Other Vehicle: Including, but not limited to, recreational Vehicle, motor home with a maximum length of 30 feet and a maximum height of 11 feet;

Trailer with a maximum length of 25 feet from front of hitch to rear of trailer and a maximum height of 11 feet;

Boat on a trailer with a maximum length of 20 feet from front of hitch to rear of boat.

A resident shall be allowed to have a PODS for 10 days without need of permit as long as its use is to assist with the moving into or out of the dwelling, or any other lawful use not dealing with construction or catastrophe as described below. After the ten-day period, the owner must submit an application to receive a permit not to exceed 30 days in length from the Municipality. There is a fee of $25 for a thirty day permit. A resident may receive no more than one permit in any twelve-month period under this subsection.

A resident shall be allowed to have a PODS in conjunction with an active building permit issued for residential construction or renovation at the site. A permit shall be required, which permit shall run concurrent with the length of the building permit. The fee shall be $25 for the first 30 days and $10 per additional month.

In event of a catastrophe (fire, water, storm damage, or other similar occurrence) a PODS is allowed without permit for 30 days. After the thirty-day period, a permit will be required, and a PODS will be permitted only in connection with a building permit.

PODS are prohibited from being placed in the street or in a location that blocks a public sidewalk. PODS placed in the front yard must be at a location furthest from the street and any adjacent property as reasonably possible.

Absent catastrophe or building permit justifying the need, only one PODS shall be permitted on a residential property at a time.

For purposes hereof, a PODS shall mean a portable shed or similar storage facility that is capable of being loaded with materials and placed on a residential property for the purpose of storing materials.

The fees herein may be modified by the Commission by resolution.

Number. The number of chickens authorized shall comply with the following:

Specific Standards for Chickens.

Number. The number of Hives authorized shall comply with the following:

Hive registration; best management practices

Location of Hive(s).

Water. All Beekeepers in the Municipality shall ensure that a convenient source of fresh water is available to the bees from March 1 to November 1 so that the bees will not congregate at swimming pools, pet watering bowls, bird baths or other water sources where they may cause human, bird or domestic contact.

Flyway barrier. A Flyway barrier, at least six feet in height shall be placed along the side of the Hive(s) that contains the entrance to the Hive(s), shall be located within five feet of the Hive(s) and shall extend at least two feet on either side of the Hive(s). A Flyway barrier shall consist of a solid panel, dense vegetation, or some combination thereof.

Definitions. The following definitions apply to this section:

Subject to the standards set forth herein, all kinds of animals may be maintained within any residential district in the Municipality as an accessory use for non-commercial purposes provided such maintenance is not in violation of Federal, State and/or County law, rule and/or regulation.

Equine animals (but not including horses measuring 35 inches or less in height, measured at the last hair of the mane [the withers]), bovine animals, sheep, goats, porcine (pigs), fowl and poultry may be maintained subject to the following standards (except that chickens are permitted if they meet the requirements of §803.3.16):

Applicability.

Location Within a Lot.

Design and Installation Standards.

Setback Requirements.

Height Restrictions.

Screening and Visibility.

Impervious Lot Coverage Restrictions. The surface area of any ground-mounted system, regardless of the mounted angle of any portion of the system, is considered impervious surface and shall be calculated as part of the property lot coverage limitations for the zoning district. If the ground-mounted system is mounted above existing impervious surface, it shall not be calculated as part of the property lot coverage limitations for the zoning district.

Non-Conformance.

Signage and/or Graphic Content. No signage or graphic content may be displayed on the solar PV system except the manufacturer’s badge, safety information and equipment specification information. Said information shall be depicted within an area no more than 36 square inches in size.

Inspection, Safety and Removal.

Permit Requirements. Before any construction or installation on any solar PV system shall commence, a permit issued by the Municipality of Mt. Lebanon shall be obtained to document compliance with this Ordinance. The Commission may establish a fee for said permit by Resolution.

