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2021-04-28
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 415 Zoning
Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1
General Provisions
Ch 7
Authorities, Municipal
Ch 12
Business Advisory Board
Ch 44
Officers and Employees
Ch 49
Pensions
Ch 55
Planning Commission
Ch 60
Police Department
Ch 72
Salaries and Compensation
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 100
Adjudication Alternative Program Fee
Ch 109
Alarm Systems
Ch 118
Animals
Ch 136
Burning, Outdoor
Ch 142
Cable Television
Ch 155
Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 161
Curfew
Ch 185
Fire Hydrants
Ch 212
Impact Fees
Ch 248
Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
Ch 253
Municipal Claims and Liens
Ch 257
Noise
Ch 263
Official Map
Ch 270
Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 281
Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 295
Property Maintenance
Ch 303
Rental Property
Ch 315
Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Ch 337
Solid Waste and Recycling
Ch 341
Special Events
Ch 345
Stormwater Management
Ch 347
Stormwater Management Program Fee
Ch 356
Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 360
Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 368
Taxation
Ch 377
Trees and Vegetation
Ch 385
Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 408
Weeds and Similar Vegetation
Ch 415
Zoning
Ch 415 Art I
Background Provisions
§ 415-1
Short title.
§ 415-2
Purpose.
§ 415-3
Scope.
§ 415-4
Interpretation.
§ 415-5
Conflict.
§ 415-6
Validity.
§ 415-7
Uses not provided for.
§ 415-8
Establishment of zones.
§ 415-9
Zoning Map and Vehicular Access Map.
§ 415-10
Zone boundary lines.
§ 415-11
Community development objectives.
§ 415-12
Definitions and word usage.
§ 415-13
Public uses as permitted by right in all zoning districts.
Ch 415 Art II
Zone Regulations
§ 415-14
Conservation Zone(C).
§ 415-15
Agricultural Zone (A).
§ 415-16
Rural Residential Zone (R).
§ 415-17
Residential Estate Zone (RE).
§ 415-18
R-1 Residential Zone (R-1).
§ 415-19
High-Density Residential Zone (R-2).
§ 415-20
Village Residential Zone (R-3).
§ 415-21
Neighborhood Commercial Zone (C-1).
§ 415-22
Community Commercial Zone (C-2).
§ 415-23
Highway Commercial Zone (C-3).
§ 415-24
Professional Office Zone (O).
§ 415-25
Light Industrial Zone (I-1).
§ 415-26
General Industrial Zone (I-2).
§ 415-27
Quarry Zone (Q).
§ 415-28
Interchange Zone (INT).
§ 415-29
Floodplain Zone (FP).
§ 415-30
Conservation Subdivision Overlay Zone (CSO).
Ch 415 Art III
General Provisions
§ 415-31
Applicability.
§ 415-32
Accessory uses and structures.
§ 415-33
Unenclosed storage.
§ 415-34
Setback modifications.
§ 415-35
Height limit exceptions.
§ 415-36
Corner lots.
§ 415-37
Minimum habitable floor area.
§ 415-38
Erection of more than one principal use on lot.
§ 415-39
Required vehicular access.
§ 415-40
Required parking for single-family detached dwellings.
§ 415-41
Roadway classifications.
§ 415-42
Zoning requirements for use of on-lot sewage disposal systems.
§ 415-43
Permanent/temporary occupancy requirements.
§ 415-44
Outdoor signs.
§ 415-45
Required nutrient management plans.
§ 415-46
Operations and performance standards.
§ 415-47
Common facilities.
§ 415-48
Maximum property utilization standards.
§ 415-49
Outdoor storage and display requirements.
§ 415-50
Public utilities structures.
§ 415-51
Accessory apartments.
§ 415-52
Amusement arcades.
§ 415-53
Automobile parts store and automotive service and repair facilities.
§ 415-54
Automobile service and repair facilities.
§ 415-55
Automobile filling stations (including minor incidental repair).
§ 415-56
Billboards.
§ 415-57
Car washes.
§ 415-58
Commercial day-care facilities.
§ 415-59
Commercial recreation facilities.
§ 415-60
Drive-through and/or fast-food restaurants.
§ 415-61
ECHO housing.
§ 415-62
Farmers and/or flea markets.
§ 415-63
Dogs and cats.
§ 415-64
Home improvement and building supply stores.
§ 415-65
Mini warehouses.
§ 415-66
Noncommercial keeping of livestock; chickens.
§ 415-67
Stables and kennels.
§ 415-68
Temporary farm employee housing.
§ 415-69
Two-family conversions.
