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Latrobe City Zoning Code

ARTICLE III

General Requirements and General Uses

§ 166-11 Application of regulations.

Unless otherwise specified:
A. 
No building or structure of any type shall be erected, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land or building be designed, used or intended to be used for any purpose or in any manner other than as specified among the uses listed in this chapter as permitted in the zone in which such building or land is located.
B. 
No building shall be erected, altered, enlarged or rebuilt, nor shall any open space surrounding any building be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity with the yard, lot area, and building location regulations in this chapter designated for the zone in which such building or open space is located.
C. 
No yard or other open space provided about any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building, and no yard or other open space on one lot shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for a building on any other lot.

§ 166-12 Standard yard regulations.

A. 
Yard regulations. Where the side wall of a building is not parallel with the side lot line or is broken or otherwise irregular, the side yard may be varied. In such case the average width of the side yard shall not be less than the required minimum width, provided that the narrowest point is not less than 1/2 the required minimum width.
B. 
Vacant lots. When a vacant lot is situated between two improved lots, each having a principal building within 25 feet of any side lot line of such unimproved lot, the front yard requirement may be reduced to the greatest front yard depth on either of the two adjoining improved lots.
C. 
Certain architectural features may project into yard areas as follows:
(1) 
Cornices, canopies, eaves or other similar architectural features may project into side yards a distance not exceeding two inches per one foot of side yard width but may not exceed a total of three feet.
(2) 
Fire escapes may project into side and rear yards a distance not exceeding four feet six inches.
(3) 
Bay windows, balconies, fireplaces, uncovered stairways and necessary landings, and chimneys may project a distance not exceeding three feet, but not such feature may occupy, in the aggregate, more than 1/3 of the length of the building wall on which they are located.

§ 166-13 Number of buildings restricted.

In residential zoning districts, except for Planned Residential Development Zone districts, there shall not be more than one principal structure and two accessory structures, including private garages on each zone lot.

§ 166-14 Buildings on public streets.

Each principal building and the front door of each principal building shall front on a duly accepted public street which has been improved in accordance with City standards or on streets in the process of being improved in accordance with requirements of Chapter 154, Subdivision and Land Development, or any other ordinance of the City. This section shall not apply to any property which was in existence prior to the adoption of zoning and did not, at that time, front on a public street.

§ 166-15 Corner lots.

When a structure is erected on a corner lot, the following provisions shall govern:
A. 
The front yard setback line shall be established on the street where the primary entrance is located.
B. 
The Zoning Officer shall have discretion to adjust the three remaining lot lines under the guidelines hereinafter set forth:
(1) 
The building setback line on the other street where the primary entrance is not located shall be made to conform as nearly as possible to the front yard setback line for that street. It is the intent of this Subsection B(1) that the side of any structure on a corner lot shall be in line, as nearly as possible, with the front of the structures on the same street. However, the side of a structure shall be set back no less than the minimum side yard setback requirement for the applicable zone.
(2) 
The remaining two setback lines, not fronting on either street, shall be no less than the minimum side yard and rear yard building setback line for the applicable zone.

§ 166-16 Permitted uses.