Sufficient screening shall be provided along all Lot Lines abutting any residentially zoned or developed property to buffer the Residential Use from all operations, materials, and Vehicles within any Loading Space.

Loading areas accessory to Commercial Uses, shopping centers or planned developments shall be screened from public view.

Loading Spaces shall be designed and arranged to provide access to a Street or Alley in a manner that shall create the least possible interference with traffic movement. Access to and from the Right-of-Way to the Loading Spaces shall be referred to the Municipal Engineer for comment.

Loading and unloading operations shall be designed so they minimize the number and width of curb cuts.

Every Loading Space shall be surfaced with an asphalt or Portland cement binder pavement providing an all-weather, durable, and dustless surface and shall be graded and drained to dispose of surface water accumulation by means of a positive stormwater drainage system connected to a Public sewer system. Individual stalls shall be clearly identified by markings four inches to six inches in width.

No part of a loading area utilized for the access, maneuvering and temporary parking of delivery Vehicles shall also be used for the open-air Outdoor Storage of materials, merchandise, and equipment.

When any part of a loading area is also utilized for refuse and trash disposal and storage purposes, all outdoor containers shall be closed and permanently stationed in an area that is easily accessible for pick up and removal and that satisfies the screening requirements of this chapter.

Location. Shared off-street parking spaces shall be located no further than 1,000 feet from the buildings and uses they are intended to serve.

Zoning Classification. Shared parking areas shall be considered accessory uses of primary uses that the parking spaces are intended to serve. Shared parking areas shall comply with the requirements of the zoning classification of the most intensive of the uses shared by the shared parking area.

Required Study and Analysis. The applicant shall submit a shared parking analysis to the Zoning Hearing Board which clearly demonstrates the feasibility of shared parking. The study shall be provided in a form established by the Municipality and made available to the public. It shall address, at a minimum, the size and type of the proposed development, the composition of tenants, the anticipated rate of parking turnover and the anticipated peak parking and traffic loads for all uses that will be sharing off-street parking spaces.

Report from Municipal Planner. The Zoning Hearing Board shall request a report and recommendation from the Municipal Planner on the planning aspects of the proposed shared parking use.

Shared Parking Agreement. A shared parking plan shall be enforced through written agreement among the owners of record. An attested copy of the agreement shall be submitted to the County recorder’s office for recordation on forms made available by the Municipality. Proof of recordation of the agreement shall be presented to the Municipality prior to issuance of a building and/or occupancy permit.

Parking shall be located within 1,000 feet of the use served.

In all Residential Districts, no parking shall be located in the required Front Yard except in a legal Driveway that provides access to the Rear Yard, a detached or attached Garage. This shall not apply to Governor’s Drives.

Except in the C-2 District, parking shall not be permitted between a Building and the sidewalk on the Street. Where existing or proposed Buildings are set back from the Public Right-of-Way, the Front Yard shall not be converted to parking.

Customer or employee parking for non-Residential Use shall not be located within 10 feet of any residential district or use, except where a solid screening wall at least six feet in height is placed on the Lot Line, in which case no setback shall be required.

Parking shall not be located within 10 feet of any Street Frontage, except where a decorative Fence or wall of no more than three feet in height is used in conjunction with landscaping.

Parking Areas shall be located and designed in accordance with Diagrams 8 through 15, 21 & 29 in Part 17.

Nine-foot minimum wide stalls for cars shall be provided.

Curbs for each stall shall be provided in accordance with Diagrams 10 through 15 in Part 17.

Line markings shall be provided to separate parking stalls. Double loaded stalls shall include three-inch wide lines separated by 12 inches to 15 inches and placed in accordance with Diagrams 10 through 15 in Part 17.

Permissible Parking Lot gradients shall be maximum 5% cross Slope and maximum 7% longitudinal Slope in accordance with Diagram 21 in Part 17.

The following face of stall to face of stall width requirements shall apply to Parking Area:

If the area within the parking limit line exceeds 3,500 square feet, two trees shall be provided for each 3,000 square feet of Parking Area in the Parking Area in accordance with Diagrams 8 and 9 in Part 17.

