[Ord. 9-94, 4/7/1994, § 301; as amended by Ord. 00-4, 10/19/2000, § 2; and by Ord. 2006-3, 9/7/2006]
1. 
For the purpose of this chapter, Upper Macungie Township is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:
RU3
Rural 3 District
RU1.5
Rural 1.5 District
R1
Rural Residential District
R2
Low Density Residential District
R3
Medium Low Density Residential District
R4
Medium Density Residential District
R5
Medium High Density Residential District
HC
Highway Commercial District
NC
Neighborhood Commercial District
LI
Light Industrial Park District
LI(L)
Limited Light Industrial Park District
GI
General Industrial District
RT
Rural Technology District
OSP
Open Space Preservation District
2. 
For the purposes of this Chapter, the zoning districts named in Subsection 1 of § 27-301 shall be of the number, size, shape and location shown on the Official Zoning Map. Any use of the abbreviations listed in Subsection 1 shall mean the district name that is listed beside the abbreviation.
3. 
Floodplain. The floodplain area, as defined by Chapter 8, Floodplains, of this Code, shall serve as an overlay area to all of the underlying districts.
4. 
Purposes of Each District. The purposes of each zoning district are summarized below:
A. 
RU3 District. To provide for development only at very low intensity within areas that are very environmentally sensitive or that have inadequate road access. To seek to preserve the water quality of important creeks. To recognize areas that include significant amounts of wetlands, high water table soils and flood-prone areas. To direct development toward areas of the Township that are more environmentally suitable.
B. 
RU1.5 District. To provide for development only at a very low intensity in areas where public water and sewer service are less likely to be able to be efficiently provided. To encourage the preservation of farmland by directing growth to occur at higher densities in areas where central utilities can be efficiently provided. To seek to minimize conflicts between agricultural and residential uses.
C. 
R1 District. To provide for the orderly expansion of neighborhoods of single-family detached houses at a rural residential density. To carefully protect these areas from incompatible uses.
D. 
R2 District. To provide for the orderly expansion of neighborhoods of single-family detached houses at a low density. To carefully protect these areas from incompatible uses. To recognize areas where public water and sewage service can be most efficiently extended. To encourage similar development next to existing neighborhoods.
E. 
R3 District. To provide for the orderly expansion of areas neighborhoods of single-family detached houses at a low density. To carefully control the types of housing to ensure compatibility with existing houses. To carefully protect these areas from incompatible uses.
F. 
R4 District. To provide for the orderly expansion of areas that offer residential neighborhoods at a medium density. To recognize older residential areas of the Township. To provide for a selected variety of housing types. To carefully protect these areas from incompatible uses.
G. 
R5 District. To provide for a full variety of carefully designed housing types at medium high densities. To make sure that varied housing types are compatible with any existing single-family detached houses. To make sure that the street system of the Township and other community facilities and services are fully able to handle moderately dense growth in an area. To work to encourage affordable housing, especially for young families, senior citizens and nontraditional types of households. To allow for flexible site layouts to allow open space and parking to be placed next to expressways. To only provide for townhouses and apartments where both public water and public sewer service are available.
H. 
NC District. To provide for a carefully controlled selection of small, light "convenience" commercial uses that will be compatible with adjacent residences, areas of smaller lots and historic areas. To recognize that many of these areas include a mix of homes and businesses.
I. 
HC District. To provide for a wide range of needed commercial uses in locations that are less likely to involve conflicts with existing residences and that have excellent access to major highways. To use special care and control on access onto arterial and collector streets to avoid traffic hazards. To avoid very large commercial developments that are likely to attract high amounts of new traffic from outside of the Township. To provide for highway commercial uses in key locations dispersed between a few different areas of the Township.
J. 
LI District. To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations to meet current and anticipated future regional needs for light industries, offices and limited types of related commercial development. To carefully control uses to protect the public health and safety. To maintain an attractive physical environment with a campus-like setting that will aid in attracting new businesses. To encourage development that follows an overall plan with common design and landscaping plans. To seek a unified and well-planned system of providing vehicular access to avoid many individual unplanned driveways entering onto arterial streets. To encourage industries to develop within industrial parks with owner-established deed restrictions.
K. 
LI(L) District. To serve the same general purposes of the LI District. To seek to avoid the types of uses most likely to cause very high amounts of heavy truck traffic in areas that would require the trucks to pass through historic or residential areas or where roads are clearly inadequate.
L. 
GI District. To provide for a wide variety of industrial uses in areas that are less likely to impact upon existing neighborhoods. To control the operations of these uses to prevent nuisances and to protect the public health and safety.
M. 
RT District. The Rural Technology District is intended to provide for uses involving research, development and support of new and existing technology in a campus setting. A mixture of uses may be permitted on a single parcel whereby compatibility and integration with existing uses on the site can be demonstrated. Facilities shall be within a single integrated development while preserving the important natural features of the subject site. There shall be ample setbacks of structures and activities from any neighboring residences.
N. 
Open Space Preservation District. To provide for maintaining the natural environment and relief from built-up areas, preserve acres of scenic beauty which are not naturally suited for development, provide land for active and passive recreation and habitats for birds, fish and wildlife.
[Ord. 9-94, 4/7/1994, § 302]
1. 
The regulations set by this Chapter shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, except as provided for in this Chapter.
2. 
No structure or land shall hereafter be erected, used, constructed, reconstructed or structurally altered, and no structure or part thereof shall hereafter be used or occupied unless it is in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the use and district in which it is located.
3. 
No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this Chapter shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this Chapter shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this Chapter.
4. 
Annexation. Any territory which may hereafter be annexed to the Township shall be classified as the zoning district of Upper Macungie Township that is most similar to the previous zoning of such territory before annexation (as determined by the Zoning Hearing Board) until or unless such territory is otherwise classified by the Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. 9-94, 4/7/1994, § 303]
1. 
A map entitled "Upper Macungie Township Zoning Map" accompanies this Chapter and is declared a part of this Chapter. The Official Zoning Map, which should bear the adoption date of this Chapter and the words "Official Zoning Map," shall be retained in the Township Building.
2. 
Map Changes. Changes to the boundaries and districts of the Official Zoning Map shall only be made in conformity with the amendment procedures specified in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code. All changes should be noted by date with a brief description of the nature of the change, either on the map or within an appendix to this Chapter.
3. 
