Kittanning City Zoning Code
ARTICLE V
Supplementary Regulations Governing Certain Uses
§ 550-33 Amusement uses.
A.
Amusement center, bowling alley, and similar places of amusement.
(1)
Such uses shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed structure, except amusement parks.
(2)
Parking areas shall be screened from adjoining residential properties in accordance with § 550-31B.
(3)
A principal structure shall be not less than 20 feet from any property line.
(4)
There shall be no offensive noise or vibration; such elements may be emitted only in accordance with performance standards set forth in Article VI.
B.
Outdoor recreation facilities.
(1)
Such uses shall include miniature golf courses, ice-skating rinks, swimming pools, tennis courts and amusement buildings or parks.
(2)
Unenclosed recreational facilities shall be located not less than 25 feet from any property line except where greater distances are otherwise required herein and shall be effectively screened from adjoining residential uses in accordance with the provisions of § 550-31B.
(3)
Illuminated signs and other lights shall be directed away, or shielded from adjoining residential properties in such a way as not to disturb the occupants thereof.
(4)
No public address system shall be permitted except where such a system will not be audible at any adjoining residential property line.
(5)
Private swimming pools, permanent and portable, which shall be accessory to a principal noncommercial dwelling use shall be regulated as follows; except that these regulations shall not apply to portable swimming pools which shall be not more than three feet in height nor more than 15 feet in length or diameter:
(a)
May be erected only on the same zone lot as the principal structure.
(b)
May be erected only in the rear yard of such structure and shall be distant not less than 20 feet from front and rear lot lines nor less than 10 feet from any side yard, principal structure or accessory structure attached thereto.
(c)
There shall be erected a minimum of a five-foot-high chain-link or other solid-type fence which completely encloses any portable or permanent swimming pool. Such fencing shall be equipped with a self-enclosing and self-locking gate, operable from the inside only and/or by detachable key from the outside.
(d)
All pumping, cleaning, filtering, and screening devices and water supply and discharge shall be of a type and source approved by local and/or state health department authorities.
(6)
Drive-in theaters shall be subject to the following regulations:
(a)
Situated on a minimum zone lot of 10 acres.
(b)
The screen shall be obscured from public streets.
(c)
Lights shall be reflected away from adjoining property and streets.
(d)
The sounds directly appurtenant to the visual presentations at such theaters shall not be audible at the boundary line of any R District.
(e)
Only one-way interior vehicular circulation shall be permitted.
(f)
Surface drainage shall be such that it will not subject adjoining properties or streets to damage.
(g)
Any property line shall not be closer to any R District than 500 feet, except where topographic considerations make such requirements excessive or unnecessary.
§ 550-34 Community facilities.
A.
Community buildings, clubs, social halls, lodges, fraternal organizations and similar uses.
(1)
All buildings shall be a minimum of 20 feet from any property line, except where greater distances are otherwise required herein.
(2)
All applications for such uses in R Districts shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Zoning Hearing Board and Planning Commission that the proposed use will serve primarily the residents of the surrounding neighborhood and that said use cannot satisfactorily be located elsewhere to serve said neighborhood.
[Amended 2-10-1970 by Ord. No. 121-1970]
B.
Essential services, enclosed or permanent structures. Such uses shall include public utility services such as electric substations, transformers, switches and auxiliary apparatus, serving a distribution area, telephone exchanges and water pumping station in R Districts and shall be subject to the following regulations:
(1)
Such facility shall not be located on a residential street (unless no other site is available), and shall be so located as to draw a minimum of vehicular traffic to and through such streets.
(2)
The location, design and operation of such facility may not adversely affect the character of the surrounding residential area.
(3)
Adequate fences, barriers and other safety devices shall be provided, and shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions of § 550-31.
(4)
Noise emitted from electric substations shall not be greater than permitted in accordance with the performance standards set forth in Article VI.
C.
Essential services, open. Such uses shall be limited to the erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance, by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare but not including buildings. Where applicable, the landscaping regulations of § 550-31 shall apply.
D.
