Richland Township Cambria County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
U University District
§ 240-56 Purpose.
The U University District is composed of post-secondary educational facilities at which at least bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree programs are offered. These regulations recognize existing patterns of university-type uses and are designed to stabilize and protect these uses and to permit flexibility in student housing, educational and athletic facilities and ancillary service facilities of a type generally found on a university campus.
§ 240-57 Use Regulations.
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes:
A.
Permitted uses.
(1)
Accessory uses on the same lot or tract with and customarily incidental to any of the permitted uses owned by or operated in conjunction with the university.
(2)
Ancillary service facilities selling or providing books, educational supplies, art supplies, athletic supplies or other incidental clothing or food items owned by or operated in conjunction with the university.
(3)
Buildings designed and used for instruction, research or other educational purposes of a type customarily associated with the university.
(4)
Cafeterias and snack bars owned by or operated in conjunction with the university.
(5)
Churches and chapels.
(6)
Dormitories.
(7)
Gymnasiums, stadiums, playing fields, courts and rinks, swimming and diving facilities and other athletic facilities.
(8)
Hospitals and medical facilities.
§ 240-58 Area regulations.
A.
Yard area setbacks for buildings. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged unless the minimum setback from a property line of adjoining property or public road right-of-way is 50 feet.
B.
Yard area setbacks for parking areas.
(1)
No parking area shall be constructed or enlarged unless the minimum setback is 25 feet from the property line of adjoining residentially zoned property.
(2)
Parking areas may be constructed or enlarged with a minimum setback of 10 feet from any public road right-of-way or property line of any nonresidentially zoned property.
§ 240-59 Height regulations.
A.
Between 50 feet and 100 feet of a property line of an adjoining residentially zoned property or a public road right-of-way on or abutting on residentially zoned properties, the maximum height of any building enlarged or erected shall not exceed 35 feet.
B.
The maximum height of any building erected or enlarged more than 100 feet from any adjoining property line of a residentially zoned property or public road right-of-way on or abutting on a residentially zoned property shall not exceed 60 feet in height.
C.
The maximum height of any building erected or enlarged more than 50 feet from any other public road right-of-way or any property line of a nonresidentially zoned property shall not exceed 60 feet.
D.
Notwithstanding these height regulations, church steeples or spires may be constructed to a height not in excess of 75 feet.
§ 240-60 Off-street parking and loading facilities.
Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required or permitted under Article XVIII.