Replacement Map. If the Official Zoning Map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost or difficult to interpret because of changes and additions, or needs to have drafting errors or omissions corrected, the Board of Supervisors may, by resolution, adopt a new copy of the Official Zoning Map, which shall supersede the prior Official Zoning Map. Unless the prior Official Zoning Map has been lost or has been totally destroyed, the prior map or any remaining parts shall be preserved, together with all available records pertaining to its previous adoption or amendment.
[Ord. 9-94, 4/7/1994, § 304]
The following rules shall apply where uncertainty exists as to boundaries of any district as shown on the Zoning Map.
1. 
District boundary lines are intended to follow or be parallel to the center line of street rights-of-way, streams and railroads, and lot lines as they existed on a recorded deed or plan of record in the County Recorder of Deeds office at the time of the adoption of this Chapter, unless such district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions as shown on the Official Zoning Map.
2. 
Where a district boundary is not fixed by dimensions and where it approximately follows lot lines, such boundary shall be construed to follow such lot lines unless specifically shown otherwise.
3. 
The location of a district boundary on unsubdivided land or where a district boundary divides a lot shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing on the Map unless the same is indicated by dimensions.
4. 
Interpretation of Boundaries. See Subsection 4 of § 27-105.
5. 
Where a municipal boundary divides a lot, the minimum lot area shall be regulated by the township in which the principal use(s) is/are located, unless otherwise provided by applicable case law.
[Ord. 4/7/1994, § 305]
1. 
Intent. To continue the objective of compatible land uses across municipal boundaries.
2. 
This Chapter requires additional setbacks and the provision of buffer yards when certain uses would abut an existing dwelling or a residential zoning district.
3. 
These same additional setback and buffer yard provisions shall be provided by uses proposed within Upper Macungie Township regardless of whether such abutting existing dwelling or principally residential zoning district is located in an abutting municipality and/or in Upper Macungie Township.
[Ord. 9-94, 4/7/1994, § 306; Ord. 00-4, 10/19/2000, § 2; Ord. 02-6, 6/5/2002, § 2; Ord. 2003-4, 6/18/2003, § 2; Ord. 2005-8, 12/1/2005, § 2; Ord. 2006-3, 9/7/2006; Ord. 2010-6, 8/19/2010; Ord. 2013-1, 3/7/2013; Ord. 2017-4, 6/1/2017; Ord. No. 2018-08, 8/2/2018; Ord. No. 2020-08, 7/9/2020; Ord. No. 2021-08, 6/3/2021; Ord. No. 2022-04, 4/7/2022; Ord. No. 2023-05, 5/4/2023; Ord. No. 2024-05, 5/2/2024; Ord. No. 2025-04, 12/4/2025]
1. 
For the purposes of this Section, the following abbreviations shall have the following meanings:
P
=
Permitted by right (zoning decision by Zoning Officer)
C
=
Conditional use (decision by the Board of Supervisors with review by Planning Commission)
SE
=
Special exception use (decision by Zoning Hearing Board)
N
=
Not permitted
(§ 27-402)
=
See additional requirements in § 27-402
(§ 27-403)
=
See additional requirements in § 27-403
(SW)
=
Public sewer and public water service both required
(S)
=
Public sewer service required
(W)
=
Public water service required
2. 
Unless otherwise provided by law or specifically stated in this Chapter (including Subsection 2 of § 27-105), any land or structure shall only be used or occupied for a use specifically listed in this Chapter as permitted in the zoning district where the land or structure is located. Such uses shall only be permitted if the use complies with all other requirements of this Chapter, including, but not limited to, the environmental protection requirements of Part 5. The following table of permitted uses is divided into two parts: Residential Districts and Business Districts. As a general guide, see the Index of Uses at the end of this document.
Permitted Uses Table
Residential Districts
KEY:
P
=
Permitted by right (zoning decision by Zoning Officer)
C
=
Conditional use (decision by the Board of Supervisors with review by Planning Commission
SE
=
Special exception use (decision by Zoning Hearing Board)
N
=
Not permitted
(§ 27-402)
=
See additional requirements in § 27-402.
(§ 27-403)
=
See additional requirements in § 27-403.
(SW)
=
Public sewer and public water service both required
Types of Uses
(See definitions in Part 2)
Residential Districts
RU3
RU1.5
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
OSP
Agricultural Uses
Crop farming
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Crop storage, commercial as principal use (§ 27-402) (other than uses occurring on the same lot as a principal crop farming use)
SE
SE
N
N
N
N
N
N
Commercial forestry (§ 27-402)
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Composting (§ 27-403) (principal or accessory use)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Raising of livestock (§ 27-402)
C
C
C
C
C
N
N
N
Retail sales of agricultural products grown primarily on the premises (§ 27-403)
C
C
C
C
C
N
N
N
Sale or mixing of agricultural fertilizers, seeds or animal feed with a 3-acre minimum lot area as an accessory to a principal crop farming use (not involving bulk manufacturing for sale)
P
P
P
N
N
N
N
N
Sewage sludge, land application of (§ 27-402)
C
C
C
C
N
N
N
C
Residential Uses
Single-family detached dwelling (including manufactured/ mobile home (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Conservation design development — within the requirements of Part 9
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
N
Single-family semidetached dwelling (twin) (SW)
N
N
N
N2
P
P
P
N
Boardinghouse (SW) (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Conversion apartments (SW) (other than one accessory apartment with an existing single-family detached dwelling) (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
N
SE
SE
N
Low-rise apartment (SW) (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
P
P
P
N
Group Home Within a Permitted Dwelling Unit, not including a treatment center (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
N
Manufactured/ mobile home park (SW)
N
N
N
N
N
N
P
N
Townhouse (SW) (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
P
P
P
P
Commercial and Industrial Uses
All commercial and industrial uses not specifically listed in this table as permitted in the applicable residential district
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Airport, private (§ 27-402)
N
SE
SE
N
N
N
N
N
Bed-and-breakfast use (§ 27-402)
C
C
C
N
N
N
N
N
Campground (§ 27-402)
C
C
N
N
N
N
N
N
Coffeehouse
N
N
N
N
N
P
P
N
Communications tower, commercial
N
SE
N
N
N
N
N
N
Distillery
C
C
C
N
N
N
N
N
Funeral home (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
C
C
C
Golf course (§ 27-402) with a minimum lot area of 35 acres, not including miniature golf
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Grocery store
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Limited business conversion abutting a major arterial street (§ 27-402)
N
C
C
C
C
C
C
N
Medical office building located on the same lot as an approved existing hospital
N
N
N
N
N
N
C
N
Microbrewery, Brewery
C
C
C
N
N
N
N
N
Picnic grove, private
SE
N
N
N
N
N
N
SE
