Renovo City Zoning Code
PART 6
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS COVERING CERTAIN USES
§ 27-601 Amusement Uses.
[Ord. 639, 7/14/1975]
1.
Amusement Center, Bowling Alley, and Similar Places of Amusement.
A.
Such uses shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed structure, except amusement parks.
C.
A principal structure shall be not less than 20 feet from any property line.
D.
There shall be no offensive noise or vibration; such elements may be emitted only in accordance with the performance standards set forth herein.
2.
Outdoor Recreation Facilities.
A.
Such uses shall include golf courses, ice-skating rinks, swimming pools, tennis courts, and amusement parks.
C.
Illuminated signs and other lights shall be directed away, or shielded from adjoining residential properties in such a way as not to disturb the occupants thereof.
D.
No permanent public address system is permitted except where such system will not be audible at any property line.
E.
Private swimming pools, permanent and portable, which shall be regulated as follows; except that these regulations shall not apply to portable swimming pools which shall be not more than two feet in height nor more than 15 feet in length or diameter:
(1)
May be erected only in the rear yard of such structure and shall be distant not less than 20 feet from front and rear lot lines nor less than 10 feet from any side yard, principal structure or accessory structure attached thereto.
(3)
Such uses shall be properly fenced to a height of at least 42 inches to prevent access by unsupervised children.
(4)
Such uses shall not adversely affect the character of any residential neighborhood.
§ 27-602 Community Facilities.
[Ord. 639, 7/14/1975]
1.
Community Buildings, Clubs, Social Halls, Lodges, Fraternal Organizations and Similar Uses.
A.
All buildings shall be a minimum of 20 feet from any property line, except where greater distances are otherwise required.
B.
In R Districts where permitted, there may be included retail sales for guests only.
C.
All applications for such uses in R Districts shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Zoning Hearing Board that the proposed use will serve primarily the residents of the surrounding neighborhood and that said use cannot satisfactorily be located elsewhere to serve said neighborhood.
2.
Essential Services, Enclosed or Permanent Structures.
A.
Public Utility Services. Such uses shall include electric substations, transformers, switches, and auxiliary apparatus serving a distribution area, and water pumping station in R Districts and shall be subject to the following regulations:
(1)
Such facility shall not be located on a residential street (unless no other site is available), and shall be so located as to draw a minimum of vehicular traffic to and through such streets.
(2)
The location, design and operation of such facility may not adversely affect the character of the surrounding residential area.
(3)
Adequate fences, barriers, and other safety devices shall be provided, and shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions of § 27-506.
(4)
Noise emitted from electric substations shall not be greater than permitted in accordance with the performance standards set forth herein.
B.
Private Utility Services. Such uses shall include all uses identified in Subsection 2A, except that private utility services shall be those that are privately owned and/or serve one property or user. Private utility services shall be permitted in the R Districts subject to the regulations set forth at Subsection 2A(1) through (4).
[Amended by Ord. 789, 5/18/2016]
3.
Essential Services, Open. Such uses shall be limited to the erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance, by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare, but not including buildings. Where applicable, the landscaping regulations of § 12-506 shall apply.
4.
Fire Stations, Police Stations and Railroad Passenger Stations. Such facilities shall be permitted in all R Districts, provided that:
A.
Such facility is necessary to serve the surrounding residential area where it is not possible to serve such area from a facility located in C-3 or less restrictive districts.
B.
Such facility shall not be located on a residential street (unless no other site is available), and shall be so located as to draw a minimum of vehicular traffic to and through such streets.
5.
Hospitals, Churches, or Other Religious or Eleemosynary Institutions. All such uses shall be located on a public street and shall maintain a minimum of 20 feet-wide landscaped strip in accordance with the provisions of § 27-506 on all property lines abutting R Districts and all residential streets.
§ 27-603 Motels, Motor Courts, Motor Hotels and Similar Uses.
[Ord. 639, 7/14/1975]
1.
Such uses shall have a minimum area of 150 square feet per unit and each unit shall consist of at least one bedroom with bath and toilet facilities.
2.
Illuminated signs and other lights shall be directed away from or shielded from adjoining residential properties in such a way as not to disturb the occupants thereof.
§ 27-604 Retail and Manufacturing Uses.
