The disturbed land area and the duration of exposure shall be kept to a practical minimum.

Any earth disturbance over 5,000 square feet of land area shall require the submission of an adequate erosion and sedimentation control plan to the County Conservation District.

See state erosion control regulations. (Note: As of 2003, in 25 PA. Code Chapter 102.)

If any earth materials are removed from a site (such as a borrow pit), the site shall be regraded and revegetated in a manner that controls soil erosion and that allows a suitable reuse of the site.

No landowner, tenant nor lessee shall use or allow to be used any land or structures in a way that results or threatens to result in any of the following conditions:

Additional information. If the Zoning Officer has reason to believe that the proposed use may have difficulty complying with the standards of this article, then the Zoning Officer may require an applicant to provide written descriptions of proposed machinery, hazardous substances, operations and safeguards.

Right-to-know. Uses storing or utilizing hazardous materials shall comply with the state Right-to-Know Law,[1] including providing written notifications to local fire companies.

Chapter 141, Floodplain Management, as amended, shall apply. However, if specific provisions of this chapter and Chapter 141 conflict in regards to the same matter, the most restrictive provision upon development shall apply.

Unstudied flood-prone areas. Where the Township Engineer has reason to believe that land along a waterway or drainage swale may be subject to a 100-year flood, and the applicable length of the waterway or drainage swale was not studied as part of the official 100-year floodplain study, then the Zoning Officer shall require an applicant for development that would alter such land to provide a floodplain study.

Building prohibition. No principal building shall be constructed, erected or otherwise placed within the 100-year floodplain.

No principal or accessory use, or operations or activities on its lot, shall generate a sound level exceeding the limits established in the table below, when measured at the specified locations:

The maximum permissible sound level limits set forth in the above table shall not apply to any of the following noise sources:

Streetlighting exempted. This section shall not apply to streetlighting that is owned, financed or maintained by the Township or the state.

Height of lights. No luminaire, spotlight or other light source that is within 200 feet of a lot line of a principal residential use or approved residential lot shall be placed at a height exceeding 20 feet above the average surrounding ground level. This limitation shall not apply to lights needed for air safety nor lights intended solely to illuminate an architectural feature of a building, nor lighting of outdoor public recreation facilities.

Diffused. All light sources, including signs, shall be properly diffused as needed with a translucent or similar cover to prevent exposed bulbs from being directly visible from streets, public sidewalks, dwellings or adjacent lots.

Shielding. All light sources, including signs, shall be shielded around the light source and carefully directed and placed to prevent the lighting from creating a nuisance to reasonable persons in adjacent dwellings or persons enjoying outdoor passive recreation areas, and to prevent the lighting from shining into the eyes of passing motorists.

Flickering. Flashing, flickering or strobe lighting are prohibited, except for nonadvertising seasonal lights between October 20 and January 10.

Spillover. Exterior lighting on an institutional, commercial or industrial property shall not cause a spillover of light onto a residential lot that exceeds 0.5 footcandle inside a lot line of an existing principal residential use. Exterior lighting shall not cause a nighttime spillover of light that exceeds six horizontal footcandles onto a street.

Canopies. Light fixtures under commercial canopies (such as over gasoline pumps) shall be placed so that the cover is recessed or flush with the bottom surface of the canopy and/or shielded by the edge of the canopy so that light source is not directly visible from beyond the property.