Ord./Res.
Date
Subject
Ord. 11/3/1960
11/3/1960
Prior Zoning Ordinance
Ord. 1/1/1961
1/1/1961
Prior Zoning Ordinance
Ord. 1962-24
9/30/1962
Providing amendments to Zoning Ordinance, effective January 1, 1961
Ord. 1970-44
6/17/1970
Amending the Zoning Code Ordinance of Lower Macungie Township, as amended, by expanding the districts now zoned I-Industrial and amending the "Zoning Map" of Lower Macungie Township to conform to such amendments and providing regulations relating to industrial use or uses and establishing a time limit on zoning permits
Ord. 1974-48
5/2/1974
Amending the Lower Macungie Zoning Ordinance of 1972 by changing the zoning classification of a tract of land and amending the Zoning Map to conform to such change
Ord. 1974-57
12/28/1974
Amending the Lower Macungie Zoning Ordinance of 1972 by changing the zoning classification of a tract of land and amending the Zoning Map to conform to such change and amending Article 1114 relating to maximum height of buildings
Ord. 9/1/1977
9/1/1977
Prior Zoning Ordinance
Ord. 1980-76
6/5/1980
Amending the Lower Macungie Zoning Ordinance of 1977 by changing the zoning classification of a tract of land and amending the Zoning Map to conform to such change
Ord. 1981-81
7/2/1981
Amending Lower Macungie Township Zoning Ordinance of 1977 by changing the required setback of parking areas or drives from side or rear lot lints from five feet to two feet
Ord. 1981-82
7/23/1981
Amending the Lower Macungie Zoning Ordinance of 1977 by changing the zoning classification of a tract of land and amending the Zoning Map to conform to such change
Ord. 1984-1
5/10/1984
Amending the Lower Macungie Township Zoning Ordinance, as amended, adopted September 1, 1977 of Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, by making the changes set forth below and repealing all ordinances inconsistent therewith
Ord. 1986-3
4/3/1986
Amending the Zoning Ordinance of Lower Macungie Township to define community and group homes, to establish same as special exception use in all zoning districts and to establish parking, setback and other criteria therefor
Ord. 1987-2
3/12/1987
Amending the Zoning Ordinance of Lower Macungie Township to reduce the parking requirements for restaurants and taverns to one parking space for every two patrons and one parking space for each employee on duty
Ord. 1987-4
4/9/1987
Amending the Zoning Ordinance to require conditional use, subdivision and land development applicants for zoning variances to submit their plans to the planning commission for review and recommendation before presenting their applications to the Zoning Hearing Board
Ord. 1987-14
12/3/1987
Repealing the Planned Residential Development Ordinance of Lower Macungie Township
Ord. 1988-4
4/13/1988
Amend the Lower Macungie Township Zoning Ordinance of September 1, 1977, as amended, in accordance with Lower Macungie Township Board of Supervisors Res. 1988-11 adopted March 3, 1988, by repealing Articles 3 through 13 of said ordinance and substituting amended Articles 3 through 11 and 13 through 14, thereby establishing new zoning classifications for zoning districts to be known as Agricultural/Rural, Rural, Semirural Residential, Suburban Residential, Urban Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Village Center, Flood Hazard, Steep Slope, Hydric Soils and Closed Depression Areas Environmental Protection Areas Overlay Districts, setting permitted uses therein and setting lot area, coverage and related regulations and setting general regulations for such districts, and establishing a Township Zoning Map therefor, all in accordance with the revised Comprehensive Plan of Lower Macungie Township adopted April 13, 1988, as part of a comprehensive revision of the entire Lower Macungie Township Zoning Ordinance
Ord. 1988-6
5/19/1988
Amending the Zoning Ordinances of the Township of Lower Macungie, increasing ordinance violation fines to a maximum of $600
Ord. 1988-7
4/13/1988
Amend the Lower Macungie Township Zoning Ordinance of September 1, 1977, as amended, by substituting amended Articles 17, 18 and 19, for the similarly-numbered Articles of the prior ordinance that were declared invalid by Res. 1988-11 of the Lower Macungie Township Board of Supervisors adopted March 3, 1988, and by a similar ordinance declaring the aforesaid Article's invalid, pursuant to Section 609.2 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan of Lower Macungie Township adopted April 13, 1988, as part of a comprehensive revision of the Township's Land Use Ordinances
Ord. 1989-11
