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Heidelberg City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

Authorized Uses and Area and Bulk Standards

§ 112-401 Authorized uses.

Only uses specifically authorized in the Table of Authorized Uses as permitted by right or conditional use in a zoning district or overlay are permitted in that district or overlay.
TABLE OF AUTHORIZED USES
[Amended 7-29-2014 by Ord. No. 615; 10-18-2016 by Ord. No. 625]
LEGEND
P = Permitted Use by Right
C = Conditional Use
N or blank = Uses Not Authorized
* = on second or higher floors of a structure only
R-1 Class One Residential District
R-2 Class Two Residential District
C Commercial District
M Manufacturing District
MUO Mixed Use Overlay
Additional Standards
Residential Uses
Single-family dwelling
P
P
N
N
C
Article V
Two-family dwelling
N
P
N
N
C
Article V
Multifamily dwelling
N
P
N
N
C
Article V
Townhouse
N
P
C
N
C
§ 27-1104.38
Mobile home park
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.29
Conversion dwelling
N
C
N
N
N
§ 27-1104.14
Garden apartment
N
P
N
N
N
§ 27-1104.19
Group residence
N
C
N
N
N
§ 27-1104.22
Apartment in a mixed-use structure
N
N
P*
N
N
Home occupation
C
C
N
N
N
§ 27-1104.24
No-impact home-based business
C
C
P
P
P
§ 27-1103
Commercial and Industrial Uses
Adult entertainment establishment
N
N
N
C
N
§ 27-1104.1
Assisted living residence
N
C
C
N
N
§ 27-1104.2
Automobile repair
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.21
Automobile sales
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.3
Bank and financial institution
N
N
P
C
C
§ 27-1103
Bowling alley
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.5
Car wash
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.6
Child day-care center
N
N
P
C
N
§ 27-1104.8
Contractor's yard
N
N
C
P
N
§ 27-1103
Drive-through facility
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.16
Dry-claning processing facility
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.17
Funeral homes and mortuaries and crematoriums
N
N
P
C
N
§ 27-1104.18
Garden center, plant nursery, landscaping business or
N
N
C
P
N
§ 27-1104.20
Gasoline service station
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.21
Kennel
N
N
N
C
N
§ 27-1104.27
Large family child day-care home
N
C
C
N
N
§ 27-1104.8
Long-term nursing care facility
N
C
C
N
N
§ 27-1104.28
Manufacturing
N
N
N
C
N
§ 27-1103
Manufacturing, light
N
N
N
P
N
Medical facilities
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1103
Motel, hotel or inn
N
N
P
C
N
§ 27-1104.30
Offices, general
N
N
P
P
C
§ 27-1103
Older adult daily living center
N
C
C
N
N
§ 27-1104.32
Personal care home
N
C
C
N
N
§ 27-1104.33
Personal services
N
N
P
C
C
§ 27-1103
Personal storage facility
N
N
N
C
N
§ 27-1104.34
Recreation facility, indoor (private or semipublic)
N
N
N
N
C
§ 27-1104.35
Recreation facility, outdoor (private or semipublic)
N
N
N
N
C
§ 27-1104.35
Research and development facility
N
N
C
P
N
§ 27-1103
Restaurant (eating and drinking establishment)
N
N
P
C
P
§ 27-1103
Retail shop or establishment
N
N
P
C
C
§ 27-1103
Small family child day-care home
N
C
C
N
N
§ 27-1104.8
Theater
N
N
C
C
C
§ 27-1104.36
Transportation terminal
N
N
N
C
N
§ 27-1104.37
Warehouse
N
N
N
C
N
§ 27-1104.41
Wholesale distribution
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.40
Public, Nonprofit and Institutional Uses
Cemetery
N
N
N
C
N
§ 27-1104.7
Church, place of worship
C
P
P
C
N
§ 27-1104.9
Civic, social and fraternal club
N
N
P
C
N
§ 27-1104.10
College or university
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.11
Communication antenna (co-location)
N
N
P
P
C
§ 27-1104.12
Communication facilities
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.12
Communi- cations tower
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.12
Community center
N
N
P
C
N
§ 27-1104.13
Country club or golf course
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.15
Essential services
C
C
C
C
N
§ 27-1103
Fire station
C
C
C
C
N
§ 27-1103
Halfway house
N
N
N
C
N
§ 27-1104.23
Hospital
N
N
C
C
N
§ 27-1104.25
Marina, recreational boat docking
N
N
C
C
C
§ 27-1103
Municipal, state or federal building or facility
N
N
P
C
C
§ 27-1104.31
Public garage
N
N
C
C
C
§ 27-1103
Public/private utility building
N
N
N
C
N
§ 27-1104.39
School
C
P
P
C
N
§ 27-1104.11
Conservation, Recreation and Natural Resource Uses
Forestry
P
P
P
P
N
Recreational facility (public)
N
N
P
P
C
§ 27-1104.35
Other Uses
Accessory uses
P
P
P
P
C
§ 27-403
Any principal use not specifically listed
N
N
N
C
C
§ 27-1104.46

§ 112-402 Table of Area and Bulk Standards.

