City of Altoona, PA
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2024-03-11
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 800 Zoning
- The Charter
- Ch C Home Rule Charter
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration of Government
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Authorities, Boards and Commissions
- Ch 22 Electrical and Engineering Civil Service
- Ch 44 Fire Civil Service Commission
- Ch 94 Pensions
- Ch 98 Personnel Policies
- Ch 105 Police Civil Service Commission
- Ch 112 Records
- Ch 117 Refunds Policy
- Ch 134 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 170 Alarm Systems, Fire
- Ch 171 Alarm Systems
- Ch 175 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 184 Animals
- Ch 237 Business Privilege License
- Ch 256 Checks, Returned
- Ch 262 Condemnation Orders
- Ch 270 Construction Standards
- Ch 281 Curfew
- Ch 289 Demolition or Partial Demolition of Buildings and Other Structures
- Ch 291 Disorderly Houses
- Ch 295 Disposition of Surplus Real and Personal Property
- Ch 300 Driveways
- Ch 314 Electricians
- Ch 335 Fees
- Ch 346 Fire Cost Recovery
- Ch 347 Firearms and Fireworks
- Ch 352 Fire Insurance Proceeds
- Ch 358 Fire Prevention
- Ch 362 Floodplain Regulations
- Ch 390 Grass, Weeds and Other Vegetation
- Ch 397 Hazardous Materials Cleanup
- Ch 405 Lease and/or Conveyance of City-Owned Lands
- Ch 440 Littering and Dumping
- Ch 453 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 470 Noise
- Ch 474 Nuisances
- Ch 510 Parks and Recreational Facilities
- Ch 515 Pawnbrokers, Junk Dealers and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 535 Planning
- Ch 542 Plumbers
- Ch 550 Property Maintenance
- Ch 553 Public Gatherings
- Ch 555 Public Property, Protection of
- Ch 557 Purchasing of Real Estate, Materials, Supplies and Services
- Ch 558 Redevelopment Authority Designated as Land Bank
- Ch 560 Registration of Properties in Default of Mortgage
- Ch 563 Registration of Vacant Buildings
- Ch 570 Residential Rental Inspection
- Ch 580 Sewage Facilities
- Ch 584 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 593 Signs
- Ch 595 Small Wireless Facilities
- Ch 597 Skateboards, Roller Skates and Scooters
- Ch 615 Solid Waste
- Ch 620 Stormwater Management, Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Ch 633 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 640 Subdivision of Land and Land Developments
- Ch 646 Taxation
- Ch 647 Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance
- Ch 662 Towing
- Ch 673 Transient Retail Businesses
- Ch 679 Trees
- Ch 690 Utilities
- Ch 700 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 711 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 800 Zoning
- Ch 800 Art I General Provisions
- § 800-1 Purpose.
- § 800-2 Statement of community objectives.
- § 800-3 Hierarchy of definitions, general rules and definitions.
- § 800-4 Hierarchy of definitions.
- § 800-5 General rules.
- § 800-6 Definitions applicable to entire Chapter 800.
- § 800-7 Conflict.
- § 800-8 Conflict with floodplain regulations.
- § 800-9 Application of regulations during local emergencies.
- § 800-10 Classification of parcels that consist of several uses.
- Ch 800 Art II Administration
- § 800-11 Purpose; appointment and powers of Zoning Officer and Hearing Board.
- § 800-12 Purpose.
- § 800-13 Appointment and Powers of Zoning Officer.
- § 800-14 Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 800-15 Zoning permits.
- § 800-16 Vested rights and development changes.
- Ch 800 Art III Nonconforming Buildings and Uses
- § 800-17 Purpose.
- § 800-18 Nonconforming vacant lots.
- § 800-19 Nonconforming buildings and structures used for permitted uses.
- § 800-20 Conforming buildings and structures used for nonconforming uses.
- § 800-21 Nonconforming buildings and structures used for nonconforming uses.
- § 800-22 Nonconforming use of land.
- § 800-23 Other legal nonconformities.
- § 800-24 Registration of nonconforming uses.
- Ch 800 Art IV Designation of Zones
- § 800-25 Purpose.
- § 800-26 Zoning districts.
- § 800-27 Zoning Map.
- § 800-28 Boundaries between districts.
- § 800-29 Interpretation of boundaries.
- § 800-30 Annexation.
- § 800-31 Floodplain areas.
- § 800-32 Height.
- § 800-33 Area.
- § 800-34 Coverage.
- § 800-35 Width.
- § 800-36 Frontage.
- § 800-37 (Reserved)
- § 800-38 Reduction of lot dimensions.
- § 800-39 Obstruction to vision.
- § 800-40 Off-street parking and loading berths.
- § 800-41 Home-based businesses.
- § 800-42 Wireless communications facilities.
- § 800-43 Public utility facilities.
- § 800-44 Farming.
- § 800-45 Storage of materials.
- § 800-46 Wind turbines.
- Ch 800 Art V District Provisions
- § 800-47 R-S Suburban Residential Zone.
- § 800-48 R-SH Single-Household Residential Zone.
- § 800-49 R-L Limited Residential Zone.
- § 800-50 R-MH Multiple-Household Residential Zone.
- § 800-51 R-U Urban Residential Zone.
- § 800-52 M-RC Residential-Commercial Mixed Use Zone.
- § 800-53 C-NB Neighborhood Business Commercial Zone.
- § 800-54 C-HB Highway Business Commercial Zone.
- § 800-55 C-CB Central Business Commercial Zone.
- § 800-56 I-L Light Industrial Zone.
- § 800-57 I-G General Industrial Zone.
- Ch 800 Art VI Signs
- § 800-58 Compliance required.
- § 800-59 Purpose.
- § 800-60 Sign types.
- § 800-61 Sign area per lot.
- § 800-62 Quantity, area, height and placement of individual signs.
- § 800-63 Sign characteristics by district.
- § 800-64 Design, construction and maintenance.
- § 800-65 Signs in the public right-of-way.
- § 800-66 Signs exempt from requirements of article.
- § 800-67 Prohibited signs.
- § 800-68 Abandoned signs.
- § 800-69 Nonconforming signs.
- Ch 800 Art VII Enforcement of Provisions
- § 800-70 Enforcement.
- Ch 800 Art VIII Effect on Prior Ordinances
- § 800-71 Prior ordinances preserved.
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Altoona 9-28-2016 by Ord. No. 5686. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction standards — See Ch. 270.
Disorderly Houses — See Ch. 291.
Driveways — See Ch. 300.
Fees — See Ch. 335.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 358.
Floodplain regulations — See Ch. 362
Noise — See Ch. 470.
Planning — See Ch. 535.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 550.
Sewage facilities planning — See Ch. 580.
Signs — See Ch. 593.
Sexually oriented businesses — See Ch. 584.
Stormwater management, erosion and sedimentation control — See Ch. 620.
Subdivision of land and land developments — See Ch. 640.