6/1/1989
Implementing and adopting an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the Township of Lower Macungie
Ord. 1990-2
2/22/1990
Zoning Ordinance
Ord. 1990-5
3/15/1990
Changing from the S-Suburban Residential Zoning District classification to the VC-Village Center Zoning District classification a certain tract of land on the north side of Lower. Macungie Road, consisting of approximately 20.012 acres, identified on Lehigh County Tax Map No. J8SW4 as Block 3, Lot 18A, and more particularly described in Lehigh County Deed Book Volume 1442, Page 990
Ord. 1991-7
8/8/1991
Rezoning certain lands abutting Spring Creek Road and owned by Joel and Ruth Spira from their current Agricultural (A) designation to a new zoning classification known as "Office, Research, Light Industrial Center" (ORLIC), and creating the requirements and criteria for uses to be permitted in the ORLIC Zone
Ord. 1992-8
7/9/1992
Amending Article 22 (Nonconformities) of the Lower Macungie Township Zoning Ordinance of 1990
Ord. 1992-10
7/9/1992
Repealing Article 12 of the Lower Macungie Township Zoning Ordinance of 1990 (Planned Cluster Development), substituting an amended Article 12 (Residential Planned Cluster Development), and making related amendments to §§ 1704 and 2135 of the Zoning Ordinance
Ord. 1992-13
11/5/1992
Rezoning certain lands adjacent to Liberty Lane West of Brookside Road and South of Hamilton Boulevard from their current Suburban Residential (S) designation to a more appropriate Urban Residential (U) District
Ord. 1993-13
11/18/1993
Deleting § 1907.1.3 of the Zoning Ordinance of Lower Macungie Township, which regulates political signs, and replacing same with a provision requiring only the permission of property owners for the placement of political signs
Ord. 1995-1
1/19/1995
Amending the Lower Macungie Township Zoning Ordinance of 1990, Ord. 1990-2, as amended, by amending § 2002.4 to delete the full paving requirement for driveways; adding thereto a new subsection 2002.4.2 pertaining to minimum requirements for driveway paving; adding thereto a provision for security deposits related to driveways and issuance of certificates of occupancy
Ord. 1995-2
2/2/1995
Amending § 2306 of Lower Macungie Township Ord. 1990-2 to clarify provisions relating to amendments proposed by other than the Township Planning Commission
Ord. 1996-9
10/17/1996
Amending the Lower Macungie Zoning Ordinance of 1990, Ord. 1990-2, as previously amended, by (1) adding thereto a new subsection 102.12 providing against danger and congestion in travel and transportation; (2) adding to subsection 201.191 interpretive language protecting certain non-commercial speech and deleting principal use requirement for billboards; (3) amending subsection 201.91 pertaining to multiple advertising signs on a single lot; (4) amending subsections 1915.1.3.3 and 1916.1.6 providing for multiple billboards on certain lots; (5) amending subsection 1918.3 and adding 1918.10 to incorporate provisions for billboard special exceptions
Ord. No. 1998-11
12/17/1998
Prior Zoning Ordinance
Ord. No. 1999-16
12/16/1999
Amending the provisions for the Suburban Residential District, Urban Residential District, Residential Planned Cluster Development and Off-Street Parking and Loading of the Lower Macungie Zoning Ordinance
Ord. No. 2000-3
3/2/2000
Amending the Zoning Ordinance to make public and private educational institutions conditional uses in all zones in which they are permitted; altering the Road Classification map to change Willow Lane from a local road to a collector road; and including schools within the conditional use requirements of Section 2128
Ord. No. 2001-3
3/15/2001
Amending the Zoning Ordinance by deleting Article 12, Residential Planned Cluster Development
Ord. No. 2002-2
1/3/2002
Amending the Zoning Ordinance by deleting Appendix A and replacing it with Appendix A dated 10/10/2001, and incorporating by reference the FEMA maps dated 11/7/2001
Ord. No. 2002-5
5/2/2002
Amending the definitions of life care centers and dwelling units in Article 2; amending Articles 6 and 7 regarding lot coverage; amending Articles 7, 8, and 9 regarding nursing homes and life care centers; and amending Articles 11 and 13 regarding self-storage facilities of the Zoning Ordinance
Ord. No. 2002-11
11/7/2002
Amending the definition of home occupation in Article 2; amending Article 4 regarding home occupation as an accessory use; and amending Article 21 regarding home occupation criteria of the Zoning Ordinance
Ord. No. 2004-2
1/15/2004
