Township of Upper Allen, PA
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2023-12-20
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 245 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Auditor
- Ch 9 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 22 Emergency Management Agency
- Ch 26 (Reserved)
- Ch 44 Manager, Township
- Ch 47 Meetings
- Ch 51 Park and Recreation Board
- Ch 55 Pensions
- Ch 58 Planning Commission
- Ch 67 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 71 Sewer Advisory Board
- Ch 73 Special Fire Police for Mutual Aid
- Ch 75 Trusts and Funds
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 88 Animals
- Ch 92 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 97 (Reserved)
- Ch 112 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 116 Curfew
- Ch 127 (Reserved)
- Ch 129 Excavation and Fill
- Ch 133 Fees
- Ch 136 Fire-Damaged Property
- Ch 138 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 151 (Reserved)
- Ch 155 Historic Districts
- Ch 157 Hotels, Motels and Inns
- Ch 160 Junk and Junkyards
- Ch 168 (Reserved)
- Ch 175 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 178 Pawnbrokers, Junk Dealers and Transient Merchants
- Ch 181 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 185 (Reserved)
- Ch 189 Property Maintenance
- Ch 192 (Reserved)
- Ch 195 Rental Property, Registration of
- Ch 199 Sewage Disposal Systems, On-Lot
- Ch 200 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 204 (Reserved)
- Ch 205 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 210 Solid Waste
- Ch 213 Storm Sewers
- Ch 214 Stormwater Management
- Ch 217 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 220 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 223 Taxation
- Ch 227 Transient Retail Businesses
- Ch 233 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 245 Zoning
- Ch 245 Art I Short Title; Purpose; General Provisions
- § 245-1.1 Short title.
- § 245-1.2 Purposes of enactment.
- § 245-1.3 Conflicting regulations.
- § 245-1.4 Applicability.
- § 245-1.5 Municipality liability.
- § 245-1.6 Community development objectives.
- § 245-1.7 Definitions.
- § 245-1.8 Disclaimer.
- § 245-1.9 Severability.
- § 245-1.10 Repealer.
- § 245-1.11 Effective date.
- Ch 245 Art II Land Use Definitions
- § 245-2.1 Word usage and definitions.
- Ch 245 Art III Designation of Districts
- § 245-3.1 Districts designated.
- § 245-3.2 Purpose of zoning districts.
- § 245-3.3 Zoning Map.
- § 245-3.4 District boundaries.
- § 245-3.5 Interpretation of boundaries.
- § 245-3.6 Use adjustment on district boundaries.
- § 245-3.7 Application of regulations.
- § 245-3.8 Permitted uses by zoning district.
- § 245-3.9 Uses not provided for.
- Ch 245 Art IV Agriculture District (A)
- § 245-4.1 Area of application.
- § 245-4.2 Permitted uses.
- § 245-4.3 Development options, use and lot requirements.
- § 245-4.4 Sign requirements.
- § 245-4.5 Off-street parking requirements.
- § 245-4.6 Agricultural nuisance disclaimer.
- Ch 245 Art V Residential Districts
- § 245-5.1 Area of application.
- § 245-5.2 Permitted uses.
- § 245-5.3 Low-Density Residential (R-1) District.
- § 245-5.4 Medium-Density Residential (R-2) District.
- § 245-5.5 High-Density Residential (R-3) District.
- § 245-5.6 Sign requirements.
- § 245-5.7 Off-street parking requirements.
- § 245-5.8 Agricultural nuisance disclaimer.
- Ch 245 Art VI Commercial, Mixed-Use and Institutional Districts
- § 245-6.1 Area of application.
- § 245-6.2 Permitted uses.
- § 245-6.3 Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) District.
- § 245-6.4 Highway Commercial (C-2) District.
- § 245-6.5 Village (VIL) District.
- § 245-6.6 Professional Office (PO) District.
- § 245-6.7 Institutional (INS) District.
- § 245-6.8 Buffer, screening and landscaping requirements.
- § 245-6.9 Sign requirements.
- § 245-6.10 Off-street parking requirements.
- Ch 245 Art VII Industrial District (IND)
- § 245-7.1 Area of application.
- § 245-7.2 Permitted uses.
- § 245-7.3 Lot requirements.
- § 245-7.4 Building height limitations.