Essential services and police stations, fire stations. Such facilities shall be permitted in all R Districts, provided that:
(1)
Such facility is necessary to serve the surrounding residential area where it is not possible to serve such area from a facility located in P-1 or less restrictive districts.
(2)
Such facility shall not be located on a residential street (unless no other site is available), and shall be so located as to draw a minimum of vehicular traffic to and through such streets.
E.
Hospitals, churches, or other religious or eleemosynary institutions. All such uses shall be located on a public street and shall maintain a minimum ten-foot-wide landscaped strip in accordance with the provisions of § 550-31 on all property lines abutting R Districts and all residential streets.
§ 550-35 Residential and residence-related commercial uses.
A.
Motels, motor courts, motor hotels and similar uses.
(1)
Such uses shall have a minimum area for each unit of occupancy of 150 square feet and shall include a minimum of one bedroom and an enclosed bathroom which includes a shower or bathtub, lavatory and commode and be equipped with hot and cold running water.
(2)
Illuminated signs and other lights shall be directed away from or shielded from adjoining residential properties in such a way as not to disturb the occupants thereof.
B.
Nursery school, day-care center for more than five children. Such uses shall be situated on a zone lot of not less than 10,000 square feet, except where a greater area is otherwise required herein, and shall be screened in accordance with the provisions of § 550-31.
§ 550-36 Retail and manufacturing uses.
A.
Bakeries. Bakeries first permitted in any B-1 District shall be located no closer to an R District than 50 feet, and goods produced on the premises shall be sold only at retail on the premises.
B.
Drive-in eating and drinking places. Such businesses, where persons are served in automobiles, shall be not closer than 200 feet to an R District.
C.
Retail sales for guests only. Where such uses are permitted, the following shall apply:
(1)
There shall be no external evidence of any gainful activity however incidental, nor any access to any space used for gainful activity, other than from within the building.
(2)
There shall be no harm to adjoining existing or potential residential development due to excessive traffic generation or noise or other circumstances.
D.
Retail uses in Manufacturing District. Such uses shall be permitted only where the applicant proves that such use is or will be necessary to serve manufacturing uses and will not adversely affect the industrial development of adjoining land. Where such uses are permitted, the minimum lot size requirement shall be 20,000 square feet.
E.
Manufacturing uses. Manufacturing uses in any M-1 District shall, when abutting a residential use in an R District, be screened from such use in accordance with the provisions of § 550-31.
§ 550-37 Large-scale developments.
Large-scale developments as defined herein shall be permitted as a special use and shall be developed in accordance with the following requirements:
A.
Conformity with master plan. The proposed large-scale development shall conform to the Kittanning Borough Master Plan in terms of general location.
B.
Large-scale residential developments.
(1)
Spacing and orientation of residential developments. Spacing between buildings and orientation in residential building groups shall be as follows:
(a)
In buildings containing multiple-dwelling units, walls containing main window exposures or main entrances shall be so oriented as to insure adequate light and air exposures.
(b)
Such buildings shall be so arranged as to avoid undue exposure to concentrated loading or parking facilities and shall be so oriented as to preserve visual and audible privacy between adjacent buildings.
(c)
A building wall exposing both windows and an entranceway shall be located no closer to another building than a distance equal to the height of the taller building of the two, but in no case less than 50 feet.
(d)
A building wall exposing only windows or only an entranceway shall be located no closer to another building than a distance equal to the height of the taller building of the two, but in no case less than 25 feet.
(e)
A building group may not be so arranged that any temporary or permanently inhabited building is inaccessible by emergency vehicles.
(2)
Recreation and play areas. In residential building groups providing for permanent family occupancy, there shall be provided at the time of development active play areas for children and other leisure-time recreation areas in safe locations, and in an amount equal to not less than 10% of the gross land area of the development.
(3)
Vehicle and pedestrian circulation. Adequate provision for vehicle and pedestrian circulation shall be provided as follows:
(a)
Safe and convenient arrangement of walks, roadways, driveways, and off-street parking and loading space.
(b)
Separation of general vehicle traffic from pedestrian walks and public transportation loading places.
