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Borough of Green Tree, PA
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2024-02-05
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 420 Zoning
The Charter
Ch C
Charter
The Code
Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1
General Provisions
Ch 5
Administration of Government
Ch 9
Auditor
Ch 14
Boards, Committees and Commissions
Ch 22
Code Enforcement Officer
Ch 28
Council
Ch 35
Educational Service Agency
Ch 40
Emergency Medical Services
Ch 44
Emergency Preparedness
Ch 49
Finances
Ch 53
Fire Department
Ch 58
Health Department, County
Ch 67
(Reserved)
Ch 70
Official Standards
Ch 75
Pension Plans
Ch 79
Personnel
Ch 84
Planning Commission
Ch 87
Police Department
Ch 90
Records, Public
Ch 95
Retirement
Ch 99
Salaries and Compensation
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 105
Alarm Devices
Ch 110
Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 115
Amusement Devices
Ch 120
Animals
Ch 126
Buildings and Structures, Demolition of
Ch 128
Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 132
Buildings or Structures, Dangerous, Repair or Removal of
Ch 137
Cemeteries
Ch 144
Construction Codes
Ch 165
Fire Prevention
Ch 170
Floodplain Management
Ch 176
Gas Heaters and Appliances
Ch 181
Grading and Excavation
Ch 186
Hazardous Materials
Ch 192
Health Clubs; Massage Establishments
Ch 197
Insurance
Ch 210
Loitering; Curfew for Minors
Ch 220
Parking at Municipal Areas
Ch 225
Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 230
Peace Disturbances
Ch 235
Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 248
Property Maintenance
Ch 252
Public Property
Ch 255
Public Transportation
Ch 260
Sewers
Ch 265
Sexually Oriented Businesses
Ch 282
Solid Waste
Ch 286
Storm Sewer System
Ch 289
Stormwater Management
Ch 295
Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 300
Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 305
Swimming Pools, Public
Ch 310
Taxation
Ch 316
Towing and Impounding
Ch 319
Trees
Ch 325
Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 328
Vehicles, Junked or Illegally Stored
Ch 402
Vehicles, Motorized
Ch 410
Weapons and Explosives
Ch 420
Zoning
Ch 420 Art I
General
§ 420-1
Grant of power.
§ 420-2
Long title.
§ 420-3
Short title.
§ 420-4
Purpose.
§ 420-5
Community development objectives.
§ 420-6
Conformance required.
§ 420-7
Uses for which no provision is made.
§ 420-8
Interpretation.
§ 420-9
Severability.
§ 420-10
Repealer.
§ 420-11
Effective date.
Ch 420 Art II
Terminology
§ 420-12
Word usage.
§ 420-13
Meanings of words.
§ 420-14
Definitions.
Ch 420 Art III
Zoning Districts
§ 420-15
Establishment of zoning districts.
§ 420-16
Zoning Map.
§ 420-17
District boundaries.
§ 420-18
Permitted uses.
§ 420-19
Uses prohibited in all districts.
§ 420-20
R-1 - Single-Family Residential.
§ 420-21
R-2 - Multifamily Residential.
§ 420-22
R-R - Rural Residential.
§ 420-23
NC - Neighborhood Commercial.
§ 420-24
OC - Office Commercial.
§ 420-25
SC - Service Commercial.
§ 420-26
R - Recreation.
§ 420-27
I-1 - Light Industrial.
§ 420-28
I-2 - Heavy Industrial.
Ch 420 Art IV
General Regulations
§ 420-29
Purpose.
§ 420-30
Accessory structures or uses.
§ 420-31
Essential public service installations.
§ 420-32
Distributed antenna systems.
§ 420-33
Fences.
§ 420-34
Flood hazards.
§ 420-35
Landscaping, buffering, and screening.
§ 420-36
Lighting.
§ 420-37
Lot and yard requirements.
§ 420-38
Off-street parking, loading, and unloading.
§ 420-39
Porches/decks.
§ 420-40
Residential storage shed.
§ 420-41
Dumpster enclosures.
§ 420-42
Temporary buildings or structures.
§ 420-43
Residential driveways and parking pads.
§ 420-44
Keeping of animals.
Ch 420 Art V
Supplemental Regulations
§ 420-45
Purpose.
§ 420-46
Agricultural operation.
§ 420-47
Animal day care.
§ 420-48
Animal hospital.
§ 420-49
Assisted living facility.
§ 420-50
Bank.
§ 420-51
Banquet facility.
§ 420-52
Bar/tavern/drinking establishment.
§ 420-53
Bed-and-breakfast inn.