Plant nursery with retail sales limited to items grown on the premises (§ 27-402), but with a 2-acre minimum lot area for any commercial indoor greenhouse
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Plant nursery which may include retail on-site sale of items not grown on the premises (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Stable, nonhousehold (§ 27-402)
SE
SE
SE
SE
N
N
N
N
Target range, firearms – completely indoor and enclosed as part of a permitted membership club or school
P
P
N
N
N
N
N
N
Target range, firearms – not completely indoor and enclosed (§ 27-402) as part of a permitted membership club
SE
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Winery
C
C
C
N
N
N
N
N
Any principal use that is not specifically listed in this table
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Institutional Uses
Animal cemetery (§ 27-402)
SE
SE
SE
N
N
N
N
N
Cemetery without crematorium
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Crematorium
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
College or university educational and support buildings
N
N
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
N
Community center or library
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Cultural center or museum, noncommercial
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Day-care center, adult (§ 27-402) (See also as accessory use), serving a maximum of 50 persons at one time
N
N
N
P1
P1
P1
P
N
Day-care center, child (§ 27-402), as a principal use
N
N
N
P1
P1
P1
P1
N
Dormitory as an accessory use to an approved college, university or primary or secondary school
N
N
N
N
N
N
SE
N
Hospital (§ 27-402) (SW)
N
N
N
N
N
N
SE
N
Membership club, light
SE
SE
SE
N
N
N
N
N
Nursing home or personal care home (SW) (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
SE
SE
P
P
N
Place of worship (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Residential alcohol treatment center (§ 27-402)
SE
SE
N
N
N
N
N
N
School, public or private — primary or secondary (SW) (§ 27-402)
N
P
P
P
P
P
P
N
Treatment center
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Public/semipublic
Emergency services station
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Government facility, other than: offices, Township-owned uses, public schools and other uses listed separately
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Nature preserve
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Publicly-owned recreation
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Public utility facility, except as exempted by § 27-103 or permitted by Subsection 5 of § 27-306
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Swimming pool, nonhousehold (§ 27-402)
(SW)
P
P
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Township-owned uses
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
U.S. Postal Service facility or property leased for such use
N
P
P
P
P
P
P
N
Accessory Uses
Accessory apartment, one within an existing single-family detached dwelling or single-family semidetached dwelling (twin dwelling) (§ 27-403)
N
N
N
N
SE
SE
SE
N
Agritainment (§ 27-403)
C
C
C
C
C
N
N
N
Agritourism
P
P
P
P
P
N
N
N
Apartment for care of relative (§ 27-403)
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Day-care center accessory to and on the same lot as an existing lawful place of worship, with a minimum lot area of 1.5 acres
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Home occupation, general (§ 27-403)
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Home occupation, light (§ 27-403)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Injection well, underground
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Overnight parking of a commercial vehicle other than the following: vehicles of less than 12,000 pounds and rated gross vehicle weight that are needed by residents of the principal dwelling on the lot to travel to and from work
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Any accessory use that is not specifically listed as permitted in this table or in Subsections 3 and 4 of § 27-306 or elsewhere in this Part and that would be accessory to a dwelling
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
NOTES:
1
Provided that the use has access within a coordinated interior street system
2
Unless permitted under Part 9, Conservation Design Ordinance
Permitted Uses Table
Business Districts
KEY:
P
=
Permitted by right (zoning decision by Zoning Officer)
C
=
Conditional use (decision by the Board of Supervisors with review by Planning Commission)
SE
=
Special exception use (decision by Zoning Hearing Board)
N
=
Not permitted
(§ 27-402)
=
See additional requirements in § 27-402
(§ 27-403)
=
See additional requirements in § 27-403
(SW)
=
Public sewer and public water service both required
Types of Uses
(See definitions in Part 2)
Business Districts
NC
HC
LI
LI(L)
GI
RT
Agricultural Uses
Crop farming
P
P
P
P
P
P
Crop storage, commercial – as principal use (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Commercial forestry (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
P
Composting (§ 27-403)
P
P
P
P
P
P
Raising of livestock (§ 27-402)
N
C
C
C
C
N
Retail sales of agricultural products grown primarily on the premises (§ 27-403)
P
P
P
P
P
P
Sale or mixing of agricultural fertilizers, seeds or animal feed (not involving bulk manufacturing for sale)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Sewage sludge, land application of (§ 27-402)
N
N
C
C
N
N
Residential Uses2
Single-family detached dwelling [including manufactured/ mobile home (§ 27-402)]
N
N
N
N
P
Single-family semidetached dwelling (twin) (SW)
N
N
N
N
N
Townhouse (SW) (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
N
Low-rise apartments (SW) (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
N
Manufactured/ mobile home park (SW)
N
N
N
N
N
Boardinghouse (SW) (§ 27-402)
SE
N
N
N
N
Group home within a permitted dwelling unit, not including a treatment center (§ 27-402)
P1
P1
P1
P1
N
Residential conversions (SW) (§ 27-402) (other than one accessory apartment within an existing single-family detached dwelling)
SE
SE
N
N
N
N
Commercial Uses
Adult bookstore, adult movie theater, adult live entertainment use or massage parlor (§ 27-402)
N
SE
N
N
N
N
After hours club — prohibited by state Act 219 of 1990
N
N
N
N
N
N
Airport, private (§ 27-402)
N
N
SE
SE
N
N
Airport, public (§ 27-402)
N
N
SE
N
N
N
Auditorium, commercial or nightclub (§ 27-402)
N
P
N
N
N
N
Auto repair garage (§ 27-402)
N
C
C
N
C
N
Auto service station, other than a truck stop (§ 27-402)
N
C
C
N
C
N
Auto, boat or mobile manufactured home sales (§ 27-402), which may include outdoor storage and display of vehicles for sale or rental
N
P
P
N
P
N
Bakery
P
P
P
P
P
N
Bed-and-breakfast use (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Betting use (§ 27-402)
N
C
N
N
N
N
Beverage distributor
P
P
P
N
P
N
Business services
P
P
P
P
P
N
Bus terminal (§ 27-402)
N
P
P
N
P
N
Campground (§ 27-402)
N
P
P
P
P
N
Car wash (SW) (§ 27-402)
N
P
N
N
P
N
Coffeehouse
P
P
N
P
N
N
Commercial outdoor recreation (including miniature golf course, golf driving range, amusement park and similar uses)
N
P
N
N
P
N
Commercial indoor recreation (includes bowling alley, roller or ice skating, batting practice and closely similar uses)
P
P
N
N
P
N
Communications tower, commercial (§ 27-402)
