Nottingham Township Washington County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXI
Rezoning
§ 425-140 Purpose of rezoning.
A.
The purpose of rezoning is to protect the safety, capacity and efficiency of the Township's existing infrastructure systems; to maintain fiscal responsibility; and to uphold the objectives of the Nottingham Comprehensive Plan.
B.
Rezoning considerations shall be based on the projected benefits and/or detrimental effects to the Township of Nottingham as a whole.
§ 425-141 Rezoning application forms.
All applicants submitting rezoning applications shall be required to prepare a series of plans, analyses and reports as enumerated identified as application criteria to demonstrate the compatibility of a rezoning proposal.
§ 425-142 Review of rezoning applications.
A.
The Zoning Officer shall review the application in compliance with the following procedural guidelines:
(1)
Upon receipt of a rezoning application, the Zoning Officer will perform a desk check review of the package to determine the completeness of the application.
(2)
The Zoning Officer will provide the applicant a letter within seven business days stating that the application has been submitted with all required information attached.
(3)
If the Zoning Officer finds the application to be incomplete or insufficient, the rezoning application will be returned to the applicant.
(4)
When the rezoning application is found to be complete, the Zoning Officer shall compile a report and forward the application package and report to the Township Board of Supervisors for review.
B.
If an application is forwarded to the Planning Commission by the Board of Supervisors for review, the Planning Commission shall review the application in compliance with the following procedural guidelines:
(1)
If the rezoning proposal is found to be generally consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, the Planning Commission shall consider any projected beneficial and/or detrimental effects on the Township. The Planning Commission may host a public hearing on the application if they deem it applicable.
(2)
Based on these analyses, the Planning Commission shall submit a written recommendation either in favor or not in favor of the rezoning proposal including a specific statement as to whether or not the proposed rezoning is in accordance with the objectives of the Township Comprehensive Plan.
C.
The final recommendation of the Planning Commission shall be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors.
D.
Upon receipt of the Planning Commission's final recommendations, the Board of Supervisors shall host a public hearing on the application. The Board of Supervisors shall compose a brief summary explanation of its decision and forward the decision and explanation to the applicant. The Board of Supervisors may deny the rezoning proposal and shall provide a brief summary explanation of the decision to the applicant. Upon approval of the rezoning proposal the Zoning Officer shall update the Official Zoning Map accordingly.
§ 425-143 Application requirements.
The following outlines the plans, analyses and reports that a landowner and/or developer shall submit as part of rezoning applications. The plans, analyses and reports to be submitted include:
A.
Sketch plan.
B.
Estimated infrastructure (sanitary sewer and potable water) demands (gallons per day).
C.
Off-street parking projections (number of parking spaces) available on site.
D.
A summary of anticipated impacts on adjoining lots including but not limited to noise, vibration, nighttime lighting, service area locations and visibility, hours of operation.
E.
Depending upon the location of lot access, infrastructure service/demands and impacts on adjoining lots, the Board of Supervisors may require a landowner and/or developer to prepare other potential related studies.
§ 425-144 Additional information.
The Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors reserve the right to request additional information as part of the rezoning review and approval process in order to evaluate the applicability of the rezoning.