For the purposes of this chapter, the municipality is hereby divided into the following districts:
District
Map Symbol
Rural District (Art. III)
Conservation/Agricultural (Forest)
CA
Residential District (Art. IV)
Single-Family Residential
R-1
Two-Family Residential
R-2
Multifamily Residential
R-3
Village Residential
V
Commercial District (Art. V)
General Commercial
C-1
Light Industrial District (Art. VI)
Industrial District
LI
All territory which may hereafter be annexed by the municipality shall be zoned and classified simultaneously with the perfection of the annexation.
The boundaries of the districts in which this municipality is divided shall be shown upon a map entitled the "Official Zoning Map." Said map and all notations, references, and other data shown thereon is hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter as if it were fully described herein.[1]
A. 
Adoption of the Official Zoning Map. The Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signatures of the Chairman or President of the Borough Council, attested by the municipal secretary, under the following words: "This is to certify that this is the Official Zoning Map of the Borough of Loganton, Clinton County, Pennsylvania", together with the date of enactment of the ordinance. The map shall be kept on file with the municipal Zoning Officer, and shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of land and water area in the municipality.
B. 
Changes in the Official Zoning Map. If, in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Code, changes are made in district boundaries or other matters portrayed on the Official Zoning Map, such changes shall be entered promptly on said map. All changes shall be certified by initialing of the chairman or president of the Borough Council, together with a brief description of the changes and the date of enactment of such changes, under the word "Revised." No amendment to this chapter which involves matter portrayed on the Official Zoning Map shall become effective until after such change and entry has been shown on said map.
C. 
Replacement of the Official Zoning Map. In the event that the Official Zoning Map becomes damaged, lost, or difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of changes, the Borough Council may, by ordinance, adopt a new Official Zoning Map which shall supersede the previous map. The new Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signatures of the chairman or president of the Borough Council, attested by the municipal secretary, under the following words: "This is to certify that this Official Zoning Map supersedes and replaces the Official Zoning Map adopted __________ as part of Ordinance No. _____, known as the Zoning Ordinance of Loganton Borough", together with the date of adoption of the ordinance. Unless the previous Zoning Map has been lost or totally destroyed, the previous Official Zoning Map or any significant parts thereof remaining shall be preserved, together with all available records pertaining to its adoption or amendment.
D. 
District boundary lines. The district boundary lines shall be shown on the Official Zoning Map. Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts, the following rules shall apply:
(1) 
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets, highways, or alleys shall be construed to follow such center lines;
(2) 
Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines;
(3) 
Boundaries indicated as approximately following municipal limits shall be construed as following such municipal limits;
(4) 
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the edges or banks of streams or other bodies of water shall be construed as following such edges or banks and, in the event the stream or body of water moves, the boundary shall move with the edge or bank of same;
(5) 
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streams or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such center lines and, in the event the stream or other body of water moves, the boundary shall move with the center line of such;
(6) 
Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in Subsection D(1) through (5) above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the Official Zoning Map shall be determined by the scale of the map to carry out the spirit and intention of the zoning boundary designation;
(7) 
Where physical features existing on the ground are alleged to be at variance with those shown on the Official Zoning Map, or in other circumstances not covered by Subsection D(1) through (6) above, it shall be the function of the Zoning Officer to make a determination;
(8) 
Where one or more district boundary lines divides a lot held in single ownership, the regulations of one of the districts on either side of any such boundary line may be chosen by the owner to apply to the portion of such lot in the district on the other side of such line for a distance of not more than 50 feet beyond the district boundary lines, provided lot, area and setback requirements are met for said portions.
[1]
Editor's Note: Current Zoning Map is on file in the Borough offices.
The use of land structures shall be limited to only the primary and accessory uses permitted in each zoning district, unless specifically permitted, exempted, or otherwise modified by this or other sections of this chapter. In addition to the regulations stipulated for each use elsewhere in this chapter, the following use regulations shall apply:
A. 
Primary uses. In the Conservation/Agricultural and Residential Districts, no more than one primary use shall be permitted on any single lot of record. In all other zoning districts, there may be more than one primary use, but each additional primary use must conform to the lot, yard setback, maximum height and all other regulations contained herein.
B. 
Accessory uses. All accessory structures, except where otherwise permitted by this chapter, shall comply with the lot, yard setback, and maximum height requirements for the primary use to which it is necessary. Accessory uses and structures may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) 
All single-family detached dwellings may include one one-bedroom apartment, provided that:
(a) 
Such is part of the dwelling;
(b) 
The total floor area of the apartment does not exceed 500 square feet;
(c) 
One additional off-street parking space is provided; and
(d) 
No more than two persons occupy the apartment.
(2) 
All commercial buildings permitted in the C-1 District may include one dwelling unit.
