Darlington Township
City Zoning Code

Agricultural operations.

Forestry.

Single-family detached dwellings.

Planned residential developments. See Article XI.

Public parks and playgrounds.

Veterinary clinic.

Commercial kennel, as defined.

Private kennel, as defined.

The breeding and raising of nondomestic animals.

Private recreation, as defined.

(Reserved)[1]

Communications tower. See § 172-124.

Riding academies and the boarding of horses, provided that no more than two horses per acre may be boarded, and the minimum lot or parcel of land size is five contiguous acres.

Public building structures or uses owned and maintained by Darlington Township.

Golf courses and driving ranges.

Accessory uses and accessory buildings incidental to the permitted principal uses and located on the same lot shall be permitted. Any greenhouse facility for personal use as an accessory use for noncommercial purposes, i.e., for the private use of the occupant of the principal use, shall not exceed an area of 256 square feet. Permitted accessory buildings shall be set back not less than 10 feet from the closest side or rear property lines.

Bed-and-breakfast.

No-impact home-based businesses.

Education or religious uses. See § 172-134.

Recreation accessory structures used for and in conjunction with municipal or county recreation programs, provided the architecture is in harmony with existing materials in use in the district. See § 172-144.

Home occupation. See § 172-136.

Greenhouses and landscaping supply yards. See § 172-135.

Mineral extraction. See § 172-115C.

Two principal uses limited to those allowed under the permitted and conditional uses of this zoning district. No property shall have more than two principal uses under this conditional use provision.

RV campers, mobile or modular homes, RV campgrounds, mobile home parks, and/or campers. See Chapter 103, Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks, of the Code of the Township or Darlington. See also § 172-125.

Temporary second dwelling. See § 172-145.

Nonresidential storage buildings. See § 172-146.

The lot shall have a width of at least 100 feet frontage at the building setback line.

Lot area of not less than 1/2 acre (21,780 square feet) shall be required when approved sanitary sewers are provided. Where approved sewers are not available, no lot shall be less than 1 1/2 acres (65,340 square feet) in area.

There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall be at least 40 feet from the front lot line if such is also the right-of-way line, or 65 feet from the center line of the street or road, etc., whichever is greater. In the case of a corner lot, the provisions of Article XII, § 172-121A, shall dictate.

There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the property, neither of which shall be less than 10 feet from the closest place along a structure wall to the property line.

Rear yard. No dwelling shall be constructed less than 40 feet from the rear property line; and no accessory or supplementary structure shall be constructed any closer than 10 feet to the rear lot line unless the lot abuts an alley in which case a twenty-five-foot setback shall be required.

No building shall be erected to a height in excess of 36 feet, except for agricultural accessory buildings which may be erected to a maximum height of 60 feet.

See Article XII, § 172-118 (supplemental regulations).