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Township of West Nantmeal, PA chevron_right chevron_right Part II: General Legislation chevron_right Chapter 215 Zoning
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Chapter 215 Zoning

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Ord. No. 1-2024  pdf
2024-04-08
Zoning Amendment
Ch 215
Ord. No. 1-2026  pdf
2026-02-09
Zoning Amendment
Ch 215
Ord. No. 4-2022  pdf
2022-10-10
Zoning Amendment
Ch 215
Ord. No. 1-2021  pdf
2021-06-14
Zoning Amendment
Ch 215
Ord. No. 1-2022  pdf
2022-05-09
Zoning Amendment
Ch 215
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of West Nantmeal Township 8-17-2010 by Ord. No. 111. Amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - R-1 Zoning District: Utility and Dimensional RequirementsAttachment 2 - R-2 Zoning District: Utility and Dimensional RequirementsAttachment 3 - R-3 Zoning District: Utility and Dimensional RequirementsAttachment 4 - C-1 Zoning District: Utility and Dimensional RequirementsAttachment 5 - I-1 Zoning District: Utility and Dimensional RequirementsAttachment 6 - Summary of Categorical Sign RequirementsAttachment 7 - Official Zoning Map
Article I General Provisions
§ 215-1 Preamble.
§ 215-2 Short title.
§ 215-3 Purpose.
§ 215-4 Community development objectives.
§ 215-5 Application and interpretation.
Article II Definitions
§ 215-6 General interpretation.
§ 215-7 Specific terms.
Article III Zoning Map and Zoning Districts
§ 215-8 Establishment of Zoning Districts and Overlay Districts.
§ 215-9 Official Zoning Map.
§ 215-10 Interpretation of district boundaries.
§ 215-11 Application of district boundaries.
Article IV Zoning District Regulations
§ 215-12 Statement of intent.
§ 215-13 Agricultural Preservation (R-1) Zoning District.
§ 215-14 Rural Residential (R-2) Zoning District.
§ 215-15 Suburban Residential (R-3) Zoning District.
§ 215-16 Village Commercial (C-1) Zoning District.
§ 215-17 Limited Industrial (I-1) Zoning District.
Article V Conservation Overlay Districts
§ 215-18 Statement of intent.
§ 215-19 Flood Hazard Overlay District.
§ 215-20 Wetlands and Hydric Soil Overlay District.
§ 215-21 Steep Slope Overlay District.
§ 215-22 Woodland Protection and Management Overlay District.
§ 215-23 Historical Preservation Overlay District.
Article VI Residential Land Use and Development Requirements
§ 215-24 Statement of intent.
§ 215-25 Single-family detached residential dwellings.
§ 215-26 Single-family semidetached residential dwellings.
§ 215-27 Townhouse uses and developments.
§ 215-28 Apartment uses and developments.
§ 215-29 Residential lot averaging design for R-1 Zoning District.
§ 215-30 Residential lot averaging with less than 20 gross acres.
§ 215-31 Lot averaging with 20 gross acres to 30 gross acres.
§ 215-32 Lot averaging with 30 gross acres or more.
§ 215-33 General subdivision criteria for R-1 Zoning District.
§ 215-34 Residential cluster design for R-2 Zoning District.
§ 215-35 Residential cluster design for R-3 Zoning District.
§ 215-36 Group homes.
§ 215-37 Assisted living care facilities, convalescent homes and nursing homes.
§ 215-38 Manufactured homes and manufactured home parks.
§ 215-39 Bed-and-breakfast establishments.
§ 215-40 Boardinghouse or rooming house.
§ 215-41 Accessory apartments for relatives.
§ 215-42 Home occupation regulations.
§ 215-43 Category 1 home occupation.
§ 215-44 Category 2 home occupation.
§ 215-45 Mixed use residential and commercial uses.
Article VII Nonresidential Land Use and Development Requirements
§ 215-46 Statement of intent.
§ 215-47 Adult business and entertainment uses.
§ 215-48 Agricultural uses.
§ 215-49 General agricultural uses.
§ 215-50 Intensive agricultural uses.
§ 215-51 Farm-related business uses.
§ 215-52 Farm-support business uses.
§ 215-53 Roadside stands.
§ 215-54 Airports, heliports and helistops.
§ 215-55 Automobile sales and automobile service stations.
§ 215-56 Automobile sales.
§ 215-57 Automobile service stations.
§ 215-58 Car washing facilities.
§ 215-59 Banks and financial institutions.
§ 215-60 Business and professional offices.
§ 215-61 Business, professional office and industrial parks.
§ 215-62 Club, lodge or social quarters.
§ 215-63 Commercial campgrounds.
§ 215-64 Commercial communication towers and facilities.
§ 215-65 Commercial composting, mulch and mushroom production uses.
§ 215-66 Commercial composting uses.
§ 215-67 Commercial mushroom production uses.
§ 215-68 Commercial greenhouses and tree farms.
§ 215-69 Commercial water resource use.
§ 215-70 Community center.
§ 215-71 Construction services.
§ 215-72 Convenience stores and mini-markets.
§ 215-73 Day-care facilities and uses.
§ 215-74 Family child day-care home.
§ 215-75 Group child day-care home.
§ 215-76 Child day-care center.
§ 215-77 Adult care facilities.
§ 215-78 Educational uses.
§ 215-79 Emergency services operation.
