Palmer Township City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
General Provisions and Administration
Sections
- § 190-101 Title.
- § 190-102 Short title.
- § 190-103 Community development objectives.
- § 190-104 Interpretation.
- § 190-105 Applicability to Township.
- § 190-106 Violations of other regulations.
- § 190-107 Severability.
- § 190-108 Repealer.
- § 190-109 Enactment; when effective.
- § 190-110 General provisions.
- § 190-111 Zoning permits.
- § 190-112 Zoning ordinance amendment requests.
- § 190-113 Occupancy permits.
- § 190-114 Violations and penalties.
- § 190-115 Appeals.
- § 190-116 Amendments.
- § 190-117 Zoning Hearing Board.
ARTICLE IV
Use, Area/Bulk and District-Specific Regulations
Sections
- § 190-401 Additional regulations, quick views, and tables.
- § 190-402 Specific regulations for the RA Rural Agriculture District.
- § 190-403 Specific regulations for the LDR Low-Density Residential District.
- § 190-404 Specific regulations for the MDR Medium-Density Residential District.
- § 190-405 Specific regulations for the HDR High-Density Residential District.
- § 190-406 Specific regulations for the NC Neighborhood Commercial District.
- § 190-407 Specific regulations for the GC General Commercial District.
- § 190-408 Specific regulations for the PO/B Planned Office/Business District.
- § 190-409 Specific regulations for the MSC Main Street Commercial District.
- § 190-410 Specific regulations for the LI/MU Light Industrial/Mixed Use District.
- § 190-411 Specific regulations for the IOC Industrial/Office/Commercial District.
- § 190-412 Specific regulations for the NEB North End Business District.
- § 190-413 Specific regulations for the R-248 Route 248 Overlay District.
- § 190-414 Specific regulations for the WPH William Penn Highway Overlay District.
- § 190-415 Specific regulations for the FAO Freemansburg Avenue Overlay District.
- § 190-416 Specific regulations for the EGO Eastern Gateway Overlay District.
- § 190-417 Specific regulations for the RBO Riparian Buffer Overlay District.
- § 190-418 Specific regulations for the PRO Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Overlay District.
- § 190-419 Specific regulations for the AHO Airport Hazard Overlay District.
- § 190-420 Specific regulations for the HPO Historic Preservation Overlay District.
- § 190-421 Specific regulations for the GIO Government/Institutional Overlay District.
ARTICLE V
Environmental Preservation
Sections
- § 190-501 Environmental preservation required.
- § 190-502 Nuisances prohibited.
- § 190-503 Proposed construction area and natural features and utility corridors; steep slopes.
- § 190-504 Areas with high water table; wetlands.
- § 190-505 Setbacks from waterways and drainage swales.
- § 190-506 Floodplain management.
- § 190-507 Erosion control and grading.
- § 190-508 Storage of gases, liquids and solids.
- § 190-509 Sewage treatment.
- § 190-510 Noise control.
- § 190-511 Vibration control.
- § 190-512 Dust, dirt, smoke, vapor, gas and odor control.
- § 190-513 Light and glare control.
- § 190-515 Control of radioactivity, electrical emissions and electrical disturbances.
- § 190-516 Tree preservation.
- § 190-517 Toxic, hazardous, or explosive uses.
ARTICLE VI
Off-Street Parking and Loading
Sections
- § 190-601 Required number of off-street parking spaces.
- § 190-602 General regulations for parking facilities.
- § 190-603 Design standards for off-street parking facilities.
- § 190-604 Parking of commercial, unlicensed and junk vehicles in residential districts.
- § 190-605 Off-street loading.
- § 190-607 Electric vehicle charging stations.
ARTICLE VII
Signs
Sections
- § 190-701 Construction.
- § 190-702 Abandoned signs.
- § 190-703 Location of signs.
- § 190-704 Temporary signs.
- § 190-705 Signs not requiring permits.
- § 190-706 Signs prohibited in all districts.
- § 190-707 Signs and/or structures identifying major residential or business developments.
- § 190-708 Area of signs.
- § 190-709 Maximum height of signs.
- § 190-710 Signs permitted in residential districts.
- § 190-711 Signs permitted in commercial districts.
- § 190-712 Signs permitted in industrial and business districts.
- § 190-713 Approval of signs associated with proposed variances and changes in nonconforming uses.
- § 190-714 Off-premises signs.
- § 190-715 Lights around commercial structure rooflines.
- § 190-716 Digital signs and electronic message signs.
ARTICLE VIII
General Regulations
Sections
- § 190-801 Principal uses limited; posting of address.
- § 190-802 Frontage onto improved streets; number of uses or buildings.
- § 190-803 Height exceptions; airport approaches.
- § 190-804 Special lot and yard requirements, sight distance and buffer yards.
- § 190-805 Landscaping.
- § 190-806 Establishment of future/ultimate right-of-way widths for streets.
- § 190-807 Right-of-way requirement for industrial and commercial uses.
- § 190-808 Access onto arterial and collector streets.
- § 190-809 Nonconformities.
- § 190-810 Temporary structure or use.
- § 190-811 Site plan review procedures for specific uses.
- § 190-812 Minimum size of dwellings.
- § 190-813 Traffic impact study.
- § 190-814 Stormwater management.
- § 190-815 Recreation land, open space and fees requirements.
- § 190-816 Industrial and commercial driveways.
- § 190-817 Outdoor storage.
- § 190-818 Fences, walls, hedges.
- § 190-819 Keeping of animals other than pets.