- § 245-7.5 Buffer and screening requirements.
- § 245-7.6 Sign requirements.
- § 245-7.7 Off-street parking requirements.
- Ch 245 Art VIII Planned Residential Development (PRD) Overlay District
- § 245-8.1 Purpose.
- § 245-8.2 Application requirements for Planned Residential Development Overlay District.
- § 245-8.3 General regulations; procedures.
- § 245-8.4 Standards and conditions.
- Ch 245 Art IX Steep Slope Protection (SSP) Overlay District
- § 245-9.1 Purpose.
- § 245-9.2 Boundary definition of district.
- § 245-9.3 Steep Slope Protection Overlay District concept.
- § 245-9.4 Boundary interpretation and appeals procedures.
- § 245-9.5 Land use and development regulations in Steep Slope Protection Overlay District.
- § 245-9.6 Uses permitted within the Steep Slope Protection Overlay District.
- Ch 245 Art X Floodplain Regulations
- § 245-10.0 Preamble.
- § 245-10.1 Short title.
- § 245-10.2 Intent.
- § 245-10.3 Applicability.
- § 245-10.4 Abrogation and greater restrictions.
- § 245-10.5 Severability.
- § 245-10.6 Warning and disclaimer of liability.
- § 245-10.7 Designation of Floodplain Administrator.
- § 245-10.8 Permits required.
- § 245-10.9 Duties and responsibilities of Floodplain Administrator.
- § 245-10.10 Application procedures and requirements.
- § 245-10.11 Review by the Cumberland County Conservation District.
- § 245-10.12 Review of application by others.
- § 245-10.13 Changes.
- § 245-10.14 Placards.
- § 245-10.15 Start of construction.
- § 245-10.16 Enforcement.
- § 245-10.17 Appeals.
- § 245-10.18 Identification of floodplain areas.
- § 245-10.19 Description and special requirements of identified floodplain areas.
- § 245-10.20 Changes in identification of area.
- § 245-10.21 Boundary disputes.
- § 245-10.22 Jurisdictional boundary changes.
- § 245-10.23 General technical provisions.
- § 245-10.24 Elevation and floodproofing requirements.
- § 245-10.25 Design and construction standards.
- § 245-10.26 Development that may endanger human life.
- § 245-10.27 Special requirements for subdivisions and land development.
- § 245-10.28 Special requirements for manufactured/mobile homes.
- § 245-10.29 Special requirements for recreational vehicles.
- § 245-10.30 Activities requiring special permits.
- § 245-10.31 Application requirements for special permits.
- § 245-10.32 Application review procedures.
- § 245-10.33 Special technical requirements.
- § 245-10.34 Existing structures in identified floodplain areas.
- § 245-10.35 Improvements.
- § 245-10.36 Variances.
- § 245-10.37 Variance procedures and conditions.
- § 245-10.38 General definitions.
- § 245-10.39 Specific definitions.
- Ch 245 Art XI Conservation Design Overlay District (CSO)
- § 245-11.1 Purpose.
- § 245-11.2 Area of application.
- § 245-11.3 Development options; use and lot requirements.
- § 245-11.4 Sign requirements.
- § 245-11.5 Off-street parking requirements.
- § 245-11.6 Greenway area standards.
- § 245-11.7 Conservation/greenway area, development area, and density determinations for Options 1 and 2 conservation subdivisions.
- § 245-11.8 General regulations and design standards for conservation subdivisions.
- § 245-11.9 Conservation/greenway area easements.
- § 245-11.10 Ownership and maintenance of conservation and greenway areas and common facilities.
- Ch 245 Art XII Airport Overlay District (AO)
- § 245-12.1 Purpose.
- § 245-12.2 Definitions.
- § 245-12.3 Establishment of airport zones.
- § 245-12.4 Permit applications.
- § 245-12.5 Variance.
- § 245-12.6 Use restrictions.
- § 245-12.7 Preexisting nonconforming uses.
- § 245-12.8 Obstruction marking and lighting.
- § 245-12.9 Enforcement; notice.
- Ch 245 Art XIII Scenic River Corridor Overlay District
- § 245-13.1 Purpose.
- § 245-13.2 Area of application.
- Ch 245 Art XIV Specific Standards for Designated Uses
- § 245-14.1 Specific standards.
