Lower Providence Township Montgomery County City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE III
General Provisions
Sections
- § 143-12 Applicability.
- § 143-13 One principal use maximum.
- § 143-14 Lot area requirements.
- § 143-15 Modification of front yard requirements.
- § 143-16 Yard requirements of corner lots.
- § 143-17 Triangular lots.
- § 143-18 Minimum lot dimensions without public sanitary sewer and public water.
- § 143-19 Accessory uses and accessory buildings/structures.
- § 143-20 Access to public street.
- § 143-21 Location of on-lot sanitary sewer disposal systems.
- § 143-22 (Reserved) [1]
- § 143-23 Noise standards for all zoning districts.
- § 143-24 Temporary structure or use.
- § 143-25 Height and location of nonhabitable structures.
- § 143-26 Application and review procedures.
- § 143-27 Projection of awnings, patio covers, patios and decks into yards.
- § 143-28 Design and development standards and requirements.
ARTICLE XV
General Commercial District
Sections
- § 143-89 Legislative intent.
- § 143-90 General regulations.
- § 143-91 Class One permitted uses.
- § 143-92 Class One conditional uses.
- § 143-93 Class Two permitted uses.
- § 143-94 Class Two conditional uses.
- § 143-95 Class Three permitted uses.
- § 143-96 Class Three conditional uses.
- § 143-97 Class Four permitted uses.
- § 143-98 Dimensional standards, Class One through Three uses.
- § 143-99 Dimensional standards for shopping centers.
- § 143-100 Conditional use standards for multiple uses on lot.
- § 143-101 Design standards for shopping centers.
- § 143-102 Satellite use regulations.
- § 143-103 Conditional use standards for lots of insufficient width.
ARTICLE XVI
HC Highway Commercial District
Sections
- § 143-104 Legislative intent.
- § 143-105 General regulations.
- § 143-106 Class One permitted uses.
- § 143-107 Class One conditional uses.
- § 143-108 Class Two permitted uses.
- § 143-109 Class Two conditional uses.
- § 143-110 Class Three permitted uses.
- § 143-111 Class Three conditional uses.
- § 143-112 Dimensional standards, Class One through Three uses.
- § 143-113 Conditional uses standards for multiple uses on lot.
- § 143-114 Conditional use standards for lots of insufficient width.
ARTICLE XVII
Professional and Business Office District
Sections
- § 143-115 Legislative intent.
- § 143-116 Permitted uses.
- § 143-117 Conditional uses.
- § 143-118 Standards for consideration of conditional uses.
- § 143-119 Development regulations.
- § 143-120 New construction/restoration.
- § 143-121 Parking requirements.
- § 143-122 Access regulations.
- § 143-123 Landscaped planting and buffer areas.
ARTICLE XVIII
I Industrial Districts
Sections
- § 143-124 General provisions.
- § 143-125 Uses prohibited in all industrial districts.
- § 143-126 General performance standards.
- § 143-127 General design requirements.
- § 143-128 Procedural requirements.
- § 143-129 Purpose of LI Limited Industrial District.
- § 143-130 Use regulations for LI District.
- § 143-131 Area and bulk regulations for LI District.
- § 143-132 Additional requirements for LI District.
- § 143-133 Use regulations for I District.
- § 143-134 Area and bulk regulations for I District.
- § 143-135 Purpose of IP District and establishment of sectors.
- § 143-136 Use Regulations for IP District.
- § 143-137 Area and bulk regulations for IP District.
ARTICLE XIX
Signs
Sections
- § 143-138 Applicability, purpose and intent.
- § 143-139 Definitions.
- § 143-140 Prohibited signs.
- § 143-140.1 Signs exempt from permit requirements.
- § 143-140.2 General regulations.
- § 143-140.3 Regulations by sign type: on-premises signs.
- § 143-140.4 Regulations by sign type: off-premises signs.
- § 143-141 Signs in R-1 Residential District.
- § 143-141.1 Signs in R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5 Residential Districts and Mobile Home Park District.
- § 143-141.2 Signs in Village Commercial District (VC) and Evansburg Village Commercial District (EVC).
- § 143-141.3 Signs in General Commercial (GC), Highway Commercial (HC), Professional and Business Office (PBO), Limited Industrial (LI), Industrial (I), Industrial Park (IP), Mixed-Use (MU), Ridge Pike Business (RPB) and Ridge Pike West (RPW) Districts.
- § 143-141.4 Signs in public facilities and Open Space Overlay District (PFO).
- § 143-142 Removal of unsafe, unlawful, or abandoned signs.
