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Brady Township Butler County
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

Land Uses

§ 350-401 Permitted, conditional, uses by special exception and accessory uses.

[Amended 1-19-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-1; 5-21-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-01]
Within each zoning district, land and structures shall be used, and structures shall be erected, altered or enlarged only for any of the uses permitted by right, conditional uses or uses by special exception in the particular zoning district in which they are located.
The table below lists by zoning district all the principal permitted uses, conditional uses, uses by special exception and accessory uses according to general use groupings. In the table, the following abbreviations are used:
AR
=
Agricultural Residential Zoning District
R
=
Residential Zoning District
HC
=
Highway Commercial Zoning District
LI
=
Light Industrial Zoning District
PC
=
Park Conservation Zoning District
P
=
Permitted Uses
A
=
Accessory Uses
C
=
Conditional Uses
SE
=
Special Exceptions
Zoning Districts
Land Uses
AR
R
HC
LI
PC
Accessory structures incidental to the principal use
A
A
A
A
A
Adult businesses
C
Agricultural accessory structures including but not limited to silos, corn cribs and chicken coops
A
A
A
A
Agricultural operation
P
P
P
Apartment buildings
C
Auto salvage and recycling yard
C
P
Automobile and truck sales and service
P
P
Automobile and/or truck parking lot
A
A
A
A
Automobile service station with or without convenience store
P
Banking machine
A
A
Bed-and-breakfast
C
C
Beer and beverage distributors
P
P
Cemeteries and mausoleums
P
C
Church and social hall
P
P
P
Commercial kennel, stable or riding academy
P
P
Commercial recreation, including but not limited to golf courses, bowling alleys, batting cages and miniature golf
SE
P
Commercial satellite dish
A
C
Communications tower
C
C
P
C
Contractor's storage yard
P
P
Conversion apartments
SE
Court games
A
A
Day-care center
P
P
P
Day-care home
P
P
Drinking establishments
P
Duplex (attached dwelling)
P
Equipment storage shed
A
A
Farm equipment sales and service
SE
P
P
Farm produce sales
P
P
Forestry
P
P
P
P
P
Garden equipment and storage shed
A
A
A
General offices
P
Group home or personal care home
C
C
C
Home-based business
A
A
Landfills (sanitary)
SE
Light fabricating and assembly
P
Machine shop
P
Medical, dental or chiropractic clinic or office
C
P
Mineral extraction
C
C
C
C
C
Mini-storage facility
P
P
Mixed-use structures with commercial on the first floor and residential above
P
Mobile home park
C
Manufactured, mobile or modular home on its own lot
P
P
P
Motel or hotel including restaurant and conference facilities
P
Municipal or other publicly owned facility
P
P
P
P
P
Nursery, private or commercial
P
P
P
Personal services
P
Planned residential developments
P
P
Private membership facility
SE
SE
Public and private parking lot (park and ride)
P
P
Public or private recreation facilities
C
P
Public utility facilities
P
P
P
P
P
Recreational vehicle park/campground
SE
Repair business/services
P
Residential garage or parking area
A
A
A
Restaurant and/or delicatessen
P
Retail sales
P
Retirement home or nursing home
C
Sawmill and/or lumberyard or building supply
C
P
Schools, public or private
P
P
Single-family detached dwelling
P
P
P
Swimming pools, either above-ground or in-ground
A
A
Townhouse (multifamily)
P
Triplex or quadraplex
P
Trucking terminal or transfer station
P
Veterinarian clinic
P
P
Bulk and dimensional requirements. Within each zoning district, buildings and structures shall be erected or enlarged only in accordance with the following standards establishing minimum lot size and width, minimum setback of buildings and structures from lot boundaries, maximum height of buildings and maximum lot coverage by buildings. All dimensions are in feet (ft.), square feet (sf) or percent (%). The following abbreviations are used: AR = Agricultural Residential Zoning District; R = Residential Zoning District; HC = Highway Commercial Zoning District; and LI = Light Industrial Zoning District. PC = Park Conservation Zoning District. Note: One acre equals 43,560 square feet.
Dimensional Standards
AR
R
HC
LI
PC
Minimum lot size (acres)
2
2
2
2
2
Minimum lot width at front building line (feet)
160
160
160
160
160
Minimum building setback (feet)
From right-of-way or front lot line
50
50
50
50
50
From side lot line
20
20
20
20
20
From rear lot line
20
20
20
20
20
Accessory building (side and rear lot lines)
10
10
10
20
10
Surface structures setbacks - all lot lines
5
5
5
5
5
Maximum building height (feet)
35
35
35
35
35
Maximum number of stories
3
3
3
3
3
Maximum height accessory building (except as specified)
35
35
35
35
35
Maximum lot coverage
By impervious surface (percent of property)
20%
20%
65%
65%
15%
Uses not addressed within this chapter. Whenever a proposed use is not specifically allowed in the Residential or Agricultural Residential Zoning Districts, the Board of Supervisors shall have the authority, at a public hearing, subject to the public notice requirements of § 350-1104, to permit, as a conditional use, the proposed use in accordance with the standards governing the applicable zoning district if it makes a determination that the proposed use is similar to or of the same general character as a permitted or accessory use allowed in the district and is compatible with the intent, general planning objectives and supplemental regulations of this chapter.