The purpose of the Southern Beltway Overlay District is to provide
opportunities for limited commercial uses on properties in the Southern
Beltway Corridor that are transitional between existing commercial
and residential areas without significantly impacting adjacent commercial
or residential properties or the traffic carrying capacity of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike 576 roadway and to provide for accessory uses
and compatible supporting uses as conditional uses or uses by special
exception.
The U.S. Route 22 to I-79 project is the middle section of the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Southern Beltway
project and begins at the southern terminus of the Findlay Connector
at the U.S. Route 22 Interchange and proceeds 13 miles southeast to
an interchange with I-79 and a local connection near the Allegheny/Washington
County line in South Fayette Township. The record of decision (granting
environmental clearance) was issued for the project in September 2008.
Funding for the U.S. Route 22 to I-79 project came in 2013 with the
passing of Act 89 legislation in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Estimated cost for this thirteen-mile section is approximately $800
million. The Southern Beltway was opened to traffic on October 15,
2021, with restrictions at I-79. Those restrictions were lifted with
the final opening, which was completed on June 24, 2022. All connections
with I-79 opened in June 2022.
The Southern Beltway Overlay District shall not modify the boundaries
of any other zoning district. Where identified, the Southern Beltway
Overlay District shall impose certain requirements, or grant certain
allowances, on land use, construction, and development in addition
to those contained in the applicable underlying or base zoning district(s)
and/or applicable overlay zoning district(s) for the same area.
The following words and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meaning given to them in this section unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise.
SMALL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY (SMALL WCF)
A wireless communications facility that meets the following
criteria:
A.
The structure on which antenna facilities are mounted:
(1)
Is 50 feet or less in height; or
(2)
Is no more than 10% taller than other adjacent structures; or
(3)
Is not extended to a height of more than 50 feet or by more
than 10% above its preexisting height as a result of the co-location
of new antenna facilities;
B.
Each antenna associated with the deployment (excluding the associated
equipment) is no more than three cubic feet in volume;
C.
All antenna equipment associated with the facility (excluding
antennas) are cumulatively no more than 28 cubic feet in volume;
D.
The facilities do not require antenna structure registration
under 47 CFR Part 17;
E.
The facilities are not located on Tribal lands, as defined under
36 CFR 800.16(x); and
F.
The facilities do not result in human exposure to radiofrequency
radiation in excess of the applicable safety standards specified in
47 CFR 1.1307(b).
There is hereby created and established a Southern Beltway Overlay District, which shall consist of the areas depicted in Figure 1 and the South Fayette Township Zoning District Map, promulgated at §
240-10.
In the Southern Beltway Overlay District, the following uses
are authorized:
A. Permitted uses.
(1)
Principal uses.
(a)
Small wireless communications facilities, subject to the South Fayette Wireless Facilities Ordinance, Chapter
240, §
240-91.1 et seq.
(2)
Accessory uses.
(a)
Small wireless communications facilities, subject to the South Fayette Wireless Facilities Ordinance, Chapter
240, §
240-91.1 et seq.
B. Conditional uses.
(1)
Principal uses.
(a)
Tower-based wireless communications facilities, subject to the South Fayette Wireless Facilities Ordinance, Chapter
240, §
240-91.1 et seq.
(b)
Non-tower wireless communications facilities, subject to the South Fayette Wireless Facilities Ordinance, Chapter
240, §
240-91.1 et seq.
(2)
Accessory uses.
(a)
Tower-based wireless communications facilities, subject to the South Fayette Wireless Facilities Ordinance, Chapter
240, §
240-91.1 et seq.
(b)
Non-tower-based wireless communications facilities, subject to the South Fayette Wireless Facilities Ordinance, Chapter
240, §
240-91.1 et seq.
The regulations prescribed by this article shall not be construed
to require the removal, lowering, or other change or alteration of
any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations as of the
effective date of this article, or otherwise interfere with the continuance
of a nonconforming use. No nonconforming use shall be structurally
altered or permitted to grow higher, so as to increase the nonconformity,
and a nonconforming use, once substantially abated (subject to the
underlying zoning ordinance), may only be reestablished consistent
with the provisions herein.
Violations and penalties are subject to that in the underlying
zoning ordinance.
Appeals are subject to the process in the underlying zoning
ordinance.