No accessory building shall be constructed within three feet of any rear or side lot line; however, this setback shall be increased to five feet when associated with a rear or side alley or street.

Nothing contained herein shall prevent the construction of a private garage as a structural part of a main dwelling, provided that, when so constructed, the exterior garage wall shall be regarded as the walls of the main dwelling in applying the front, rear and side yard regulations of this chapter.

No private garage or other accessory building shall be within a required front yard. Unroofed parking areas are permissible in required front yards and in portions of side yards not otherwise required for a planting screen in industrial districts only, provided that the parking area is of sufficient size for vehicle storage and maneuvering, and provided that ingress and egress points are clearly established for the safe channelization of traffic to and from the adjacent streets.

Any access driveway may be located within a required side yard or required front yard.

Accessory buildings and uses shall be on the same lot with the main building or buildings or on an immediately adjacent lot in the same ownership or within the site limits of a site plan of development approved by the Planning Commission as prescribed in this chapter.

Required accessory parking areas and truck loading spaces shall have safe and adequate access to a public street either by a driveway on the same lot or by means of a permanent easement across an adjoining lot.

No required accessory parking area or off-street truck loading space shall be encroached upon by buildings, open storage or any other use.

Accessory private garages may be constructed within or under any portion of a main building. Accessory private garages may be built on the property side yard line, providing two adjoining property owners agree to build a combined garage utilizing a common driveway. An eight-inch masonry fire wall must be constructed on the property line extending to the ridge line of the combined building.

Pergolas may be located within the required side yard and rear yard. Pergolas shall not be located within the required front yard.

Nothing herein contained shall restrict the height of a church spire, belfry or flagpole, none of which shall be in excess of 60 feet above grade. No structure shall:

No portion of the structure of a private garage or other accessory building shall exceed 20 feet in height.

Front yard. The space in a required front yard shall be open and unobstructed except for an unroofed balcony or terrace projecting not more than eight feet or steps giving access to a porch or first floor entry door.

All yards. Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky, unobstructed by structures except for retaining walls and for accessory buildings in a rear yard and except for the ordinary projections of sills, belt courses and for ornamental features projecting not to exceed six inches.

Open or lattice-enclosed fireproof fire escapes or stairways required by law, projecting into a yard not more than four feet, and the ordinary projections of chimneys and pilasters shall be permitted when placed so as not to obstruct light and ventilation.

Front yard required exemptions. Irrespective of any front yard setback, the exception shall apply in all zoning districts. The front yard requirements shall not apply to a lot where the buildings on the lots to both sides of the lot in question are nonconforming relative to the front yard setback requirements. In such cases, the front yard requirement shall be reduced to the setback of the adjoining building which is lesser in degree of nonconformity.

On a corner lot, within the triangular area (shown in the figure) determined as provided in this section, no wall or fence or other structure shall be erected to a height in excess of three feet, and no vehicle, object or any other obstruction of a height in excess of three feet shall be parked or placed, and no hedge, shrub or other growth shall be maintained at a height in excess of three feet, except that trees whose branches are trimmed away to a height of at least 10 feet above the curb level shall be permitted.

Such triangular area shall be determined by the intersecting street center lines and a diagonal connecting two points, one at each street center line, each of which points is 50 feet from the intersection of such street center line.

The external storage of any travel trailer, boat, boat trailer, combination boat and trailer, recreational vehicle or similar vehicles shall be prohibited within the front yard.

The external storage of any travel trailer, boat, boat trailer, combination boat and trailer or similar vehicles shall not encroach on the required side or rear yard setbacks.

The occupancy of any travel trailer or similar vehicle as a dwelling shall not exceed any consecutive forty-eight-hour period.

No more than two travel trailers, boats, boat trailers, combination boats and trailers or similar vehicles shall be externally stored on a lot of record at any one time.

The storage of a recreational vehicle shall be set back at least five feet from side and rear lot lines.

A home occupation or home professional office shall occupy a space which constitutes less than 25% of the floor area of the dwelling. The area of garages or other accessory buildings shall not be used for the computation of the floor area. The occupation shall not occur in the garage or other accessory building.

Outside employees.

No home occupation or home professional office shall require structural alterations of an existing structure. The exterior design shall reflect the principal residential use of the structure.