(4)
Paving and drainage. The developer shall install, throughout any proposed large-scale residential development, hard-surfaced streets at reasonable grades, which shall include curbs or gutter, catch basins and storm sewers.
C.
Large-scale commercial and manufacturing developments.
(1)
Spacing and orientation of commercial and manufacturing developments. Spacing between buildings and orientation in commercial and industrial building groups shall be as follows:
(a)
Exterior walls of opposite buildings shall be located no closer than a distance equal to the height of the taller building.
(b)
A building group may not be so arranged that any permanently or temporarily inhabited building is inaccessible by emergency vehicles.
(2)
Signs and lighting. All signs and lighting devices shall be of a type and design that will not conflict with traffic control signs and lights and shall be oriented so that they will not produce glare on the roadway or adjacent residential development.
(3)
Planting and screening. In business building groups abutting or within 100 feet of residential districts, fences, walls or year-round screen planting shall be required when deemed necessary to shield adjacent residential districts from parking lot illumination, headlights, fences, heat, blowing papers and dust and to reduce the visual encroachments of commercial architecture, signs and activity.
D.
Justification for exception. Such exceptions, which may be required from the strict application of this chapter shall be solely for the purpose of promoting an integrated site plan no less beneficial to the residents or occupants of such developments as well as of neighboring properties than would be obtained under the normal requirements of this chapter.
§ 550-38 Parking and loading; service stations and parking garages.
[Amended 2-10-1970 by Ord. No. 121-1970; 5-12-1980 by Ord. No. 256-1980; 5-11-1987 by Ord. No. 316-1987]
A.
Off-street parking. In all districts, in connection with every industry, business, institutional, recreational, residential or any other use, there shall be provided, at the time any building or structure is erected or is enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking facilities for automobiles in accordance with the requirements set forth herein.
(1)
Size and access. Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than 180 square feet exclusive of access drives or aisles, and shall be of usable shape and condition. Except in the case of dwellings, no parking area provided hereunder shall be established for less than three spaces. There shall be adequate provisions for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Access to off-street parking areas shall be limited to several well-defined locations and in no case shall there be permitted unrestricted access along the length of the street or alley upon which the parking area abuts, except where a parking area shall be less than 35 feet in depth.
(2)
Number of parking spaces required.
(a)
The number of off-street parking spaces required shall be as set forth in Table I below in accordance with the definition of "floor area" as set forth in Article XI hereof,[1] provided further that in any R District, on any lot having an area of one acre or less, private garage space may be provided for not more than four motor vehicles. Space for one additional motor vehicle may be provided for each 1/5 acre by which the area of the lot exceeds one acre; and, in any R District, not more than 1/2 of the garage space provided on any lot shall be used for the housing of a commercial vehicle. Such commercial vehicles shall not exceed one-ton capacity.
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 550-62.
(b)
In any cases of a building, structure or premises, the use of which is not specifically mentioned herein, the provisions for a use which is so mentioned and to which said use is similar, in the opinion of the Zoning Hearing Board, shall apply.
Table I | ||
|---|---|---|
Uses | Required Parking Spaces | |
Churches and schools | 1 for each 3.5 seats in an auditorium or 1 for each 17 classroom seats, whichever is greater | |
Public buildings, lodges, fraternal organizations, social halls, and bowling alleys | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area | |
Dwellings, motels | 1 for each family or dwelling unit | |
Funeral homes, mortuaries | 10 for each parlor | |
Hospital, nursing and convalescing homes | 1 for each 3 beds plus 1 for each 2 employees in the maximum working shift | |
Hotels, rooming houses and dormitories | 1 for each 2 bedrooms | |
Manufacturing plants, research or testing laboratories, bottling plants | 1 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area, plus 1 for each 4 employees in the maximum working shift; the total parking area shall be not less than 25% of the building floor area | |
Medical or dental clinics, or offices | 3 spaces for each doctor or dentist | |
Other business or professional offices | 1 space for each 2 employees | |
Restaurants, taverns, and nightclubs | 1 for each 2.5 seats | |
Retail stores, store groups, and shops | 2 for each 300 square feet of floor area, except for supermarkets and department stores which shall provide not less than 1 space for each 100 square feet of retail floor area | |
Wholesale establishment or warehouses | 1 for each 2 employees in maximum working shift; the total parking area shall be not less than 25% of the building floor area | |
(3)
Off-site facilities. All permitted and required accessory off-street parking spaces, open or enclosed, shall be located on the same zone lot as the use to which such spaces are accessory, except that such spaces may be provided elsewhere but shall be provided within a radius of no greater distance than 259 feet from that zone lot; and provided further, that required spaces are provided off the site in accordance with the provisions set forth herein and that such space shall be in the same ownership as the use to which they are accessory and shall be subject to deed restrictions filed in an office of record, binding the owner and his heirs and/or assigns to maintain the required number of spaces available throughout the life of such use, and such spaces shall conform to all regulations of the district in which they are located.