N
SE
SE
SE
SE
C5
Conference center
N
P
P
P
P
C5
Construction company headquarters/storage
N
P
P
P
P
N
Convenience store
C
P
C4
N
C
N
Crafts or artisan's studio
P
P
P
P
P
N
Distillery
P
P
N
P
N
N
Exercise club
P
P
P
P
P
N
Financial institution (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Flea market/commercial auction house
N
P
N
N
N
N
Funeral home (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Grocery store
C
P
N
P
N
N
Heliport (§ 27-402) as principal use
N
N
C
N
C
N
Kennel (§ 27-402)
N
P
P
P
P
N
Laundry/laundromat, commercial or industrial (SW)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Lumberyard
P
P
P
P
P
N
Medical office or clinic
P
P
P
P
P
N
Microbrewery, Brewery
P
P
N
P
N
N
Motel or hotel (§ 27-402)
N
P
P
P
P
N
Office
P
P
P
P
P
C3,5
Personal services (includes tailoring, custom dressmaking, haircutting/styling, dry cleaning, shoe repair and closely similar uses) (See also as accessory use in this table)
P
P
N
N
N
N
Plant nursery, which may include retail sale of garden items not primarily grown on the premises (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Racetrack (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
C
N
Repair service
P
P
P
P
P
N
Restaurant with drive-through service (SW) and/or that primarily involves delivery of ready-to-eat food (§ 27-402)
N
P
N
N
N
N
Restaurant, other than above (SW)
P
P
C4
C4
N
C3
Retail store (not including commercial uses listed individually in this table, and not including a shopping center)
P
P
N
N
N
N
Shopping center, convenience
P
P
N
N
N
N
Shopping center, neighborhood
P
P
N
N
N
N
Shopping center, community
N
P
N
N
N
N
Stable, nonhousehold (§ 27-402)
N
P
P
P
P
P
Target range, completely indoor and enclosed (§ 27-402)
N
P
P
N
P
N
Target range, not completely indoor and enclosed (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
C
N
Taxi headquarters
P
P
P
P
P
N
Tavern
N
P
N
N
N
N
Theater, indoor
N
P
N
N
N
N
Theater, outdoor movie (§ 27-402)
N
P
N
N
N
N
Trade school
P
P
P
P
P
N
Truck stop (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
C
N
Veterinarian office (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Winery
P
P
N
P
N
N
Industrial Uses
Assembly of materials manufactured elsewhere
N
N
P
P
P
C3
Asphalt plant
N
N
N
N
C
N
Beverage bottling (SW)
N
N
P
P
P
N
Building supplies, wholesale sales of
P
P
P
P
P
N
Data Center
N
N
N
N
C
C
Finishing of previously prepared resin, vinyl, polymer or rubber products
N
N
P
P
P
N
Flexible building including 2 or more different compatible principal uses listed in this table as permitted by right, conditional or special exception in the applicable district (other than a permitted shopping center)
N
N
C
C
C
C3
Industrial equipment sales, rental and service, other than vehicles primarily intended to be operated on public streets
N
P
P
P
P
N
Junk: outdoor storage, display or processing of other than within an approved junkyard or solid waste disposal area
N
N
N
N
N
N
Junkyard (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
SE
N
Liquid fuel storage for off-site distribution and use, other than: auto service station, propane distributor, prepackaged sales or fuel tanks for company vehicles
N
N
C
N
C
N
Manufacture and/or bulk processing of the following, provided manufacturing occurs only indoors:
Agricultural chemicals, fertilizers or pesticides
N
N
C
C
P
N
Animal feed, bulk manufacture for off-site use
N
P
P
P
P
N
Apparel, textiles, shoes and apparel accessories
N
P
P
P
P
N
Cement, actual manufacture of
N
N
N
N
C
N
Cement, gypsum, concrete or plaster products, other than actual manufacture of cement
N
N
C
C
C
N
Ceramics products
N
N
P
P
P
N
Chemicals, bulk manufacture or bulk storage of highly hazardous or toxic chemicals
N
N
N
N
N
N
Chemical products that are not highly hazardous or toxic, other than fertilizers or pesticides
N
N
C
C
C
N
Coke or potash work, including coke oven
N
N
N
N
N
N
Creosote, including treatment with
N
N
N
N
C
N
Electrical and electronic machines, supplies and equipment
N
P
P
P
P
C3,7
Fabricated metal products (except ammunition or explosives)
N
N
C
C
C
N
Food products (not including uses listed individually in this table) (SW)
N
P
P
P
P
N
Furniture and wood products (not including raw paper pulp)
N
P
P
P
P
N
Glass and glass products
N
N
P
P
P
N
Incineration, reduction, distillation, storage or dumping of slaughterhouse refuse, rancid fats, garbage, bones, dead animals or offal (other than within an approved solid waste facility)
N
N
N
N
N
N
Jewelry and optical goods
P
P
P
P
P
N
Leather, clay and pottery products
P
P
P
P
P
N
Manufactured or modular housing
N
N
P
P
P
N
Metal products, primary
N
N
N
N
C
N
Microelectronic components (for solid state devices involving use of toxic substances, see below)
N
N
P
P
P
C3
Oilcloth
N
N
N
N
C
N
Paper and cardboard products (not including manufacture of raw paper pulp)
N
N
P
P
P
N
Paper — raw pulp
N
N
N
N
N
N
Paving or roofing materials, other than bulk manufacture of asphalt
N
N
C
C
C
N
Pharmaceuticals (§ 27-402)
N
N
P
P
P
N
Plastics, polymers, resins or vinyl
N
N
C
N
C
N
Products from previously manufactured materials, such as glass, leather, plastics, cellophane, textiles, rubber or synthetic rubber
N
N
P
P
P
N
Rubber, natural or synthetic
N
N
C
C
C
N
Scientific, electronic and other precision instruments
P
P
P
P
P
C3
Solid state devices involving use of toxic substances
N
N
C
C
C
C3
Soaps, detergents, paints, varnishes or enamels
N
N
C
N
C
N
Tar, including tar distillation
N
N
N
N
C
N
Tire retreading
N
N
N
N
C
N
Transportation equipment
N
N
P
P
P
N
Mineral extraction (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
C
N
Outdoor storage and display involving more than 65% of the lot area of a lot, other than storage and display of vehicles for sales or rental (§ 27-403)
N
N
N
N
C
N
Packaging
N
N
P
P
P
C3
Package delivery services distribution center
N
N
P
N
P
N
Photo processing, bulk
P
P
P
P
P
N
Printing or bookbinding
P
P
P
P
P
N
Recycling collection center (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Recycling center, bulk (other than a solid waste disposal or transfer facility)
N
N
P
P
P
N
Research and development, engineering or testing facility or laboratory, which may include limited manufacture of prototype of one-of-a kind products or models within an enclosed building, but not involving manufacture of toxic substances or toxic chemicals
N
N
P
P
P
P
Sawmill/planning mill
N
N
P
P
P
N
Self-storage development (§ 27-402)
N
P
P
P
P
N
Slaughterhouse or stockyard (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
C
N
Solid waste facility (§ 27-402)
Sanitary landfill (§ 27-402)
N
N
C
N
N
N
Permitted facilities other than sanitary landfill
N
N
N
N
C
N
Trucking company terminal (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
C
N
Warehousing distributing (other than truck terminal) (§ 27-402), not including storage of explosives, fireworks, ammunition or gunpowder, except within a government-owned facility
N
N
SE
SE6
C
N
Wastewater treatment plant, central, serving uses off the tract
N
N
C
N
C
N
Welding
N
N
P
P
P
N
Wholesale sales
N
P
P
P
P
N
Other uses not specifically listed in this § 27-306, except the Zoning Hearing Board may permit a use if an applicant specifically proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Hearing Board that the use would meet all of the following standards:
N
N
N
N
N
N
a.