Signs associated with the home occupation or home professional office shall conform to the provisions of § 450-22.

The parking needs of the home occupation or home professional office shall be met through the use of off-street parking areas according to the provisions of § 450-20. However, all required parking for uses in the R-1 and R-2 Districts shall be provided on site. The provisions of § 450-20A(7) and C(3) shall not apply to uses in the R-1 and R-2 Districts.

The home occupation or home professional office shall not create noise, vibration, glare, odors, fumes or electrical interference beyond the bounds of the property to any extent greater or more frequent than ordinarily associated with the dwelling unit.

All storage of materials associated with the home occupation or home professional office shall be in enclosed buildings.

In the R-1 and R-2 Districts, all home occupation, home professional office or home offices that provide a service, other than a medical office, shall be operated on a visit by appointment basis only. Appointments shall not exceed two per hour of operation.

In the R-1 and R-2 Districts, the hours of business for home occupations and home professional offices shall be limited to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

A private garage or private parking area may be utilized only as an accessory to the main use, except that no more than two parking spaces in a private garage accessory to a one-family or a two-family dwelling may be rented to a person who is not a resident of the dwelling, and in no circumstance, in any district, shall parking facilities be rented to others unless the off-street parking requirements of the occupants of the buildings on the premises, as those requirements are specified elsewhere in this chapter or have been set by the Zoning Hearing Board, first have been met.

Not more than one commercial vehicle, with a gross weight limited to four tons, may be housed on any lot, and then only in a private garage.

No fences or walls over six feet in height shall be erected or located in the R-1 or R-2 District.

Nothing herein contained shall restrict the height of fences in conjunction with private noncommercial swimming pools or when such fences are used to enclose utilities such as electric transformers, switching stations, reservoirs and/or all other uses deemed as dangerous or a hazard.

A fence constructed within the required front yard in the R-1 or R-2 District shall not exceed three feet in height.

Fences shall be erected so as to maintain a minimum of five feet of setback from the right-of-way line associated with a side or rear street or alley.

Fences, walls or hedges otherwise in conformity with the provisions of this chapter may be erected or located within a side yard or rear yard and along a side or rear property line not associated with a street or alley.

Fences, walls or hedges may be erected in the front, side and rear yards of properties. The height shall be no more than three feet in a front yard and no more than six feet in a side and rear yard depending on the distance of the fence from a sideyard sidewalk. Side yard fences adjacent to a sidewalk shall be no more than four feet high adjacent to a sidewalk. Side yard fence height may increase to six feet, if the fence is placed more than two feet from a sidewalk.

The area of the mobile home stand shall be improved to provide an adequate foundation for the placement of the mobile home.

The stand shall be constructed from material sufficient to adequately support the mobile home and prevent abnormal settling or heaving under the weight of the home. The corners of the mobile home shall be anchored to prevent wind overturn and rocking with tie-downs such as concrete "dead men," screw augers, arrowhead anchors or other devices suitable to withstand a tension of at least 2,800 pounds.

After a mobile home has been anchored to the mobile home stand, the hitch which is employed for the transportation of the unit shall be removed if not of bolted construction and there shall be a decorative skirt installed around the base of the unit.

The mobile home shall utilize the public water supply system and the public sanitary sewer system.

Applicability. All lots proposed for nonresidential uses shall be screened by the use of landscaped buffer strips along those property lines which are directly contiguous or across a street to an R-1 or R-2 zone or an existing residential lot.

Regulations. A solid and continuous landscape screen shall consist of a protective planting strip not less than 10 feet or more than 30 feet in width, situated within any required side or rear yard, designed and laid out with suitable evergreen plant material which will be planted at a minimum height of four feet and will attain and shall be maintained at a height of not less than eight feet so as to provide an effective natural screen between the nonresidential and residential districts or uses. A planting plan specifying the type, size and location of existing and proposed plant material shall be required. Where the distance between the nonresidential use or parking lot is less than 10 feet from the property line, a fence meeting the following specifications shall be provided: The fence shall be six feet high. It shall be composed of masonry, wood or vinyl. Chain-link material shall not be allowed. The fence shall provide a finished appearance on both sides.