§ 420-54
Boardinghouses.
§ 420-55
Boat storage, indoor.
§ 420-56
Business services.
§ 420-57
Catering business.
§ 420-58
Cemetery.
§ 420-59
Church/place of worship.
§ 420-60
Compressor station.
§ 420-61
Construction and building related trades.
§ 420-62
Convenience store.
§ 420-63
Crematoriums.
§ 420-64
Day-care centers, adult and child.
§ 420-65
Distribution facilities.
§ 420-66
Drive-through facilities.
§ 420-67
Dry cleaner.
§ 420-67.1
Dumpsters.
§ 420-68
Dwelling, multifamily, duplex, garden apartment, residence over business.
§ 420-68.1
Dwelling, multifamily, high-rise apartment.
§ 420-69
Dwelling, multifamily, mid-rise apartment.
§ 420-70
Educational institution.
§ 420-71
Family day care (adult or child).
§ 420-72
Farmers markets.
§ 420-73
Flea market.
§ 420-74
Funeral homes (including mortuaries).
§ 420-75
Garages, community.
§ 420-76
Garage, yard or estate sales.
§ 420-77
Garden centers.
§ 420-78
Gasoline stations.
§ 420-79
Golf course/golf driving range.
§ 420-80
Group residential facilities.
§ 420-81
Health clubs.
§ 420-82
Home-based businesses, no impact.
§ 420-83
Hospitals.
§ 420-84
Hotels.
§ 420-85
Independent living facilities.
§ 420-86
Institutional home.
§ 420-87
Kennels.
§ 420-88
Laundromats.
§ 420-89
(Reserved)
§ 420-90
Minor garages.
§ 420-91
Motor vehicle washes.
§ 420-92
Nightclubs.
§ 420-93
Nurseries/greenhouses.
§ 420-94
Nursing health care facilities, personal care facilities and skilled nursing facilities.
§ 420-95
Oil and gas wells.
§ 420-96
Parcel delivery services.
§ 420-96.1
Portable storage containers.
§ 420-97
Printing and publishing services, large scale.
§ 420-98
Private clubs or lodges.
§ 420-99
Recreation, indoor/outdoor.
§ 420-100
Recycling facilities.
§ 420-101
Repair shops, non-vehicular.
§ 420-102
Research and development facilities.
§ 420-103
Restaurants.
§ 420-104
Retail stores (all sizes).
§ 420-105
Self-storage facility.
§ 420-106
Sexually oriented businesses/adult entertainment establishments/adult entertainment uses.
§ 420-107
Swimming pool/spa, residential.
§ 420-108
Transit shelters.
§ 420-109
Truck terminals.
§ 420-110
Vehicle sales, repair and service.
§ 420-111
Warehouse and storage, other than self-storage facility.
§ 420-112
Wholesale establishments.
§ 420-113
Wind energy facilities, small.
§ 420-114
Wind turbines, large.
Ch 420 Art VI
Signage Regulations
§ 420-115
Purpose.
§ 420-116
Definitions.
§ 420-117
Applicability.
§ 420-118
Exemptions.
§ 420-119
General regulations.
§ 420-120
Signs permitted in all zoning districts.
§ 420-121
Single-Family, Multifamily, Rural Residential, and Recreation Districts.
§ 420-122
Neighborhood Commercial District.
§ 420-123
Office Commercial, Service Commercial, Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial districts.
§ 420-124
Billboards.
§ 420-125
Temporary signs.
§ 420-126
Nonconforming signs.
§ 420-127
Permits and fees.
Ch 420 Art VII
Nonconformities
§ 420-128
Purpose.
§ 420-129
Nonconforming uses.
§ 420-130
Nonconforming structures.
§ 420-131
Nonconforming signs.
§ 420-132
Nonconforming lots.
§ 420-133
Lots of record.
Ch 420 Art VIII
Solar Photovoltaic Systems
§ 420-134
Purpose.
§ 420-135
Definitions.
§ 420-136
Applicability.
§ 420-137
Permitted zoning districts.
§ 420-138
Location within a lot.
§ 420-139
Design and installation standards.
§ 420-140
Setback requirements.
§ 420-141
Height restrictions.
§ 420-142
Screening and visibility.
§ 420-143
Impervious lot coverage restrictions.
§ 420-144
Nonconformance.
§ 420-145
Signage or graphic content.
§ 420-146
Performance requirements.
§ 420-147
Vacation, abandonment and/or decommissioning.
§ 420-148
Permit requirements.
Ch 420 Art IX
Planned Residential District
§ 420-149
Definition.