- § 245-14.2 Accessory agriculture uses, including the farmhouse, barns, outbuildings and structures.
- § 245-14.3 Accessory apartments.
- § 245-14.4 (Reserved)
- § 245-14.5 Active and low-impact noncommercial recreation areas in conservation and greenway areas in conservation subdivisions.
- § 245-14.6 Adaptive reuse of federally or locally designated historic buildings.
- § 245-14.7 Adult regulated facility.
- § 245-14.8 Agriculture operation.
- § 245-14.9 Agritourism enterprise.
- § 245-14.10 Airports, heliports and helistops.
- § 245-14.11 Animal hospitals; kennels.
- § 245-14.12 Bed-and-breakfast homes and inns.
- § 245-14.13 Boardinghouses.
- § 245-14.14 Camps and campgrounds.
- § 245-14.15 Cemeteries.
- § 245-14.16 Wireless communications facilities.
- § 245-14.17 Confined livestock operations.
- § 245-14.18 Continuing care retirement community.
- § 245-14.19 Convenience stores with or without gas dispensing; gasoline service stations.
- § 245-14.20 Conversion apartments.
- § 245-14.21 Drive-in facilities for permitted uses.
- § 245-14.22 Emergency medical treatment facilities.
- § 245-14.23 Farmers markets.
- § 245-14.24 Golf courses.
- § 245-14.25 Group child-care homes, family child-care homes, child-care centers and older adult living centers.
- § 245-14.26 Group homes and family care facilities.
- § 245-14.27 Group quarters.
- § 245-14.28 Halfway houses.
- § 245-14.29 Honeybee apiaries.
- § 245-14.30 Hospitals and medical labs and clinics.
- § 245-14.31 Junkyards.
- § 245-14.32 Keeping of animals and animal structures.
- § 245-14.33 Keeping of chickens or poultry.
- § 245-14.34 Keeping of exotic wildlife.
- § 245-14.35 Landscaping and garden service, nonretail/retail.
- § 245-14.36 Long-term-care nursing and personal care facilities.
- § 245-14.37 Laundry and dry-cleaning establishments.
- § 245-14.38 Mini storage warehouses.
- § 245-14.39 Mixed uses.
- § 245-14.40 Mobile/manufactured home parks.
- § 245-14.41 Mortuaries or undertaking establishments.
- § 245-14.42 Motels or hotels.
- § 245-14.43 Multifamily dwellings.
- § 245-14.44 Natural production uses.
- § 245-14.45 Nightclubs.
- § 245-14.46 Power-generation facilities.
- § 245-14.47 Private and semipublic outdoor recreation areas.
- § 245-14.48 Professional and other home occupations (other than no-impact home-based businesses).
- § 245-14.49 Professional and other home occupations, no-impact.
- § 245-14.50 Public and nonpublic schools.
- § 245-14.51 Public and semipublic buildings, including churches and similar places of worship, libraries, community activity buildings, cultural facilities, municipal buildings.
- § 245-14.52 Public utility buildings and structures.
- § 245-14.53 Racetracks.
- § 245-14.54 Resorts.
- § 245-14.55 Riding academies and boarding stables.
- § 245-14.56 Sale of agriculture products.
- § 245-14.57 Schools, commercial.
- § 245-14.58 Semitrailer parking lots.
- § 245-14.59 Shopping centers, malls, plazas and large commercial establishments.
- § 245-14.60 Shotgun, rifle, pistol or archery ranges (outdoor).
- § 245-14.61 Single-family attached dwellings.
- § 245-14.62 Solar energy systems, accessory (ASES).
- § 245-14.63 Solid waste processing and/or disposal facilities.
- § 245-14.63.5 Special occasion facilities.
- § 245-14.64 Special occasion homes.
- § 245-14.65 Student housing.
- § 245-14.66 Taverns.
- § 245-14.67 Transportation and trucking terminals.
- § 245-14.68 Vehicle body shops; repair garages.
- § 245-14.69 Vehicle, mobile/manufactured homes or trailer sales lot.
- § 245-14.70 Vehicle washes.
- § 245-14.71 Wholesaling, storage and warehousing.
- Ch 245 Art XV Nonconforming Lots, Uses and Buildings
- § 245-15.1 Continuation of nonconforming uses and buildings.
