Brady Township Butler County
City Zoning Code

A copy of the Zoning Map is hereby adopted by reference, attached, and is an integral part of this chapter. The Official Zoning Map shall be located in the Township Office, and shall be kept current by the Township Secretary as zoning district boundaries are amended. No changes of any kind shall be made to the Official Zoning Map except after amendments have been officially adopted by the Board of Supervisors.

The Zoning Officer shall determine the location of zoning district boundaries as they relate to property lines that are contested. An appeal from his decision shall be taken to the Zoning Hearing Board. Boundaries that appear to follow streets, streams, or lot lines shall be construed to follow the center lines of such streets, streams or lot lines, or to be a specific distance therefrom and parallel thereto as noted specifically on the Map.

The regulations governing development in a zoning district shall apply uniformly to every proposed development in that zoning district. No building, structure or land area shall, after the adoption of this chapter, be erected, used or altered unless to conform with the regulations in the zoning district within which the property to be developed is situated, or unless a variance has been granted by the Zoning Hearing Board allowing specific modification of the regulations.

No yard, lot area, or off-street parking space required by one building, structure or land use shall be counted toward the requirements of another building, structure or land use. No yard or lot shall be reduced in size or dimension so as to be less than the minimums prescribed for the zoning district. Nor shall off-street parking spaces be reduced in number to less than the minimum required for the specific land use.

Agricultural Residential District. This district includes land that is predominantly rural farmland and farm fields, woods, vacant, and other open land in large tracts with access from both local and state roads. The purpose of the district is to sustain and reinforce the rural character of the Township, particularly the agricultural community, by providing for low-impact uses and development practices that will maintain the open, rural nature of the Township.

Residential District. This district includes developed and undeveloped land with access to high-volume roadway corridors that have, and continue to develop, in residential lots and plans because of easy access to regional employment centers. The purpose of the district is to channel new housing into the rural residential corridors, where much vacant and desirable land remains, in order to allow for more efficient provision of public services, and to create cohesive residential neighborhoods in the Township.

Highway Commercial District. This district includes properties abutting an arterial roadway where commercial development has already occurred and where the land has few topographic constraints. The purpose of the district is to provide for neighborhood-scaled businesses catering to the day-to-day needs of local permanent, summer and weekend residents and travelers. It is recognized that much of the frontage the primary arterial roadway is not easily developable because of slopes, and that the amount of land provided is limited, and should be concentrated rather than haphazardly located throughout the corridor.

Light Industrial District. This includes land already in manufacturing use or abutting the main line of the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad. The purpose of the district is to provide an appropriate location for non-retail businesses that create permanent jobs without interfering with residential development or the rural character of the Township.

Park Conservation District. This district includes all the land owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania within the Township. Its purpose is to preserve these public lands as permanent open space and to allow the Township control over use of any such public lands that might be sold or leased in the future so that such reuse will be compatible with and supplement a regional public natural or open space recreational area.