(4)
Uses located near publicly operated lots in Districts B-2, P-1 and B-1. Due to the availability of off-street parking spaces being provided in publicly operated lots for the use of B-2, P-1 and B-1 Districts, exceptions may be made under the following provisions:
(a)
On submittal of an application for a building-zoning permit of a structure in the B-2, P-1 and/or B-1 Districts, the applicant shall submit evidence to the Zoning Official showing that available off-street parking is being provided in publicly operated lots for use of the general public. In no case shall the walking distance be more than 1,000 feet from the applying establishment to the nearest point of the parking lot;
(b)
The substitution of parking spaces of the publicly operated lots that are provided for the general public shall be based on ratios as established in § 550-38A(2);
(c)
In no case shall the total available parking spaces be less than the requirement of § 550-38A(2).
B.
Off-street loading.
(1)
In any district in connection with every building, or building group or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of 5,000 square feet or more, which is to be occupied by manufacturing or commercial uses, or distribution of material or merchandise by vehicles, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same zone lot with such building, off-street loading berths in accordance with the requirements of Table II, following:
Table II | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Uses | Square Feet in Floor Area | Required Off-Street Loading Berths | |
Schools | 15,000 or more | 1 | |
Hospitals (in addition to space for ambulances) | From 10,000 to 30,000 | ||
For each additional 30,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 additional | ||
Undertakers and funeral homes | 5,000 | ||
For each additional 5,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 additional | ||
Hotels and offices | From 10,000 or more | 1 | |
Retail, commercial, wholesale, manufacturing storage and miscellaneous | From 10,000 to 25,000 | 1 | |
From 25,000 to 40,000 | 2 | ||
From 40,000 to 60,000 | 3 | ||
From 60,000 to 100,000 | 4 | ||
For each additional 50,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 additional | ||
(2)
Size and location. Each loading space shall be not less than 10 feet in width, 25 feet in length, and 14 feet in height, and may occupy all or any part of any required yard, except where located adjacent to any R District, where they shall be set-back a minimum of six feet from any such property line.
C.
Joint facilities for parking or loading. Off-street parking and loading facilities for separate uses may be provided jointly if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use and provided that all regulations governing the location of accessory spaces in relation to the use served are adhered to. Further, no accessory space or portion thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one use unless otherwise approved by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with the purposes and procedures set forth herein.
D.
Development and maintenance of parking and loading areas. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area or loading area including a commercial parking lot shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
(1)
Screening and landscaping. Off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles and off-street loading areas shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any R District, or institutional premises, by a fence or hedge. Such fence or hedge shall be not less than four feet nor more than six feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition without any advertising thereon. Any space between such fence or hedge and the side lot line adjoining premises, or the front lot line facing premises, in any R District shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs or evergreen ground cover and maintained in good condition.
(2)
Minimum distances and setbacks. No off-street parking or loading area or part thereof for more than five vehicles shall be closer than 10 feet to any dwelling, school, hospital or other institution for human care located on an adjoining lot. If not in an R District but adjoining such district, the parking area shall not be located within five feet from the established street right-of-way line within 50 feet of any R District.