[Ord. 639, 7/14/1975]
1.
Bakeries. Bakeries first permitted in any C-3 District shall be located no closer to an R District than 50 feet and goods produced on the premises shall be sold only at retail on the premises.
2.
Retail Sales for Guests Only. Where such uses are permitted the following shall apply:
A.
There shall be no external evidence of any gainful activity, however incidental, nor any access to any space used for gainful activity, other than from within the building.
B.
There shall be no harm to adjoining existing or potential residential development due to excessive traffic generation or noise or other circumstances.
3.
Retail Uses in I Districts. Such uses shall be permitted only where the applicant proves that such use is or will be necessary to serve manufacturing uses and will not adversely affect the industrial development of adjoining land.
4.
Manufacturing Uses. Manufacturing uses in any I-1 District, when abutting any R District, shall be screened from such use in accordance with the provisions of § 27-506 except when the immediately adjoining R District is presently occupied by a nonresidential structure where it abuts an I-1 District.
§ 27-605 Large-Scale Developments.
[Ord. 639, 7/14/1975]
1.
Large-scale developments as defined herein shall be permitted as a special use and shall be developed in accordance with the following requirements:
A.
Spacing and Orientation of Residential Developments. Spacing between buildings and orientation in residential building groups shall be as follows:
(1)
In buildings containing multiple dwelling units, walls, containing main window exposures or main entrances, shall be so oriented as to insure adequate light and air exposures.
(2)
Such buildings shall be so arranged as to avoid undue exposure to concentrated loading or parking facilities and shall be so oriented as to preserve visual and audible privacy between adjacent buildings.
(3)
A building group may not be so arranged that any temporary or permanently inhabited building is inaccessible by emergency vehicles and no attached row houses shall extend more than 500 feet in length unless approved by the Planning Commission.
B.
Spacing and Orientation of Commercial and Manufacturing Developments. A building group may not be so arranged that any permanently or temporarily inhabited building is inaccessible by emergency vehicles.
C.
Circulation.
(1)
Adequate, safe and convenient arrangement of pedestrian circulation facilities, roadways, driveways, off-street parking and loading space, facilities for waste disposal and illumination.
(2)
Adequate amount and suitable location of pedestrian walks, malls and landscaped spaces to prevent pedestrian use of vehicular ways and parking spaces, and to separate pedestrian walks, malls, and public transportation loading places from general vehicular circulation facilities.
(3)
Arrangement of buildings and vehicular circulation open space so that pedestrians moving between buildings are not unnecessarily exposed to vehicular traffic.
(4)
All circulation must be approved by the county planner and County Engineer.
D.
Paving and Drainage. Adequate design of grades, paving, gutters, drainage, and treatment of turf to handle stormwaters, prevent erosion and formation of dust. All grading, paving and drainage plans must conform to the local subdivision regulations and be approved by the County Engineer.
E.
Signs and Lighting. Proper arrangement of signs and lighting devices with respect to traffic control devices and adjacent residential districts. All signs and lighting must be approved by the county planner and County Engineer.
F.
Usable Open Space. In residential building groups providing for permanent family occupancy, play areas for children and other recreational areas in safe locations and in an amount equal to not less than 10% of gross land area in the development.
G.
Planting and Screening. In business building groups abutting or within 100 feet of residential districts, fences, walls, or year-round screen planting when necessary to shield adjacent residential districts from parking lot illumination, headlights, fences, heat, blowing papers and dust and to reduce the visual encroachments of commercial architecture, signs and activity on residential privacy and residential neighborhood character.
H.
Conformity with Master Plan. The proposed large-scale development shall conform to the Borough Master Plan in terms of general location.
I.
Justification for Exception. Such exceptions, which may be required from the strict application of this Chapter shall be solely for the purpose of promoting an integrated site plan no less beneficial to the residents or occupants of such developments as well as of neighboring properties than would obtain under the normal requirements of this Chapter.
§ 27-606 Services, Automotive.
[Ord. 639, 7/14/1975]
1.
Off-Street Parking. In all districts, in connection with every manufacturing, business, institutional, residential, recreational, or any other use, there shall be provided, at the time any building or structure is erected or is enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking space, without charge, for the use of persons residing on the premises, or employed, or having business thereon.
A.