§ 415-70
Wholesale produce and tobacco auctions.
§ 415-71
Tree planting.
§ 415-72
Development along streams and wetlands.
§ 415-73
Control of light and glare.
§ 415-74
Forestry.
Ch 415 Art IV
Specific Criteria
§ 415-75
Specific standards for special exception and conditional uses.
§ 415-76
Accessory apartments.
§ 415-77
Adult-related facilities.
§ 415-78
Airports and heliports.
§ 415-79
Bed-and-breakfasts.
§ 415-80
Boardinghouses.
§ 415-81
Campgrounds.
§ 415-82
Churches and related uses.
§ 415-83
Commercial day-care facilities.
§ 415-84
Commercial livestock operations.
§ 415-85
Commercial stockyards or feedlots.
§ 415-86
Wireless communications facilities.
§ 415-87
Convention centers.
§ 415-88
Conversion apartments.
§ 415-89
Sales, storage and wholesaling of certain items.
§ 415-90
Family day-care facilities.
§ 415-91
Farm occupations.
§ 415-92
Golf courses.
§ 415-93
Health and fitness clubs.
§ 415-94
Health care campus and hospital.
§ 415-95
Historic structures conversions.
§ 415-96
Home occupations.
§ 415-97
Hotels and related facilities.
§ 415-98
Junkyards.
§ 415-99
Medical residential campuses.
§ 415-100
Nightclubs.
§ 415-101
Noncommercial keeping of livestock.
§ 415-102
Nursing, rest or retirement homes.
§ 415-103
Off-street off-site parking lots for nearby land uses.
§ 415-104
Principal waste-handling facilities.
§ 415-105
Private clubhouses.
§ 415-106
Public and private schools.
§ 415-107
Quarry-related manufacturing, mixing and processing for sale of asphaltic or bituminous products.
§ 415-108
Shooting ranges.
§ 415-109
Shopping centers or malls.
§ 415-110
Truck or motor freight terminals.
§ 415-111
Truck stops.
§ 415-112
Slaughtering, processing, rendering and packaging of food products and their by-products.
§ 415-113
Automobile sales and automotive service, repair facilities and automobile storage lots.
§ 415-114
Heavy industrial uses.
§ 415-115
Heavy equipment sales, service and/or repair facilities.
§ 415-116
Recycling facilities for paper, plastic, glass and metal products.
§ 415-117
Off-track betting parlors.
§ 415-118
Bus, boat, farm and excavation machinery, mobile home, and trailer sales.
§ 415-119
Bus, Class I recreation vehicle, boat, motorcycle and snowmobile service and repair facilities.
§ 415-120
Amateur radio antennas.
§ 415-121
Banks and similar financial institutions.
§ 415-122
Single-family detached dwellings.
§ 415-123
Historic building demolition.
§ 415-124
Wind energy conversion system.
§ 415-125
Warehousing and wholesale trade establishments.
Ch 415 Art V
Nonconformities
§ 415-126
Continuation.
§ 415-127
Abandonment.
§ 415-128
Extension of nonconforming use of land.
§ 415-129
Expansion or alteration.
§ 415-130
Substitution or replacement.
§ 415-131
Restoration.
§ 415-132
Previously expanded nonconforming uses and structures.
§ 415-133
Nonconforming lots.
Ch 415 Art VI
Zoning Hearing Board
§ 415-134
Establishment and membership.
§ 415-135
Organization of Board.
§ 415-136
Expenditures for services.
§ 415-137
Hearings.
§ 415-138
Board's functions.
§ 415-139
Parties appellant before Board.
§ 415-140
Time limitations.
§ 415-141
Stay of proceeding.
§ 415-142
Appeal.
Ch 415 Art VII
Administration
§ 415-143
Administration and enforcement; violations and penalties.
§ 415-144
Zoning permits; certificates of use and occupancy.
§ 415-145
Fees.
§ 415-146
Amendments.
§ 415-147
Conditional uses.
§ 415-148
Savings provision for matters in process.
§ 415-149
Repeals and inconsistencies.
Derivation Table
Ch DT
Derivation Table
Disposition List
Ch DL
Disposition List
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Chapter 415
Zoning
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Silver Spring
10-11-1995
by
Ord. No. 95-10
; as amended through
8-26-2009
by
Ord. No. 13-2009
. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Permanent Sign Requirements Table
Attachment 2 - Temporary Sign Requirements Table
Attachment 3 - Business-Planned Center Signage Table
Attachment 4 - Historic Buildings List
Attachment 5 - Historic Buildings Map
Attachment 6 - Zoning Map
Article I
Background Provisions
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§ 415-1
Short title.