- § 190-820 Keeping of pets.
- § 190-821 Garage and yard sales.
ARTICLE IX
Additional Requirements for Specific Uses
Sections
- § 190-901 Process for uses permitted by right.
- § 190-902 Process for conditional uses.
- § 190-903 Process for special exception uses.
- § 190-904 Specific regulations for principal and accessory conditional and special exception uses.
- § 190-906 Adult day-care center.
- § 190-907 Adult-oriented establishment.
- § 190-908 Airport.
- § 190-909 Bed-and-breakfast use.
- § 190-910 Beverage production uses.
- § 190-911 Billboard.
- § 190-912 Boardinghouse or rooming house.
- § 190-913 Brewery/brew pub/tap room.
- § 190-914 Bus shelter.
- § 190-915 Campground.
- § 190-916 Cemetery/cemetery, animal.
- § 190-917 Child day-care center (as a principal use).
- § 190-918 Child day-care center (as an accessory use).
- § 190-919 Child day-care home, family or group.
- § 190-920 Commercial outdoor recreation use.
- § 190-921 Community or cultural center.
- § 190-922 Comparable uses not specifically listed.
- § 190-923 Convenience store.
- § 190-924 Drive-through facility.
- § 190-925 Essential services.
- § 190-926 Extended stay hotel.
- § 190-927 Farm cafe.
- § 190-928 Farm camp.
- § 190-929 Farmers market.
- § 190-930 Funeral home or mortuary.
- § 190-931 Geothermal energy system.
- § 190-932 Golf course.
- § 190-933 Governmental and emergency services facility.
- § 190-934 Group care facility or personal care home.
- § 190-935 Heliport or helistop.
- § 190-936 Hospital.
- § 190-937 Home occupation, low-impact.
- § 190-938 Hotel/motel.
- § 190-939 Junkyard.
- § 190-940 Landfills, waste energy plants, and transfer stations.
- § 190-941 Resource recovery facilities, composting plants, waste energy plants, and transfer stations.
- § 190-942 Manufacturing, heavy.
- § 190-943 Manufacturing, light.
- § 190-944 Medical and dental clinics and laboratories.
- § 190-945 Medical marijuana dispensaries.
- § 190-946 Medical marijuana growers/processors.
- § 190-947 Mineral extraction/open pit mining.
- § 190-948 Mixed-use building or development.
- § 190-949 Multifamily dwelling, low-rise (garden apartments).
- § 190-950 Multifamily dwelling, mid-rise.
- § 190-951 Nightclub.
- § 190-952 Nonfamily residential facility, type 1.
- § 190-953 Nonfamily residential facility, type 2.
- § 190-954 Nursing home.
- § 190-955 Outdoor industrial storage or supply yard.
- § 190-956 Personal care home.
- § 190-957 Personal services establishment.
- § 190-958 Pick-your-own operation.
- § 190-959 Place of assembly or worship.
- § 190-960 Planned development.
- § 190-961 Recycling collection center.
- § 190-962 Research, development, engineering or testing laboratory.
- § 190-963 Residential accessory structure or use.
- § 190-964 Restaurant, quick-service.
- § 190-965 Restaurant, sit-down.
- § 190-966 School, commercial.
- § 190-967 School, public or private.
- § 190-968 Self-storage development.
- § 190-969 Shopping center.
- § 190-970 Short-term rental.
- § 190-971 Single-family attached dwelling (townhouse).
- § 190-972 Solar energy system, principal/community-scale.
- § 190-973 Solar energy system, small.
- § 190-974 Tank farm.
- § 190-975 Tattoo parlor.
- § 190-976 Taxi, bus or passenger train terminal.
- § 190-977 Theater.
- § 190-978 Transitional dwelling.
- § 190-979 Truck stop.
- § 190-980 Truck, rail or freight terminal.
- § 190-981 Unit, accessory dwelling (relative care).
- § 190-982 Walk-up window.
- § 190-983 Warehouse/logistics use.
- § 190-984 Wholesale establishment.
- § 190-985 Wind energy system, principal/community-scale.
- § 190-986 Wireless communications facility.
Additional Zoning
Details
Sections
- Attachment 1 - RA Rural Agriculture
- Attachment 2 - LDR Low-Density Residential
- Attachment 3 - MDR Medium-Density Residential
- Attachment 4 - HDR High-Density Residential
- Attachment 5 - NC Neighborhood Commercial
- Attachment 6 - GC General Commercial
- Attachment 7 - PO-B Planning Office-Business
- Attachment 8 - MSC Main Street Commercial
- Attachment 9 - LI-MU Light Industrial-Mixed Use
- Attachment 10 - IOC Industrial-Office-Commercial
- Attachment 11 - NEB North End Business
- Attachment 12 - R-248 Route 248 Overlay District
- Attachment 13 - WPH William Penn Highway Overlay District
- Attachment 14 - FAO Freemansburg Avenue Overlay District
- Attachment 15 - EGO Eastern Gateway Overlay District
- Attachment 16 - RBO Riparian Buffer Overlay District
- Attachment 17 - PRO Parks-Recreation-Open Space Overlay District
- Attachment 18 - GIO Government Institutional Overlay District
- Attachment 19 - AHO Airport Hazard Overlay District
- Attachment 20 - Principal Land Use Table
- Attachment 21 - Accessory Land Use Table
- Attachment 22 - Off-Street Parking Requirements
- Attachment 23 - Zoning Map
- Ord- No- 2025-495
- Ord- No- 2025-492
- Ord- No- 2025-493