§ 420-150
Statement of community development objectives.
§ 420-151
Applicability and relationship to other ordinances and statutes.
§ 420-152
Site area, use, density and other requirements.
§ 420-153
Required site improvements.
§ 420-154
Site ownership.
§ 420-155
Administration and procedure.
§ 420-156
Public hearing reapplication for tentative approval.
§ 420-157
Tentative approval.
§ 420-158
Status of plan after tentative approval.
§ 420-159
Application for final approval.
Ch 420 Art X
Administration and Enforcement Procedures
§ 420-160
Purpose.
§ 420-161
Duties of Planning Commission.
§ 420-162
Zoning Hearing Board.
§ 420-163
Zoning Hearing Board functions.
§ 420-164
Responsibility of code official.
§ 420-165
Appeals.
§ 420-166
Building permit, use and occupancy permit.
§ 420-167
Application for a permit.
§ 420-168
Permit expiration.
§ 420-169
Permit for temporary structure.
§ 420-170
Uses by right, conditional uses and uses not permitted.
§ 420-171
Conditional uses.
§ 420-172
Variances.
§ 420-173
Violations and penalties.
§ 420-174
Notice of violation.
§ 420-175
Additional remedies.
§ 420-176
Enactment of zoning amendments.
§ 420-177
Landowner curative amendments.
§ 420-178
Procedure for municipal curative amendments.
§ 420-179
Applications for amendments.
§ 420-180
Legal status of comprehensive plans.
§ 420-181
Fees and expenditures.
§ 420-182
Time limitations.
§ 420-183
Stay of proceedings.
Ch 420 Art XI
Airport Overlay District
§ 420-184
Purpose.
§ 420-185
Relation to other zone districts.
§ 420-186
Definitions.
§ 420-187
Establishment of airport zones.
§ 420-188
Use restrictions.
§ 420-189
Height restrictions.
§ 420-190
Preexisting nonconforming uses.
§ 420-191
Permit applications.
§ 420-192
Variances.
§ 420-193
Obstruction marking and lighting.
§ 420-194
Violations and penalties.
§ 420-195
Appeals.
§ 420-196
Conflicting regulations.
§ 420-197
Severability.
Ch 420 Art XII
Wireless Communications Facilities
§ 420-198
Purpose.
§ 420-199
Applicability.
§ 420-200
Definitions.
§ 420-201
General requirements for all wireless communications facilities.
§ 420-202
Specific requirements for non-tower wireless communications facilities.
§ 420-203
General and specific requirements for tower-based wireless communications facilities.
§ 420-204
Regulations applicable to all small wireless communications facilities.
Appendix
Ch A440
Tables of Special Ordinances
Derivation Table
Ch DT
Derivation Table
Disposition List
Ch DL
Disposition List
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Chapter 420
Zoning
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Green Tree
6-1-2020
by
Ord. No. 1820
.
[1]
Amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Appendix A Figures
Attachment 2 - Zoning Map
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter also repealed former Ch. 420, Zoning, adopted
8-25-1947
by
Ord. No. 310
, as amended.
Article I
General
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§ 420-1
Grant of power.
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§ 420-2
Long title.
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§ 420-3
Short title.
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§ 420-4
Purpose.
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§ 420-5
Community development objectives.
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§ 420-6
Conformance required.
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§ 420-7
Uses for which no provision is made.
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§ 420-8
Interpretation.
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§ 420-9
Severability.
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§ 420-10
Repealer.
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§ 420-11
Effective date.
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Article II
Terminology
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§ 420-12
Word usage.
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§ 420-13
Meanings of words.
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§ 420-14
Definitions.
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Article III
Zoning Districts
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§ 420-15
Establishment of zoning districts.
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§ 420-16
Zoning Map.
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§ 420-17
District boundaries.
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§ 420-18
Permitted uses.
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§ 420-19
Uses prohibited in all districts.
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§ 420-20
R-1 - Single-Family Residential.
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§ 420-21
R-2 - Multifamily Residential.
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§ 420-22
R-R - Rural Residential.
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§ 420-23
NC - Neighborhood Commercial.
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§ 420-24
OC - Office Commercial.
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§ 420-25
SC - Service Commercial.
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§ 420-26
R - Recreation.
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§ 420-27
I-1 - Light Industrial.
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§ 420-28
I-2 - Heavy Industrial.
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Article IV
General Regulations
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§ 420-29
Purpose.
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§ 420-30
Accessory structures or uses.
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§ 420-31
Essential public service installations.