- § 143-143 Permits and applications.
- § 143-144 Nonconforming signs.
- § 143-144.1 Signs on the premises of legally nonconforming uses.
ARTICLE XX
Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots 1
Sections
- § 143-145 Land.
- § 143-146 Buildings.
- § 143-147 Change of use.
- § 143-148 Discontinued use.
- § 143-149 Extension of nonconforming use.
- § 143-150 Change or resumption of nonconforming use.
- § 143-151 Buildings destroyed by fire or condemned.
- § 143-152 Temporary nonconforming use.
- § 143-153 Storage of vehicles in connection with nonconforming business.
ARTICLE XXII
Zoning Hearing Board
Sections
- § 143-158 Membership; terms; appointments; removal.
- § 143-159 Alternate members.
- § 143-160 Organization; rules of procedure; records.
- § 143-161 Jurisdiction.
- § 143-162 Appeals; application.
- § 143-163 Board action on application or appeal.
- § 143-164 Notice of hearing.
- § 143-165 Hearing procedures.
- § 143-166 Decision of Board.
- § 143-167 General standards for Board review.
- § 143-168 Specific standards for variances and special exceptions.
- § 143-169 Review of challenges and appeals.
- § 143-170 Expiration.
- § 143-171 Appeal to court.
ARTICLE XXV
Floodplain Conservation District
Sections
- § 143-178 Declaration of legislative intent.
- § 143-179 Definition and establishment of District.
- § 143-180 Adoption of map.
- § 143-181 Determination of floodplain elevation for approximated floodplain and alluvial soils floodplain.
- § 143-182 Modification and floodplain boundaries.
- § 143-183 Other provisions; overlay concept.
- § 143-184 Permitted activities.
- § 143-185 Prohibited activities.
- § 143-186 Conditional uses.
- § 143-187 Identification of floodplain areas; municipal liability.
- § 143-188 Nonconforming uses.
- § 143-189 Application procedures for conditional uses and variances.
- § 143-190 Additional standards for approval of uses by variances.
- § 143-191 Standards for new or improved structures.
- § 143-192 Land use and building permit procedures.
- § 143-193 Definitions.
- § 143-194 Repeal of prior provisions.
- § 143-195 Severability.
ARTICLE XXVII
Institutional Overlay District
Sections
- § 143-205 Legislative intent.
- § 143-206 Establishment of district.
- § 143-207 Permitted uses.
- § 143-208 Conditional uses.
- § 143-209 Special exception uses.
- § 143-210 Dimensional standards for permitted uses.
- § 143-211 Dimensional standards for conditional uses.
- § 143-212 Conditional use criteria.
- § 143-213 Development standards.
- § 143-214 Traffic impact study.
- § 143-215 Buffers.
- § 143-216 Landscaping.
- § 143-217 Occupancy by the elderly.
ARTICLE XXVIII
Adult Uses
Sections
- § 143-218 Purpose and intent.
- § 143-219 Definitions.
- § 143-220 Classification.
- § 143-221 Permit required.
- § 143-222 Issuance of permit.
- § 143-223 Fees.
- § 143-224 Inspection.
- § 143-225 Expiration of permit.
- § 143-226 Suspension of permit.
- § 143-227 Revocation of permit.
- § 143-228 Transfer of permit.
- § 143-229 Location of sexually oriented businesses.
- § 143-230 Regulations pertaining to exhibition of sexually explicit films or videos.
- § 143-231 Exemptions.
- § 143-232 Injunction.
- § 143-233 Severability.
- § 143-234 When effective.
ARTICLE XXIX
SS Steep Slope Conservation District
Sections
- § 143-235 Legislative intent.
- § 143-236 District boundaries.
- § 143-237 Overlay concept.
- § 143-238 Uses permitted.
- § 143-239 Special exception uses permitted.
- § 143-240 Prohibited uses.
- § 143-241 Application procedures.
- § 143-242 Procedures and standards for special exception uses and variances.
- § 143-243 Nonconforming uses or structures.
ARTICLE XXXIV
Riparian Buffer Overlay Zone 1
Sections
- § 143-265 Creation and purposes of riparian buffers.
- § 143-266 Definitions.
- § 143-267 Relationship to other zoning regulations.
- § 143-268 Establishment.
- § 143-269 Activities and uses permitted in the RBOZ.
- § 143-270 Requirements and standards for all conditional uses.
- § 143-271 Restoration and revegetation of riparian buffers.
- § 143-272 Mitigation measures.
- § 143-273 Ephemeral watercourses.