No lot area shall be so reduced that the area of the lot, or the dimensions of the open spaces, shall be smaller than prescribed in this Zoning Code.

(Ord. 404.  Passed 3-25-68.)

   On any corner lot, no retaining wall, fence or other structure shall be erected or altered, and no hedge, tree, shrub or other growth shall be maintained, which may cause danger to traffic on a street or public road by obscuring the view.

(Ord. 404.  Passed 3-25-68.)

   No building may be erected, altered or used, and no lot or premises may be used, for any of the following trades, industries or businesses:

      (1)   Abattoir or slaughterhouse

      (2)   Acetylene gas manufacture

      (3)   Acid manufacture

      (4)   Air fields

      (5)   Ammonia, bleaching powder, or chlorine manufacture

      (6)   Amusement park of any character

      (7)   Arsenal

      (8)   Asphalt manufacture or refining

      (9)   Automobile court

      (10)   Automobile graveyard, junkyard scrap metal, paper, rags or rubber storage

      (11)   Breweries

      (12)   Candle manufacture

      (13)   Cemeteries and extensions thereof

      (14)   Cereal products manufacture

      (15)   Coke oven

      (16)   Commercial hennery

      (17)   Creosote treatment or manufacture

      (18)   Dog kennels

      (19)   Disinfectants manufacture

      (20)   Distillation of bones, coal or wood

      (21)   Dyestuff manufacture

      (22)   Emery cloth and sandpaper manufacture

      (23)   Extermination and insect poison manufacture

      (24)   Fat rendering

      (25)   Fertilizer manufacture

      (26)   Fireworks or explosive manufacture or storage

      (27)   Fish smoking and curing

      (28)   Glue, size or gelatine manufacture

      (29)   Goat farms

      (30)   Lampblack manufacture

      (31)   Match manufacture

      (32)   Mushroom houses

      (33)   Oil cloth or linoleum manufacture

      (34)   Oiled or rubber goods manufacture

      (35)   Ore reduction

      (36)   Paint, oil, shellac, turpentine or varnish manufacture

      (37)   Piggeries

      (38)   Plating works

      (39)   Potash works

      (40)   Printing ink manufacture

      (41)   Public dumping ground

      (42)   Pyroxylin manufacture

      (43)   Rubber caoutchouc or gutta percha manufacture or treatment

      (44)   Saltworks

      (45)   Sauerkraut manufacture

      (46)   Shoe blacking manufacture

      (47)   Smelter

      (48)   Soap manufacture

      (49)   Soda and compound manufacture

      (50)   Stockyard

      (51)   Stove polish manufacture

      (52)   Sulphuric, nitric or hydrochloric acid manufacture

      (53)   Tallow, grease or lard manufacture or refining

      (54)   Tanning, curing or storage of leather, rawhides or skins

      (55)   Tar distillation or manufacture

      (56)   Tar roofing or waterproofing manufacture

      (57)   Tents erected for amusement or commercial purposes

      (58)   Tourist cabin

      (59)   Trailer camps and trailers for living purposes

      (60)   Vinegar manufacture

      (61)   Wool pulling or scouring

      (62)   Yeast plant

      (63)   Any other use of a property which the Board of Commissioners shall at any time by ordinance deem to be a nuisance.

(Ord. 404.  Passed 3-25-68.)

   No building or part thereof shall exceed forty feet in height unless by special exception.

(Ord. 404.  Passed 3-25-68.)

   Temporary stands or structures for sale of merchandise are hereby prohibited.

(Ord. 404.  Passed 3-25-68.)

   No dwelling shall hereafter be erected or altered unless there is direct access to it through an open space on the same lot. Such open space shall be at least twenty-five feet wide and shall extend from the dwelling to a public street or highway, or to a private street or highway so constructed and maintained that vehicles of all kinds may readily pass over it at all seasons of the year.

(Ord. 404.  Passed 3-25-68.)

   (a)   Artificial Fences.

      (1)   No artificial fence shall be erected within the front yard setback in the R1, R2 or R3 Residence District or the General Commercial District at any point forward of the front wall of the structure.

      (2)   No artificial fence in the R1, R2 or R3 Residence District or the General Commercial District shall exceed four feet in height.

      (3)   No artificial fence in any Industrial District or one required to enclose a public utility installation shall exceed six feet in height.

      (4)   Fences within all zoning districts shall be erected with the finished side of the fence facing adjacent properties. The finished side shall be considered the side without the structural supporting members.

   (b)   Living Fences.

      (1)   No living fence, bush or similar planting in Residence or Commercial Districts shall be more than four feet in height in the front yard of a property, nor more than six feet in height in the rear or side yard of a property.

      (2)   Living fences and all other bushes, hedges and similar plants shall be so trimmed that they shall not grow out over sidewalks, streets and adjoining properties and shall not be allowed to grow to a point closer than one foot from any such sidewalk, street and adjoining property.

   (c)   Compliance.  All artificial and living fences and walls in conflict with this chapter on the date of the adoption of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 404, passed March 25, 1968) are permitted to remain. If such fence or wall is removed, torn down or becomes in a state of disrepair, the nonconformity will cease and any new fence must comply with this Zoning Code. When any property is sold or transferred, all artificial and living fences in conflict herewith shall be made to conform with this Zoning Code.

   (d)   Barbed Wire, Glass, Etc.  It shall not be permitted to have barbed wire, glass, barbs or any other dangerous material on the top of any fence or wall or any new fence or wall.

   (e)   Permits.  Before any work is commenced, any person intending to erect an artificial fence must make application to the Building Inspector for a permit therefor, on a form supplied by the Building Inspector. Such application shall be accompanied with a plan or sketch showing the proposed location of the artificial fence and the materials proposed to be used therein. Upon approval of the Building Inspector, a permit shall be provided effective for six months from the date of issuance. The Board of Commissioners may, by resolution, establish a fee for fence permits which may be changed from time to time by resolution.

(Ord. 404.  Passed 3-25-68.)

   (a)   In all commercial and industrial subdivisions or land developments involving more than one acre of land, the applicant shall set aside land for open space and/or recreation purposes. The amount of land set aside for such purposes will be one acre for each twelve acres or proportional equivalent thereof.

   Alternatively, the Board of Commissioners will, in its sole discretion, require a fee in lieu of land to be set aside if it is deemed by the Board of Commissioners to be in the best interests of the Township to do so.

   (b)   The fee in lieu of land shall be a flat fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per acre of land in the subdivision. Such fee may be changed by the Board of Commissioners from time to time by resolution.

   (c)   All monies collected in lieu of land shall be kept in a Township capital reserve fund, which shall be used for the acquisition of open space, capital improvements or park and recreation purposes within the Township, consistent with open space and recreation requirements and the need for capital improvements for persons using facilities and land within the Township.

   (d)   This section is in addition to any other fee or ordinance of the Township.

(Ord. 87-2.  Passed 7-20-87.)

   (a)   No underground cavern for the storage of butane, propane, hydrocarbons, methane, ethane or any combustible or explosive material, either gaseous or liquid, shall be constructed, erected, altered or used on or under any premises in the Township, the ground surface of which shall be within 750 feet of any dwelling or 500 feet of any public highway.

   (b)   No underground cavern for the storage of such gaseous or liquid products shall be constructed, erected, altered or used in the Township without a written application filed with the Secretary of the Township, a public hearing held thereon with notice to the public not less than thirty days prior to said hearing and express written approval by the Township Commissioners. Any such approval shall be subject to such conditions as the Board of Commissioners shall determine.

(Ord. 79-4.  Passed 5-21-79.)