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§ 415-2
Purpose.
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§ 415-3
Scope.
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§ 415-4
Interpretation.
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§ 415-5
Conflict.
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§ 415-6
Validity.
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§ 415-7
Uses not provided for.
chevron_right
§ 415-8
Establishment of zones.
chevron_right
§ 415-9
Zoning Map and Vehicular Access Map.
chevron_right
§ 415-10
Zone boundary lines.
chevron_right
§ 415-11
Community development objectives.
chevron_right
§ 415-12
Definitions and word usage.
chevron_right
§ 415-13
Public uses as permitted by right in all zoning districts.
chevron_right
Article II
Zone Regulations
chevron_right
§ 415-14
Conservation Zone(C).
chevron_right
§ 415-15
Agricultural Zone (A).
chevron_right
§ 415-16
Rural Residential Zone (R).
chevron_right
§ 415-17
Residential Estate Zone (RE).
chevron_right
§ 415-18
R-1 Residential Zone (R-1).
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§ 415-19
High-Density Residential Zone (R-2).
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§ 415-20
Village Residential Zone (R-3).
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§ 415-21
Neighborhood Commercial Zone (C-1).
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§ 415-22
Community Commercial Zone (C-2).
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§ 415-23
Highway Commercial Zone (C-3).
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§ 415-24
Professional Office Zone (O).
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§ 415-25
Light Industrial Zone (I-1).
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§ 415-26
General Industrial Zone (I-2).
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§ 415-27
Quarry Zone (Q).
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§ 415-28
Interchange Zone (INT).
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§ 415-29
Floodplain Zone (FP).
chevron_right
§ 415-30
Conservation Subdivision Overlay Zone (CSO).
chevron_right
Article III
General Provisions
chevron_right
§ 415-31
Applicability.
chevron_right
§ 415-32
Accessory uses and structures.
chevron_right
§ 415-33
Unenclosed storage.
chevron_right
§ 415-34
Setback modifications.
chevron_right
§ 415-35
Height limit exceptions.
chevron_right
§ 415-36
Corner lots.
chevron_right
§ 415-37
Minimum habitable floor area.
chevron_right
§ 415-38
Erection of more than one principal use on lot.
chevron_right
§ 415-39
Required vehicular access.
chevron_right
§ 415-40
Required parking for single-family detached dwellings.
chevron_right
§ 415-41
Roadway classifications.
chevron_right
§ 415-42
Zoning requirements for use of on-lot sewage disposal systems.
chevron_right
§ 415-43
Permanent/temporary occupancy requirements.
chevron_right
§ 415-44
Outdoor signs.
chevron_right
§ 415-45
Required nutrient management plans.
chevron_right
§ 415-46
Operations and performance standards.
chevron_right
§ 415-47
Common facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-48
Maximum property utilization standards.
chevron_right
§ 415-49
Outdoor storage and display requirements.
chevron_right
§ 415-50
Public utilities structures.
chevron_right
§ 415-51
Accessory apartments.
chevron_right
§ 415-52
Amusement arcades.
chevron_right
§ 415-53
Automobile parts store and automotive service and repair facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-54
Automobile service and repair facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-55
Automobile filling stations (including minor incidental repair).
chevron_right
§ 415-56
Billboards.
chevron_right
§ 415-57
Car washes.
chevron_right
§ 415-58
Commercial day-care facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-59
Commercial recreation facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-60
Drive-through and/or fast-food restaurants.
chevron_right
§ 415-61
ECHO housing.
chevron_right
§ 415-62
Farmers and/or flea markets.
chevron_right
§ 415-63
Dogs and cats.
chevron_right
§ 415-64
Home improvement and building supply stores.
chevron_right
§ 415-65
Mini warehouses.
chevron_right
§ 415-66
Noncommercial keeping of livestock; chickens.
chevron_right
§ 415-67
Stables and kennels.
chevron_right
§ 415-68
Temporary farm employee housing.
chevron_right
§ 415-69
Two-family conversions.
chevron_right
§ 415-70
Wholesale produce and tobacco auctions.
chevron_right
§ 415-71
Tree planting.
chevron_right
§ 415-72
Development along streams and wetlands.
chevron_right
§ 415-73
Control of light and glare.
chevron_right
§ 415-74
Forestry.
chevron_right
Article IV
Specific Criteria
chevron_right
§ 415-75
Specific standards for special exception and conditional uses.
chevron_right
§ 415-76
Accessory apartments.