(3) 
Industrial uses may include a retail factory outlet for the sale of those products produced on the premises, provided that the floor area of such outlet does not exceed 25% of the total floor area of the primary structure, or, if there is more than one use in the primary structure, 25% of the particular use. Wholesale distribution use may include retail sales to the general public as an accessory use only if the total accessory uses do not exceed 25% of the total floor area of the use. Any such retail outlet must comply with the parking requirements.
(4) 
Outdoor pools, including swimming pools, hot tubs, water gardens and spas, are permitted as accessory structures in any district, provided that outdoor pools capable of containing water 18 inches or more in depth shall meet the following requirements:
(a) 
No outdoor pools may be located in any front or side yard setback area, but may be located in the rear yard setback area, provided that no part of the pool, excluding paved areas, accessory structures and fencing, shall be located within 20 feet of rear property line, nor from the side lot line of a distance equivalent to the side yard setback for an accessory structure within the applicable district.
(b) 
All outdoor swimming pools below ground level shall be completely surrounded by a permanently anchored fence or wall not less than four feet in height, which shall be so constructed as not to have openings, holes, or gaps larger than four inches in either height or width. Should the wall of the pool be above ground, the required fence or wall may be securely affixed to the top of the pool wall so that the total height of the wall of the pool and the fence or wall shall be not less than four feet.
(c) 
All gates or doors opening through such required fence or wall shall be equipped with a self-closing and self-latching device capable of being locked for keeping the gate or door securely closed at all times when not in use.
(d) 
Lights used to illuminate any swimming pool shall be so arranged and shaded so as to reflect light away from adjoining premises; and not become a nuisance or annoyance to adjacent property owners.
(5) 
Small accessory buildings of not more than 144 square feet in ground floor area and not more than 10 feet in height are permitted in the side and rear yard setback areas, provided they are not placed closer than five feet from any lot line. Two abutting property owners may erect a common accessory structure across or abutting upon a common lot line in the rear yard setback area, provided that such property owners supply the Zoning Officer with a copy of a written agreement for the erection and use of the structure, which agreement has been approved by the municipal solicitor as to form and content, and which is suitable to be recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds.
The lot requirements for any use or structure shall not include any part of a lot that is required by any other use or structure to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
A. 
Minimum lot size and width. All lots created after the date of enactment of this chapter shall be no less than the minimum lot size and width requirements stipulated for each use in the district regulations, except for uses otherwise regulated under the cluster option for Rural Districts in Subsection C below.
B. 
Maximum lot coverage. The total ground floor area of all primary and accessory buildings shall not exceed the percentage of coverage of the lot specified for the use in the district regulations.
C. 
Cluster option for Rural Districts. The following cluster option is available for residential development of land in the Rural Districts for the purposes of preserving large tracts of farm and forest land and other open spaces for future generations.
(1) 
Provisions. All land included in any Rural District may be developed for single-family detached dwellings with lot and yard setback requirements for each lot reduced to those applicable to single-family detached dwellings with off-site sewer service in the Single-Family Residential District, provided that the overall density of the tract does not exceed what would otherwise have been possible under the district regulations applicable to single-family detached dwellings on the Rural District in which the tract is located, and provided that:
(a) 
Off-site public sewer is available to all dwelling units;
(b) 
The total size of the tract shall be at least 25 acres;
(c) 
No more than 35% of the total tract be developed for single-family detached dwelling lots, including streets and accessory uses;
(d) 
The remaining portion of the tract, which shall be at least 65% of the tract, shall be used for only one or more of the following uses:
[1] 
The tilling of the land, the raising of crops, fruits, and vegetables, and the raising and keeping of livestock and poultry and fish;
[2] 
Horticultural uses related to the raising, propagating, and selling of trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plant materials;
[3] 
Usual farm structures, including barns and greenhouses;
[4] 
Commercial establishments for the processing, storage, and sale of farm products produced and raised on the premises;
[5] 
The conservation of open space, water, soil, forests, and wildlife resources;
[6] 
Park and recreational uses for use by the general public/or the home owners of the developed portion of the tract;
[7] 
All such uses shall meet the lot, yard setback, and height requirements specified for such use in the Conservation/Agricultural District.
(e) 
The undeveloped portion of the tract shall be a single lot.
(2) 
Procedure for approval. All land to be subdivided under the zoning provisions of this subsection shall follow the procedures for the subdivision of land contained in the applicable subdivision regulations, with the following additional requirements:
(a) 
That the portion of the tract to remain undeveloped shall be bordered and labeled "Open Space" on the preliminary and final plans, and such lands shall include the following statement: "All lands labeled 'Open Space' on this plan shall be used only as permitted in Article II, § 325-10 of the Zoning Ordinance."
