Kennett Township City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- PREAMBLE
Sections
- Sec. 240-100.- Short title.
- Sec. 240-101. - Authority and purpose.
- Sec. 240-102. - Community development objectives.
- Sec. 240-103. - Establishment and scope of controls.
- Sec. 240-104. - Interpretation and effective date.
- Sec. 240-105. - Conflict.
- Sec. 240-106. - Validity and severability.
- Sec. 240-107. - Repealer.
ARTICLE XIV
PRD PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Sections
- Sec. 240-1400.- Purpose.
- Sec. 240-1401. - Applicability.
- Sec. 240-1402. - Qualifying conditions.
- Sec. 240-1403. - Use regulations.
- Sec. 240-1404. - Site development considerations.
- Sec. 240-1405. - Density regulations.
- Sec. 240-1406. - Dwelling unit combination.
- Sec. 240-1407. - Area and bulk regulations.
- Sec. 240-1408. - Common open space standards.
- Sec. 240-1409. - Improvement standards.
- Sec. 240-1410. - General procedural requirements.
- Sec. 240-1411. - Application for tentative approval.
- Sec. 240-1412. - Public hearings.
- Sec. 240-1413. - Findings.
- Sec. 240-1414. - Status of plan after tentative approval.
- Sec. 240-1415. - Application for final approval.
- Sec. 240-1416. - Administration and enforcement.
ARTICLE XVI
HISTORIC RESOURCE STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 240-1600.- Purpose.
- Sec. 240-1601. - Applicability.
- Sec. 240-1602. - Adaptive reuse of a historic resource.
- Sec. 240-1603. - Renovation, rehabilitation, or enlargement of historic resources.
- Sec. 240-1604. - Area and bulk modifications of a historic resource and density bonus for historic resource preservation.
- Sec. 240-1605. - Special exception for historic resource preservation.
- Sec. 240-1606. - General design standards.
- Sec. 240-1607. - Relocation of historic resources.
- Sec. 240-1608. - Demolition of historic resources.
- Sec. 240-1609. - Historic resource impact statement.
- Sec. 240-1610. - Enforcement, violations, and penalties.
ARTICLE XIX
SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 240-1900.- Applicability.
- Sec. 240-1901. - Accessory uses, buildings, and structures.
- Sec. 240-1902. - Adult use.
- Sec. 240-1903. - Agricultural use, indoor and outdoor.
- Sec. 240-1904. - Automobile fuel station, automotive and vehicular repair, automobile service station, automotive and vehicular sales, and car wash.
- Sec. 240-1905. - Bed and breakfast operation (including bed-and-breakfast inn and bed-and-breakfast home/temporary accessory residential use).
- Sec. 240-1906. - Business park.
- Sec. 240-1907. - Cemetery (including residential plots).
- Sec. 24-1908. - Commercial service/retail center and individual commercial use exceeding 10,000 square feet gross floor area.
- Sec. 240-1909. - (Commercial) tower-based wireless communications facilities.
- Sec. 240-1910. - Cottage brewing, distilling, fermenting, or winemaking industries.
- Sec. 240-1911. - Educational use.
- Sec. 240-1912. - Event space or museum/art gallery or library.
- Sec. 240-1913. - Funeral home and crematories.
- Sec. 240-1914. - Health care uses.
- Sec. 240-1915. - Home occupations (including no-impact home-based business and home-based business plus pick your own flowers, sale of eggs and produce, honey, etc.).
- Sec. 240-1916. - Hotel or motel.
- Sec. 240-1917. - Junkyard or salvage yard.
- Sec. 240-1918. - Kennel and/or veterinary hospital.
- Sec. 240-1919. - Medical marijuana dispensary.
- Sec. 240-1920. - Medical marijuana grower/processor.
- Sec. 240-1921. - Mini-warehouse/self-storage.
- Sec. 240-1922. - Mixed-use (individual and development).
- Sec. 240-1923. - Mobile or manufactured home park.
- Sec. 240-1924. - Multifamily dwellings (including apartments and townhouses).
- Sec. 240-1925. - Nursing home, personal care facility, congregate care community, and similar uses.
- Sec. 240-1926. - Quarrying/mining.
- Sec. 240-1927. - Recreation (outdoor/recreation area and indoor/recreation facility).
- Sec. 240-1928. - Recycling collection center, recycling processing facility, and trash transfer station.
- Sec. 240-1929. - Renewable energy system (as a primary use or accessory use).
- Sec. 240-1930. - Residential conversion.
- Sec. 240-1931. - Retirement community.
- Sec. 240-1932. - Sanitary landfill.
- Sec. 240-1933. - Temporary use.
- Sec. 240-1934. - Transitional housing.