The use would clearly be less intensive in external impacts and nuisances than uses permitted in that district;
b.
The applicant demonstrates that the proposed use is closely similar in impacts and character to uses permitted in that district;
c.
The use can meet the general standards listed in § 27-118 entitled "Standards for Decisions;" and
d.
The use is not specifically prohibited in the district.
All uses that would have a serious threat of being unable to comply with the performance standards of this Chapter, especially including the "Environmental Protection" requirements of Part 5
N
N
N
N
N
N
Institutional Uses
Animal cemetery (§ 27-402)
N
N
SE
SE
SE
N
Cemetery without crematorium
P
P
P
P
P
N
Crematorium
N
N
N
N
SE
N
College or university — educational and support buildings, not including a dormitory unless specifically permitted
P
P
P
P
P
C3
Community center or library
P
P
P
P
P
N
Cultural center or museum
P
P
P
P
P
N
Day-care center, adult (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Day-care center, child (§ 27-402), as a principal use (see also as accessory use)
P
P
P
P
N
C3
Dormitory as an accessory use to an approved college, university or primary or secondary school
N
N
SE
N
N
N
Golf course (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Hospital (§ 27-402)
N
P
P
P
N
N
Inpatient alcohol treatment center (§ 27-402)
N
SE
SE
SE
SE
N
Institutional group home
N
N
N
N
SE
N
Membership club, light or general, other than an "after hours club" or "tavern"
P
P
C
C
P
N
Nursing home or personal care home (SW) (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
N
N
Place of worship (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
P
Picnic grove, private (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
N
School, public or private, primary or secondary (SW) (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
N
N
Treatment center (§ 27-402)
N
N
N
N
SE
N
Public/semipublic
Township-owned uses
P
P
P
P
P
P
Government facility, other than offices, Township-owned uses, public schools and other uses listed separately
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
N
Emergency services station
C
C
C
C
C
C
Nature preserve
P
P
P
P
P
P
Publicly owned recreation
P
P
P
P
P
P
Public utility facility, other than facilities exempted by § 27-114 or permitted by Subsection 5 of § 27-306
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
C3
Swimming pool, nonhousehold (§ 27-402)
P
P
P
P
P
N
U.S. Postal Service facility, which may include a leased facility
P
P
P
P
P
P
Accessory Uses
Accessory apartment, one within an existing single-family detached dwelling or single-family semidetached dwelling (twin dwelling) (§ 27-403)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Agritainment (§ 27-403)
C
C
C
C
C
N
Agritourism
P
P
P
P
P
N
Day-care center accessory to a place of worship, provided there is a minimum lot area of 2 acres
P
P
P
P
P
P
Heliport, private (§ 27-402) as an accessory use
N
C
C
N
C
C3
Home occupation, general (§ 27-403)
P
P
P
P
P
N
Home occupation, light (§ 27-403)
P
P
P
P
P
P
Housing limited to persons visiting a use for business reasons or for transient employees that are engaged in work on the premises, provided that a maximum of 25 persons shall be accommodated
N
N
N
N
N
P
Injection well, underground (§ 27-403)
C
C
C
C
C
C3
Outdoor storage and display (§ 27-403), other than storage of vehicles for sale or rental, involving up to 25% of total lot area
P
P
P
P
P
C3
Outdoor storage and display (§ 27-403), other than storage of vehicles for sale or rental, involving more than 25% but less than 65% of total lot area
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
N
Retail sales and/or personal services limited to 5% or 5,000 square feet, whichever is less, of the building floor area of an industrial or office building and that are clearly primarily intended to:
P
P
P
P
P
C3
a)
Serve workers within that building;
b)
Serve persons visiting offices in that building; and/or
c)
Sell items produced within that building or adjacent buildings operated by the same company.
See list of additional accessory uses in the following sections.
NOTES:
1
If such dwelling exists prior to the adoption of this section.
2
In the NC District, residential uses shall be permitted under the same standards, limitations, lot and setback requirements as the R4 District.
3
Permitted if such use is an integrated part of the primary use on a lot of 100 acres or more. See §§ 27-404 and 27-402 for conditions whereby specific proposed uses within the RT Rural Technology District shall be permitted.
4
Provided the use has access through a coordinated interior road system.
5
As an integral part of a permitted laboratory or research use, but not as a separate principal use.
6
The applicant shall prove that the proposed location and proposed intensity of the use will not cause substantial amounts of tractor-trailer truck traffic that will adversely affect residential neighborhoods, and with a maximum of 20,000 square feet of total distribution and/or warehouse floor area per lot and per building.
7
Except, non-bulk manufacture that is directly part of a research process is permitted.
3. 
Permitted Accessory Uses in All Districts. An accessory use of a dwelling is only permitted if such use is customarily incidental to the residential use and is specifically permitted by this Chapter. The following are permitted by right as accessory uses to a permitted by right, special exception or conditional principal use in all districts, within the requirements of § 27-403 and all other requirements of this Chapter:
A. 
