[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. VI, § 1]
The purpose of these special regulations is to promote the public
health, safety and welfare and to establish regulations affecting
uses and practices which, were they to be established and maintained
without any guidance or restriction or control, tend to result in
dangerous situations threatening the safety of citizens, to contribute
to circumstances undermining the morals of the youth of the community,
or to generate conflicts in uses or practices upsetting the harmony
of the community and impinging upon the property rights of others.
[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. VI, § 2]
1. Regulations. No land or building in any district shall be occupied
or used in any manner which creates or contributes to the existence
of conditions which are dangerous, injuries, harmful, noxious, or
objectionable, or which may otherwise adversely affect surrounding
areas or adjoining premises; except that any use permitted under this
chapter may be undertaken or maintained if acceptable measures and
safeguards to reduce any dangerous or objectionable conditions to
acceptable limits, as established in this section, are properly exercised.
Specifically, the occupation or use of any land or building in any
district shall be in violation of this chapter if one or more of the
following conditions is found to exist at any time:
A. The use or storage of flammable or explosive materials which are
not adequately protected by firefighting/fire-protection equipment
or by safety devices normally required for such use.
B. The use or storage of flammable and/or explosive materials which
are not set back from adjacent facilities or activities a safe distance
compatible with the potential danger involved.
C. Radioactivity or air pollution is present in violation of regulations
established by the DEP or the EPA.
D. Hazardous wastes are present in violation of regulations established
by the DEP or the EPA.
E. Objectionable noise due to volume, frequency or beat is present.
F. Vibration is discernible without instruments on an adjoining lot
or property.
G. Erosion caused by wind or water is carrying objectionable materials
or substances onto any adjacent property.
H. Water pollution or contamination is present in violation of regulations
established by the DEP or the EPA.
I. Direct or reflected glare is present which is visible from any street
or from any adjoining property which is not located in an industrial
district.
2. Assurance Requirements and Plans. Prior to the issuance of a zoning
permit or a certificate of occupancy, the Zoning Officer may require
the submission of written assurances and plans indicating the manner
in which dangerous and objectional aspects or elements of processes
or operations entailed in certain uses or occupations are to be eliminated
or reduced to acceptable limits and tolerances.
3. Enforcement Provisions. Any occupancy, use, conditions or circumstances
existing in violation of this section of this chapter shall constitute
a violation of this chapter and be subject to the enforcement procedures
contained elsewhere herein.
[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. VI, § 3]
1. No residence in any district may be converted to accommodate an increased
number of dwelling units unless all of the following conditions are
first met:
A. The conversion is in full compliance with all applicable commonwealth
or federal regulations.
B. The district within which the residence is located is so regulated
so as to allow such an increase in the number of dwelling units.
C. The yard dimensions meet or exceed that required for new structures
in the same district.
D. The lot area per dwelling unit meets or exceeds that required for
new structures in the same district.
E. The floor area per dwelling unit meets or exceeds that required for
new structures in the district.
F. The conversion is otherwise in full compliance with all other relevant
codes and ordinances of the Borough.
[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. VI, § 4]
1. In any residential district only, where a vacant buildable in-fill
lot exists along an existing block face, where 51% or more the block
face has already been developed, and where the principal buildings
within that block face have existing front, side or rear yards setbacks
which are either greater than or less than the setbacks established
under this chapter, the vacant lot shall be developed with front,
side and rear yard setbacks consistent with the already established
existing setbacks within the same block face.
2. The applicability of this section to a given set of circumstances
shall be determined by the Zoning Officer.
[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. VI, § 5]
Except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this chapter,
no more than one principal residential structure may be constructed
upon any one lot in any district. Rear dwellings, alley houses, garage
apartments and coach houses shall be prohibited and shall be considered
nonconforming uses under this chapter.
[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. VI, § 6]
Multi-family dwellings shall be considered as one structural
building unit, for the purpose of determining front, side, and rear
yard requirements under this chapter; with the entire group of buildings,
as a unit, requiring one front, one rear and two side yards, as specified
for dwellings in the appropriate district.
[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. VI, § 7; as amended
by Ord. 623, 2/14/2006]
1. In residential districts only, commercial vehicles, tractors, trucks,
buses, trailers, semi-trailers, or similar vehicles or accessory vehicles
shall be parked or stored on any residential property only in a completely
enclosed building, except:
A. Those commercial vehicles conveying the necessary tools, materials,
and/or equipment to a premises where labor using such tools, materials,
and equipment is to be performed may be temporarily parked at a residence
for that period of time during which the work is actually being performed.
B. Not more than one currently licensed, registered, and operative boats,
trailer-mounted or otherwise, and/or not more than one unoccupied,
currently licensed, registered, and operative recreational vehicle
or trailer per resident-family, owned by an immediate member of the
resident-family, may be parked or stored within the allowable building
area in the rear yard only, as long as it is parked or stored on surfaces
specifically designed for the parking of motor vehicles. Parking on
a lawn or landscaped area is prohibited.
[Amended by Ord. No. 712, 9/8/2020]
[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. VI, § 8]
The accumulation of junk, junked or abandoned vehicles; disabled
or inoperative machinery, equipment, vehicle or machinery parts; rags;
building materials; or any other discarded object(s), trash, or debris
shall be prohibited in any district, outside of an approved salvage
or vehicle impounding yard; in order to protect residents from conditions
which may threaten their health, safety, and/or welfare.
[Ord. 560, 6/11/1996, Art. VI, § 9]
1. In order to insure reasonably safe visibility for motorists at any
intersection in the Borough:
A. On any corner lot at the intersection of two streets in any district,
nothing shall be installed, erected, placed, planted or allowed to
grow in such a manner as to impede vision materially with the height
of 2 1/2 feet and 10 feet above the center line grades of the
intersecting streets; in the area bounded by the right-of-way lines
bordering such a corner lot and a line joining a point along each
right-of-way line which is 50 feet from their point of intersection.
B. On a corner lot at the intersection of a street and an alley or on
a corner lot at the intersection of two alleys, in any district, nothing
shall be installed, erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in
such a manner as to impede vision materially between the height of
2 1/2 feet and 10 feet above the center line grades of the two
intersecting thoroughfares; in the area bounded by the right-of-way
lines bordering such a corner lot and a line adjoining a point along
each right-of-way line which is 25 feet from their point of intersection.