These requirements may be reduced by the Commission at its discretion where the Commission has obtained written proof from the Applicant that valet parking will be provided.

Planting screens or Hedges shall not exceed three feet in height where location is such that sight lines are necessary for vehicular movement across pedestrian ways in accordance with Diagrams 8 and 9 in Part 17.

Parking Facilities shall be suitably screened through the use of a Fence or wall at least four feet in height or a planting screen of a four-foot minimum width and height. The Fence, wall or screen planting shall be installed in accordance with §20-814 of this chapter.

Any portion of a Parking Facility which is effectively screened by a cut Slope or Structure shall not be required to be screened by a Fence, wall, or screen planting.

Any Parking Facility abutting a Fill Slope exceeding one on three shall be enclosed on the Slope side by a guardrail or Fence of a strength sufficient to prevent Vehicles using the Parking Facility from going over the Slope.

Every Parking Lot shall be provided with one two-way entry/exit at least 22 feet in width or two one-way entry/exit, each at least 15 feet in width.

When ingress and egress are less than 22 feet in width, marked separate entrances and exits shall be provided so that traffic shall flow in one direction only.

The junction with the edge of a Public Street for a new entry or exit exceeding 5% gradient shall include a vertical curve to provide a suitable transition and leveling-out area.

Curbs shall be installed on sides of access points to contain vehicular traffic, protect pedestrians, and reduce maintenance of adjacent seeded or planted areas.

Maneuvering space shall be located completely off the Right-of-Way of a Public Street, place, or Court.

Maneuvering space shall be designed to prevent any Vehicles from backing into the Public Right-of-Way except for Single-family and Two-family Dwellings.

Off-street Parking Lots and Parking Areas shall be constructed in such a manner so as to provide an all-weather, durable, and dustless surface. Individual stalls shall be clearly identified by markings four inches to six inches in width.

Parking Lot surfaces shall be graded and drained to dispose of all surface water accumulation in the area without shedding additional water on an adjoining property or Right-of-Way, unless other local or state permits allow such surface water to be accumulated at the Right-of-Way.

All pedestrian ways and walks, steps or change of grade of walks shall be lighted at all times. Details of proposed lighting fixtures and supports and the locations thereof shall be submitted as part of the Land Development Plan.

Parking and pedestrian areas on the property shall be lighted to create a level of not less than one foot-candle when measured three feet above the pavement throughout the paved areas on the property. Such lighting may be from freestanding lampposts within the Parking Areas, from nearby streetlights or from lights mounted on Buildings. Lighting shall be shielded or aimed so as not to create glare conditions on adjacent Streets or properties. Light standards in Parking Areas shall be protected from accidental damage by Vehicles.

Lighting devices which produce objectionable direct or reflected glare on adjoining properties or thoroughfares shall not be permitted. No light in excess of 0.5 foot-candles shall be emitted on adjoining property for a distance of more than 25 feet from the property line of the property on which the source of the light is located.

All lighting devices located within 100 feet of any property line adjoining a residential use or zoning classification shall be designed with shields, reflectors or refractor panels which direct and cut off the light at an angle that is less than 90°. “Cutoff angle” is defined as the angle formed by a line drawn from the direction of the light rays at the light source and a line perpendicular to the ground from the light source above which no light is emitted.

If the topography of the site screens the Parking Area, no additional screening shall be required.

On all Side and Rear Lot Lines, a privacy Fence, no less than three feet or more than six feet can be used for screening.

Plant materials shall be placed between the Fence and the adjacent property line as outlined above.

The Fence materials shall consist of Allowed Materials as outlined in §703.2.

The turnaround shall not be used as a permanent Parking Area.

Turnaround areas shall not exceed 10 feet in width and 15 feet in length.

If any Lot now has, or ever has had an enclosed Parking Space in a Garage, an enclosed Parking Space in a Garage shall be provided before a Parking Area may be constructed.

