Buffer Yard to be Provided by the Following:
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When the Use Providing the Screening and
Buffer Is:
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(a)
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Along side and rear lot lines of any newly developed
or expanded:
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Abutting or across an alley from an existing
dwelling within a residential district and visible from such dwelling
OR
Abutting an occupied existing primarily residential
use, regardless of whether the dwelling is within a residential district
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(1)
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Principal commercial or industrial use;
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(2)
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Area of 4 or more new off-street parking spaces;
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(3)
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Outdoor industrial storage or loading area;
or
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(4)
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Area routinely used for the overnight parking
of 2 or more tractor-trailer trucks.
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(b)
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Along front lot lines of any newly developed
or expanded:
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Abutting and visible from a public street
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(1)
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Outdoor industrial storage or loading area;
or
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(2)
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Area routinely used for the overnight parking
of 2 or more tractor-trailer trucks.
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(c)
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In addition, a six-foot-wide buffer yard shall
be provided where 4 or more new off-street parking spaces are proposed
abutting to and visible from a public street.
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Types of Deciduous Trees Permitted to
Meet Chapter Requirements
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Acer rubrum — Red maple
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Acer saccharum — Sugar maple
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Celtis occidentalis — Common hackberry
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Fagus sylvatica — European beech
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Fraxinus americana — White ash
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Fraxinus pennsylvania — Green ash
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Ginko biloba fastigiata — Maiden hair
tree (male only; female has noxious odor)
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Gleditsia triacanthos — Thornless locust
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Liquidambar styraciflua — Sweet gum
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Liriodendron tulipifera — Tulip poplar
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Quercus — All species of oaks
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Sophora japonica — Scholar tree/pagoda
tree
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Tilia americana — American linden
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Tilia cordata — Little leaf linden
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Tilia euchlora — Crimean linden
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Tilia petiolaris — Silver linden
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Ulmus hybrids — Homestead or sapporo autumn
gold
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Ulmus parviflora — Chinese or lacebark
elm, not including siberian elm
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Zelkova serrata — Zelkova
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NOTE: This chapter only regulates the species
of trees that are used to meet requirements of the Borough. The species
of trees that are not required by Borough ordinances are not regulated.
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