Air-conditioning, heating and ventilation equipment.
B. 
Adult day-care center as an accessory use, including care during a portion of the day of up to four persons.
C. 
Amateur radio antenna, including antennas used by contractors to communicate with their own vehicles. (See standard in § 27-403.)
D. 
Basketball backboard, which may be within a required setback area, provided it is a minimum of two feet from any lot line of an abutting residence.
E. 
Crop storage as an accessory use to crop farming.
F. 
Day-care center as an accessory use, within the limits on number of children in § 27-403.
G. 
Fence or wall. (See standard in § 27-403.)
H. 
Flagpole.
I. 
Garage, household.
J. 
Garage sale. (See standard in § 27-403.)
K. 
Indoor storage that is customarily accessory to a permitted use.
L. 
Keeping of pets. (See standard in § 27-403.)
M. 
Loading, off-street, only to serve a use that is permitted in that district.
N. 
Parking, off-street, only to serve a use that is permitted in that district.
O. 
Recreational facilities, noncommercial, limited to use by employees of a lot or a development and their occasional invited guests.
P. 
Recreational facilities, noncommercial, limited to use by residents of a development and their occasional invited guests.
Q. 
Recycling collection center as an accessory use.
R. 
Recreational vehicle, storage of one or two. (See standard in § 27-403.)
S. 
Residential accessory structure (see definition in Part 2) (includes standards for skateboard ramps). (See standard in § 27-403.)
T. 
Satellite antennas. (See standard in § 27-403.)
U. 
Signs, as permitted by Part 8.
V. 
Solar energy system.
W. 
Stable, household (up to two horses) (see "keeping of pets"). (See standard in § 27-403.)
X. 
Swimming pool, household. (See standard in § 27-403.)
Y. 
Tennis/racquetball court.
Z. 
Volleyball court.
AA. 
Windmill (see setback requirements that relate to height in § 27-403). (See standard in § 27-403.)
BB. 
Such other accessory use or structure that the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer is clearly customary and incidental to a permitted by right, special exception or conditional principal use. For a skateboard ramp, see "residential accessory structures" in § 27-403.
4. 
Permitted Accessory Uses to Business and Institutional Uses. The following are permitted by right accessory uses only to a permitted by right, special exception or conditional commercial, industrial or institutional use, provided that all requirements of this Chapter are met:
A. 
Amusement machines, coin- or token-operated as accessory uses.
B. 
Food, beverage and toy machines, coin-operated.
C. 
Newspaper sales machines, coin-operated.
D. 
Telephones, coin-operated.
E. 
Storage of fuels for on-site use or to fuel company vehicles [See the Township Fire Prevention Code (Chapter 7).]
F. 
The following accessory uses, provided that the use is clearly limited to employees, patients, residents and families of employees of the use and their occasional invited guests:
(1) 
Standard or fast-food restaurant without drive-through service.
(2) 
Day-care center.
(3) 
Noncommercial recreational facilities.
(4) 
Meeting facilities.
5. 
Permitted Essential Services. The following are essential services that are permitted by right as a principal or as an accessory use in all districts:
A. 
Essential Services Exempt from Lot Area and Setback Requirements. The following essential services are not required to meet the accessory or principal structure setback, lot area or other lot requirements of this Chapter, except that any newly created lot shall meet the applicable lot requirements if future building or subdivision of the lot would reasonably be possible for a different use.
(1) 
Oil pipelines and natural gas transmission and distribution lines and accessory compressing stations.
(2) 
Electrical transformers as an accessory use to dwellings.
(3) 
Electrical, telephone and streetlight poles.
(4) 
Electrical transmission and distribution lines and meters.
(5) 
Wells, standpipes, water transmission lines, cisterns and meters.
(6) 
Sewage pumping stations, but not including a central sewage treatment plant, provided that such use be set back a minimum of 75 feet from any dwelling or any residential lot line.
(7) 
Cable television and telephone lines.
(8) 
Stormwater pipes, outfalls, detention basins, swales and catch basins.
(9) 
Shelters and benches for buses that transport schoolchildren or that are owned, operated or financed by a public transit authority and that do not include off-premises signs.
(10) 
U.S. Mail boxes.
(11) 
Boxes for receiving individual newspapers.
(12) 
Railroad lines.
(13) 
Fire hydrants and emergency callboxes.
(14) 
Engineered retaining walls that are clearly necessary to hold back slopes.
(15) 
Sidewalks and curbs.
(16) 
Residential driveways.
(17) 
Ramps primarily intended for handicapped access.
(18) 
For ground-level porches, see Subsection 2 of § 27-803.
(19) 
Steps leading into the entrance of a building. See Subsection 2 of § 27-803.
(20) 
On-lot septic disposal systems.
(21) 
Construction. Temporary storage of vehicles and materials and/or construction office trailers that are clearly needed and being actively used for current construction on the same or an adjacent lot or within the same subdivision, provided such items are removed from the site within 30 days of completion of the portion of the construction that they relate to. These vehicles and materials shall only be stored on a lot while the related Township construction permit is actively still in effect.
B. 
Essential Services Required to Comply With Lot Area and Setback Requirements. The following are permitted essential services that are required (except within § 27-106) to meet all of the applicable requirements of this Chapter:
(1) 
Electrical substations and bulk industrial or commercial transformers that are not an accessory use to dwellings. Electric substations involving outdoor structures at least 10 feet in height shall be required to provide evergreen screening within the requirements of § 27-803 on sides that are within 150 feet of a dwelling, undeveloped residentially zoned land or an expressway or an arterial street.
(2) 
Water towers (see height exemption in § 27-802), water filtration plants and pressure stations.
(3) 
Emergency and other electrical generators and compressors.
(4) 
Solid waste bulk dumpsters and bulk compactors.
(5) 
Telephone switching stations.
(6) 
Industrial or commercial central air-conditioning equipment.
(7) 
Central sewage treatment facility meeting all PADEP and Township regulations.
[Ord. 9-94, 4/7/1994, § 307; as amended by Ord. 00-4, 10/19/2000, § 2; and Ord. 2006-3, 9/7/2006]
1. 
For the purposes of this Section, the following abbreviations shall have the following meanings:
sq. ft.
=
square feet
ft.
