Saxonburg City Zoning Code
PART 3
APPLICATION OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS
§ 27-21 District Regulations.
[Ord. 366, 2/5/1992, Art. III, § 3.00]
The regulations set by this chapter within each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land and particularly, except as hereinafter provided.
A.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety and general welfare. Whenever the requirements of this chapter are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations or ordinances, the most restrictive or that imposing the higher standard shall govern.
B.
No building, structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure, or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered unless in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
C.
No part of a yard, or other open space, or off-street parking or loading space required about or in connection with any building for the purpose of complying with this chapter shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or offstreet parking or loading spaces similarly required for any other building.
D.
Any use not expressly listed for a district in Sections 35 through 40 is prohibited in that district, unless granted by special exception as a "comparable use not specifically listed" in the C-1 and M Districts when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board.
E.
Accessory structures which are customarily accessory to principal structures or uses authorized by conditional use or special exception shall be permitted by right.
F.
In the commercial and manufacturing zoning district classifications, two or more principal uses or buildings may occupy the same lot, provided that where different uses are authorized on the same lot which have differing zoning requirements, each use shall meet all applicable requirements for that use.
G.
Single-family dwellings and two-family dwellings shall be the only principal detached residential building located on a zoned lot. A single-family dwelling or two-family dwelling shall not be located on the same lot with any other principal building, except that principal farm structures may occupy the same lot as the principal dwelling on farms as defined by this chapter.
H.
In zoning district classifications where multifamily dwellings are authorized, several townhouse and/or garden apartment buildings may occupy the same lot.
§ 27-22 Classification After Annexation.
[Ord. 366, 2/5/1992, Art. III, § 3.01]
All territory which may hereafter be annexed to the Borough shall, in the interest of protecting property and public interest, be zoned R-1, Residential, until the Planning Commission shall have made a thorough study of the newly annexed area, has reported its recommendations to the Borough Council, and the Borough Council has adopted a final district classification. This study and report by the Planning Commission shall be made within three months of the time of annexation.