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Borough of Mount Holly Springs, PA
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 500 Zoning
Chapter 500
Zoning
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Mount Holly Springs
3-16-2017
by
Ord. No. 2017-03
. Amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - R-1 Low Density Residential Zoning District Area and Design Requirements
Attachment 2 - R-2 Medium Density Residential Zoning District Area and Design Requirements
Attachment 3 - V Village Zoning District Area and Design Requirements
Attachment 4 - G-C General Commercial Zoning District Area and Design Requirements
Attachment 5 - I Industrial Zoning District Area and Design Requirements
Attachment 6 - Permanent and Temporary Sign Requirements
Attachment 7 - Appendix A, Native Plant List
Attachment 8 - Appendix B, Sample Parking Analysis Matrix
Article I
Authority; Purpose; Applicability; Municipality Liability; General Provisions
§ 500-100
Authority.
§ 500-101
Title.
§ 500-102
Purpose of enactment.
§ 500-103
Interpretation.
§ 500-104
Applicability.
§ 500-105
Municipality liability.
§ 500-106
Disclaimer.
§ 500-107
Severability.
§ 500-108
Repealer.
§ 500-109
Effective date.
Article II
Definitions
§ 500-200
Definition of terms.
Article III
Designation of Zoning Districts and Adoption of Zoning Map
§ 500-300
Designation of districts.
§ 500-301
Zoning Map.
§ 500-302
District boundaries.
§ 500-303
Interpretation of boundaries.
§ 500-304
Application of regulations.
§ 500-305
Use tables.
Article IV
"R-L" Residential Limited Zoning District
§ 500-400
Purpose.
§ 500-401
Permitted uses.
§ 500-402
Area and design requirements.
§ 500-403
Woodland preservation requirements.
§ 500-404
Compliance with general provisions.
Article V
"R-1" Low Density Residential Zoning District
§ 500-500
Purpose.
§ 500-501
Permitted uses.
§ 500-502
Prohibited uses.
§ 500-503
Area and design requirements.
§ 500-504
Compliance with general provisions.
Article VI
"R-2" Medium Density Residential Zoning District
§ 500-600
Purpose.
§ 500-601
Permitted uses.
§ 500-602
Area and design requirements.
§ 500-603
Compliance with general provisions.
Article VII
"V" Village Zoning District
§ 500-700
Purpose.
§ 500-701
Permitted uses.
§ 500-702
Prohibited uses.
§ 500-703
Area and design requirements.
§ 500-704
Compliance with general provisions.
Article VIII
"G-C" General Commercial Zoning District
§ 500-800
Purpose.
§ 500-801
Permitted uses.
§ 500-802
Area and design requirements.
§ 500-803
Compliance with general provisions.
Article IX
"I" Industrial Zoning District
§ 500-901
Purpose.
§ 500-902
Permitted uses.
§ 500-903
Area and design requirements.
§ 500-904
Compliance with general provisions.
Article X
"F-H" Flood Hazard District
§ 500-1000
Purpose.
§ 500-1001
Abrogation.
§ 500-1002
Permitted uses.
§ 500-1003
Administration.
§ 500-1004
Identification of floodplain areas.
§ 500-1005
Technical provisions and requirements.
§ 500-1006
Development which may endanger human life.
§ 500-1007
Special requirements for manufactured homes.
§ 500-1008
Existing structures.
§ 500-1009
Activities requiring special permits.
§ 500-1010
Variances.
§ 500-1011
Compliance with National Flood Insurance Program floodplain management criteria.
§ 500-1012
Disclaimer.
§ 500-1013
Definitions.
Article XI
General Provisions
§ 500-1100
Application.
§ 500-1101
Access drive requirements.
§ 500-1102
Accessory buildings or structures.
§ 500-1103
Antenna, standard (includes amateur radio antenna).
§ 500-1104
Buffer regulations.
§ 500-1105
Bus shelters.
§ 500-1106
Clear sight triangle.
§ 500-1107
Compost.
§ 500-1108
Driveway requirements.
§ 500-1109
Dumpster screening and location.
§ 500-1110
Fences and walls.
§ 500-1111
Frontage onto improved streets.
§ 500-1112
Garage and yard sales.
§ 500-1113
Habitable floor area.
§ 500-1114
Height regulations.
§ 500-1115
Landscaping.
§ 500-1116
Natural or man-made lakes, dams, ponds and impoundments.
§ 500-1117
Number of principal uses and principal buildings per lot.
§ 500-1118
Performance standards for all uses.
§ 500-1119
Pets, keeping of.
§ 500-1120
Prohibited uses.
§ 500-1121
Recreation courts, rinks and other athletic facilities.
§ 500-1122
Sale of personal vehicles.
§ 500-1123
Seasonal sidewalk displays.
§ 500-1124
Storage and display (outside).
§ 500-1125
Storage, temporary.
§ 500-1126
Storage, unenclosed vehicles.
§ 500-1127
Swimming pools.
§ 500-1128
Waste and sewage disposal.
§ 500-1129
Waste handling requirements.
§ 500-1130
Yard adjustment regulations.
Article XII
Specific Criteria for Special Exceptions, Conditional Uses, and Uses Permitted by Right
§ 500-1200
Adult-related uses.
§ 500-1201
Agricultural operation.
