Borough of Wilkinsburg, PA Zoning

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Borough of Wilkinsburg, PA

Allegheny County

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Table of Contents

Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 3 Administration of Government
Ch 9 Boards and Commissions
Ch 11 Borough-Owned Property
Ch 14 Civil Service
Ch 15 Claims, Municipal
Ch 16 Consent Agenda
Ch 24 Ethics, Code of
Ch 27 Finances
Ch 29 Fire Department
Ch 36 Health, Department of
Ch 41 Investment Policy
Ch 50 Land Bank
Ch 52 Library
Ch 58 Municipal Authorities
Ch 65 Officers and Employees
Ch 68 Pensions and Retirement
Ch 70 Personnel Policies
Ch 74 Police Department
Ch 78 Purchasing
Ch 85 Sale of Real Estate
Ch 87 School Guards
Ch 89 Security Camera Systems, Public
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 103 Adult Entertainment
Ch 105 Advertising Materials
Ch 108 Alarm Systems
Ch 109 Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 110 Amusements and Amusement Devices
Ch 112 Animals
Ch 115 Attorney Fees
Ch 118 Brush, Grass and Weeds
Ch 121 Building Construction
Ch 123 Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 125 Buildings, Unsafe
Ch 128 Construction Code, Uniform
Ch 131 Curfew
Ch 135 Disruptive Properties
Ch 138 Drilling and Mining
Ch 141 Electrical Standards
Ch 144 Fire Loss Claims
Ch 146 Fire Prevention
Ch 150 Gas-Burning Equipment
Ch 154 Grading, Excavating and Filling
Ch 156 Graffiti
Ch 162 Housing Standards
Ch 169 Junk Dealers
Ch 178 Mechanical Standards
Ch 183 Noise
Ch 186 Nuisances, Public
Ch 188 Occupancy Permits
Ch 191 Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 191A Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers
Ch 192 Pay Telephones, Public
Ch 194 Peace and Good Order
Ch 196 Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 198 Property, Abandoned
Ch 200 Property Maintenance
Ch 202 Property, Sale of
Ch 205 Public Gatherings
Ch 210 Rental Property
Ch 217 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Ch 222 Solid Waste
Ch 224 Stormwater Management
Ch 226 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 229 Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 232 Swimming Pools
Ch 237 Taxation
Ch 241 Trees
Ch 245 Unit Property
Ch 248 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 250 Vehicles, Junked
Ch 252 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
Ch 254 Vehicles, Removal and Storage of
Ch 260 Zoning
Ch 260 Art I General Provisions
§ 260-101 Title.
§ 260-102 Statutory authority.
§ 260-103 Interpretation.
§ 260-104 Purpose.
§ 260-105 Community development objectives.
§ 260-106 General compliance.
§ 260-107 Applicability to Borough uses, buildings and facilities.
Ch 260 Art II Definitions
§ 260-201 Word usage.
§ 260-202 Definitions.
Ch 260 Art III District Regulations
§ 260-301 Establishment of districts.
§ 260-302 Base zoning districts.
§ 260-303 Overlay Zoning Districts.
§ 260-304 New zoning districts.
§ 260-305 Official Zoning Map.
§ 260-306 Zoning district boundaries.
§ 260-307 Zoning district allowable uses.
§ 260-308 R-1S Larger-Lot Single-Family Residential District.
§ 260-309 R-1 Single-Family Residential District.
§ 260-310 R-2 One- and Two-Family Residential District.
§ 260-311 R-3 MFR Multifamily Residential District.
§ 260-312 MU Mixed-Use Residential District.
§ 260-313 CBD Central Business District.
§ 260-314 C-1 Auto-Oriented Commercial District.
§ 260-315 INST Institutional District.
§ 260-316 IND Industrial District.
§ 260-317 TOD Transit-Oriented Development District Overlay.
§ 260-318 Table of Authorized Principal Uses.
§ 260-319 Accessory uses and structures.
Ch 260 Art IV Standards and Criteria for Special Exceptions and Conditional Uses
§ 260-401 Conditional uses.
§ 260-402 Conditional use procedure for approval.
§ 260-403 Special exceptions.
§ 260-404 Special exception procedure for approval.
§ 260-405 General standards for all conditional uses and special exceptions.
§ 260-406 Express specific standards for specified uses, conditional uses and special exceptions.
§ 260-406.1 Adaptive reuse.
§ 260-406.2 Adult businesses.
§ 260-406.3 Agriculture activities.
§ 260-406.4 Assisted living facility.
§ 260-406.5 Automobile service and repair.
§ 260-406.6 Bed-and-breakfast.
§ 260-406.7 Community centers.
§ 260-406.8 Conversion dwelling units.
§ 260-406.9 Day-care center; home-based day care.
§ 260-406.10 Drive-through facilities.
§ 260-406.11 Gas station.