chevron_right
§ 415-77
Adult-related facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-78
Airports and heliports.
chevron_right
§ 415-79
Bed-and-breakfasts.
chevron_right
§ 415-80
Boardinghouses.
chevron_right
§ 415-81
Campgrounds.
chevron_right
§ 415-82
Churches and related uses.
chevron_right
§ 415-83
Commercial day-care facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-84
Commercial livestock operations.
chevron_right
§ 415-85
Commercial stockyards or feedlots.
chevron_right
§ 415-86
Wireless communications facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-87
Convention centers.
chevron_right
§ 415-88
Conversion apartments.
chevron_right
§ 415-89
Sales, storage and wholesaling of certain items.
chevron_right
§ 415-90
Family day-care facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-91
Farm occupations.
chevron_right
§ 415-92
Golf courses.
chevron_right
§ 415-93
Health and fitness clubs.
chevron_right
§ 415-94
Health care campus and hospital.
chevron_right
§ 415-95
Historic structures conversions.
chevron_right
§ 415-96
Home occupations.
chevron_right
§ 415-97
Hotels and related facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-98
Junkyards.
chevron_right
§ 415-99
Medical residential campuses.
chevron_right
§ 415-100
Nightclubs.
chevron_right
§ 415-101
Noncommercial keeping of livestock.
chevron_right
§ 415-102
Nursing, rest or retirement homes.
chevron_right
§ 415-103
Off-street off-site parking lots for nearby land uses.
chevron_right
§ 415-104
Principal waste-handling facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-105
Private clubhouses.
chevron_right
§ 415-106
Public and private schools.
chevron_right
§ 415-107
Quarry-related manufacturing, mixing and processing for sale of asphaltic or bituminous products.
chevron_right
§ 415-108
Shooting ranges.
chevron_right
§ 415-109
Shopping centers or malls.
chevron_right
§ 415-110
Truck or motor freight terminals.
chevron_right
§ 415-111
Truck stops.
chevron_right
§ 415-112
Slaughtering, processing, rendering and packaging of food products and their by-products.
chevron_right
§ 415-113
Automobile sales and automotive service, repair facilities and automobile storage lots.
chevron_right
§ 415-114
Heavy industrial uses.
chevron_right
§ 415-115
Heavy equipment sales, service and/or repair facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-116
Recycling facilities for paper, plastic, glass and metal products.
chevron_right
§ 415-117
Off-track betting parlors.
chevron_right
§ 415-118
Bus, boat, farm and excavation machinery, mobile home, and trailer sales.
chevron_right
§ 415-119
Bus, Class I recreation vehicle, boat, motorcycle and snowmobile service and repair facilities.
chevron_right
§ 415-120
Amateur radio antennas.
chevron_right
§ 415-121
Banks and similar financial institutions.
chevron_right
§ 415-122
Single-family detached dwellings.
chevron_right
§ 415-123
Historic building demolition.
chevron_right
§ 415-124
Wind energy conversion system.
chevron_right
§ 415-125
Warehousing and wholesale trade establishments.
chevron_right
Article V
Nonconformities
chevron_right
§ 415-126
Continuation.
chevron_right
§ 415-127
Abandonment.
chevron_right
§ 415-128
Extension of nonconforming use of land.
chevron_right
§ 415-129
Expansion or alteration.
chevron_right
§ 415-130
Substitution or replacement.
chevron_right
§ 415-131
Restoration.
chevron_right
§ 415-132
Previously expanded nonconforming uses and structures.
chevron_right
§ 415-133
Nonconforming lots.
chevron_right
Article VI
Zoning Hearing Board
chevron_right
§ 415-134
Establishment and membership.
chevron_right
§ 415-135
Organization of Board.
chevron_right
§ 415-136
Expenditures for services.
chevron_right
§ 415-137
Hearings.
chevron_right
§ 415-138
Board's functions.
chevron_right
§ 415-139
Parties appellant before Board.
chevron_right
§ 415-140
Time limitations.
chevron_right
§ 415-141
Stay of proceeding.
chevron_right
§ 415-142
Appeal.
chevron_right
Article VII
Administration
chevron_right
§ 415-143
Administration and enforcement; violations and penalties.
chevron_right
§ 415-144
Zoning permits; certificates of use and occupancy.
chevron_right
§ 415-145
Fees.
chevron_right
§ 415-146
Amendments.
chevron_right
§ 415-147
Conditional uses.
chevron_right
§ 415-148
Savings provision for matters in process.
chevron_right
§ 415-149
Repeals and inconsistencies.
chevron_right