The maximum size of a satellite earth station shall be 12 feet in diameter.

In an R-1 or R-2 District, no satellite earth station may be located in the front yard of a lot or in the street side yard of a corner lot.

Any satellite earth station located in a side or rear yard in any district must be set back from the nearest property line a distance equal to the overall height of the antenna, which may not exceed 15 feet.

No satellite earth station located on a roof may exceed an overall height of 10 feet above the highest point of the roof.

No satellite earth station may be used for commercial purposes if located in an R-1 or R-2 District.

The living arrangement shall result in no interior or exterior structural alterations.

The use of a dwelling for a shared housing arrangement shall involve no more than two individuals as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit.

A minimum of one of the participating individuals shall be at least 65 years of age.

Build-to line. Except where otherwise required, buildings shall be built to the sidewalk or set back from the sidewalk a maximum of 20 feet for purposes of a plaza, square, courtyard, recessed entrance, or outdoor dining.

Building orientation and entrances.

Walls.

Windows.

Roofs.

Architectural rhythm.

Massing.

Individual parking spaces. Parking areas shall be marked off into parking spaces, each with a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum area of 160 square feet, exclusive of driveways and turning areas. Parking spaces for the handicapped shall contain a minimum area of 215 square feet and shall be a minimum width of 12 feet, including the access aisle. Adjacent parking spaces for the handicapped shall each contain a minimum width of eight feet with a shared access aisle between them containing a minimum width of five feet.

Minimum requirements for parking areas. The minimum number of off-street parking spaces required shall be calculated using the following table:

Other uses not specifically listed. The same requirements as for the most similar use listed in Subsection A(2).

Mixed uses. Total requirements shall be the sum of the requirements of the component uses computed separately, except where there is a shared parking agreement as noted in this section.

Fractional space. In all districts when required parking spaces results in the requirement of a fractional space, any fraction may be disregarded.

Nonapplicability of existing buildings and uses. The provisions of Subsection A(1) through (5) shall not apply to any building, structure or use lawfully in existence at the effective date of this chapter, whether continued as a permitted or a nonconforming use, provided that the use is unchanged and is not enlarged.

On-street parking. The requirements of Subsection A(2) shall not be met by including on-street parking spaces in meeting the total number of required off-street parking spaces under Subsection A(2). On-street parking shall not be counted to satisfy the total number of off-street parking spaces required under this chapter. The Zoning Hearing Board, by grant of a variance, may permit on-street parking spaces to count towards the off-street parking requirements of Subsection A(2) if the applicant offers evidence demonstrating an excess of on-street parking during the peak demand and can legally meet the requirements for a variance.

Reduction in parking demand. A reduction in the number of parking spaces may be permitted where:

Off-site parking. Up to 50% of the parking spaces required of a principal use may be located on other off-street property than the lot containing the principal use, provided that:

Stacked parking. Stacked parking maybe permitted for a residential dwelling unit. When more than one dwelling unit shares the same parking lot, the stacked space shall be designated and signed for the same unit.

Garage parking, Garage spaces maybe counted toward off-street parking requirements when the garage space is no smaller than 10 feet wide, and 20 feet deep with a minimum seven-foot clear height.

Visitor parking.

Every building or structure, lot or land hereafter put into use for business or industrial purposes or for a hospital, and which has a total floor area of 4,800 square feet or more, shall be provided with off-street truck loading spaces in accordance with the following schedule:

Size of individual truck loading space. An off-street truck loading space shall have a minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum length of 53 feet, and minimum clear height of 14 feet including its access from the street.

All truck loading spaces shall be designed so that maneuvering of trucks to reach the loading dock shall not preempt the use of required off-street parking space or intrude into the street right-of-way.

All lighting fixtures used to illuminate parking areas shall be arranged to prevent glare into adjoining properties.

The number of off-street parking spaces provided for an existing use may not be reduced below the minimum standards of this chapter.

The required off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same lot as the principal use served, except where otherwise noted in this section.

No parking area shall be designed so as to require vehicles to back out of the area directly onto a street with a right-of-way width more than 20 feet.