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§ 420-32
Distributed antenna systems.
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§ 420-33
Fences.
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§ 420-34
Flood hazards.
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§ 420-35
Landscaping, buffering, and screening.
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§ 420-36
Lighting.
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§ 420-37
Lot and yard requirements.
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§ 420-38
Off-street parking, loading, and unloading.
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§ 420-39
Porches/decks.
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§ 420-40
Residential storage shed.
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§ 420-41
Dumpster enclosures.
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§ 420-42
Temporary buildings or structures.
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§ 420-43
Residential driveways and parking pads.
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§ 420-44
Keeping of animals.
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Article V
Supplemental Regulations
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§ 420-45
Purpose.
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§ 420-46
Agricultural operation.
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§ 420-47
Animal day care.
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§ 420-48
Animal hospital.
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§ 420-49
Assisted living facility.
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§ 420-50
Bank.
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§ 420-51
Banquet facility.
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§ 420-52
Bar/tavern/drinking establishment.
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§ 420-53
Bed-and-breakfast inn.
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§ 420-54
Boardinghouses.
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§ 420-55
Boat storage, indoor.
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§ 420-56
Business services.
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§ 420-57
Catering business.
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§ 420-58
Cemetery.
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§ 420-59
Church/place of worship.
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§ 420-60
Compressor station.
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§ 420-61
Construction and building related trades.
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§ 420-62
Convenience store.
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§ 420-63
Crematoriums.
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§ 420-64
Day-care centers, adult and child.
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§ 420-65
Distribution facilities.
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§ 420-66
Drive-through facilities.
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§ 420-67
Dry cleaner.
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§ 420-67.1
Dumpsters.
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§ 420-68
Dwelling, multifamily, duplex, garden apartment, residence over business.
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§ 420-68.1
Dwelling, multifamily, high-rise apartment.
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§ 420-69
Dwelling, multifamily, mid-rise apartment.
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§ 420-70
Educational institution.
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§ 420-71
Family day care (adult or child).
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§ 420-72
Farmers markets.
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§ 420-73
Flea market.
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§ 420-74
Funeral homes (including mortuaries).
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§ 420-75
Garages, community.
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§ 420-76
Garage, yard or estate sales.
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§ 420-77
Garden centers.
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§ 420-78
Gasoline stations.
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§ 420-79
Golf course/golf driving range.
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§ 420-80
Group residential facilities.
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§ 420-81
Health clubs.
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§ 420-82
Home-based businesses, no impact.
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§ 420-83
Hospitals.
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§ 420-84
Hotels.
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§ 420-85
Independent living facilities.
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§ 420-86
Institutional home.
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§ 420-87
Kennels.
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§ 420-88
Laundromats.
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§ 420-89
(Reserved)
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§ 420-90
Minor garages.
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§ 420-91
Motor vehicle washes.
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§ 420-92
Nightclubs.
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§ 420-93
Nurseries/greenhouses.
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§ 420-94
Nursing health care facilities, personal care facilities and skilled nursing facilities.
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§ 420-95
Oil and gas wells.
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§ 420-96
Parcel delivery services.
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§ 420-96.1
Portable storage containers.
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§ 420-97
Printing and publishing services, large scale.
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§ 420-98
Private clubs or lodges.
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§ 420-99
Recreation, indoor/outdoor.
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§ 420-100
Recycling facilities.
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§ 420-101
Repair shops, non-vehicular.
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§ 420-102
Research and development facilities.
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§ 420-103
Restaurants.
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§ 420-104
Retail stores (all sizes).
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§ 420-105
Self-storage facility.
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§ 420-106
Sexually oriented businesses/adult entertainment establishments/adult entertainment uses.
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§ 420-107
Swimming pool/spa, residential.
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§ 420-108
Transit shelters.
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§ 420-109
Truck terminals.
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§ 420-110
Vehicle sales, repair and service.
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§ 420-111
Warehouse and storage, other than self-storage facility.
chevron_right
§ 420-112
Wholesale establishments.
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§ 420-113
Wind energy facilities, small.
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§ 420-114
Wind turbines, large.
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Article VI
Signage Regulations
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§ 420-115
Purpose.
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§ 420-116
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 420-117
Applicability.
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§ 420-118
Exemptions.
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§ 420-119
General regulations.
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§ 420-120
Signs permitted in all zoning districts.
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§ 420-121
Single-Family, Multifamily, Rural Residential, and Recreation Districts.
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§ 420-122
Neighborhood Commercial District.
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§ 420-123
Office Commercial, Service Commercial, Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial districts.