§ 215-80 Fabrication and finishing uses.
§ 215-81 Food processing facility.
§ 215-82 Funeral home.
§ 215-83 Golf courses.
§ 215-84 Home centers.
§ 215-85 Horseback riding school and stables.
§ 215-86 Horseback riding schools.
§ 215-87 Horseback riding stables.
§ 215-88 Hospitals, medical centers, ambulatory care centers and health care clinics.
§ 215-89 Hotel and motel uses.
§ 215-90 Incarceration facilities.
§ 215-91 Junkyards, salvage yards and impoundment facilities.
§ 215-92 Kennels and animal shelters.
§ 215-93 Laundromats and dry cleaners.
§ 215-94 Manufacturing uses.
§ 215-95 Medical, dental, vision, counseling and health care services.
§ 215-96 Mini malls.
§ 215-97 Municipal and governmental uses.
§ 215-98 Municipal uses.
§ 215-99 Governmental uses.
§ 215-100 Nurseries and landscaping centers.
§ 215-101 Personal service establishment.
§ 215-102 Places of worship, religious uses and cemeteries.
§ 215-103 Printing or publishing facilities.
§ 215-104 Quarrying and mining operations.
§ 215-105 Recreational uses.
§ 215-106 Noncommercial recreational uses.
§ 215-107 Commercial recreational uses.
§ 215-108 Recycling facilities.
§ 215-109 Research facilities.
§ 215-110 Restaurants.
§ 215-111 Retail uses.
§ 215-112 Self-storage units and portable storage facilities.
§ 215-113 Solid waste disposal and reduction facilities.
§ 215-114 Truck service and maintenance establishments.
§ 215-115 Utilities.
§ 215-116 Community utilities.
§ 215-117 Private utilities.
§ 215-118 Public utilities.
§ 215-119 Veterinary hospitals.
§ 215-120 Warehouse and freight terminals.
§ 215-121 Wholesale and distribution uses.
§ 215-122 Undefined or other land uses.
§ 215-123 Farm-related school.
Article VIII Supplemental Regulations
§ 215-124 Statement of intent.
§ 215-125 Access to lots, buildings, structures and uses.
§ 215-126 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 215-127 Residential accessory uses and structures.
§ 215-128 Nonresidential accessory uses and structures.
§ 215-129 Residential conversions.
§ 215-130 Height exceptions.
§ 215-131 Front yard and lot width exceptions.
§ 215-132 Flag lots or key hole lots.
§ 215-133 Visibility at street intersections.
§ 215-134 Corner lot restrictions and requirements.
§ 215-135 Fences, walls and hedges.
§ 215-136 Projections into yards.
§ 215-137 Nonresidential performance standards and controls.
§ 215-138 Landscaping.
§ 215-139 Temporary structures and uses.
§ 215-140 Commercial drive-through establishments.
§ 215-141 Commercial outdoor storage and sales.
§ 215-142 Exterior lighting.
§ 215-143 Swimming pools and therapeutic spas.
§ 215-144 Alternative and emerging energy facilities.
§ 215-145 Blasting and detonation requirements.
§ 215-146 Domestic livestock use.
§ 215-147 Exotic animals.
§ 215-148 Prohibited uses.
Article IX Off-Street Loading and Parking
§ 215-149 Statement of intent.
§ 215-150 General provisions for off-street loading and off-street parking.
§ 215-151 Off-street loading areas.
§ 215-152 Off-street parking areas.
§ 215-153 Driveways, private roads, fire lanes and fire apparatus access roads.
Article X Signs
§ 215-154 Statement of intent.
§ 215-155 General standards and requirements for all signs.
§ 215-156 Summarization chart for categorical sign requirements.
§ 215-157 Sign requirements for residential uses.
§ 215-158 Sign requirements for nonresidential uses.
§ 215-159 Off-premises advertising signs or billboards.
§ 215-160 Special use signs, temporary signs and promotional signs.
§ 215-161 Nonconforming signs and abandoned signs.
§ 215-162 Prohibited signs.
Article XI Nonconformities
§ 215-163 Statement of intent.
§ 215-164 Continuation.
§ 215-165 Discontinuance.
§ 215-166 Nonconforming use of land.
§ 215-167 Expansion of nonconforming use.
§ 215-168 Reconstruction.
§ 215-169 Change of use.
§ 215-170 Nonconforming lots of record.
§ 215-171 Registration of nonconformities.
Article XII Administration and Enforcement
§ 215-172 Statement of intent.
§ 215-173 Zoning permits, certificates of use and occupancy, and other permits.
§ 215-174 Zoning Officer.
§ 215-175 Zoning Hearing Board.
§ 215-176 Public hearings and procedures.
§ 215-177 Zoning variances.
§ 215-178 Special exceptions.
§ 215-179 Conditional uses.
§ 215-180 Amendments.
§ 215-181 Curative amendments.
§ 215-182 Appeals.
§ 215-183 Filing fees and costs.
§ 215-184 Violations, penalties and remedies.
Article XIII Floodplain Regulations
§ 215-185 Statutory authority, intent and liability.
§ 215-186 Administration.
§ 215-187 Identification of floodplain areas.
§ 215-188 Technical provisions.
§ 215-189 Prohibited uses.
§ 215-190 Existing structures in identified floodplain area.
§ 215-191 Variances.
§ 215-192 Definitions.
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