Size and Access. Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than 200 square feet exclusive of access drives or aisles, and shall be of usable shape and condition. Except in the case of dwellings, no parking area provided hereunder shall be established for less than three spaces.
There shall be adequate provisions for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Access to off-street parking areas shall be limited to several well-defined locations and in no case shall there be permitted unrestricted access along the length of the street or alley upon which the parking area abuts, except where a parking area shall be less than 35 feet in depth. |
B.
Number of Parking Spaces Required. The number of off-street parking spaces required shall be as set forth in Table 27-6-I in accordance with the definition of "floor area," provided further that in any R District, on any lot having an area of 1 acre or less, private garage space may be provided for not more than five motor vehicles. Space for one additional motor vehicle may be provided for each 1/5 acre by which the area of the lot exceeds 1 acre.
Table 27-6-I | ||
|---|---|---|
Uses | Required Parking Spaces | |
Churches and schools | 1 for each 3.5 seats in an auditorium or 1 for each 17 classroom seats, whichever is greater | |
Community buildings, and social halls | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area | |
Bowling alleys | 5 for each alley | |
Dwellings, motels | 1 for each family or dwelling unit | |
Funeral homes, mortuaries | 10 for each parlor | |
Hospital, nursing and convalescing homes | 1 for each 3 beds plus 1 for each employee | |
Hotels, rooming houses and dormitories | 1 for each 2 bedrooms | |
Manufacturing plants, research or testing laboratories, bottling plants | 1 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area, plus 1 for each 4 employees in the maximum working shift; the total parking area shall be not less than 25% of the building floor area | |
Medical or dental clinics, or offices | 3 spaces for each doctor or dentist | |
Offices | 1 for each 2 employees | |
Restaurants, beer parlors and night clubs | 1 for each 2.5 seats | |
Retail stores, store groups and shops | 1 for each 300 square feet of floor area where the floor area shall exceed 1,000 square feet except in a C-3 District where 3 spaces shall be provided for each 300 square feet of floor area | |
Theaters and other places of assembly | 1 for each 3.5 seats | |
Wholesale establishments or warehouses | 1 for each 2 employees in maximum working shift; the total parking area shall be not less than 25% of the building floor area | |
In any case of a building, structure or premises, the use of which is not specifically mentioned herein, the provisions for a use which is so mentioned and to which said use is similar in the opinion of the Zoning Hearing Board shall apply. | ||
C.
Off-Site Facilities. All permitted and required accessory off-street parking spaces, open or enclosed, shall be located on the same zone lot as the use to which such spaces are accessory, except that such spaces may be provided elsewhere but shall be provided within a radius of no greater distance than 250 feet from that zone lot, and provided further, that required spaces are provided off the site in accordance with the provisions set forth herein and that such spaces shall be in the same ownership as the use to which they are accessory and shall be subject to deed restrictions filed in an office of record, binding the owner and his heirs and/or assigns to maintain the required number of spaces available throughout the life of such use, and such spaces shall conform to all regulations of the district in which they are located.
2.
Off-Street Loading. In any district, in connection with every building, or building group or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of 5,000 square feet or more, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, or commercial uses, or distribution of material or merchandise by vehicles, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same zone lot with such building, off-street loading berths in accordance with the requirement of Table 27-6-II following.
Table 27-6-II | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Uses | Square Feet of Floor Area | Required Off-Street Loading Berths | |
Schools | 15,000 or more | 1 | |
Hospitals (in addition to space for ambulances) | From 10,000-30,000 For each additional 30,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 1 additional | |
Undertakers and funeral homes | 5,000 For each additional 5,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 1 additional | |
Hotels and offices | From 10,000 or more | 1 | |
Retail, commercial, wholesale, manufacturing, storage, and miscellaneous 15,000 or more | From 10,000-25,000 From 25,000-40,000 From 40,000-60,000 From 60,000-100,000 For each additional 50,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 2 3 4 1 additional | |
Size and Location. Each loading space shall be not less than 10 feet in width, 25 feet in length and 14 feet in height, and may occupy all or any part of any required yard, except where located adjacent to any R District, where they shall be set back a minimum of six feet from any such property line. | |||
3.