A. 
Land Use Table:
Legend
P = Permitted
S = Special Exception
A = Accessory
C = Conditional Use
Residential Uses
R-1
R-1A
R-2
R-3
R-4
Supplemental Standards
Boarding house/rooming house/tourist home/bed-and-breakfast establishments
S
§ 166-18A(6)
Churches and similar places of religious use
P
P
P
Condominiums, converted or constructed
P
P
P
Employee and public parking for a hospital
P
Home gardening
A
A
A
A
A
§ 166-17B(3)
Hospitals which are not primarily used for contagious diseases or psychiatric treatment
S
S
S
S
S
§ 166-18A(1)
Hospitals
P
Licensed child day-care center and child group home
P
Licensed personal care boarding home and licensed intermediate care facility
S
Major occupations
S
S
S
§ 166-18A(4)
Medical facilities
P
§ 166-18A(1)
Multifamily apartment building which is a nonconforming use and converted to condominium usage
P
P
P
P
Multifamily dwellings
P
New condominium construction and condominium conversion
P
No-impact home-based business
A
A
A
A
A
Nursery schools accredited by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
S
S
S
§ 166-18A(3)
Other customary accessory uses and buildings
A
A
A
A
A
§ 166-17 B
Planned residential developments
C
C
C
C
C
§ 166-18B(1)
Private garage
A
A
A
A
A
Public and parochial schools
P
P
P
Public parks and playgrounds
P
P
P
P
P
Public utility installations
S
S
S
S
S
§ 166-18A(2)
Single-family detached dwellings
P
P
P
P
P
Commercial Uses Residential uses spill down to Commercial zones
C-1
C-2
C-3
C-4
Supplemental Standards
Amusement and recreation services
P
P
P
Bakery with sale of bakery products on the premises
P
P
P
P
Barbershop, beauty shop and similar personal services
P
P
P
P
Bed-and-breakfast establishments
P
P
P
P
Boarding house/rooming house/tourist home/bed-and-breakfast establishments
P
P
P
P
§ 166-18A(6)
Boardinghouse/rooming house/tourist home/bed-and-breakfast
P
P
P
P
§ 166-18A(6)
Business service shop
P
P
P
§ 166-21F
Business, dancing or music school
P
P
P
Car wash
P
Catering shop
P
P
P
P
Churches and similar places of religious use
P
P
P
P
Commercial kennels
P
P
Condominiums, converted or constructed
P
P
P
P
Delivery and distribution centers and warehousing and/or storage
P
Display and sale of automobiles, pick-up trucks, motorcycles and smaller recreational vehicles and equipment
P
P
P
Display, sale and repair of large or small vehicles, farm implements, boating and recreational vehicles and equipment
P
Dressmaking or tailoring shop
P
P
P
P
Drugstores
P
P
P
P
Dry cleaning, dyeing and cleaning establishment
P
P
P
§ 166-21 E
Frozen food locker
P
P
P
Funeral home, undertaking establishments or mortuary
P
P
P
§ 166-21D
Gasoline stations
S
S
S
S
§ 166-22 A
General service or repair establishment
P
P
P
§ 166-21F
Hardware sales
P
P
P
Home gardening
A
A
A
A
Hospital parking, both employees and public
Hospitals which are not primarily used for contagious diseases or psychiatric treatment
S
S
S
S
Hotel, motel or motor court
P
P
P
Joint occupancy permitted uses
P
P
P
P
§ 166-17(E)(12)
Laundries
P
Laundromats and shops for the delivery or picking up of laundry and dry cleaning
P
P
P
P
Licensed child day-care center and child group home
P
P
P
P
Licensed personal care boarding home and licensed intermediate care facility
P
P
P
P
Limited industrial uses which include, but are not limited to, woodworking, machine and metal shops, welding and electrical shops, and plumbing
P
§ 166-21G
Major occupations
S
S
S
S
Mechanical and vehicle repair
P
Medical and dental offices or clinics and other professional and business offices
P
P
P
P
Medical marijuana dispensaries
S
S
S
S
§ 166-23A(2)
Membership associations, corporations or clubs
P
P
P
P
Multifamily apartment building which is a nonconforming use and converted to condominium usage
P
P
P
P
Multifamily dwellings
P
P
P
P
New condominium construction and condominium conversion
P
P
P
P
No-impact home-based business
A
A
A
A
Nursery schools
P
P
P
P
Nursery schools accredited by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
S
S
S
S
§ 166-17(E)(17)
Offices, banks or lending institutions
P
P
P
P
Other customary accessory uses and buildings
A
A
A
A
§ 166-17(E)(18)
Other customary uses and structures which are clearly incidental to the principal use
A
A
A
A
Package liquor stores and beer distributors
P
P
P
Parking lot or parking garage
P
P
P
§ 166-21C
Pet shop, animal hospital or veterinarian
P
P
P
P
Planned shopping center
C
C
C
§ 166-23B(1)
Printing, publishing or engraving
P
P
P
Private garage
A
A
A
A
Public and parochial schools
P
P
P
P
Public parks and playgrounds
P
P
P
P
Public utility installations
S
S
S
S
§ 166-18A(2)
Public utility services and facilities
P
P
P
Public utility structures
P
P
P
P
§ 166-18A(2)
Repair shop, minor
P
P
P
P
§ 166-21F
Restaurant or coffee shop
P
P
P
P
Retail stores
P
P
P
P
Sign painting
P
Single-family detached dwellings
P
P
P
P
Tavern, restaurant and coffee shop
P
P
P
Truck and freight terminals
P
Vehicle body and fender shop
P
Wholesale store or shop
P
P
P
Industrial Uses Commercial uses spill down to industrial zones. Residential uses do not spill down to industrial zones.
I-1
I-2
Supplemental Standards
Antennas
P
P
Assembling or fabricating operation
P
Gasoline stations
P
P
§ 166-26 B
Glass and textile manufacturers
P
P
Major home occupations incidental to nonconforming residential use
P
P
Manufacture of food products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, but not the render of fats and oils
P
P
Manufacture, assembly, packing or treatment of articles or merchandise from previously prepared materials, except fertilizers
P
P
Manufacturing use involving primary production from raw or recycled materials
P
Medical marijuana organizations
S
§ 166-28 B
Other customary accessory uses and structures which are clearly incidental to the principal use
A
A
§ 166-27A(1)
Other nonresidential use, which is not considered a use that would constitute a criminal offense according to Pennsylvania criminal law or federal criminal law and is not classified as a permitted use in any other zoning district; and is not deemed to be hazardous to public health and safety
S
§ 166-28C
Outdoor recreational uses
P
P
§ 166-26 C
Railroad yards or terminal facilities
P
Residence of a guard custodian or caretaker
A
A
§ 166-27A(1)
Testing or research laboratory
P
P
Tool, die, pattern making and other machine ship operations
P
P
Tower-based wireless communication facility
S
S
§ 166-28A
Towers
P
P
Wholesale bakeries, dairies, bottling plants and breweries
P
P