(3)
Surfacing. Any off-street parking or loading area shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or cement binder pavement or similar durable and dustless surface which shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulated within the area, and shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for the orderly and safe loading, parking and storage of vehicles.
(4)
Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking or loading areas shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from the adjoining premises in any R District.
(5)
Modification of requirements. The Zoning Hearing Board may authorize, on appeal, a modification, reduction or waiver of the foregoing requirements, if it should find that in the particular case appealed the peculiar nature of the use, or the exceptional situation or condition must justify such action.
E.
Service stations and parking garages.
(1)
Location of exits and entrances. No gasoline filling station, parking garages for five or more motor vehicles, automobile repair shop, or any vehicular access thereto shall be located within 200 feet of the following uses, if the property owned or dedicated to such uses is located along the same street and on the same block:
(a)
Schools, playgrounds, churches, hospitals, public libraries, and institutions for dependents or for children.
(b)
Vehicular access to the above automotive uses shall not be closer to the intersection of any two street right-of-way lines than 25 feet, nor shall any such access be located within 25 feet of any boundary line of any R District.
(2)
Location of appliances or pits. No gasoline filling station or parking garage shall be permitted where any gasoline or oil pump, or oil drainage pit or visible appliance for any such purpose is located within 10 feet of any street lot line, except where such appliance or pit is within a building.
§ 550-39 Requirements for certain services.
A.
Animal hospitals, kennels and pounds. No such use shall be located closer than 100 feet to any R District, restaurant, or hotel in any district where permitted and shall show that adequate measures and controls shall be taken to prevent offensive noise and odor. No incineration of refuse shall be permitted on the premises.
B.
Cemetery, columbarium, mausoleum. Any of these uses shall provide entrance on a street or road which shall have a pavement width of not less than 20 feet, with ingress and egress so designed as to minimize traffic congestion, and shall provide a minimum six-foot-high fence, or evergreen-type hedges or shrubs at intervals of not more than six feet, or provide a minimum 20 feet of permanently maintained planting strip on all property lines abutting any R District or residential street.
§ 550-40 Special uses.
[Amended 2-10-1970 by Ord. No. 121-1970]
Special uses, as enumerated in Schedule I,[1] shall be permitted only upon authorization by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to § 550-56A(1) hereof, and subsequent to review by the Planning Commission pursuant to § 550-56B, provided that such uses shall be found by the Zoning Hearing Board to comply with the following requirements, and other applicable requirements as set forth in this chapter.
A.
That the use is a permitted special use as set forth in Schedule I hereof.
B.
That the use is so designed, located and proposed to be operated that the public health, safety, welfare and convenience will be protected.
C.
That the use will not cause substantial injury to the value of other property in the neighborhood where it is to be located.
D.
That the use shall be compatible with adjoining development and the proposed character of the zone district where it is to be located.
E.
That adequate landscaping and screening is provided as required in § 550-31 and as otherwise provided herein.
F.
That adequate off-street parking and loading is provided, and ingress and egress is so designed as to cause minimum interference with traffic on abutting streets.
G.
That the use conforms with all applicable regulations governing the district where located, except as may otherwise be determined for large-scale development.
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 550-21.
§ 550-41 Miscellaneous uses.
A.
Conversions, year-round dwellings. No conversions shall be permitted except in accordance with the following:
(1)
Such structure shall be located on a lot in an R-1 (as a special exception), R-2 or R-3 Zone.
(2)
It shall be evidenced that if such structure has physically deteriorated, same will be restored to a decent and safe condition if permission for conversion is granted.
(3)
Where such conversion is undertaken, there shall be provided on the same zone lot not less than one additional off-street parking space in accordance with the provisions of § 550-38 hereof.
(4)
No dwelling unit relative to said conversion shall contain less than 850 square feet of living space.
B.
Nondwelling structures. No commercial or manufacturing structure, originally designed for other than residential uses, shall be converted to a dwelling structure, nor shall any such structure which was so converted prior to the adoption of this chapter be further converted to provide for additional dwellings.
C.