All principal uses shall adhere to the standards in the Table of Area and Bulk Standards within a zoning district. If the principal use is situated in a zoning overlay and the provisions of the overlay conflict with the Table of Area and Bulk Standards, then the standards in the overlay shall apply.
R-1
R-2
Minimum lot area
2,500 square feet
2,500 square feet
Minimum lot width
25 feet
25 feet
Minimum front yard depth
20 feet or consistent with adjacent properties
20 feet or consistent with adjacent properties
Minimum side yard widths
4 feet (each side) for 25-foot-wide lots
5 feet (each side) for 30-foot-wide lots
6 feet (each side) for 40-foot-wide lots
7 feet (each side) for 50-foot-wide lots
4 feet (each side) for 25-foot-wide lots
5 feet (each side) for 30-foot-wide lots
6 feet (each side) for 40-foot-wide lots
7 feet (each side) for 50-foot-wide lots
Maximum height
30 feet or 2.5 stories
50 feet for multifamily uses
30 feet for all other uses
Minimum rear yard depth
10 feet
10 feet
C
M
Minimum lot area
2,500 square feet
2,500 square feet
Minimum lot width
25 feet
25 feet
Minimum front yard depth
25 feet or consistent with adjacent properties
25 feet
Minimum side yard widths
10 feet (5 feet on each side)
10 feet (5 feet on each side)
Maximum height
60 feet
60 feet
Minimum rear yard depth
10 feet
10 feet
NOTES:
*
The dimensional requirements for renovation or expansion of existing structures shall be consistent with the dimensions of surrounding properties where practicable.

§ 112-403 Exceptions to height requirements.

1. 
The following may be permitted to exceed the height requirements of § 112-402. In no instance shall the height requirement be exceeded by more than 10 feet:
a. 
Heating, ventilation, solar or air conditioning units.
b. 
Antennae.
c. 
Chimneys.
d. 
Spires on places of worship or assembly.

§ 112-404 Standards for accessory uses.

1. 
Permitted accessory uses. A permitted accessory use must comply with the definition of "accessory use" contained in Article II of this chapter. Permitted accessory uses include, but are not limited to:
a. 
Garage, carport, or storage of a boat, trailer or camper.
b. 
Shed or building for domestic storage. Such buildings shall not be larger than 12 feet wide by 12 feet deep by and eight feet in height. All such buildings shall have a finished exterior.
c. 
Child's playhouse, garden house, gazebo and private greenhouse.
d. 
Private residential swimming pool or private recreational facility.
e. 
Storage of merchandise normally carried in stock on the same lot with a permitted retail, service or business use, all of which shall be stored indoors, unless such storage is excluded by the district regulations.
f. 
Storage of goods used in, or purchases by, manufacturing activities, on the same lot or parcel of ground with such activities unless such storage is excluded by the district regulations.
g. 
Off-street motor vehicle parking areas, and loading and unloading facilities.
h. 
Signs, where permitted by this chapter but excluding billboards.
i. 
Employee restaurants and cafeterias when located in a permitted business or manufacturing building.
j. 
Civil defense shelter for not more than two families.
k. 
Portable storage structures that meet the requirements of § 112-1104.44.
l. 
Portable refuse storage structures that meet the requirements of § 112-1104.45.
m. 
Wind energy facilities that meet the requirements of § 112-1104.43.
n. 
Solar energy facilities that meet the requirements of § 112-1104.43.
o. 
Geothermal energy facilities that meet the requirements of § 112-1104.43.
p. 
Fences or landscape screening that meets the following requirements:
i. 
All screening walls, hedges or fences shall not exceed six feet in height.
ii. 
Screening walls, hedges or fences may be erected in required side or rear yards, or within the buildable area of the lot.
iii. 
Screening walls, hedges or fences shall not be permitted in required front yards.
iv. 
Screening walls, hedges or fences intended to be located along a lot line must submit a survey from a licensed survey company to the Zoning Officer indicating on the survey the boundary of the subject property and the location of the fence or screen.
v. 
In addition, any fence or screening wall on a side or rear lot line must be erected with the finished side of the fence or screening wall facing away from the subject property.
2. 
Prohibited accessory uses.
a. 
Outdoor storage or overnight parking of trucks or vans designated as Class 3 or greater by the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicles Code; or any construction vehicles or equipment shall be prohibited in any residential district. Construction vehicles or equipment may be parked on the lot during construction provided that a building permit has been granted for the construction activity.
b. 
Outdoor storage, except as specifically permitted by the district regulations.
3. 
Location of accessory uses.
a. 
Accessory uses, excluding signs permitted by this chapter, shall not be located in a required front yard.
b. 
Accessory uses and structures may be located in a required rear yard provided they are set back at least three feet from the rear, lot line and shall maintain the same side yard as that required for the principal building, unless otherwise permitted by this chapter.
c. 
No part of any accessory structure shall be located closer than five feet to any principal building unless it is attached to, or forms a part of, such principal building. No accessory structure shall be located closer than three feet to another accessory structure.
d. 
All sheds or buildings used for domestic storage permitted by § 112-404.1.b. shall be set back three feet from the rear or side lot lines.
e. 
Accessory structure and uses shall otherwise comply with the bulk regulations applicable in the district in which they are located.