Concord Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXV
Exception and Modifications to Existing Regulations
§ 210-221 Buildings not covered by this chapter.
This chapter shall not apply to any existing or proposed building or extension thereof used or to be used by a public utility corporation if, upon petition of such corporation, the Pennsylvania Utility Commission shall, after a public hearing, decide that the present or proposed situation of the building in question is reasonably necessary for the convenience or welfare of the public; nor shall this chapter apply to any building of the Township or extension thereof or to the use of any premises by the Township if the Township Council shall, after a public hearing, decide that such building or extension thereof or such use of any premises is reasonably necessary for the convenience or welfare of the public, provided that any municipal recreational building or use may be established by the Township Council at any location in the Township without holding such public hearing.
§ 210-222 Restrictions on projections on buildings.
A.
No building and no part of a building shall be erected within or shall project into the front yard except cornices, eaves, gutters or chimneys projecting not more than 18 inches, bay windows not extending through more than one story and not projecting more than five feet, one-story open porches projecting nor more than 10 feet, steps and balconies.
B.
No building and no part of a building shall be erected within or shall project into the side yard except cornices, eaves, gutters or chimneys projecting not more than 18 inches and steps, provided that an accessory building may be built or constructed within one of the side yards if entirely separated from the main building and located at least 10 feet farther back from the front street line than the rearmost portion of the main building and at least five feet from the side line of the lot.
C.
No building and no part of a building shall be erected within or shall project into the rear yard except cornices, eaves, gutters and chimneys projecting not more than 18 inches, bay windows not extending through more than one story and not projecting more than five feet, one-story open porches projecting not more than 10 feet, steps and balconies, provided that any accessory building may be built or constructed within the rear yard:
§ 210-223 Reductions in lot size.
No lot area shall be so reduced that the area of the lot or the dimensions of the open spaces shall be smaller than herein prescribed.
§ 210-224 Prohibited uses.
[Amended 12-15-1998 by Ord. No. 231]
A.
No building may be erected, altered or used, and no lot or premises may be used, for the following:
(1)
Acid manufacture.
(2)
Ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacture.
(3)
Asphalt manufacture or refining.
(4)
Automobile grave yard or junk yard.
(5)
Creosote treatment or manufacture.
(6)
Disinfectants manufacture.
(7)
Distillation of bones, coal or wood.
(8)
Dyestuffs manufacture.
(9)
Extermination and insect poison manufacture.
(10)
Emery cloth and sand paper manufacture.
(11)
Fat rendering.
(12)
Fertilizer manufacture.
(13)
Fish smoking and curing.
(14)
Garbage storage, incineration or reduction.
(15)
Gas manufacture or excessive storage.
(16)
Glue, size or gelatin manufacture.
(17)
Fireworks or explosive manufacture or storage.
(18)
Lamp black manufacture.
(19)
Match manufacture.
(20)
Meat preservation or curing.
(21)
Oil cloth or linoleum manufacture.
(22)
Oiled or rubber goods manufacture.
(23)
Ore reduction.
(24)
Piggery.
(25)
Paint, oil, shellac, turpentine, or varnish manufacture.
(26)
Petroleum refining and storage.
(27)
Plating works.
(28)
Potash works.
(29)
Printing ink manufacture.
(30)
Pyroxylin manufacture.
(31)
Race tracks.
(32)
Rubber, caoutchouc, gufta-percha manufacture or treatment.
(33)
Salt works.
(34)
Sauerkraut manufacture.
(35)
Shoe blackening manufacture.
(36)
Soap manufacture.
(37)
Soda and compound manufacture.
(38)
Slaughter house.
(39)
Stockyards.
(40)
Stove polish manufacture.
(41)
Sulphuric, nitric or hydrochloric acid manufacture.
(42)
Tallow, grease or lard manufacture or refining.
(43)
Tanning, curing or storage of leather, rawhides or skins.
(44)
Tar distillation or manufacture or refining.
(45)
Tar roofing or waterproofing manufacture.
(46)
Vinegar manufacture.
(47)
Wool pulling or scouring.
(48)
Yeast plant.
(49)
Airports.
(50)
Bulk mulch processing and related storage.
§ 210-225 Conversion of building/dwelling to professional office use.
[Amended 7-3-2001 by Ord. No. 260]
The Zoning Hearing Board may authorize as a special exception the conversion of any building and/or dwelling existing on July 1, 2001, in the M/I Municipal/Institutional District to a professional office use, provided that:
A.
The proposed use shall comply with the requirements of the M/I Municipal/Institutional District as to yard and area requirements, special development regulations, landscaping regulations, sign regulations, off-street parking and loading regulations and the site plan review requirements, insofar as practicable.
B.
No existing yards or required open space shall be reduced to less than the requirements of the M/I Municipal/Institutional District.
C.
No living accommodations or sleeping quarters shall be authorized except such accessory use as is permitted in the M/I Municipal/Institutional District.
D.
The proposed reconstruction and conversion shall be in keeping with the predominate character of the M/I Municipal/Institutional District and shall not detract from the use of an adjoining property for any permitted use.