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Kittanning City Zoning Code

ARTICLE III

Zoning Districts Regulations

§ 550-20 Schedules.

The attached schedules[1] set forth the restrictions and controls intended to regulate development in each Zoning District. These regulations are supplemented by Articles IV, V, and VI, and other sections of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See the sections that follow.

§ 550-21 Schedules I and I-A; residential and public districts.

[Amended 7-30-1976 by Ord. No. 216-1976; 5-13-1980 by Ord. No. 256-1980; 5-11-1987 by Ord. No. 316-1987; 3-12-1990 by Ord. No. 345-1990; 7-13-1992 by Ord. No. 371-1992; 6-10-1996 by Ord. No. 388-1996; 10-12-2021 by Ord. No. 545-2021]
Schedules I and I-A[1] govern development and use of land in all residential and public districts.
Schedule Ia
Regulations Governing Residential and Public Zoning Districts in the Borough of Kittanning
A.
Zoning District R-1.
(1)
Principal permitted uses: one-family detached dwellings; churches and parish houses; colleges; essential services in accordance with § 550-34B; libraries; parks and playgrounds; schools, public and parochial (not including commercial or trade schools).
(2)
Accessory uses: home occupations; private garages and parking areas; rooming or boarding for remuneration, not more than two persons in a one-family detached dwelling not part of the family occupying the same.
(3)
Minimum dwelling lot size:c 5,000 square feet.
(4)
Minimum setback and yard requirements.c
(a)
Front: 20.
(b)
Side: 1 to 3; side, both: 10.
(c)
Rear: 25.
(5)
Minimum lot frontage:c 50.
(6)
Minimum lot depth:c 100.
(7)
Maximum lot coverage:c 40%.
(8)
Maximum building height:c stories: 2.5; feet: 35.
(9)
Garages, distance from all lot lines.
(a)
Front: 50 feet.
(b)
Side: 3 feet.
(c)
Rear: 3 feet, unless on alley, then 8 feet.
B.
Zoning District R-2.
(1)
Principal permitted uses: two-family detached dwellings; one-family detached dwellings; all other uses permitted and in the manner permitted in an R-1 Zoning District.
(2)
Accessory uses: home occupations; private garages and parking areas.
(3)
Special uses: conversion of one-family dwelling to a two-family dwelling;b attached or row house apartment; multiple-family high-rise and garden apartments;c, d hospitals and sanatoriums (except for the exclusive care of epilepsy, alcoholism, tuberculosis or contagious diseases); nursing homes; social halls; community clubs, lodges and fraternal organizations (does not include uses operated for profit or the sale of alcoholic beverages); funeral homes or mortuaries; rooming houses; medical or osteopathic physician's office; dentist's office; child day-care center.
(4)
Minimum dwelling lot size.c
(a)
3,000 square feet: one-family structure.
(b)
4,500 square feet: two-family structure.
(5)
Minimum setback and yard requirements.c
(a)
Front: 20.
(b)
Side: 1 to 3; side, both: 8.
(c)
Rear: 25.
(6)
Maximum lot frontage.c
(a)
30 feet: one-family structure.
(b)
45 feet: two family structure.
(7)
Minimum lot depth:c 100.
(8)
Maximum lot coverage:c 40%.
(9)
Maximum building height:c stories: 2.5; feet: 35.
(10)
Garages, distance from all lot lines.
(a)
Front: 50 feet.
(b)
Side: 3 feet.
(c)
Rear: 3 feet, unless on alley, then 8 feet.
C.
Zoning District R-3.
(1)
Principal permitted uses: attached or row house apartments, multiple-family, high-rise and garden apartments;c, d all other uses permitted and in the manner permitted in an R-1 or R-2 Zoning District.
(2)
Accessory uses: signs as regulated in § 550-41E; other accessory uses and structures customarily appurtenant to a principal permitted use.
(3)