A required Garage shall not be removed, converted to another use, or replaced with a Parking Area until an enclosed Parking Space in a Garage is provided.

The Applicant shall establish that it is physically impossible to construct a Garage in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.

The Applicant shall establish that it is not economically practical to construct a Garage on the Lot based on the relationship between the cost of the Garage and the total value of the Lot and the Dwelling.

In the event the Dwelling has a porch in front of the Building Line, the Applicant shall construct a Garage under the porch, provided it does not protrude beyond the existing porch.

If the above three (three) conditions do not apply, a Parking Area may be constructed as outlined in this Section.

Shared Parking. Shared Parking is encouraged to promote efficient use of land and resources by allowing users to share off-street Parking Facilities for Uses that are located near one another and that have different peak parking demands or different operating hours. Shared parking shall be subject to the following standards:

Credit for On-Street Parking Spaces. On-street Parking Spaces may be used to satisfy 20% of the requirements for off-street parking. Such on-street parking shall be located only on arterials or collector Streets within the Public Right-of-Way and shall be located within 1,000 feet of the Use.

Pedestrian Oriented Use. For Uses that serve the immediate neighborhood, a reduction in the number of required Parking Spaces may be made by the Commission.

Valet Parking. Valet parking may be used as a means of satisfying otherwise applicable off-street parking standards by the Commission.

Transit Credit. When proximate to a transit stop, credit towards the required parking may be granted. The transit stop shall be within 1,000 feet of the Principal Use. The Credit shall be determined by the Commission and shall be no greater than 15%.

Any Parking Space on a Lot occupied by a Place of Worship or accessory Place of Worship Structures complying with §20-817 of this chapter.

Stacked parking on Lot occupied by a Place of Worship or accessory Place of Worship Structures complying with the following requirements.

If the number of off-street Parking Spaces required by this chapter cannot be provided pursuant to §20-817 or §20-818, then spaces may be provided in a Parking Area within 1,000 feet of the Lot on which the Place of Worship is located; provided, however, that the Owner of any such Parking Area and the Place of Worship shall have executed a written lease or license agreement authorizing the Place of Worship to use exclusively such Parking Spaces at the usual times of worship, or where the Parking Area is publicly owned, the Place of Worship may provide a letter from the Public Owner of the Parking Area confirming that such Parking Spaces are available to Place of Worship members at the usual times of worship.

If the number of off-street Parking Spaces required by this chapter cannot be provided pursuant to §20-817 or §20-818, then spaces may be provided in a Parking Area located more than 1,000 feet from the Lot on which the Place of Worship is located, provided that a dedicated shuttle service shall be provided by the Place of Worship and used to transport parkers to and from the Place of Worship: and provided that the Owner of any such Parking Area and the Place of Worship shall have executed a written lease or license agreement authorizing the Place of Worship to use exclusively such Parking Spaces at the usual times of worship, or where the Parking Area is publicly owned, the Place of Worship may provide a letter from the Public Owner of the Parking Area confirming that such Parking Spaces are available to Place of Worship members at the usual times of worship.

No sign shall be erected, moved, enlarged, replaced, illuminated, or altered except in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance and any other ordinances and/or regulations enacted by the Municipality. The completion of an application and the subsequent issuance of a permit by the Zoning Officer are required prior to any of these actions occurring.

General repair and maintenance of any sign shall not be considered an Alteration.

Any application for a permit for the erection of a sign or other advertising Structure in which electrical wiring and connections are to be used shall be submitted to the Zoning Officer. All specifications for each sign and all parts thereof (including framework, supports, background, anchors, and wiring systems) must meet, at a minimum, the requirements as set forth in the Building (ICC), electrical, and fire prevention codes adopted by the Municipality, as they now exist or as they may hereafter exist. In the absence of an adopted electrical code, the most recent edition of the National Electrical Code shall be used as the standard for all wiring systems.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, noncommercial Sign Copy may be substituted for commercial Sign Copy on any lawful sign structure.