=
linear feet
SFD
=
single-family detached dwelling
Public Sewer
=
Service at the time of occupancy by "public sewage service" as defined in Part 2
Public Water
=
Service at the time of occupancy by "public water service," as defined in Part 2, except the Board of Supervisors may approve nonpublic central water service in place of public water service if central water service is needed because of a public health hazard and if public water service reasonably cannot be extended; in which case, the central water system shall be designed so that it can be incorporated into the public water system in the future.
Central Water
=
Service at the time of occupancy by "central water service," as defined in Part 2.
NA
=
Not applicable
2. 
The following requirements shall apply for each respective district, unless a more restrictive requirement is listed for a particular use in § 27-402 or 27-403 or elsewhere in this chapter. For a conservation design development, which is an option allowing smaller lots in certain residential districts, see Part 9. See also the steep slope regulations of § 27-505, which may require larger lots in areas of 15% or greater slope.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2023-11, 10/5/2023]
A. 
Table of Lot and Setback Requirements for the RU3, RU1.5, R1 and R2 Districts (see also conservation design option in Part 9).
Type of Requirement
(See definition of terms in Part 2)
RU3
District
RU1.5
District
R1
District
R2
District
OSP
a.
Minimum Lot Area (per dwelling unit for residential purposes) (square feet)
(3 acres)
(10 acres)
SFD without either public sewer or public water
130,680
65,000
43,560
43,560
435,600
SFD with public sewer but not public water
130,680
65,000
30,000
30,000
435,600
SFD with public water but not public sewer
130,680
65,000
39,000
39,000
435,600
SFD with both public sewer and public water
130,680
43,560
20,000
16,000
435,600
Distillery, Microbrewery, Winery
130,680
130,680
87,000
N/A
N/A
Other permitted principal uses
130,680
65,000
43,560
43,560
435,600
b.
Minimum Lot Width (at the minimum front yard building setback line) (feet)*
Lot required to be 1 acre or larger
250
175
130
130
500
Lot permitted to be less than 1 acre
NA
150
100
90
NA
*Exceptions: 1) On the curve of a cul-de-sac street, this minimum width may be reduced by 40%. 2) On the outside of curves over 300-foot radius but less than 600-foot radius, this minimum lot width may be reduced by 10%. 3) On the outside of curves of up to 300-foot radius, this minimum lot width may be reduced by 20%.
c.
Minimum Lot Width (at the street right-of-way line) (feet after development)
For a lot granted preliminary subdivision approval after the adoption of this Chapter that will have direct vehicle access onto an arterial street
200
200
150
150
500
For any other lot (may be 30-foot minimum for a lot on the curve of a cul-de-sac street)
50
50
50
50
NA
d.
Minimum Width and Length (of a dwelling) (feet)
20
20
20
20
20
e.
Minimum Building Setback (for principal structure) (feet)
Front yard
35
35
35
30
40
Side yard — each of two sides
20
20
20
15
30
Rear yard
35
35
35
25
35
For any yard adjacent to a public street
35
35
35
30
45
From a dwelling to an industrial zoning district boundary, for lots granted preliminary approval after the adoption of this Chapter
75
75
75
75
75
From a dwelling to the existing right-of-way of an expressway, for lots granted preliminary approval after the adoption of this Chapter
75
75
75
75
75
For any permitted nonresidential principal structure to a residential lot line (see definition in Part 2)
50
50
50
50
50
f.
Minimum Building Setback (for accessory structures) (feet)
Within required minimum front yard building setback for principal buildings — not permitted
Side yard
10
10
10
10
10
Rear yard
10
10
10
10
10
Shall not be located within a corner lot front yard setback required by Subsection 2C of § 27-803, or within an active utility easement
g.
Maximum Height (feet) (see exceptions in § 27-802)
Principal building
45
45
40
40
45
Accessory building
252
252
252
252
252
h.
Maximum Number of Stories
Principal building
2 1/2
2 1/2
2 1/2
2 1/2
2 1/2
Accessory building
11
11
11
11
11
i.
Maximum Building Coverage
15%
20%
25%
25%
15%
j.
Maximum Impervious Coverage (for lots with permitted nonresidential principal uses)
25%
25%
40%
50%
25%
NOTES:
1
Plus an additional nonhabitable floor that shall be restricted to storage.
2
Or not greater than the maximum height of the principal building, whichever is more restrictive.
B. 
Table of Lot and Setback Requirements for the R3, R4 and R5 Districts for uses other than townhouses, low-rise apartments or manufactured/mobile home parks (for those uses see § 27-402):
Type of Requirement
(See definition of terms in Part 2)
R3 District
R4 District
R5 District
a.
Minimum Lot Area (per dwelling unit for residential purposes) (square feet)
SFD without either public sewer or public water
43,560
43,560
43,560 (1 acre)
SFD with public sewer but not public water
30,000
30,000
30,000
SFD with public water but not public sewer
39,000
39,000
39,000
SFD with both public sewer and public water
14,000
12,000
8,000
Single family semidetached dwelling (twin dwelling)
8,000
6,000
5,000
Other permitted principal uses
43,560
43,560
43,560 (1 acre)
b.
Minimum Lot Width (at the minimum front yard building setback line) (feet)*
Lot required to be 1 acre or larger
130
130
130
Lot permitted to be less than 1 acre other than single-family semidetached dwelling (twin)
85
80
75
Single-family semidetached dwelling (twin) — per dwelling unit
50
40
30
*Exceptions: 1) On the curve of a cul-de-sac street, this minimum width may be reduced by 40%. 2) On the outside of curves over 300-foot radius but less than 600-foot radius, this minimum lot width may be reduced by 10%. 3) On the outside of curves of up to 300-foot radius, this minimum lot width may be reduced by 20%.
c.
Minimum Lot Width (at the street right-of-way line — after development) (feet)
For a lot granted preliminary subdivision approval after the adoption of this Chapter that will have direct vehicle access onto an arterial street
150
150
150
For any other lot (except 30 feet on the curve of a cul-de-sac street)
40
40
30
d.
Minimum Width and Length (of a dwelling) (feet)
20
14
14
e.
Minimum Building Setback (for principal structure) (feet)
Front yard
25
25
25
Side yard — each of 2 sides (except 0 feet at a lot line along which 2 single-family semidetached dwellings are attached)
10
10
10
Rear yard
20
20
20
f.
Minimum Building Setback (for principal structure) (feet)
For any yard adjacent to a public street
25
25
25
From a dwelling to an industrial zoning district, for residential lots granted preliminary approval after the adoption of this Chapter
50
50
50
From a dwelling to the existing right-of-way of an expressway (see also reverse frontage regulations in the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance)
75
75
75
For any permitted nonresidential principal structure to a lot line of an existing dwelling or to an undeveloped residentially zoned lot
50
40
40
g.