- § 245-15.2 Existing nonconforming lots of record.
- § 245-15.3 Existing nonconforming uses and buildings.
- § 245-15.4 Change of use.
- § 245-15.5 Abandonment and discontinuance.
- § 245-15.6 Registration.
- Ch 245 Art XVI General Regulations
- § 245-16.1 Application.
- § 245-16.2 General requirements for accessory buildings or structures.
- § 245-16.3 Specific requirements for accessory structures, buildings and uses.
- § 245-16.4 Yard adjustment regulations.
- § 245-16.5 General buffer regulations.
- § 245-16.6 Height adjustments.
- § 245-16.7 Habitable floor area.
- § 245-16.8 Unenclosed storage.
- § 245-16.9 Clear sight triangle, sight distance.
- § 245-16.10 Performance standards for all uses.
- § 245-16.11 Prohibited uses.
- § 245-16.12 Waste and sewage disposal.
- § 245-16.13 Parking and storage of unlicensed, uninspected or inoperable motor vehicles.
- § 245-16.14 Repair of personal motor vehicles.
- § 245-16.15 Temporary construction building or trailer.
- § 245-16.16 Sale of personal vehicles.
- Ch 245 Art XVII Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 245-17.1 General parking regulations.
- § 245-17.2 Off-street parking requirements.
- § 245-17.3 Location of parking spaces.
- § 245-17.4 Joint parking facilities.
- § 245-17.5 Parking reductions.
- § 245-17.6 Design standards.
- § 245-17.7 Drainage, surfacing and maintenance standards.
- § 245-17.8 Lighting.
- § 245-17.9 Loading and unloading space.
- Ch 245 Art XVIII Signs
- § 245-18.1 Purpose.
- § 245-18.2 Permitted signs.
- § 245-18.3 Number permitted.
- § 245-18.4 Sign area.
- § 245-18.5 Size limitations and restrictions.
- § 245-18.6 Setback requirements.
- § 245-18.7 Height limitation.
- § 245-18.8 Safety and maintenance.
- § 245-18.9 Off-premises advertising signs.
- § 245-18.10 Real estate development signs.
- § 245-18.11 Temporary signs.
- § 245-18.12 Signs permitted in all districts without a permit.
- § 245-18.13 Signs prohibited in all districts.
- § 245-18.14 Permits to build new permanent signs or alter or move existing permanent signs.
- § 245-18.15 Nonconforming signs.
- § 245-18.16 Annual inspections.
- § 245-18.17 Abandoned signs.
- § 245-18.18 Violations and penalties.
- § 245-18.19 Fees.
- Ch 245 Art XIX Administration and Enforcement
- § 245-19.1 Appointment and powers of Zoning Officer.
- § 245-19.2 Duties of the Zoning Officer.
- § 245-19.3 Permits.
- § 245-19.4 Fees.
- § 245-19.5 Records.
- § 245-19.6 Certificate of use.
- § 245-19.7 Appeals and applications.
- § 245-19.8 Interpretation.
- § 245-19.9 Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 245-19.10 Hearings.
- § 245-19.11 Jurisdiction.
- § 245-19.12 Variances.
- § 245-19.13 Special exceptions.
- § 245-19.14 Conditional use.
- § 245-19.15 Referrals to the Upper Allen Township commissions, committees and Engineer.
- § 245-19.16 Parties appellant before the Board.
- § 245-19.17 Time limitations.
- § 245-19.18 Stay of proceedings.
- § 245-19.19 Enactment of Zoning Ordinance amendments.
- § 245-19.20 Procedure for landowner curative amendments.
- § 245-19.21 Procedure for Township curative amendments.
- § 245-19.22 Township and Municipal Authority exemption.
- § 245-19.23 Causes of action.
- § 245-19.24 Enforcement notice.
- § 245-19.25 Enforcement remedies.
- Appendix
- Ch A250 Fees
- Ch A251 Grievance Procedure
- Ch A252 Meeting Guidelines
- Ch A253 Smoking
- Ch A254 Public Records Access Policy
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Upper Allen 12-20-2017 by Ord. No. 771.[1] Amendments indicated where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Zoning Map
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided
for the repeal of former Ch. 245, Zoning, of the 1993 Code, adopted
12-16-2004 by Ord. No. 588, as amended.
