Ch 189 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 200 Zoning
Ch 200 Art I Basic Provisions
§ 200-101 Title.
§ 200-102 Effective date.
§ 200-103 Authority.
§ 200-104 Interpretation.
§ 200-105 Community development objectives.
§ 200-106 Compliance.
§ 200-107 Severability.
Ch 200 Art II Definitions
§ 200-201 General interpretations.
§ 200-202 Terms defined.
Ch 200 Art III District Regulations
§ 200-301 Zoning District Map.
§ 200-302 Zoning districts and purposes.
§ 200-303 District boundaries.
§ 200-304 General district regulations.
§ 200-305 Authorized land uses.
§ 200-306 Area and bulk regulations.
Ch 200 Art IV Planned Residential Development
§ 200-401 Purpose.
§ 200-402 Applicability and relationship to other ordinances.
§ 200-403 Site ownership.
§ 200-404 Site area, use and density requirements.
§ 200-405 Setbacks and lot areas.
§ 200-406 Access and availability of public services.
§ 200-407 Administration and procedure.
§ 200-408 Criteria for tentative approval.
§ 200-409 Application for final approval.
§ 200-410 Common open space.
Ch 200 Art V Express Standards and Criteria for Certain Permitted and Conditional Use
§ 200-501 Applicability.
§ 200-502 Procedure for approval.
§ 200-503 General standards.
§ 200-504 Standards for specific uses.
§ 200-505 Adult businesses.
§ 200-506 Animal hospitals.
§ 200-507 Beverage production.
§ 200-508 Billboards.
§ 200-509 Cemeteries.
§ 200-510 Commercial recreation.
§ 200-511 Communications antennas.
§ 200-512 Communications towers.
§ 200-513 Comparable uses not specifically listed.
§ 200-514 Contracting business.
§ 200-515 Contractor's yard.
§ 200-516 Crematoriums.
§ 200-517 Day-care centers and day-care centers, institutional.
§ 200-518 Educational studios.
§ 200-519 Family day-care homes.
§ 200-520 Group care facilities; group day-care home; personal care boarding homes, transitional dwellings; pub dwellings.
§ 200-521 Hospitals, clinics or nursing homes.
§ 200-522 Junkyards.
§ 200-523 Kennels.
§ 200-524 Landfills.
§ 200-525 Medical marijuana dispensary.
§ 200-526 Medical marijuana growing/processing facility.
§ 200-527 Mine portals, ventilating shafts, bore holes, tipples, cleaning plants and mine waste disposal areas.
§ 200-528 Mineral extraction.
§ 200-529 Mini-warehouse or self-storage facility.
§ 200-530 Mobile home parks.
§ 200-531 Noncommercial recreation, public recreation.
§ 200-531.1 Oil and gas compressor stations.
§ 200-531.1 Oil and gas processing facilities.
§ 200-531.3 Oil and gas wells.
§ 200-532 Place of assembly; schools, private or public.
§ 200-533 Public parking garages or public parking lots.
§ 200-534 School, commercial.
§ 200-535 Slaughterhouses.
§ 200-536 Sportsmen's clubs.
§ 200-537 Temporary uses or structures, other than a construction trailers, model homes or sales offices.
§ 200-538 Tourism.
§ 200-539 Wind energy systems, small.
§ 200-540 Wind farm.
§ 200-541 Tank pad.
Ch 200 Art VI Express Standards and Criteria for Special Exceptions
§ 200-601 Applicability.
§ 200-602 Granting and evaluation of special exception uses.
§ 200-603 Requests for reasonable accommodations.
Ch 200 Art VII Supplemental Regulations
§ 200-701 Applicability.
§ 200-702 Performance standards.
§ 200-703 Screening and landscaping.
§ 200-704 Special yard requirements.
§ 200-705 Permitted projections into required yards.
§ 200-706 Height exceptions.
§ 200-707 Drive-through facilities.
§ 200-708 Temporary construction trailers, model homes or sales offices.
§ 200-709 Agriculture.
§ 200-710 Storage.
§ 200-711 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance.
§ 200-712 Mobile homes on individual lots.
§ 200-713 On-site sales accessory to farm and greenhouses.
§ 200-714 No-impact home-based business.
§ 200-715 Forestry.
§ 200-716 Seasonal residence.
§ 200-717 Agribusiness.
§ 200-718 Short-term rentals.
Ch 200 Art VIII Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 200-801 Applicability.
§ 200-802 Off-street parking design.
§ 200-803 Off-street parking requirements.
§ 200-804 Off-street loading.
Ch 200 Art IX Signs
§ 200-901 Applicability.
§ 200-902 Types and classes.
§ 200-903 General regulations.
§ 200-904 Signs authorized in all zoning districts.
§ 200-905 Signs authorized in agricultural and residential zoning districts.
§ 200-906 Signs authorized in business districts.
§ 200-907 Billboards.
Ch 200 Art X Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
§ 200-1001 Applicability.
§ 200-1002 Nonconforming uses.
§ 200-1003 Nonconforming structures.
§ 200-1004 Nonconforming lots.
§ 200-1005 Registration of nonconformity.
Ch 200 Art XI Zoning Hearing Board
§ 200-1101 Membership.
§ 200-1102 Alternate members.
§ 200-1103 Jurisdiction.
§ 200-1104 Variances.
§ 200-1105 Notice and conduct of hearings.
§ 200-1106 Failure to render a decision.
§ 200-1107 Mediation option.
§ 200-1108 Fees and expenditures.
§ 200-1109 Time limitations.
§ 200-1110 Stay of proceedings.
§ 200-1111 Appeals.
Ch 200 Art XII Administration and Enforcement
§ 200-1201 Zoning Officer powers and duties.
§ 200-1202 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
§ 200-1203 Zoning certificate required.
§ 200-1204 Application requirements for zoning certificate.
§ 200-1205 Certificate of occupancy required.
§ 200-1206 Planning Commission.
§ 200-1207 Procedure for amendments.
§ 200-1208 Fees.
§ 200-1209 Landowner curative amendments.
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Mount Pleasant Township 10-25-2006 by Ord. No. 105; amended in its entirety 2-28-2018 by Ord. No. 143. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 78.

Floodplain management — See Ch. 97.

Gas and oil wells — See Ch. 104.

Junkyards — See Ch. 125.

Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 178.

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 - Land Use Table

Attachment 2 - Accessory Use Table

Attachment 3 - Area and Bulk Regulations - Residential

Attachment 4 - Area and Bulk Regulations - Nonresidential

Attachment 5 - Parking Table

Attachment 6 - Illustration of Clear Sight Triangle

Attachment 7 - Buffer Areas

Attachment 8 - Zoning Map