Special uses: professional and medical office center; business and governmental office center; limited ground story "neighborhood" commercial, but only in conjunction with the development of one or more of the above special office centers or garden and high-rise apartments. In addition to the existing special uses, the conversion of a one-family dwelling to a two-family dwelling, or the conversion of a two-family dwelling to a three-family dwelling, or the conversion of a residential dwelling unit consisting of three family dwellings or greater to a residential dwelling unit containing additional residential dwelling units shall be a special use within the Borough and subject to approval as with any other special use as designated in the Codified Ordinances of the Borough of Kittanning.
(4)
Minimum dwelling lot size.c
(a)
3,000 square feet: one-family structure.
(b)
4,500 square feet: two-family structure.
(5)
Minimum setback and yard requirements.c
(a)
Front: 20.
(b)
Side: 1 to 3; side, both: 8.
(c)
Rear: 25.
(6)
Maximum lot frontage.c
(a)
30 feet: one-family structure.
(b)
45 feet: two family structure.
(7)
Minimum lot depth:c 100.
(8)
Maximum lot coverage:c 40%.
(9)
Maximum building height:c stories: 2.5; feet: 35.
(10)
Garages, distance from all lot lines.
(a)
Front: 50 feet.
(b)
Side: 3 feet.
(c)
Rear: 3 feet, unless on alley, then 8 feet.
D.
Zoning District P-1.e
(1)
Principal permitted uses: municipal, county, state or federal government uses, facilities, utilities or structures; schools (public or parochial only); colleges; hospitals; other similar public uses or buildings; churches and rectories; all other uses permitted in an R-1, R-2 and R-3 Zoning District.
(2)
Accessory uses: signs as regulated in § 550-41E; other accessory uses and structures customarily appurtenant to a principal permitted use.
(3)
Special uses: The conversion of a one-family dwelling to a two-family dwelling, or the conversion of a two-family dwelling to a three-family dwelling, or the conversion of a residential dwelling unit consisting of three family dwellings or greater to a residential dwelling unit containing additional residential dwelling units shall be a special use within the Borough and subject to approval as with any other special use as designated in the Codified Ordinances of the Borough of Kittanning.
NOTES:
a
The provisions contained in this schedule shall be supplemented by Schedule I-A and Articles IV, V, and VI hereof. (Schedule I-A is included as an attachment to this chapter; for Articles IV, V, and VI, see §§ 550-25 to 550-32; 550-33 to 550-41, and 550-42 to 550-45, respectively, of this chapter.)
b
There shall be a minimum of 2,250 square feet of lot area per family after conversion. Adequate ingress and egress must be provided in accordance with state and local law. All alterations must be done in accordance with required local building, plumbing, wiring, heating and electrical codes. Deficiencies in these code standards throughout the structure shall be corrected at the time of conversion. Must also conform to § 550-41A of this chapter.
c
The requirements for minimum lot size, setback and yards, frontage and depth and maximum lot coverage and building heights as shown in this schedule shall apply only to one- and two-family structures in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Zoning Districts.
d
Similar requirements for attached or row house apartment, multiple-family, high-rise and garden apartments shall be as specified in Schedule I-A and other sections of this chapter.
e
See § 550-34 of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule I-A is included as an attachment to this chapter.