Amending Section 2133 of the Zoning Ordinance by requiring shopping centers to provide private security services
Ord. No. 2004-3
2/5/2004
Amending various provisions of the Zoning Ordinance
Ord. No. 2004-8
7/1/2004
Deleting and replacing Article 10 (C Commercial District); and replacing Article 11, Section 1103 (I Industrial District) of the Zoning Ordinance
Ord. No. 2005-6
4/21/2005
Amending Article 6 and 21 of the Zoning Ordinance to provide a conditional use to be known as "active adult residential community" in the SR Semi-Rural Residential District
Ord. No. 2009-13
10/29/2009
Amending the Zoning Ordinance by adding new definitions; and by revising Article 4 to establish the Agricultural Protection (AP) District
Ord. No. 2010-6
7/1/2010
Amending the Zoning Ordinance by establishing the Highway Industrial-Spring Creek (HI-SC), Commercial-Spring Creek (C-SC), Agricultural Protection Overlay (APO), and Urban Residential Overlay (UO) Districts
Ord. No. 2010-08
9/2/2010
Amending the Zoning Ordinance to establish the HI Highway Industrial and Cluster Overlay Districts and amending various other provisions of said Zoning Ordinance
Ord. No. 2011-02
1/20/2011
Amending the Zoning Map to rezone two parcels of land along Quarry Road within the AP District to the HI-SC District
Ord. No. 2011-09
7/7/2011
Amending the Zoning Map to rezone a portion of a parcel of land along Krocks Court within the S-Surburban District to the C-Commercial District
Ord. No. 2011-19
12/15/2011
Amending the Zoning Ordinance by establishing the Hills at Lock Ridge Overlay District (HLRO)
Ord. No. 2011-20
12/15/2011
Amending various sections of the Zoning Ordinance and adding Section 2141, all to permit solar panels, solar energy facilities, wind turbines and wind energy facilities as accessory to permitted and conditional uses in various zoning districts within the Township
Ord. No. 2011-21
12/15/2011
Amending Sections 27-706 and 27-1007 of the Zoning Ordinance to correctly identify chart headings regarding minimum lot area, maximum structure height, and maximum building coverage, and to make other minor typographic corrections
Ord. No. 2013-01
2/7/2013
Amending various provisions of the Zoning Ordinance
Ord. No. 2013-02
2/7/2013
Amending the Zoning Ordinance by establishing design standards for off-street parking facilities and loading, as well as standards for buffer yard, lighting and landscape requirements, and sign standards for shopping centers having greater than 100,000 square feet of gross floor ara
Ord. No. 2013-07
9/5/2013
Amending Sections 504, 604, 704, and 804 of the Zoning Ordinance as they pertain to solar panels, solar energy farms, wind turbines, and wind energy facilities as accessory to permitted uses in the AP-Agricultural Protection Zoning District
Ord. No. 2014-10
8/21/2014
Amending Section 1802 of the Zoning Ordinance by providing for compliance with all Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance provisions for on-lot sewage disposal system standards
Ord. No. 2016-01
1/21/2016
Amending the Zoning Ordinance by establishing the East Texas Village-1 (ETV-1) and East Texas Village-2 (ETV-2) Zoning Districts
Ord. No. 2016-04
3/17/2016
Amending various provisions of the Zoning Ordinance
Ord. No. 2017-01
1/19/2017
Amending various provisions of the Zoning Ordinance
Ord. No. 2017-07
5/18/2017
Amending the Zoning Ordinance by eliminating warehouse, wholesale, storage or distribution uses as conditional uses in the ORLIC Office, Research, Light Industrial Center District and the I Industrial District
Ord. No. 2017-09
9/7/2017
Amending various provisions of the Zoning Ordinance by establishing criteria and regulations relating to the medical marijuana industry
Ord. No. 2017-10
9/7/2017
Amending Part 24 of the Zoning Ordinance by establishing standards for drive-through service establishments and fast-food restaurants
Ord. No. 2018-04
4/19/2018
Amending various provisions of the Zoning Ordinance relating to signs and lighting standards and requirements
Ord. No. 2018-05
8/16/2018
Amending various provisions of Part 9A of the Zoning Ordinance relating to the creation of the East Texas Village-3 (ETV-3) Zoning District
Ord. No. 2020-01
2/16/2020
Amending the Zoning Ordinance by providing for definitions; establishing certain general and specific standards relating to the location, placement, construction and maintenance of wireless communications towers and wireless communications antennas; and providing further for the regulation of such facilities within and outside of the public right-of-way