Bethel Park City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
General Provisions 1
69.11 Conformance and permits.
69.11.1.
No building or land shall, after the effective date of this ordinance, except for existing nonconforming uses, be used or occupied, and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved or altered, unless in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which is it located, and then only after applying for and securing all permits and licenses required by all laws and ordinances.
69.12 Height, occupancy, lot and yard restrictions.
69.12.1.
No building shall hereinafter be erected or altered to exceed the height, to accommodate or house a greater number of families, to occupy a greater percentage of lot area to have a narrower or smaller rear yard, side yard or front yard than is herein specified for the district in which the building is located.
69.13 Yards.
69.13.1.
No part of a yard or other open space about any building required for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this ordinance shall be included as a part of a yard or open space similarly required for another building.
69.14 Substandard dwellings.
69.14.1.
No structure shall be used or occupied as a dwelling if such structure is in need of such major structural repairs as to render it unsafe [1]or unsanitary, or if the premises do not have connection with the municipal sewer system[2] or alternative sanitary sewage facilities approved by the local public health authorities having jurisdiction. The provisions of the edition of the BOCA Building Code adopted by the Municipality[3] and the Health Code of the County of Allegheny shall be the criteria for determination of substandard dwellings for the purposes herein.
69.15 Public utility lines.
69.15.1.
Public utility lines for the transportation, distribution and control of water, gas, electricity, oil, steam, telegraph and telephone communications, and their supporting members other than buildings and railroad, railway or streetcar trackage, shall not be required to be located on a zoning lot nor held to reduce the required yard dimensions for other buildings on a lot.
69.16 Plan compliance and maintenance.
[Added by Ord. No. 5-13-91C]
69.16.1.
Total and complete compliance with the approved land development plan is required. All improvements except those accepted and maintained by the Municipality shall be provided and maintained in a safe, sanitary and functional manner. Required plantings and landscaped areas shall be properly maintained free of weeds and deleterious vegetation. Dead, dying and diseased trees, shrubs or other required vegetation shall be replaced by the type, species and sizes indicated on the approved plan. Substitute planting elements must be approved by the Municipality.
69.17 Lot of record not meeting lot area requirements.
69.17.1.
Nothing in the district regulations shall be held to prohibit the erection of a one-family dwelling upon a lot whose size is inadequate to meet the lot area regulations set for the district, provided that such lot has direct legal access to a public street, is a lot in a recorded plan and complies with all district regulations except lot area requirements.
[Amended by Ord. No. 9-12-77A]
69.18 Lot access.
[Added by Ord. No. 12-11-78C]
69.18.1.
All access from any lot shall be made to the side of a public street. No access shall be permitted to an unopened public street or to the end of a temporary dead-end street.
69.19 Prohibited uses.
[Amended by Ord. No. 5-12-80B]
69.19.1.
The following uses are prohibited and are hereby excluded from the entire municipality:
1.
Abattoirs.
2.
Acetylene gas [manufacture of compound acetylene in excess of 15 pounds' pressure per square inch].
3.
Acid manufacture; chlorine or bleaching powder, manufacture or refining.
4.
Airfields and airports.
5.
Asphalt manufacture or refining.
6.
Automobile trailers or other movable or portable structures or contrivances used for human habitation or business purposes, except as a temporary office on construction sites and except as otherwise permitted in Article V.
7.
Automobile vehicle wrecking yard.
8.
Boardinghouse.
10.
Blast furnaces, rolling mills or smelters.
11.
Boiler works.
12.
Brick, tile or terra-cotta manufacture.
13.
Carpet-cleaning, rag- or garment-cleaning establishment using explosives or flammable cleaning agents.
14.
Celluloid manufacture or storage.
15.
Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture.
16.
Cemeteries, except additions to present cemeteries.
17.
Coke ovens.
18.
Creosote manufacture or treatment.
19.
Disinfectant or insecticide manufacture.
20.
Distillation of coal, wood or bones.
21.
Dog kennels (except as part of a farm), boardinghouses or stables for animals (except as part of a farm).
[Amended 6-14-1976 by Ord. No. 6-14-76B]
22.
Dyestuff manufacture.
23.
Fat rendering; soap, tallow, grease or lard, manufacturing and refining.
24.
Fertilizer, animal; manufacture.
25.
Garbage, offal, dead animals or refuse incineration, reduction or storage.
26.
Gas, manufacturing of.
27.
Gasoline storage in excess of an amount necessary for use on the premises or in supplying retail trade at service stations.
28.
Glue, size or gelatin manufacture.
29.
Gunpowder, fireworks or other explosives manufacture or storage.
30.
Iron or steel foundry or works.
31.
Junk, scrap, metal, paper or rags; storage, sorting or bailing.
32.
Match manufacture.
33.
Oilcloth and linoleum manufacture.
34.
Oil or leather goods manufacture.
35.
Open-air theaters.
36.
Ore reduction and general smelting operations.
37.
Paint, oil, shellac, turpentine or varnish manufacture.
38.
Paper and pulp manufacture.
39.
Petroleum refining.
40.
Petroleum and petroleum by-products; storage in excess of an amount necessary for use on the premises or retail trade.
41.
Potash manufacture.
42.
Pyroxylin plastic manufacture.
43.
Riding academy.
44.
Rubber, caoutchouc or gutta-percha manufacture or treatment.
45.
Soda ash, caustic soda and washing compounds manufacture.
46.
Stockyards.
47.
Strip mining.
48.
Tanning, curing or storage of rawhides or skins.
49.
Tar distillation or manufacture.
50.
Tar roofing or tar waterproofing manufacture.
51.
Tourists or overnight cabins, not including motor hotel.
52.
Slag dumps, gob piles and dumping of mine or industrial slag, gob or refuse without special permission from the Municipal Council.
53.
In general, those uses which may be noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odor, dust smoke, gas, vibration or noise.
54.
Electrical fences.
[Added 3-8-1976 by Ord. No. 3-8-76A]
55.
Barbed wire fences except as part of a farm or as a security fence, provided that the security fence is a minimum of five feet in height.
[Added 3-8-1976 by Ord. No. 3-8-76A]
57.
Bottle clubs.
[Added 10-11-1976 by Ord. No. 10-11-76D]
69.20 Performance bond.
69.20.1.
To guarantee the restoration of the site, a performance bond of 10% of the cost of all projects in excess of $10,000 shall be filed with the municipality at the time of application, together with approved site plans. This requirement shall apply to all zoning classifications.
69.21 Finish grading.
69.21.1.
Finish grading in connection with construction for which a building permit has been issued hereunder shall not exceed a slope ratio of 1-1/2 horizontal to one vertical.
69.22 Expiration.
[Added by Ord. No. 11-13-72A; amended by Ord. No. 12-8-80A]
69.22.1.
All permits, licenses and site plan approvals issued pursuant to this ordinance shall become null and void and of no further force or effect if the work for which such permit, license or site plan has been issued shall not be substantially started within six months from the date of issuance. However, upon written application for an extension by the applicant to the Municipal Manager, accompanied by a fee of $50, the Municipal Manager may extend the time within which said work can be substantially started, but not more than six additional months. The Municipal Manager, in his sole discretion, shall determine if the work has been substantially started.