§ 550-22 Schedule II; business districts.

[Amended 7-1-1968 by Ord. No. 81-1968; 12-24-1968 by Ord. No. 90-1968; 11-14-1979 by Ord. No. 247-1979; 1-14-1985 by Ord. No. 291-1985; 5-11-1987 by Ord. No. 316-1987; 6-10-1996 by Ord. No. 388-1996; 10-12-2021 by Ord. No. 545-2021]
Schedule II shall govern development and use of land in all central and neighborhood business districts.
Schedule II
Regulations Governing Central Business and Neighborhood Business Zoning Districts in the Borough of Kittanning
A.
Zoning District B-1 - Neighborhood Business District.
(1)
Principal permitted uses:
Bakeries, retail sales only
Banks and other financial institutions
Barbershops and beauty salons
Cigar stands and newsstands; clothing shops
Drug and cosmetic stores
Dry-cleaning and clothes-pressing establishments
Dry goods and variety stores
Florists
Food stores; furniture stores; gift shops
Hardware and paint stores
Household appliance stores
Laundries, hand or automatic self-service
Locksmiths; medical and dental offices
Music conservatory or studio
Offices, business and professional
Parking lots and garages, community and public
Photographic studios and supply shops
Repair shops, including radio, television, electrical, shoes, timepieces, lawn mower, bicycles and appliances
Repair shops for minor repair to automobiles and motorcycles, as defined in the definition of "automobile service stations or filling stations" in § 550-62
Restaurant; sporting goods stores
Tailors and furriers, custom; taverns
Other similar retail and service uses as listed above
All other uses permitted in a P-1 District
(2)
Accessory uses: parking and loading areas as regulated in § 550-38 of this chapter; signs as regulated in § 550-41E of this chapter; any accessory use customarily appurtenant to a permitted use.
(3)
Special uses: manufacture of clothing. In addition to the existing special uses, the conversion of a one-family dwelling to a two-family dwelling, or the conversion of a two-family dwelling to a three-family dwelling, or the conversion of a residential dwelling unit consisting of three family dwellings or greater to a residential dwelling unit containing additional residential dwelling units shall be a special use within the Borough and subject to approval as with any other special use as designated in the Codified Ordinances of the Borough of Kittanning.
(4)
Minimum setback and yards.
(a)
Front: 20.
(b)
Side: 3.
(c)
Rear: 25.
(5)
Maximum lot coverage: 80%.
(6)
Maximum building height: stories: 2.5; feet: 35.
(7)
Garages, distance from all lot lines.
(a)
Front: 50 feet.
(b)
Side: 3 feet.
(c)
Rear: 3 feet, unless on alley, then 8 feet.
B.
Zoning District B-2 Central Business District.
(1)
Principal permitted uses:
Art or antique shops and artist studios
Automobile parts and supply stores (not including the storage or dismantling of vehicles)
Bakeries, the major portion of the products of which are sold at retail on the premises
Banks and other financial institutions
Barbershops and beauty salons
Billiard parlors
Beverages and ice cream, retail or wholesale distribution of
Bicycle sales, rental or repair
Book and stationery stores
Blueprinting, photostating and the like
Bus, train and mass transportation terminals
Business schools and colleges operated as a commercial enterprise
Cigar stands and newsstands; catering service; clothing shops
Dance studio; department stores; dog and cat hospital
Drug and cosmetic stores
Dry cleaning and pressing of wearing apparel, using nonexplosive and nonflammable cleaning fluid
Dry goods and variety stores; florists; food stores
Funeral homes or mortuaries; furniture stores
Frozen food storage, excluding wholesale storage
Gift shops; hardware and paint stores; household appliance stores
Hotels and motels; interior decorating shops
Killing and dressing of poultry, rabbit and fish inside the building where same are retailed to consumers
Laundry or cleaning agency, hand laundry operated by customers such as launderette or laundromat
Leather goods and luggage shops; locksmiths
Medical and dental centers or clinics
Music conservatory or studio
Office appliance and supply business
Offices, business, professional and governmental
Package liquor stores
Parking lots and garages, community and public
Pawnshops; pets, including birds: sale of
Photographic studios and supply shops
Plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical business, not including shop welding, sheet metal work or heavy major repair or rebuilding
Printing, minor or job
Repairs: radio, television, office machines, electrical, shoes, timepieces, household appliances
Restaurants and nightclubs
Secondhand goods, sales of, if conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building
Social halls; community clubs; lodges or fraternal organizations
Sign painting if conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building
Sporting and athletic goods stores
Tailors and furriers, custom; taverns
Tire sale and repair business, if conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building
Theater or cinema, except drive-in theater
Upholstering of home or office furnishings
Other similar retail and service uses as listed above
All other uses permitted in B-1 Zoning District
(2)
Accessory uses: parking and loading areas as required in § 550-38 of this chapter; signs as regulated in § 550-41E of this chapter; any accessory use customarily appurtenant to a permitted use.
(3)
Maximum lot coverage: 80%.
(4)
Maximum building height: stories: 8; feet: 85.
(5)
Garages, distance from all lot lines.
(a)
Front: 50 feet.
(b)
Side: 3 feet.
(c)
Rear: 3 feet, unless on alley, then 8 feet.
(6)
Special uses:
(a)
Used automobile sales establishment.
(b)
Publishing and printing a newspaper and allied publications.
(c)
In addition to the existing special uses, the conversion of a one-family dwelling to a two-family dwelling, or the conversion of a two-family dwelling to a three-family dwelling, or the conversion of a residential dwelling unit consisting of three family dwellings or greater to a residential dwelling unit containing additional residential dwelling units shall be a special use within the Borough and subject to approval as with any other special use as designated in the Codified Ordinances of the Borough of Kittanning.