In parking lots for multifamily dwellings or single-family attached dwellings, the parking lot design shall prevent through traffic between parking areas. For multifamily dwellings, a maximum of two access points shall be permitted per street fronted, excepting streets with rights-of-way less than 20 feet wide. There shall be no limit as to the maximum number of access points along streets with rights-of-way less than 20 feet wide.

Except as noted in this section, all off-street parking areas shall be graded and paved with a hard surface such as macadam or concrete. Provisions satisfactory to the Borough shall be made with regard to the management of stormwater runoff. Parking lots for six or fewer cars where the average slope is 4% or less may be covered by PennDOT Type 2A modified slag or modified stone.

Landscaping. All off-street parking areas, other than those for single-family residences, which are not contained in a garage shall be landscaped according to the following standards:

Parking lots shall provide spaces reserved for the handicapped in accordance with relevant federal requirements and standards.

Parking areas serving home occupations, home offices and home professional offices in the R-1 and R-2 Districts shall not be located in the portion of the front yard, as defined in Article III, that is located directly between the principal building and the front yard line.

Driveways for parking lots shall be as follows:

Interconnected parking lots:

Location of parking lots. Surface parking shall be located to the rear of the principal building or to the side, but not between a building and the street, except where otherwise permitted in this chapter.

Aisle widths shall be no less than 12 feet wide for one-way access and no less than 24 feet for two-way access.

Pedestrian protection. Wheel stops, curbing or planting strips no less than three feet wide shall be provided to prevent vehicles from extending over any sidewalk or designated pedestrian path.

Applicants shall make every effort to encourage principal use employees to park in off-street parking facilities provided under this section.

There shall be a stacking requirement minimum of three cars per lane.

All signs which can be seen off the premises on which they are located, unless they are listed below under Subsection A(3), shall comply with any applicable provisions of this chapter, regardless of whether a permit is required or not. Signs which cannot be seen off the premises on which they are located need not comply and do not require a permit.

A zoning permit shall be required for all business identification signs, advertising signs, temporary signs, portable signs, bulletin boards and home occupation or professional office signs, which will be seen off the premises on which they are located, before erection or replacement. No permit shall be required for normal maintenance of existing signs.

No permit shall be required for and the regulations of this section shall not be applicable to the following types of situations:

Signs which make use of words such as "stop," "look," "one-way," "danger," "yield" or any similar words, phrases, symbols, lights or characters, in such manner as to interfere with, mislead or confuse traffic.

Signs with dynamic displays, except those allowed under Subsection I of this section.

Signs of which all or any part is in motion by any means, including fluttering, rotating, revolving, flashing, twinkling or other moving devices. Units which alternately display time and temperature shall be permitted.

Surface area limitations. The maximum surface area for each type of sign for which a permit is required shall not exceed the Schedule of Sign Regulations set forth in Subsection C(4). The maximum surface area shall also be subject to the following standards:

Number of signs. The maximum number of signs allowed for each type of sign for which a permit is required shall be subject to the Schedule of Sign Regulations in Subsection C(4). For purposes of determining the number of signs permitted, a sign shall be considered to be a single entity organized, related and composed to form a unit. Where the organization, relationship or composition of a number of elements is not readily discernible as a single sign, each element shall be considered to be a single sign.

Sign setbacks. Signs for which a permit is required are subject to the setback requirements set forth in the Schedule of Sign Regulations in Subsection C(4).

Schedule of Sign Regulations.

Surface area calculation. The size of any sign shall be completed by multiplying its greatest height by its greatest length, exclusive of supporting structures. In the case of signs that have no definable edges, such as raised letters attached to a building facade, the sign size shall be that area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of the actual message or copy area. In computing the surface area of a multifaced sign, only one side shall be considered, provided all faces are identical. If the interior angle formed by the two faces of a double-face sign is greater than 45°, then both sides of such sign shall be considered in calculating the sign area. Structural members not bearing advertising matter or not in the form of a symbol shall not be included in the computation of surface areas.

Sign placement. Sign placement shall be subject to the following requirements:

Sign height.

Clearance. All wall signs which project more than 10 inches from the building shall have a minimum of 10 feet of clear space between the sign and the ground. This clear space shall not include any support structures for the sign.

Projection from walls.