Joint Facilities for Parking or Loading. Off-street parking and loading facilities for separate uses may be provided jointly if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use and provided that all regulations governing the location of accessory spaces in relation to the use served are adhered to. Further, no accessory space or portion thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one use unless otherwise approved by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with the purposes and procedures set forth herein.
4.
Development and Maintenance of Parking and Loading Areas. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area or loading area including a commercial parking lot shall be developed and maintained. In accordance with the following requirements:
A.
Screening and Landscaping. Off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles and off-street loading areas shall, be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any R District, or institutional premises, by a fence or hedge. Such fence or hedge shall be not less than eight feet nor more than six feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition without any advertising thereon. Any space between such fence or hedge and the side lot line facing premises, in any R District shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs or evergreen ground cover and maintained in good condition.
B.
Minimum Distances and Setbacks. No off-street parking or loading area or part thereof for more than five vehicles shall be closer than 10 feet to any dwelling, school, hospital or other institution for human care located on an adjoining lot. If not in an R District but adjoining such district, the parking area shall not be located within five feet from the established street right-of-way line within 50 feet of any R District.
C.
Surfacing. Any off-street parking or loading area shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or portland cement binder pavement or similar durable and dustless surface which shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulated within the area, and shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for the orderly and safe loading, parking, and storage of self-propelled vehicles. All surfacing must be approved by the County Engineer and all parking lot layouts must be approved by the county planner.
D.
Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking or loading areas shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from the adjoining premises in any R District. All lighting must be approved by the County Engineer.
E.
Modification of Requirements. The Zoning Hearing Board may authorize on appeal, a modification, reduction or waiver of the foregoing requirements, if it should find that in the particular case appealed the peculiar nature of the use, or the exceptional situation or condition must justify such action.
5.
Service Stations.
A.
Location of Exits and Entrances. No gasoline filling stations, automobile repair shop, or any vehicular access thereto, shall be located within 200 feet of the following uses, if the property is dedicated or intended to such uses and is located along the same street and on the same block:
(1)
Schools, playgrounds, churches, hospitals, public libraries, funeral homes, and institutions for dependents for children.
(2)
Vehicular access to the above automotive uses shall not be closer to the intersection of any two street lot lines than 50 feet, nor shall any such use be located within 25 feet of any boundary line of any R District.
B.
Location of Appliances or Pits. No gasoline filling station or parking garage shall be permitted where any gasoline or oil pump, or oil draining pit or visible appliance for any such purpose is located within 10 feet of any street lot line, except where such appliance or pit is within a building.
§ 27-607 Services, General.
[Ord. 639, 7/14/1975]
1.
Animal Hospitals, Kennels and Pounds. No such use shall be located closer than 100 feet to any R District, restaurant, or hotel, in any district where permitted and shall show that adequate measures and controls shall be taken to prevent offensive noise and odor. No incineration of refuse shall be permitted on the premises.
2.
Crematory, Mausoleum. Any of these uses shall provide entrance on a street or road which shall have a pavement width of not less than 20 feet, with ingress and egress so designed as to minimize traffic congestion, and shall provide a minimum six-foot high fence, evergreen, or evergreen-type hedges or shrubs, at intervals, of not more than six feet, or provide a minimum 20 feet of permanently maintained planting strip on all property lines abutting any R District or residential street.
§ 27-608 Special Uses.
[Ord. 639, 7/14/1975; as amended by A.O.]
1.
Special uses shall be permitted only upon authorization by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to § 27-1905, Subsection 7, provided that such uses shall be found by the Board to comply with the following requirements and other applicable requirements as set forth in this Chapter:
A.
The use is a permitted special use as determined by the Zoning Hearing Board.
B.
The use is so designed, located, and proposed to be operated that the public health, safety, welfare and convenience will be protected.
C.
The use will not cause substantial injury to the value of other property in the neighborhood where it is to be located.
D.
The use shall be compatible with adjoining development and the proposed character of the zone district where it is to be located.
E.
Adequate landscaping and screening is provided as required in § 27-506 and as otherwise provided herein.
F.
Adequate off-street parking and loading is provided and ingress and egress is so designed as to cause minimum interference with traffic on abutting streets.
G.
The use conforms with all applicable regulations governing the district where located, except as may otherwise be determined for large-scale development.
§ 27-609 Miscellaneous Uses.