(b) 
That at the time an application is made for preliminary plan approval, the applicant shall supply a written agreement to the Zoning Officer, in a manner and form approved by the municipal solicitor and acceptable for recording by the Recorder of Deeds, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, stipulating the means by which said open space shall be preserved for the uses permitted by this subsection. Such means shall be either of the following:
[1] 
Dedication of the open space to the municipality;
[2] 
Establishment of a corporate ownership of the open space by the homeowners of the developed portion of the tract, incorporating into the deeds of the homeowners an interest in such open space, indicating the uses, as permitted above, to be made of such open space;
[3] 
Disposition of such open space to a private or nonprofit corporation chartered under the laws of Pennsylvania to administer and maintain the facilities subject to an acceptable deed restriction limiting eventual disposition of said open space for one or more of the uses permitted above;
[4] 
Retention of land by the owner at the time of cluster development with covenants that the open space portion of the land be limited to the uses allowed in § 325-10C(1)(d) or its successor, in perpetuity.
(c) 
Such means may include an arrangement, upon the agreement of all parties to the arrangement, whereby the present landowner and his heirs and assigns may continue to use the land labeled "Open Space" after subdivision has been accomplished for any and all of the uses permitted in § 325-10C(1)(d) above. Such arrangement shall specify the responsibilities of all parties to the agreement for the payment of taxes, provision of liability insurance, and care and maintenance of the open space.
(3) 
Any of the alternatives specified in § 325-10B and C which are proposed by the landowner are subject to review and approval by the Zoning Officer, Municipal Solicitor, and the Borough Council as to their acceptability and workability in the particular case.
(4) 
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to mean denial of the right of the landowner to otherwise develop in accordance with the regulations applicable to the appropriate Rural District, nor shall it exempt any development from complying with other applicable requirements of this chapter.
No structure shall be placed in the front, side, or rear yard setback area specified for each use in the district regulations of this chapter, except where specifically permitted below or in other sections of this chapter:
A. 
Where two or more primary structures for nonresidential use are proposed to be placed upon a lot in single ownership, the front, side, and rear yard setback areas are required only at lot lines abutting other property.
B. 
Where two or more detached or semidetached dwelling units are proposed to be built upon a lot in single ownership, the front, side, and rear yard setback areas are required as though each structure were on an individual lot.
C. 
Where a side lot line runs coterminous with a party wall of a semidetached and an attached dwelling, the side yard setback for such lot line does not apply to the structure.
D. 
Where two or more attached dwelling units are proposed to be placed upon a lot in single ownership, or upon two or more abutting lots under single ownership, the front, side, and rear yard setback areas stipulated in the district regulations are required only from the lot lines abutting the property of another. Within the lot, however, the minimum horizontal distance between facing walls of any two buildings shall be at least 40 feet.
E. 
Where a lot abuts upon a street (including private streets) with a right-of-way of less than 50 feet in width, the front yard setback shall be measured from a line parallel to, and 25 feet from, the center line of the street cartway.
F. 
Fences and hedges are permitted in any yard setback area unless otherwise restricted or prohibited by other provisions of this chapter. Fences or freestanding walls higher than five feet must comply with all applicable setback requirements.
G. 
Balconies, bay window, chimneys and flues, columns, cornices and eaves, fire escapes, gutters and downspouts, sills, and unenclosed porches may project into the specified yard setback area of a lot, but not more than three feet, except in the Village Residential District, where they may not extend into the side yard setback.
H. 
On corner lots, nothing, including structure, fences, walls and vegetation, shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to impede vision between a height of 2 1/2 and 10 feet above the center line grades of the intersecting streets and within an area bounded by the street right-of-way lines of such corner lots and a line joining points on these street right-of-way lines 25 feet from their intersection.
I. 
On a corner lot, the owner shall choose what will be the front yard, and shall be governed by all yard setback requirements of this chapter.
J. 
Buffer yards. Where a Commercial or Light Industrial District adjoins a Residential District, a buffer yard of not less than 25 feet shall, at the time of development, be provided on such commercial or industrial land, except where the district boundary is coterminous with a public street. The buffer yard shall be parallel to, and adjacent with, the district boundary, and shall be completely covered with a vegetative ground cover. In addition, sight-obscuring evergreen planting shall be placed the full length of the boundary in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) 
All planting shall be at least three feet in height when planted and shall reach a height of at least six feet at maturity;
(2) 
All plantings and vegetative ground cover shall be maintained. Any plant material which does not live shall be replaced within one year;
(3) 
Buffer yards shall not be used for parking, loading, storage, or structures. All except side buffer yards of interior lots may be crossed by access driveways and utility easements, provided such are not more than 25 feet in width at the point of intersection.
No structure shall exceed the height limitations specified for the use in Article III through Article VI, except as allowed below.
A. 
Exceptions. The maximum height requirements shall not apply to the following: barns and silos, belfries, bulkheads, chimneys, church spires, domes, monuments, observation towers, ventilators, water tanks and windmills, provided they are erected only to such height as is necessary to accomplish the purpose they are to serve, and provided they are not intended for human occupancy as dwellings.
B. 
Computations. The height of a structure shall be computed as the vertical distance measured from the mean level of the ground surrounding the structure to its highest point.