[Amended 1-6-2020 by Ord. No. 1-6-2020]
A. Federal Housing Administration minimum property requirements.
(1) Mobile home parks or trailer parks may be permitted as a special
use in the Agricultural District in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter, provided that such courts shall comply with all of
the minimum property requirements established by the Federal Housing
Administration for mobile home parks.
(2) Before a zoning permit for a mobile home park is authorized by the
Zoning Hearing Board, the applicant for said mobile home park shall
first comply with the procedure established in said minimum property
requirements by submitting to the Planning Commission four copies
of the preliminary and final drawings and exhibits as specified within
the Federal Housing Administration's minimum property requirements.
B. Supplementary requirements. The following provisions shall supplement
the requirements of the Federal Housing Administration's minimum property
requirements:
(1) No mobile home park shall be developed on a zone less than five acres
in size.
(2) Individual mobile home lots located in a mobile home park shall contain
at least 3,000 square feet of lot area.
(3) No mobile home shall be located closer than 50 feet to any property
line defining the external boundary of the court.
(4) The minimum side clearance between any two adjacent mobile homes
shall be 20 feet.
(5) Roadway or area lighting shall be reflected away from adjoining properties.
(6) The sale of mobile homes from a dealer within the mobile court shall
be prohibited.
(7) Individual tenants at the mobile home park may construct attached
enclosures to individual mobile homes, provided that such enclosures
do not exceed 50% of the floor area of the mobile home. Individual
zoning permits shall be required for each enclosure in each case.
A reduction conversion is when the owner or occupant of real
property, residential or commercial, reduces the number of units in
the structure.
A. Prior to a reduction conversion, the owner shall apply for a preliminary/final
reduction conversion permit from the Code Enforcement Officer.
B. In order to be eligible for the reduction conversion permit, the
following shall apply.
(1) On the basis of a preliminary reduction conversion permit, the applicant
shall remove all of the excess electric meters, gas meters and water
meters consistent with the proposed use of the building, subject to
the Code Enforcement Officer's inspection.
(2) Upon completion of the final inspection of the removal of said utility
meters, the Code Enforcement Officer shall issue a final reduction
conversion certificate.
(3) Included on the reduction conversion application, the applicant shall
sign an affidavit that he or she will not increase the number of units
without reapplication for a building permit/zoning permit.
(4) The Code Enforcement Officer shall give a copy of the final reduction
conversion certificate to the Borough Manager or appropriate representative
for adjustment of the sewer bill.
(5) The date of the final reduction conversion certificate shall be the
date of adjustment of the sewer charges.
(6) A property owner converting to a reduced number of units shall be
deemed to abandon said prior use after 12 months, and the property
shall no longer retain the use status for the prior additional units
that have been removed. If required under this chapter, any future
conversion to expand would require Zoning Hearing Board approval.
Where the owner of a lot at the time of the adoption of this
chapter or his successors in title thereto does not own sufficient
contiguous land to enable him to conform to the required dimensions
in this chapter, such lot may be used as a lot of any purpose permitted
in the zone, provided that the minimum area requirement for such lot
shall be 10,000 square feet of lot size and 100 feet of lot width,
the minimum side yard area for any building shall be no less than
10 feet, and all other regulations prescribed for the zone by this
chapter are complied with.
A group project (housing, commercial, educational, medical or
religious) of two or more buildings to be constructed on a parcel
of at least two acres in area which will not be subdivided into lots
and streets may be constructed, provided that:
A. Uses shall be limited to those permitted within the district in which
it is located.
B. Density and building coverage requirements of the district are met.
C. There shall be ten-foot evergreens planted in the buffer strip where
such group development abuts a residential district.
[Added 7-6-2015 by Ord.
No. 07-06-15]
Garage/yard sales are subject the following conditions:
A. One four-foot
square (four feet by four feet) sign or smaller in size shall be allowed
on the property, no sooner than seven days prior to the sale, and
removed promptly upon the completion of the sale.
B. The conduct
of garage or yard sales beyond the extent described herein represents
a commercial or retail business and requires appropriate compliance
with those specific standards found within this chapter.
C. In no
case shall any aspect of the garage or yard sale be conducted in the
street right-of-way.
D. Garage
and yard sales shall operate between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m.
E. The property
owner shall obtain a temporary use permit from the Borough for garage
and yard sales in order that the temporary use does not exceed the
three-day limit and twice per year. The cost of the permit will be
established by resolution of the Borough Council.
F. There
shall be no sale of retail property purchased solely for resale by
the property owners/tenants and not for the property owners'/tenants'
personal use.
G. After
the sale period has expired, the personal property in the sale must
be removed from the outside of the premises, including the yard, driveway,
open porches and stored inside an enclosed porch, the dwelling, inside
the garage, and/or inside sheds unless the personal property is utilized
for a specific purpose on the outside of the residence.
H. Plastic
tarps and open-walled structures without a roof are not considered
sheds and will not be allowed for the storage of the personal property
after the three-day sale period has expired.
I. The property
owner shall only be allowed a total of two sales per year, whether
they are advertised as a garage sale, a yard sale, or a combination
garage and yard sale.
J. The Borough
shall require a temporary use permit for each garage sale which will
insure that the garage sales do not exceed the three-day limit and
are only held twice each year. The initial cost of the temporary use
permit shall be free of charge. However, the Borough Council shall
establish a fee by resolution if it becomes necessary during the administration
of the garage sale program.