§ 550-23 Schedule III; business and manufacturing districts.

[Amended 1-14-1985 by Ord. No. 291-1985; 7-13-1992 by Ord. No. 371-1992; 6-10-1996 by Ord. No. 388-1996; 10-12-2021 by Ord. No. 545-2021]
Schedule III governs development and the use of land in all general business and manufacturing districts. NOTE: The provisions contained in this schedule shall be supplemented by Articles IV, V, and VI hereof (§§ 550-25 to 550-32; 550-33 to 550-41, and 550-42 to 550-45, respectively, of this chapter.)
Schedule III
Regulations Governing General Business and Manufacturing Zoning Districts in the Borough of Kittanning
A.
Zoning District B-3 - General Business and Limited Manufacturing District.
(1)
Principal permitted uses: all those uses permitted and in the manner permitted in a B-2 District.
Aluminum or metal awning, siding and art metal craft sales, cutting and assembly
Automobile, truck, trailer and motorcycle sales, service and repair garages or establishments
Automobile service stations (gasoline, oil), including major repairs
Building materials showrooms and sales establishments
Building mover and wreckers establishments
Car-wash establishment; carpentry and cabinetmaking shops
Commercial recreation centers, including bowling alleys, ice-skating rinks, etc.
Contractors' equipment storage
Drive-in establishments, including eating and drinking
Linen and towel laundry, supply and service establishments
Optical testing and grinding shops
Machinery rental and sales; machine shops; forge shop
Motor freight terminals
Plumbing, heating, ventilation and electrical shops
Printing and engraving shops
Research and testing centers, industrial or scientific
Wholesale bakeries
Wholesale offices and showrooms, including the storage, distribution and sale of beverages
Wholesale produce and meat markets
Manufacture of: appliances, electrical or mechanical; instruments, electronic, musical, precision or the like; machines, electrical or mechanical for home or office and the like; photographs, radios, telephones or other instruments or machines for receiving, reproducing or transmitting sound; watches, clocks, toys, novelties and rubber and metal hand stamps
Manufacturing, fabricating, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles of merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone, canvas, cellophane, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, metal, paper, plastics, precious or semiprecious metals or stone, previously kilned clay, rubber, shell, textiles, tobacco, yarns, wood and paint not employing a boiling process
Manufacture, fabricating, compounding, canning, packaging or treatment of such products as: bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, perfumed toilet soap, soft drinks, toiletries and food products, but not including the following: fish and meat products, sauerkraut, vinegar and yeast; and not including the rendering of fat
(2)
Accessory uses: parking and loading areas as regulated in § 550-38 of this chapter; signs as regulated in § 550-41E of this chapter; any accessory use customarily appurtenant to a permitted use.
(3)
Minimum setback and yards:
B-3 General Business
Limited Manufacturing District
Front
10
50 feet from any property or street right-of-way line
Rear
15
Side
3
(4)
Maximum lot coverage:
B-3 General Business
Limited Manufacturing District
80%
65%
(5)
Maximum building height:
B-3 General Business
Limited Manufacturing District
Stories: 4
Feet: 40
Stories: 4
Feet: 40
(6)
Garages, distance from all lot lines.
(a)
Front: 50 feet.
(b)
Side: 3 feet.
(c)
Rear: 3 feet, unless on alley, then 8 feet.
(7)
Special uses:
(a)
Small personal care homes for a maximum number of nonrelated residents.
(b)
Group home for a maximum number of 8 nonrelated residents.
(c)
In addition to the existing special uses, the conversion of a one-family dwelling to a two-family dwelling, or the conversion of a two-family dwelling to a three-family dwelling, or the conversion of a residential dwelling unit consisting of three family dwellings or greater to a residential dwelling unit containing additional residential dwelling units shall be a special use within the Borough and subject to approval as with any other special use as designated in the Codified Ordinances of the Borough of Kittanning.
B.
Zoning District M-1 - Manufacturing District.
(1)
Principal permitted uses:
All manufacturing uses permitted in a B-3 District
Ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacture
Asphalt manufacture and refining
Barge and boat building; boiler works
Brewery; brick, tile or terra-cotta manufacture
Chemical manufacture
Concrete or cement products manufacture
Drop forge industry, manufacturing forgings with power hammers
Grain elevators
Iron or steel or other metal manufacture or processing, foundry or fabrication plant and casting, including galvanizing and other treatment
Oilcloth or linoleum manufacture
Ore, limestone and manganese processing; ore reduction
Oxygen and rare gas production through air reduction
Paint, oil, shellac, turpentine, lacquer, or vanish (including linseed oil) manufacture
Paper and pulp manufacture
Petroleum products manufacture and storage
Railroad repair shop
Rock, sand, slag or gravel-crushing and distribution
Rolling mill
Salt and sodium compounds processing and manufacture
Solid fuel such as coal, coke and wood, storage and sales
Structure or equipment for landing, mooring or other like purposes and the use of the same for land or water transportation
Tar distillation or tar products manufacture
(2)
Accessory uses: parking and loading areas as required in § 550-38 of this chapter; signs as regulated in § 550-41E of this chapter; any accessory use customarily appurtenant to a permitted use.
(3)
Minimum lot size: 20,000 square feet.
(4)
Minimum setback and yards: 20 feet from any property or street right-of-way line.
(5)
Maximum lot coverage: 65%.
(6)
Maximum building height: stories: 5; feet: 50.