[Ord. 639, 7/14/1975]
1.
Conversions, Nonresidential. No commercial or manufacturing structure, originally designed for other than residential use, shall be converted to a dwelling structure, nor shall any such structure which was so converted prior to the adoption of this Chapter be further converted to provide for additional dwellings.
2.
Home Occupations. Permitted home occupations operated in any dwelling unit may be operated only if it complies with all of the following conditions:
A.
Where Permitted. Within a single dwelling unit, or in a building or other structures accessory to a dwelling unit and only by the person or persons maintaining a dwelling therein and not more than one additional person shall be employed in the home occupation.
B.
Evidence of Use. Does not display or create outside the building any evidence of the home occupation, except that one unanimated, non-illuminated flat or window sign having an area of not more than two square feet shall be permitted on each street front of the zone lot on which the building is situated.
C.
Extent of Use. Does not utilize more than 50% of the gross floor area of the dwelling. One off-street parking space must be provided per employee and two spaces for customers, not to include the driveway. All off-street parking must conform with the provisions for such in this Chapter.
D.
Permitted Uses. Includes not more than one of the following uses:
(1)
Medical and dental offices.
(2)
Rooming and/or boarding of not more than four persons, except that the rooming and/or boarding of diseased or mentally ill persons is prohibited.
(3)
Foster family care (for not more than six children simultaneously.)
(4)
Tutoring for not more than four students simultaneously.
(5)
Barber shop, beauty shop, milliner, seamstress, tailor, interior decorator.
(6)
Professional offices including but not limited to: lawyer, engineer, planner, landscape architect, architect, accountant, secretarial services, insurance and manufacturer's representatives.
(7)
Teaching of music for one pupil at one time; teaching of dancing for not more than a group of six pupils.
(8)
Other uses approved by the Zoning Officer.
3.
Outdoor Storage Areas. Such uses shall not abut existing residential development, a residential street or any R District and the operation thereof shall be governed by the following provisions and any other conditions as may be required by the Zoning Hearing Board upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission to protect the public health, safety, comfort; convenience, and general welfare and especially with regard to abutting properties and the occupants thereof.
A.
Inflammable and Explosive Liquids. No highly inflammable or explosive liquids, solids, or gases shall be stored in bulk aboveground. Tanks or drums of fuel directly connecting with heating devices or appliances located on the same premises as the tanks or drums of fuel are excluded from this provision.
B.
Fencing and Setbacks. All outdoor storage facilities shall be enclosed by a fence or wall adequate to conceal such facilities and the contents thereof from adjacent property. Such walls and fences shall be distant not less than 20 feet from all property lines which abut an R District or existing residential development, but in any other case shall be distant not less than 10 feet from any property line and shall be distant not less than 25 feet from any public street.
C.
Deposit of Wastes. No materials or wastes shall be deposited on any premises in such form or manner that they may be transferred off such premises by natural causes or forces.
D.
Other Hazardous Materials. All materials or wastes which might cause fumes or dust or which constitute a fire hazard or which may be edible by or otherwise be attractive to rodents or insects shall be stored outdoors only in closed containers.
4.
Signs. Signs may be erected and maintained only when in compliance with the following provisions:
A.
Signs in Residential Districts. The following types of non-illuminated, nonadvertising signs are permitted in all Residential Districts as follows:
(1)
Nameplates and Identification Signs.
(a)
Signs indicating the name and/or address of the occupant, or a permitted home occupation, provided that they shall not be larger than two square feet in area. Only one such sign per dwelling unit shall be permitted except in the case of corner lots where two such signs (one facing each street) shall be permitted for each dwelling unit.
(b)
For hotels and for buildings other than dwellings a single identification sign not exceeding six square feet in area and indicating only the name and address of the building and the name of the management may be displayed, provided that on a corner lot two such signs (one facing each street) shall be permitted.
