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Township of West Nantmeal, PA
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 215 Zoning
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Chapter 215
Zoning
[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 Requirements
Attachment 2 - R-2 Zoning District: Utility and Dimensional Requirements
Attachment 3 - R-3 Zoning District: Utility and Dimensional Requirements
Attachment 4 - C-1 Zoning District: Utility and Dimensional Requirements
Attachment 5 - I-1 Zoning District: Utility and Dimensional Requirements
Attachment 6 - Summary of Categorical Sign Requirements
Attachment 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.