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§ 420-124
Billboards.
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§ 420-125
Temporary signs.
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§ 420-126
Nonconforming signs.
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§ 420-127
Permits and fees.
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Article VII
Nonconformities
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§ 420-128
Purpose.
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§ 420-129
Nonconforming uses.
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§ 420-130
Nonconforming structures.
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§ 420-131
Nonconforming signs.
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§ 420-132
Nonconforming lots.
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§ 420-133
Lots of record.
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Article VIII
Solar Photovoltaic Systems
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§ 420-134
Purpose.
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§ 420-135
Definitions.
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§ 420-136
Applicability.
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§ 420-137
Permitted zoning districts.
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§ 420-138
Location within a lot.
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§ 420-139
Design and installation standards.
chevron_right
§ 420-140
Setback requirements.
chevron_right
§ 420-141
Height restrictions.
chevron_right
§ 420-142
Screening and visibility.
chevron_right
§ 420-143
Impervious lot coverage restrictions.
chevron_right
§ 420-144
Nonconformance.
chevron_right
§ 420-145
Signage or graphic content.
chevron_right
§ 420-146
Performance requirements.
chevron_right
§ 420-147
Vacation, abandonment and/or decommissioning.
chevron_right
§ 420-148
Permit requirements.
chevron_right
Article IX
Planned Residential District
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§ 420-149
Definition.
chevron_right
§ 420-150
Statement of community development objectives.
chevron_right
§ 420-151
Applicability and relationship to other ordinances and statutes.
chevron_right
§ 420-152
Site area, use, density and other requirements.
chevron_right
§ 420-153
Required site improvements.
chevron_right
§ 420-154
Site ownership.
chevron_right
§ 420-155
Administration and procedure.
chevron_right
§ 420-156
Public hearing reapplication for tentative approval.
chevron_right
§ 420-157
Tentative approval.
chevron_right
§ 420-158
Status of plan after tentative approval.
chevron_right
§ 420-159
Application for final approval.
chevron_right
Article X
Administration and Enforcement Procedures
chevron_right
§ 420-160
Purpose.
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§ 420-161
Duties of Planning Commission.
chevron_right
§ 420-162
Zoning Hearing Board.
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§ 420-163
Zoning Hearing Board functions.
chevron_right
§ 420-164
Responsibility of code official.
chevron_right
§ 420-165
Appeals.
chevron_right
§ 420-166
Building permit, use and occupancy permit.
chevron_right
§ 420-167
Application for a permit.
chevron_right
§ 420-168
Permit expiration.
chevron_right
§ 420-169
Permit for temporary structure.
chevron_right
§ 420-170
Uses by right, conditional uses and uses not permitted.
chevron_right
§ 420-171
Conditional uses.
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§ 420-172
Variances.
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§ 420-173
Violations and penalties.
chevron_right
§ 420-174
Notice of violation.
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§ 420-175
Additional remedies.
chevron_right
§ 420-176
Enactment of zoning amendments.
chevron_right
§ 420-177
Landowner curative amendments.
chevron_right
§ 420-178
Procedure for municipal curative amendments.
chevron_right
§ 420-179
Applications for amendments.
chevron_right
§ 420-180
Legal status of comprehensive plans.
chevron_right
§ 420-181
Fees and expenditures.
chevron_right
§ 420-182
Time limitations.
chevron_right
§ 420-183
Stay of proceedings.
chevron_right
Article XI
Airport Overlay District
chevron_right
§ 420-184
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 420-185
Relation to other zone districts.
chevron_right
§ 420-186
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 420-187
Establishment of airport zones.
chevron_right
§ 420-188
Use restrictions.
chevron_right
§ 420-189
Height restrictions.
chevron_right
§ 420-190
Preexisting nonconforming uses.
chevron_right
§ 420-191
Permit applications.
chevron_right
§ 420-192
Variances.
chevron_right
§ 420-193
Obstruction marking and lighting.
chevron_right
§ 420-194
Violations and penalties.
chevron_right
§ 420-195
Appeals.
chevron_right
§ 420-196
Conflicting regulations.
chevron_right
§ 420-197
Severability.
chevron_right
Article XII
Wireless Communications Facilities
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§ 420-198
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 420-199
Applicability.
chevron_right
§ 420-200
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 420-201
General requirements for all wireless communications facilities.
chevron_right
§ 420-202
Specific requirements for non-tower wireless communications facilities.
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§ 420-203
General and specific requirements for tower-based wireless communications facilities.
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§ 420-204
Regulations applicable to all small wireless communications facilities.
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