§ 260-406.12 Group home.
§ 260-406.13 Heliports.
§ 260-406.14 Home occupations.
§ 260-406.15 Large solar energy production facilities.
§ 260-406.16 Large wind energy production facility.
§ 260-406.17 Medical clinics.
§ 260-406.18 Methadone treatment facility.
§ 260-406.19 Mobile home park.
§ 260-406.20 Nightclub.
§ 260-406.21 Nursing home; assisted living facility; personal care home.
§ 260-406.22 Oil or gas well; natural gas compressor station; natural gas processing plant.
§ 260-406.23 Outdoor advertising sign (billboard).
§ 260-406.24 Place of worship.
§ 260-406.25 Restaurant.
§ 260-406.26 Rooming/boarding house.
§ 260-406.27 Schools (public and private).
§ 260-406.28 Small solar energy systems.
§ 260-406.29 Small wind energy system.
§ 260-406.30 Solid waste facilities (transfer stations, incinerators, landfill).
§ 260-406.31 Tavern or bar.
§ 260-406.32 Telecommunications facilities.
§ 260-406.33 Urban agriculture, limited (no animals).
§ 260-406.34 Uses not listed.
Ch 260 Art V Supplemental Regulations
§ 260-501 Screening and landscaping.
§ 260-502 Lighting requirements.
§ 260-503 Fences and walls.
§ 260-504 Floodplains.
§ 260-505 Performance standards.
§ 260-506 Temporary construction trailers.
§ 260-507 Outdoor storage.
§ 260-508 Permitted projections into yards.
§ 260-509 Utilities.
§ 260-510 Urban agriculture use.
§ 260-511 Building-mounted and ground-mounted solar panels, accessory use.
Ch 260 Art VI Parking
§ 260-601 Purpose.
§ 260-602 Parking ratios generally.
§ 260-603 Minimum parking ratios.
§ 260-604 Parking dimensions and surface requirements.
§ 260-605 Parking lot layout.
§ 260-606 Accessible parking requirements.
§ 260-607 Turnarounds.
§ 260-608 Location.
§ 260-609 Required parking spaces.
§ 260-610 Off-street loading and unloading.
Ch 260 Art VII Signs
§ 260-701 Purpose.
§ 260-702 Applicability.
§ 260-703 Types of signs.
§ 260-704 Prohibited and exempt signs.
§ 260-705 Determining sign area and height.
§ 260-706 Permitted signs in residential districts; conditions.
§ 260-707 Permitted signs in all nonresidential districts; conditions.
§ 260-708 General regulations.
§ 260-709 Outdoor advertising signs.
Ch 260 Art VIII Planned Residential Development
§ 260-801 Purpose.
§ 260-802 Procedure for approval.
§ 260-803 Standards for planned residential developments (PRDs).
Ch 260 Art IX Nonconforming Uses, Structures, and Lots
§ 260-901 Purpose.
§ 260-902 Nonconforming use.
§ 260-903 Nonconforming buildings or structures.
§ 260-904 Nonconforming lots of record.
§ 260-905 Nonconforming signs.
§ 260-906 Registration of nonconformity.
Ch 260 Art X Administration and Enforcement
§ 260-1001 Applicability.
§ 260-1002 Repairs and maintenance.
§ 260-1003 Authorization of types of uses.
§ 260-1004 Permits required.
§ 260-1005 Enforcement.
§ 260-1006 Causes of action.
§ 260-1007 Enforcement remedies; violations and penalties.
§ 260-1008 Fees.
§ 260-1009 Amendments.
§ 260-1010 Zoning Officer.
Ch 260 Art XI Zoning Hearing Board
§ 260-1101 Membership.
§ 260-1102 Election of officers; conduct; procedure.
§ 260-1103 Expenditures; fees.
§ 260-1104 Powers and functions.
§ 260-1105 Public hearing procedures.
§ 260-1106 Decisions.
§ 260-1107 Standards for review of variance requests.
§ 260-1108 Standards for review of special exception requests.
§ 260-1109 Appeals to court.
Appendix
Ch A265 Cable Television Franchise
Ch A266 Fees
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

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Chapter 260 Zoning

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New Laws

Title	Adopted	Subject	Affects
Ord. No. 24-001 pdf	2024-03-06	Zoning Amendment	Ch 260
Ord. No. 24-002 pdf	2024-03-06	Zoning Amendment	Ch 260

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Wilkinsburg 8-7-2013 by Ord. No. 2912.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Planning Commission — See Ch. 9, Art. I.

Building construction — See Ch. 121.

Uniform Construction Code — See Ch. 128.

Drilling and mining — See Ch. 138.

Parks and recreation areas — See Ch. 191.

Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 229.

Swimming pools — See Ch. 232.

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 - Table 10, Authorized Principal Uses

Attachment 2 - Table 11, Authorized Accessory Uses

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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 260, Zoning, adopted 5-15-2002 by Ord. No. 2670.