§ 500-1202
Agricultural, plant nursery and garden material, retail sale of.
§ 500-1203
Airports and/or heliports.
§ 500-1204
Amusement arcades.
§ 500-1205
Animal hospitals, veterinary offices and/or kennels.
§ 500-1206
Automobile auctions and/or automobile parking or storage compounds.
§ 500-1207
Automobile, bus, Class 1 recreation vehicle, boat, motorcycle, and snowmobile sales and/or service facilities.
§ 500-1208
Automobile repair garage.
§ 500-1209
Automobile service stations.
§ 500-1210
Bed-and-breakfast homes.
§ 500-1211
Boardinghouses.
§ 500-1212
Campgrounds.
§ 500-1213
Car washes.
§ 500-1214
Cemeteries.
§ 500-1215
Child care, accessory.
§ 500-1216
Child care, in-home.
§ 500-1217
Continuing care retirement community.
§ 500-1218
Convenience store with gas dispensing.
§ 500-1219
Day-care facilities, commercial.
§ 500-1220
Distilleries, breweries, pickling processes and sugar refineries.
§ 500-1221
Drive-through facilities.
§ 500-1222
ECHO housing.
§ 500-1223
Family care facility.
§ 500-1224
Farmers market and/or flea market.
§ 500-1225
Forestry operations.
§ 500-1226
Funeral homes, mortuaries and crematoriums.
§ 500-1227
Golf courses.
§ 500-1228
Group home.
§ 500-1229
Halfway house.
§ 500-1230
Heavy equipment sales, service and/or repair facilities.
§ 500-1231
Historic structures conversions.
§ 500-1232
Home improvement and/or building supply stores.
§ 500-1233
Home occupations.
§ 500-1234
Hospitals.
§ 500-1235
Hunting, fishing, skiing, and boating lodges.
§ 500-1236
Junkyards.
§ 500-1237
Laundromat, dry-cleaning establishment.
§ 500-1238
Mobile/manufactured home parks.
§ 500-1239
Motels or hotels (including conference facility).
§ 500-1240
Outdoor cafe.
§ 500-1241
Recreational facilities.
§ 500-1242
Power generation facilities.
§ 500-1243
Principal waste handling facilities.
§ 500-1244
Private club.
§ 500-1245
Public utility buildings and/or structures.
§ 500-1246
Quarry.
§ 500-1247
Racetracks.
§ 500-1248
Recreation or entertainment facilities, commercial.
§ 500-1249
Recycling facilities for paper, plastic, glass, and/or metal products.
§ 500-1250
Riding schools and stables.
§ 500-1251
Roadside stands.
§ 500-1252
Sawmills.
§ 500-1253
Schools.
§ 500-1254
Self-storage.
§ 500-1255
(Reserved)
§ 500-1256
Slaughterhouse, stockyard or tannery.
§ 500-1257
Solar energy systems.
§ 500-1258
Solid waste processing and/or disposal facilities.
§ 500-1259
Special occasion homes.
§ 500-1260
Taverns.
§ 500-1261
Truck stops or motor freight terminals.
§ 500-1262
Warehousing and wholesale trade establishments.
§ 500-1263
Wind energy facility.
§ 500-1264
Wireless communications facility.
Article XIII
Sign Regulations
§ 500-1300
Intent.
§ 500-1301
Permitted permanent signs.
§ 500-1302
Permitted temporary signs.
§ 500-1303
General regulations for all signs.
Article XIV
Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations
§ 500-1400
General parking regulations.
§ 500-1401
Off-street parking requirements.
§ 500-1402
On-street parking.
§ 500-1403
Parking reductions.
§ 500-1404
Location of parking spaces.
§ 500-1405
Joint parking facilities.
§ 500-1406
Design standards.
§ 500-1407
Handicapped parking.
§ 500-1408
Drainage, surfacing, and maintenance standards.
§ 500-1409
Lighting.
§ 500-1410
Loading and unloading space.
§ 500-1411
Fire lanes.
Article XV
Nonconforming Lots, Uses and Buildings
§ 500-1500
Continuation of nonconforming uses and buildings.
§ 500-1501
Registration.
§ 500-1502
Existing nonconforming lots of record.
§ 500-1503
Existing nonconforming uses and buildings.
§ 500-1504
Change of use.
§ 500-1505
Abandonment and discontinuance.
Article XVI
Administration and Enforcement
§ 500-1600
Applicability of this chapter.
§ 500-1601
Administration.
§ 500-1602
Permits and certificates.
§ 500-1603
Certificate of use and occupancy.
§ 500-1604
Zoning permit for temporary uses and structures.
§ 500-1605
Types of uses.
§ 500-1606
Applications for zoning permits.
§ 500-1607
Applications for building permits.
§ 500-1608
Issuance of permits.
§ 500-1609
Revocation of permits; appeal of permit or approval.
§ 500-1610
Compliance with Mount Holly Springs Borough Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
§ 500-1611
General procedure for permits.
§ 500-1612
Interpretation and uses not regulated.
§ 500-1613
Interpretation of zoning boundaries.
§ 500-1614
Enforcement; violations and penalties.
§ 500-1615
Fees.
§ 500-1616
Amendments.
§ 500-1617
Zoning Hearing Board.
§ 500-1618
Conditional uses.