Home occupations. Permitted home occupations operated in any dwelling unit may be operated only if it complies with all of the following:
(1)
Where permitted. Within a single dwelling unit, or in a building or other structure accessory to a dwelling unit and only by the person or persons maintaining a dwelling therein and not more than two additional persons shall be employed in the home occupation.
(2)
Evidence of use. Does not display or create outside the building any evidence of the home occupation, except that one unanimated, nonilluminated flat or window sign having an area of not more than two square feet shall be permitted on each street front of the zone lot on which the building is situated.
(3)
Extent of use. Does not utilize more than 20% of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit except foster family care.
(4)
Permitted uses. Includes not more than one of the following uses:
(a)
Rooming and/or boarding of not more than two persons, except that the rooming and/or boarding of diseased or mentally-ill persons is prohibited.
(b)
Foster family care (for not more than four children simultaneously).
(c)
Tutoring for not more than four students simultaneously, but not including music, dancing, or business schools, or similar activities. It is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes.
D.
Outdoor storage areas. Such areas shall not abut existing residential development, a residential street or any R District and the operation thereof shall be governed by the following provisions and any other conditions as may be required by the Zoning Hearing Board to protect the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and properties and the occupants thereof.
[Amended 2-10-1970 by Ord. No. 121-1970]
(1)
Inflammable and explosive liquids. No highly inflammable or explosive liquids, solids, or gases shall be stored in bulk above the ground. Tanks, or drums of fuel directly connecting with heating devices or appliances located on the same premises as the tanks or drums of fuel are excluded from this provision.
(2)
Fencing and setbacks. All outdoor storage facilities shall be enclosed by a fence or wall adequate to conceal such facilities and the contents thereof from adjacent property. Such walls and fences shall be distant not less than 25 feet from all property lines which abut an R District or existing residential development, but in any other case shall be distant not less than 10 feet from any property line.
(3)
Deposit of wastes. No materials or wastes shall be deposited on any premises in such form or manner that they may be transferred off such premises by natural causes or forces.
(4)
Other hazardous materials. All materials or wastes which might cause fumes or dust or which constitute a fire hazard or which may be edible by or otherwise be attractive to rodents or insects shall be stored outdoors only in closed containers.
E.
Signs. Signs may be erected and maintained only when in compliance with the following provisions:
(1)
Signs in residential districts. The following types of nonadvertising signs are permitted in all residential districts as follows:
(a)
Nameplates and identification signs, nonilluminated.
[1]
Signs indicating the name or address of the occupant, or a permitted home occupation, provided that they shall not be larger than two square feet in area. Only one such sign per dwelling unit shall be permitted except in the case of corner lots where two such signs (one facing each street) shall be permitted for each dwelling unit.
[2]
For hotels and for buildings other than dwellings, a single identification sign not exceeding six square feet in area and indicating only the name and address of the building and the name of the management may be displayed, provided that on a corner lot two such signs (one facing each street) shall be permitted.
(b)
Sale or rental signs, nonilluminated. Signs advertising the sale or rental of the premises upon which they are erected by the owner or broker or any other person interested in the sale or rental of such premises, and signs bearing the word "Sold" or "Rented" with the name of persons effecting the sale or rental may be erected or maintained, provided:
[1]
The size of any such sign is not in excess of six square feet; and
[2]
Not more than two signs are placed upon any property unless such property fronts upon more than one street, in which event two more signs may be erected on each additional frontage.
(c)
Institutional signs. Signs of schools, colleges, churches, hospitals, sanatoriums, or other institutions of a similar public or semipublic nature may be erected and maintained, provided:
[1]
The size of any such sign is not in excess of 30 square feet; and
[2]
Not more than one such sign is placed on a property unless such property fronts upon more than one street, in which event two such signs may be erected on each frontage.
[3]
Such signs may be illuminated, provided that the light is directed away from adjoining premises.
(d)
Signs accessory to parking areas. Signs designating entrances or exits to or from a parking area shall be permitted and shall be limited to one sign for each such exit or entrance and to a maximum size of two square feet each. One sign per parking area designating the conditions of use or identity of such parking area and limited to a maximum size of nine square feet shall be permitted, provided that on a corner lot two such signs shall be permitted, one facing each street. Such signs may be illuminated, provided that the light is directed away from adjoining premises.