(2)
Sale or Rental Signs. Signs advertising the sale or rental of the, premises upon which they, are erected by the owner or broker or any other person interested in the sale or rental of such premises, and signs bearing the word "sold" or "rented" with the name of persons effecting the sale or rental may be erected or maintained, provided:
(3)
Institutional Signs. Signs of schools, colleges, churches, hospitals, sanatoria, or any other institutions of a similar public or semi-public nature may be erected and maintained, provided:
(4)
Signs Accessory to Parking Areas. Signs designating entrances or exits to or from a parking area and limited to one sign for each such exit or entrance and to a maximum size of two square feet each shall be permitted. One sign per parking area designating the conditions of use or identity of such parking area and limited to a maximum size of nine square feet shall be permitted, provided that on a corner lot two such signs shall be permitted, one facing each street.
(5)
Development Signs. Signs advertising the sale or development of the premises upon which they are erected, when erected in connection with the development of the premises by a builder, contractor, developer, or other persons interested in such sale or development, may be erected and maintained, provided:
(a)
The size of any sign is not in excess of 20 square feet.
(b)
Not more than two signs are placed on any property, unless such property fronts upon more than one street, in which event two such signs may be erected on such frontage.
(c)
Any such sign shall be removed by the developer within 30 days of the final sale of property.
(6)
Directional Signs. Signs indicating the location and direction of premises available for or in process of development, but not erected upon such premises, and having inscribed thereon the name of the owner, developer, builder, or agent, may be erected and maintained, provided:
(7)
Artisans' Signs. Signs of mechanics, painters, and other artisans may be erected and maintained during the period such persons are performing work on the premises on which such signs are erected, provided:
(8)
Private Driveways. Signs indicating the private nature of a driveway, or trespassing signs, provided that the size of any such sign shall not exceed two square feet.
(9)
Height and Projection of Signs. No sign in an R District shall project into the public way or project higher than one story or 20 feet, whichever is lower.
B.
Signs in A, F, C, and I Districts. Business signs shall be permitted as follows:
(1)
Size of Signs. No sign shall have a gross surface area of more than 100 square feet in any C District or more than 150 square feet in any A, F, or I District, except that where only one surface of such sign is visible the gross surface area shall be reduced by 50%.
(2)
Location of Signs. In any C-3 or C-4 District all signs shall be securely attached to a building. Free-standing signs shall be permitted in all other A, F, C, and I Districts only, provided that no such sign shall be nearer to any property line than 50 feet.
(3)
Illumination of Signs. Flashing signs and revolving illuminated signs shall be considered as a special use permitted in I Districts provided that such signs shall not create any traffic hazard, or abut or face any residential property or any residential zone lot. Stationary illuminated signs are permitted in C, A, F, and I Districts only.
C.
General Regulations. The following regulations shall apply to all permitted signs:
(1)
Maintenance. Signs must be constructed of durable materials, maintained in good condition and not allowed to become dilapidated.
(2)
Projection of Signs. Attached signs shall not project from any building more than three feet in the direction of the street; provided further, that no such sign shall extend over the public street or public sidewalk area.
(3)
Height of Signs. No sign shall be higher than the height limit in the district where such sign is located nor shall any sign be located upon the roof of any building.
(4)
Permits (Building) for Signs. Building permits shall be required for all signs except signs provided for in Subsection 4A and other accessory residential signs. For signs in the interest of the public information and convenience, the Zoning Officer, upon approval by the Zoning Hearing Board, following the recommendation of the County Planning Commission, may issue a temporary permit for a period to be designated by the said Board. Such temporary signs shall be removed by the property owner at the termination of any permit for the erection thereof.
(5)
Fees. No fee shall be charged for any permit connected with the erection of a sign necessary to the public welfare.
5.
Temporary Tract Office. A temporary tract office in any district shall be located on the property to which it is appurtenant; shall be limited to a six months period at the expiration of which time the applicant may request a further extension of time. Otherwise the tract office shall be removed at the expense of the owner.
Such temporary tract office may also be conducted in a building in a housing development as a real estate office for said development.
6.
Rooming and/or Boarding Houses. Rooming and/or boarding houses, other than accessory home occupations, may be permitted as a special use, provided, however, that they conform with regulations of the district where they are permitted, the off-street parking requirements of § 27-601 and the following requirements.
A.
The minimum lot area of such a use shall be 8,000 square feet.
B.
The minimum lot area per rooming unit shall be not less than 1,000 square feet.
C.
No sign shall be erected other than one unanimated, non-illuminated flat or window sign having an area of not more than two square feet which shall be permitted on each street front of the zone lot on which the building is situated.