The landowner, person and/or entity performing any earth disturbance shall utilize sufficient measures to prevent soil erosion and sedimentation of creeks.
A. The disturbed land area and the duration of exposure shall be kept to a practical minimum.
B. Any earth disturbance over 5,000 square feet of land area shall require the submission of an adequate erosion and sedimentation control plan to the County Conservation District.
C. See state erosion control regulations. (Note: As of 1999, in 25 PA. Code Chapter 102.)
The Zoning Officer may require an applicant to prove that a suspect area proposed for alteration does or does not meet the state or federal definition of a "wetland."
No use shall generate odors or dust that are offensive to persons of average sensitivities beyond the boundaries of the subject lot.
This §
220-38 shall only regulate exterior lighting that spills across lot lines or onto public streets.
A. Streetlighting exempted. This §
220-38 shall not apply to streetlighting that is owned, financed or maintained by the Borough or the state, nor to an individual porch light of
a dwelling.
B. Height of lights. No luminaire, spotlight or other light source that is within 200 feet of a lot line of an existing dwelling or approved residential lot shall be placed at a height exceeding 35 feet above the average surrounding ground level. This limitation shall not apply to lights needed for air safety nor lights intended solely to illuminate an architectural feature of a building, nor lighting of outdoor public recreation facilities.
C. Diffused. All light sources, including signs, shall be properly diffused as needed with a translucent or similar cover to prevent exposed bulbs from being directly visible from streets, public sidewalks, dwellings or adjacent lots.
D. Shielding. All light sources, including signs, shall be shielded around the light source and carefully directed and placed to prevent the lighting from creating a nuisance to reasonable persons in adjacent dwellings, and to prevent the lighting from shining into the eyes of passing motorists.
E. Flickering. Flashing, flickering or strobe lighting are prohibited, except for nonadvertising seasonal lights between October 25 and January 10.
F. Spillover. Exterior lighting on an institutional, commercial or industrial property shall not cause a spillover of light onto a residential lot that exceeds 0.5 horizontal footcandle inside the residential lot line.