Minimum Building Setback (accessory structures) (feet)
Within required front yard setback for a principal building — not permitted
Side yard (except 0 feet at a lot line along which 2 single-family semidetached dwellings are attached)
10
10
10
Rear Yard
10
10
10
Accessory structures shall not be located within a corner lot front yard setback required by Subsection 2C of § 27-803, or within an active utility easement.
h.
Maximum Height (feet) (See exceptions in § 27-802)
Principal building
35
35
35
Accessory building
252
252
252
i.
Maximum Number of Stories
Principal building
2 1/2
2 1/2
2 1/2
Accessory building
11
11
11
j.
Maximum Building Coverage
35%
35%
35%
k.
Maximum Impervious Coverage (for uses other than single-family detached dwellings)
50%
60%
60%
NOTES:
     1
Plus an additional nonhabitable floor that shall be limited to storage.
     2
Or not greater than the maximum height of the principal building, whichever is more restrictive.
C. 
Table of Lot and Setback Requirements for the NC, HC, LI, LI(L), GI and RT Districts:
[Amended by Ord. 2010-6, 8/19/2010; and by Ord. No. 2018-02, 2/8/2018]
Type of Requirement
(See definition of terms in Part 2)
NC District1
HC District4
LI and LI(L) Districts
GI District
RT District2
a.
Minimum Lot Area (square feet)
43,560 (1 acre)
43,560 (1 acre), except 5 acres for a hotel or motel
87,000, except 43,560 for a lot that is permanently deed restricted to nonindustrial uses
87,000, except 130,000 for any conditional or special exception industrial uses
100 acres2
b.
Minimum Lot Width (at the minimum front yard building setback line) (feet)
100
125
150
150 except 250 feet for a lot required to have a minimum lot area of 3 acres of more
1,0002
c.
Minimum Lot Width (at the post-development street right-of-way line) (feet)
For a lot granted preliminary subdivision approval after the adoption of this Chapter that will have direct vehicle access involving left-hand turns onto or off of an arterial street
200
250
250
250
250
For any other lot
30
30
30
30
30
d.
Minimum Building Setback (for principal structure) (feet)
Front yard
503
503
503
503
1003
Side yard — each of 2 sides
10
15
30
30
1002
Rear yard
30
30
30
30
1002
For any yard adjacent to a public street
503
503
503
503
1003
e.
Minimum Building Setback (for principal structure) (feet)
For a portion of a building used for manufacturing or an area routinely used for the parking, storage or loading/unloading of tractor-trailer trucks or refrigerated trucks to an abutting: a) residential lot line (see definition in Part 2) or b) lot line of a primary or secondary school
1506
1506
1506
1506
1508
For any nonresidential principal structure other than a portion of a building used for manufacturing to an abutting lot line of: a) a residential lot line (see definition in Part 2) or b) a primary or secondary school.
50
60
75
75
100 for a business use
f.
Minimum Building Setback (for accessory structures) (feet)
Front yard — not permitted
Side yard
5
5
20
20
100
Rear yard
5
5
20
20
100
For any side or rear yard abutting a public street
20
20
503
503
100
For a nonresidential principal structure to an abutting: a) residential lot line (see definition in Part 2) or b) lot line of a primary or secondary school.
30
30
100
100
100
g.
Maximum Height (feet) (see exceptions in § 27-802)
Principal building
35
355
Office buildings: 1507 All other buildings: 505
505
355
Accessory building
25
25
50
50
35
h.
Maximum Number of Stories
Principal building
2 1/2
3
4
4
3
Accessory building
1
1
1
1
1
i.
Maximum Building Coverage
35%
35%
40%
35%
15%
j.
Maximum Impervious Coverage
75%
75%
75%
75%
40%
k.
Maximum Ratio of Total Floor Area to Total Lot Area for: a) a shopping center or b) a building that primarily includes offices and has more than 1 story.
NA
0.30
0.30
NA
NA
1.
Minimum Setbacks (from all lot lines) (feet)
NA
NA
NA
NA
100 for parking and loading areas; 50 for service roads and driveways; 200 for any storage or use of toxic substances or toxic chemicals
NOTES:
1
In the NC District, principal and accessory residential uses shall be permitted under the same regulations as in the R4 District and not under the regulations of the NC District.
2
Except two-acre minimum lot area, 150-foot minimum lot width at the minimum building setback line and 40-foot minimum front, 20-foot side and 50-foot rear principal building setbacks and 10-foot side and rear accessory structure setbacks and 35-foot maximum building height for any of the following permitted uses: school, place of worship or Township-owned use. Single-family detached dwellings and their accessory uses in the RT District shall be permitted under the same regulations as the RU1.5 District instead of the regulations of the RT District.
3
Except, 30 feet if there will be no vehicle parking between the face of the building and the adjacent existing street right-of-way line.
4
See additional standards in § 27-402 for shopping centers.
5
The maximum building height may be exceeded, provided that all yard setbacks are increased 2.5 feet in the RT District and one foot in the other applicable districts for each one foot of height above the stated maximum — up to a maximum of 75 feet. However, in no case shall a portion of a building within 100 feet of an existing dwelling be greater than 30 feet in height. In the HC District, this height exception shall only apply to offices.
6
See also the earth berm requirements of § 27-803 along a school or residential lot line.
7
The maximum building height for offices is measured at the roof deck of the building and excludes rooftop equipment, parapets and solar arrays.
D. 
See also additional requirements in the following Sections:
(1) 
Additional requirements for specific types of principal uses: § 27-402.
(2) 
Additional requirements for specific types of accessory uses: § 27-403.
(3) 
Off-street parking: Part 6 (including paved area setbacks in § 27-603).
(4) 
Signs: Part 8.
(5) 
Buffer yards: § 27-803.
(6) 
Steeply sloped areas: § 27-505.
(7) 
Environmental Protection: Part 5
(8) 
Temporary structures: § 27-807.
(9) 
Site plan review for certain uses: §§ 27-116 and 27-117 (especially Subsection 1H of § 27-117, Nuisances and Safety).
(10) 
Outdoor storage and display as an accessory use: § 27-403.
(11) 
Exceptions to setbacks: see § 27-803.
(12) 
Contingency plans for hazardous and toxic substances: see Subsection 4 of § 27-506.