(e)
Development signs, nonilluminated. Signs advertising the sale or development of the premises upon which they are erected, when erected in connection with the development of the premises by a builder, contractor, developer, or other persons interested in such sale or development, may be erected and maintained, provided:
[1]
The size of any sign is not in excess of 20 square feet; and
[2]
Not more than two signs are placed upon any property, unless such property fronts on more than one street, in which event two such signs may be erected on such frontage.
[3]
Any such sign shall be removed by the developer within 30 days of the final sale of property.
(f)
Directional signs, nonilluminated. Signs indicating the location and direction of premises available for or in the process of development, but not erected upon such premises, and having inscribed thereon the name of the owner, developer, builder, or agent, may be erected and maintained, provided:
[1]
The size of any such sign is not in excess of six square feet, and not in excess of four feet in length; and
[2]
Not more than one such sign is erected on each 500 feet of street frontage.
(g)
Artisans' signs. Signs of mechanics, painters, and other artisans may be erected and maintained during the period such persons are performing work on the premises on which such signs are erected, provided:
[1]
The size thereof is not in excess of 15 square feet; and
[2]
Such signs are removed promptly upon completion of the work.
(h)
Private driveways. Signs indicating the private nature of a driveway, or trespassing signs shall be permitted, provided that the size of any such sign shall not exceed two square feet.
(i)
Height and projection of signs. No sign in an R District shall project into the public way or project higher than one story or 20 feet, whichever is lower.
(2)
Signs in B and M Districts. Wall, flush freestanding or nonprojecting business signs identifying the occupant, profession, commodity or service sold or offered upon the same premises where the sign is to be located or affixed shall be permitted as follows:
[Amended 5-5-1969 by Ord. No. 96-1969; 2-10-1970 by Ord. No. 121-1970]
(a)
Wall, flush or nonprojecting signs. The gross surface area of a wall, flush or nonprojecting sign shall not exceed 10% of the area of the designated surface of the building or structure where the sign is to be located or affixed; provided further, however, that only that portion of the designated surface directly related to the business use shall be used in computing the permitted area of the sign.
(b)
Location of signs. In any B-1 or B-2 District, all signs shall be securely attached to a building. Freestanding signs shall be permitted in B-3 and M-1 Districts only.
(c)
Illumination of signs. Flashing signs and revolving illuminated signs shall be considered as a special use, subject to review by the Zoning Hearing Board and provided that such signs shall not create any traffic hazard or abut or face any residential property or any residential zone lot. Stationary illuminated signs are permitted in all B and M Districts.
(3)
General regulations. The following shall apply to all permitted signs:
[Amended 2-10-1970 by Ord. No. 121-1970]
(a)
Maintenance. Signs shall be constructed of durable materials, maintained in good condition and not allowed to become dilapidated.
(b)
Wall signs. Display signs placed against the exterior walls of buildings or structures shall not extend more than 15 inches out from the wall surface. Wall signs exceeding 40 square feet in area shall be of noncombustible material.
(c)
Height of signs. No sign shall be higher than the height limit in the district where such sign is located, nor shall any sign be located upon the roof of any building.
(d)
Permits (building) for signs. Building permits shall be required for all signs except signs provided for in § 550-41C(2) and other accessory residential signs. For signs in the interest of the public for information and convenience, the Zoning Official, upon approval by the Zoning Hearing Board, may issue a temporary permit for a period to be designated by said Board. Such temporary signs shall be removed by the property owner at the termination of any permit for the erection thereof.
(e)
Fees. No fee shall be charged for any permit connected with the erection of a sign necessary to the public welfare.
F.
Temporary tract office. A temporary tract office in any district shall be located on a property to which it is appurtenant; shall be limited to a six-month period at the expiration of which time the applicant may request a further extension of time. Otherwise, the tract office shall be removed at the expense of the owner. Such temporary tract office may also be conducted in a building in a housing development as a real estate office for said development.