The landowner, person and/or entity performing
any earth disturbance shall utilize sufficient measures to prevent
soil erosion and sedimentation of creeks.
A.
The disturbed land area and the duration of exposure
shall be kept to a practical minimum.
B.
Except for agricultural activities, any earth disturbance
over 5,000 square feet of land area shall require the submission of
an adequate erosion and sedimentation control plan to the County Conservation
District.
C.
See state erosion control regulations [NOTE: As of
2005, in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 102].
A.
No landowner, tenant nor lessee shall use or allow
to be used any land or structures in a way that results or threatens
to result in any of the following conditions:
(1)
Transmission of communicable disease, including conditions
that may encourage the breeding of insects or rodents.
(2)
A physical hazard to the public, or a physical hazard
that could be an attractive nuisance that would be accessible by children.
(3)
Pollution to groundwaters or surface waters, other
than as authorized by a state or federal permit.
(4)
Risks to public health and safety, such as but not
limited to explosion, fire or biological hazards.
(5)
Interference with the reasonable use and enjoyment
of property by a neighboring landowner of ordinary sensitivities.
B.
Additional information. If the Zoning Officer has
reason to believe that the proposed use may have difficulty complying
with the standards of this article, then the Zoning Officer may require
an applicant to provide written descriptions of proposed machinery,
hazardous substances, operations and safeguards.
See § 255-34.
See the separate Floodplain Ordinance[1] and the federal floodplain mapping.
A.
No principal or accessory use, or operations or activities
on its lot, shall generate a sound level exceeding the limits established
in the table below, when measured at the specified locations:
|
Sound Level Limits by Receiving Land Use/District
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Land Use or Zoning District Receiving
the Noise
|
Hours/Days
|
Maximum Sound Level
|
|
(1) At a lot line of a residential use in a
residential district
|
6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. other than Sundays, Christmas
Day, Thanksgiving Day, New Years Day, Labor Day and Memorial Day
|
62 dBA
|
|
9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. plus all of the following
days: Sundays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Years, Easter Sunday,
Labor Day and Memorial Day
|
55 dBA
| |
|
(2) Lot line of a principal residential use
that is not in a residential district
|
Same as above
Same as above
|
65 dBA
62 dBA
|
|
(3) Any lot line other than (1) or (2)
|
All times and days
|
70 dBA
|
|
NOTE: dBA means "A" weighted decibel.
|
B.
The maximum permissible sound level limits set forth
in the above table shall not apply to any of the following noise sources:
(1)
Sound needed to alert people about an emergency.
(2)
Repair or installation of utilities or construction
of structures, sidewalks or streets between the hours of 6:00 a.m.
and 9:00 p.m., except for clearly emergency repairs which are not
restricted by time.
(3)
Lawnmowers, snowblowers, leaf blowers, and household
power tools between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
(4)
Agricultural activities, livestock and other animals.
(5)
Public celebrations specifically authorized by the
Borough Council or a county, state or federal government agency or
body.
(6)
Unamplified human voices.
(7)
Routine ringing of bells and chimes by a place of
worship or municipal clock.
(8)
Vehicles lawfully operating on a public street, railroads
and aircraft.
(9)
Snowmaking at a ski resort.
No use shall generate odors or dust that are
offensive to persons of average sensitivities beyond the boundaries
of the subject lot. This provision shall not apply to normal farming
activities that are exempted under the Pennsylvania Right to Farm
Act.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 3 P.S. § 951
et seq.
This § 255-46 shall only regulate exterior lighting that spills across lot lines or onto public streets.
A.
Streetlighting exempted. This § 255-46 shall not apply to: streetlighting that is owned, financed or maintained by the Borough or the state; or an individual porch light of a dwelling (not including a spot light).
B.
Height of lights. No luminaire, spotlight or other
light source that is within 200 feet of a lot line of an existing
dwelling or approved residential lot shall be placed at a height exceeding
35 feet above the average surrounding ground level. This limitation
shall not apply to lights needed for air safety nor lights intended
solely to illuminate an architectural feature of a building, nor lighting
of outdoor public recreation facilities or a ski resort.
C.
Diffused. All light sources, including signs, shall
be properly diffused as needed with a translucent or similar cover
to prevent exposed bulbs from being directly visible from streets,
public sidewalks, dwellings or adjacent lots.
D.
Shielding. All light sources, including signs, shall
be shielded around the light source and carefully directed and placed
to prevent the lighting from creating a nuisance to reasonable persons
in adjacent dwellings, and to prevent the lighting from shining into
the eyes of passing motorists.
E.
Flickering. Flashing, flickering or strobe lighting
are prohibited, except for nonadvertising seasonal lights between
October 25th and January 10th.
F.
Spillover. Exterior lighting on an institutional,
commercial or industrial property shall not cause a spillover of light
onto a residential lot that exceeds 1.0 horizontal footcandle at a
distance 10 feet inside the residential lot line.
G.
Gasoline sales canopies. Any canopy over gasoline
pumps shall have light fixtures recessed into the canopy or screened
by an extension around the bottom of the canopy so that lighting elements
are not visible from another lot or street.
H.
Horizontal surface lighting. For the lighting of predominantly
horizontal surfaces such as, but not limited to parking areas, streets,
driveways, pedestrian walkways, outdoor sales and storage areas, vehicle
fueling facilities, vehicle sales areas, loading docks, recreational
areas, and building entrances, fixtures shall be aimed downward.
I.
Nonhorizontal lighting. For lighting of predominantly
nonhorizontal surfaces such as, but not limited to, facades, signs,
and displays, fixtures shall be fully shielded and shall be installed
and aimed so as to not project their output into the windows of neighboring
residences, adjacent uses, past the object being illuminated, skyward
or onto a public roadway.
(1)
However, lighting shall be allowed of the United States
flag from dusk to dawn, provided the light source shall have a beam
spread no greater than necessary to illuminate the flag.