- Sec. 240-1935 - Uses that are large scale non-residential of 10,000 square feet or greater.
ARTICLE XX
GENERAL STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 240-2000.- Applicability.
- Sec. 240-2001. - Lot, yard, and height requirements.
- Sec. 240-2002. - Residential off-street parking spaces.
- Sec. 240-2003. - Nonresidential off-street parking spaces.
- Sec. 240-2004. - Off-street surface parking lots and parking garages in excess of ten spaces.
- Sec. 240-2005. - Other off-street parking regulations.
- Sec. 240-2006. - Shared and/or off-lot parking.
- Sec. 240-2007. - On-street parking regulations.
- Sec. 240-2008. - Parking for overflow or held in reserve for future use.
- Sec. 240-2009. - Loading and unloading standards.
- Sec. 240-2010. - Landscaping standards.
- Sec. 240-2011. - Screening standards.
- Sec. 240-2012. - Outdoor storage and display.
- Sec. 240-2013. - Outdoor lighting requirements.
- Sec. 240-2014. - Physical performance standards.
- Sec. 240-2015. - Interior circulation and emergency access.
- Sec. 240-2016. - Vehicular access and traffic control.
- Sec. 240-2017. - Homeowners and like associations and design of formal open space, green space, and common facilities.
- Sec. 240-2018. - Fences, hedges, walls, and vegetation.
- Sec. 240-2019. - Stripping and removal of topsoil; excavation of clay, sand, gravel, or rock.
- Sec. 240-2020. - Keeping of animals.
- Sec. 240-2021. - Sewage facilities, water supply, and stormwater management and erosion control.
- Sec. 240-2022. - Utilities and nontower communication facilities.
ARTICLE XXI
SIGNS
Sections
- Sec. 240-2100.- Applicability.
- Sec. 240-2101. - Purpose.
- Sec. 240-2102. - Permits and inspections.
- Sec. 240-2103. - Sign types and classifications.
- Sec. 240-2104. - General standards for signs.
- Sec. 240-2105. - Standards for specific sign types.
- Sec. 240-2106. - Exempt signs.
- Sec. 240-2107. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 240-2108. - Permitted signs by zoning district.
- Sec. 240-2109. - Removal of signs.
- Sec. 240-2110. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 240-2111. - Standards for signs on scenic byways.
- Sec. 240-2112. - Signage design standards.
- Sec. 240-2113. - Sign area bonus.
ARTICLE XXII
TRANSFERABLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
Sections
- Sec. 240-2200.- Purpose.
- Sec. 240-2201. - Basic concept, terminology, and authorization.
- Sec. 240-2202. - TDR sending areas.
- Sec. 240-2203. - TDR receiving areas.
- Sec. 240-2204. - Plan submittal process for TDR receiving development.
- Sec. 240-2205. - Extinguishing TDRs.
- Sec. 240-2206. - Public acquisition of TDRs.
- Sec. 240-2207. - Conveyance of TDRs to conservation organizations.
- Sec. 240-2208. - Amendment and/or termination.
ARTICLE XXIII
ZONING HEARING BOARD
Sections
- Sec. 240-2300.- Purpose and jurisdiction.
- Sec. 240-2301. - Membership, organization, and expenditures.
- Sec. 240-2302. - Hearings.
- Sec. 240-2303. - Hearing decisions.
- Sec. 240-2304. - Variances.
- Sec. 240-2305. - Special exceptions.
- Sec. 240-2306. - Time limitation for appeals.
- Sec. 240-2307. - Expiration of special exceptions and variances.
- Sec. 240-2308. - Stay of proceedings.
- Sec. 240-2309. - Appeals to court.
ARTICLE XXIV
NONCONFORMANCE STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 240-2400.- Applicability.
- Sec. 240-2401. - Continuation.
- Sec. 240-2402. - Nonconforming uses.
- Sec. 240-2403. - Nonconforming buildings and structures.
- Sec. 240-2404. - Nonconforming lots.
- Sec. 240-2405. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 240-2406. - Nonconforming uses and structures in flood hazard district.
- Sec. 240-2407. - Nonconforming registration.
ARTICLE XXV
ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AMENDMENTS
Sections
- Sec. 240-2500.- Purpose.
- Sec. 240-2501. - Authority.
- Sec. 240-2502. - Zoning Officer duties and powers.
- Sec. 240-2503. - Permits and certificates.
- Sec. 240-2504. - Municipal liability.
- Sec. 240-2505. - Fees.
- Sec. 240-2506. - Board of Supervisors jurisdiction.
- Sec. 240-2507. - Conditional use process.
- Sec. 240-2508. - Zoning ordinance amendments.
- Sec. 240-2509. - Violations, causes of action, enforcements, and appeals.