Lock Haven City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
PI Public Institutional District
§ 410-63 Purpose.
The purpose of this district is primarily intended to maintain the larger areas of public and institutional uses and facilities existing within the City. This district accommodates for wide range of uses and facilities owned, operated, and associated with Lock Haven University and provides for other compatible public, service, and institutional-type uses and facilities, including schools, hospitals, cemeteries, parks, schools, places of worship, and other supportive services that, due to the large grouping or intensive nature of such uses and facilities, may not otherwise be compatible in other districts or neighboring properties and uses.
§ 410-64 Permitted uses.
[Amended 12-13-2010 by Ord. No. 870; 7-11-2016 by Ord. No. 955]
Only the following uses are permitted within this district, provided that in addition to the supplemental regulations for specific uses established in Article XX, all applicable general use provisions in Article XIX and elsewhere in this chapter are met. Uses permitted by special exception are subject to the approval by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to a public hearing set forth with the provisions of Article XXIII of this chapter. Uses permitted by conditional use are subject to the approval by the City Council pursuant to a public hearing set forth with the provisions of Article XXII of this chapter.
Permitted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Use | Supplemental Regulations | By Right | Special Exception | Conditional Use |
Nonresidential | ||||
Boarding house | § 410-124A(9) | X | ||
Cemetery | § 410-124A(11) | X | ||
Communications antenna | § 410-124A(13) | X | ||
Communications tower and equipment building | § 410-124A(13) | X | ||
Correctional facility | § 410-124A(16) | X | ||
Criminal housing facility | § 410-124A(61) | X | ||
Emergency services facility | X | |||
Essential service installations | X | |||
Forestry | § 410-124A(19) | X | ||
Halfway house | § 410-124A(21) | X | ||
Hospital | § 410-124A(24) | X | ||
Libraries | X | |||
Licensed group residence | § 410-124A(32) | X | ||
Nursing homes | § 410-124A(38) | X | ||
Office, medical | X | |||
Parking compound | § 410-124A(40) | X | ||
Parks, playgrounds and other noncommercial recreational uses | § 410-124A(41) | X | ||
Personal care center | § 410-124A(42) | X | ||
Personal care home | § 410-124A(42) | X | ||
Place of assembly | § 410-124A(43) | X | ||
Place of worship | § 410-124A(44) | X | ||
Post office | X | |||
Public building | § 410-124A(45) | X | ||
Public/private works facility | § 410-124A(46) | X | ||
Research and development | X | |||
School, public and private | § 410-124A(52) | X | ||
Theater | X | |||
University/college | § 410-124A(57) | X | ||
University housing | § 410-124A(58) | X | ||
Accessory | ||||
Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to a permitted principal use | X | |||
§ 410-65 Dimensional requirements.
A.
Unless further specified in the supplemental regulations for specific uses established in Article XX and all applicable general use provisions in Article XIX and elsewhere in this chapter are met, all new permitted uses and structures (and additions/expansions to existing structures as specified in Subsection B) within this district shall comply with the table of lot and building dimensional requirements.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The table of dimensional requirements for this district is included as an attachment to this chapter.
B.
Applications for zoning permits construction of new principal buildings or additions/expansions to existing principal buildings. In addition to the information required in § 410-145 of this chapter, applications for the construction of new principal buildings or additions/expansions to existing principal buildings in this zoning district shall be submitted with the following information:[2]
(1)
A complete set of calculations (i.e., averages of heights, setbacks, etc.) used to determine and demonstrate compliance with all applicable standards set forth in the dimensional requirements for this district.
(2)
A schematic architectural drawing of the principal building's front facade.
[2]
Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
§ 410-66 Design standards.
In addition to other applicable sections of Article XIX, General Regulations, all development or uses permitted within this district shall also comply with the following design standards, as applicable:
A.
Signs as required by Article XVII.
B.
Parking and loading as required by Article XVIII.
C.
Access and traffic control as required by Article XVIII.
D.
Landscaping, screening and buffering as required by Article XIX.
E.
Storage as required by Article XIX.
§ 410-67 Zoning overlays.
If located within or affected by the following zoning overlay districts, development or uses shall meet the requirements of the applicable overlay provisions in accordance with:
A.
Article XIV, Airport Overlay;
B.
Article XV, Flood Damage and Control Standards; and
C.
Article XVI, Historic District Overlay.