Illumination. All signs may be illuminated by shielded floodlights; provided, however, that no red or green lights shall be permitted within 75 feet of the point of intersection of the street right-of-way lines at a street corner.

Temporary signs which advertise the prospective or completed sale or rental of the premises upon which it is located are permitted, provided that it shall be maintained and removed within 10 days after the execution of a lease or an agreement of sale.

Temporary signs indicating the contractors, consultants, mechanics and artisans performing work or services on the premises, provided they shall be removed within 10 days after completion of the service or work and not more than one sign shall be placed on each street fronted by the site.

Temporary signs appertaining to campaigns, drives or events of civic, philanthropic, educational or religious organizations, provided, that they shall be removed within 10 days of the completion of the campaign, drive or event. No such sign shall be posted earlier than three weeks before the occurrence of the event to which it relates. A bond of $50 must be posted with the Borough for each campaign, drive or event. The bond is a surety that the signs will be taken down within the time period specified in this section.[1]

Signs for garage sales or yard sales shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 209, Garage and Yard Sales.

In the case of shopping center, office building or similar structure with multiple commercial or business occupants on a lot held in single and separate ownership, the provisions of Subsection C(4) relating to the maximum number and maximum surface area of signs permitted on a property shall not apply. Instead, each such store, office or other business use on the property shall be permitted to have two flat wall signs. The surface area of each sign shall not exceed 25% of the surface area of the exposed exterior wall up to a maximum of 100 square feet. No more than two freestanding signs indicating the name of the shopping center, office building or similar group of stores, offices or other business uses shall be permitted in conformance with other applicable provisions of this chapter. Additionally, each such store, office or other business use on the property shall be permitted to have a business identification sign, not to exceed six square feet in area, located on the underside of walkway overhangs. All other provisions of this chapter shall apply.

One sign may be erected to identify a major subdivision, land development or apartment complex, providing that such sign is located at a main entrance and has a maximum area of 50 square feet.

Portable signs shall be permitted for use up to four times per year. The cumulative length of time that a portable sign may be used shall not exceed 45 days per calendar year.

Pennants shall be permitted only as follows:

Banners shall be permitted for use up to four times per year. The cumulative length of time that banners may be used shall not exceed 45 days per calendar year.

Each time that a property owner wishes to use portable signs, pennants or banners, he or she shall apply for a permit from the Zoning Officer. The permit application shall specify the first and last day of display.

Sandwich board signs shall be:

Dynamic signs shall be permitted only in the HC and SC Zones, as follows:

Dynamic signs shall not be illuminated in excess of 0.5 footcandle as measured at the property line.

Dynamic signs shall be equipped with automatic day/night dimming software to reduce the illumination intensity from one hour after sunset to one hour prior to sunrise.

Dynamic signs shall cease all illumination the earlier of 11:00 p.m. or 30 minutes after business hours.

The time interval used to change from one complete message, image or display to the next complete message, image or display shall be a maximum of one second.

Dynamic sign messages, images or displays shall not change more than once every 15 seconds.

Light level intensity and contrast shall remain constant throughout the sign face.

Dynamic score boards shall be permitted only at sports fields.

Meet the criteria of § 450-22I, Dynamic Signs, Subsection I(2), (3), (4), (7).

Academic clinical research centers.

Medical marijuana grower/processor.

Medical marijuana transport vehicle service.

Medical marijuana dispensary.

Building and zoning permits/approvals.

Kennels/boarding facilities that house, buy, sell or raise more than 26 dogs and/or puppies a year are required to obtain and maintain a current PA State license.

Facility shall be soundproof, so that between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., any noise generated from the facility shall not be heard at the property line.

Animals may only be outdoors during the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Facility shall provide space on the premises for pets to relieve themselves that is not a nuisance to the neighborhood. Area shall be kept clean at all times.

Proper disposal of all waste shall be provided and maintained.

Facility shall be buffered from adjacent uses with a solid five-foot high fence and landscaping to the satisfaction of the Borough Council.

Animals shall not be permitted to be housed overnight, except when receiving care by a vet.

Facility shall provide space on the premises for dogs to relieve themselves that is not a nuisance to the neighborhood. Area shall be kept clean at all times.

Veterinary care practitioner shall obtain and maintain a current PA license.