No sign shall be erected, replaced, or altered, except a Temporary Sign for a Use by Right in a residential zoning district, unless an application has been properly completed, any required fees have been paid and a permit issued by the Zoning Officer.

The sign application, which will be provided by the Municipality, is required to establish at a minimum, the following:

No sign shall have flashing or intermittent illumination, change colors, vary in intensity or hue, or emit any sound. Signs shall be nonmoving stationary Structures and shall have nonmoving components.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no signs other than those located in a Commercial District may be illuminated internally or by directed or reflected light, provided that the source of light is not visible and does not directly illuminate any adjoining Premises, and provided that such illumination shall not be so placed as to cause confusion or a hazard to traffic or conflict with traffic control signs or lights. Such lighting shall not be directed towards a residential zoning district or residential Building or be located less than 100 feet from the boundary line of any residential zoning district.

Every sign or other advertisement Structure permitted by this ordinance shall be adequately maintained so as to not show evidence of deterioration, which includes, but is not limited to peeling, rust, dirt, fading, discoloration, or holes. Signs requiring illumination will be illuminated as specified in the ordinance. In addition, when any sign becomes unstable, in danger of falling, or is otherwise deemed unsafe by the Zoning Officer, or if any sign shall be unlawfully installed, erected, or maintained in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, the Owner shall, upon written notice by the Zoning Officer, forthwith in the case of immediate danger, and in any case within not more than 10 days, make such sign conform to the provisions of this ordinance, or shall remove it. If within 10 days the order is not complied with, the Owner of the Building, Structure, or ground on which the sign is located shall be subject to the penalties identified in the Administrative Procedures section (Part 10) of this ordinance.

Signs, together with their panel cabinet, supports braces, anchors, and electrical equipment, pertaining to enterprises or occupants that are no longer using the Building, Structure, or lot, shall be removed within one year after the Owner or occupant has discontinued such use.

Any Public Notice or warning required by a valid applicable federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Works of art that do not include a commercial message.

Signs and banners erected under the direction of the Mt. Lebanon Manager.

Personal Opinion Signs.

The primary purpose of such Vehicle or trailer is not the display of signs.

The signs are magnetic, decals, or painted upon an integral part of the Vehicle or equipment as originally designed by the manufacturer, and do not break the silhouette of the Vehicle.

The Vehicle or trailer is in operating condition, currently registered and licensed to operate on Public Streets and actively used or available for use in the daily function of the business to which such signs relate.

Vehicles and trailers shall not be used primarily as static displays, advertising a product or service, nor utilized as storage, shelter or distribution points for commercial products or services for the general public.

One Building Sign not exceeding two square feet in area, identifying a Home Occupation, mounted on a Dwelling parallel to the wall to which it is attached.

Instructional or Directional Sign, not exceeding 12 square feet in area only for Uses authorized as Conditional Uses or Special Exceptions.

For Conditional Uses only, one Free Standing Sign not exceeding 12 square feet in area.

Neighborhood Identification Signs shall be permitted subject to Commission approval and shall conform with the following standards:

Any sign authorized in R-1 through R-5 districts as listed above.

The Building Sign Area for any Building in the R-7 district shall not exceed 20 square feet.

One Single-Face Free Standing Sign for any Building in the R-6 district not exceeding 25 square feet.

Any sign authorized in R-1 through R-7 districts as listed above.

Building Signs which shall conform with the following standards:

Freestanding Signs which shall conform with the following standards:

Incidental Signs which shall conform to the following standards:

Business District Identification Signs shall be permitted in the C-1, C-2 & CBD Districts and such signs shall conform with the following standards:

Banners shall be permitted only in connection with community special events in the C-1, C-2 and CBD Districts and such signs shall conform with the following standards:

Temporary Signs shall be permitted in all districts and shall conform with the following standards.

Signs Not Listed.

Outdoor Advertising Signs (Billboards) are permitted in the C-2 Community Commercial district only and must conform to the following:

Internal Signs.