§ 550-24 Schedule IV; agricultural and conservation districts.

[Added 5-11-1987 by Ord. No. 316-1987; 10-12-2021 by Ord. No. 545-2021]
Schedule IV governs development and use of land in all agricultural-conservation districts.
Schedule IV
Regulations Governing Agricultural-Conservation Districts in the Borough of Kittanning
A.
Zoning District AC-1 - Agricultural-Conservation District.
(1)
Principal permitted uses:
Woodland, game preserve, wildlife sanctuary, or other conservation activity
Public parks and recreation areas
Outdoor plant nursery
Single-family detached dwellings
Agriculture
Accessory buildings and accessory uses customarily incidental to the above uses, when located on the same lot [Refer to Article V, § 550-38A(2), of this chapter.]
(2)
Special permitted uses:
Two-family detached dwellings
Multiple-family dwellings
Private or semiprivate recreation areas
Home occupations
Cemeteries
Public buildings
Schools, churches, nursery schools
Campgrounds
Oil and gas well development
In addition to the existing special uses, the conversion of a one-family dwelling to a two-family dwelling, or the conversion of a two-family dwelling to a three-family dwelling, or the conversion of a residential dwelling unit consisting of three family dwellings or greater to a residential dwelling unit containing additional residential dwelling units shall be a special use within the Borough and subject to approval as with any other special use as designated in the Codified Ordinances of the Borough of Kittanning.
(3)
Minimum single-family detached dwelling lot size: 10,000 square feet.
(4)
Minimum outdoor plant nursery size: 1 acre; 1 space per acre of grass lot area.
(5)
Minimum two-family detached dwelling lot size: 15,000 square feet.
(6)
Minimum multiple-family dwelling lot size: 20,000 square feet.
(7)
Minimum recreation area size: 1 acre.
(8)
Minimum cemetery size: 1 acre.
(9)
Minimum campground size: 1 acre.
(10)
Maximum building height: 3 stories.
(11)
Minimum parking: Article V, § 550-38A(2). In addition, a minimum of 2 parking spaces for each campground site.
(12)
Minimum setback and yard requirements: same as R-3 District.
(13)
Minimum lot frontage: same as R-3 District.
(14)
Minimum lot depth: same as R-3 District.
(15)
Minimum lot coverage: same as R-3 District.