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South Waverly City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

Agricultural District

§ 500-10 Intended purpose.

The purpose of the Agricultural District is to designate an area for agriculture activity and undeveloped areas to serve the needs of the residents of the Borough.

§ 500-11 Permitted uses.

A. 
Permitted uses in the Agricultural District are as follows:
(1) 
Adult bookstore.
(2) 
Adult entertainment facility.
(3) 
Adult mini-motion-picture theater.
(4) 
Agriculture.
(5) 
Camping ground.
(6) 
Dog kennel.
(7) 
Dwelling, industrialized housing.
(8) 
Dwelling, mobile (manufactured) home.
(9) 
Dwelling, single-family.
(10) 
Dwelling, two-family.
(11) 
Electric substation.
(12) 
Electric transmission and distribution facilities.
(13) 
Farm.
(14) 
Garage, private.
(15) 
Gardening.
(16) 
Greenhouse (sale).
(17) 
Greenhouse (personal).
(18) 
Halfway house.
(19) 
Junkyard.
(20) 
Kennels.
(21) 
Minerals.
(22) 
Mobile home (house trailer).
(23) 
Mobile home lot.
(24) 
Nursery, horticulture.
(25) 
Recreational facilities, private.
(26) 
Water treatment facility.
(27) 
Sewage treatment facility.
(28) 
Agricultural wastewater treatment facility.
(29) 
Frack waste facility.
(30) 
Water withdrawal, storage and distribution facility.
(31) 
Natural gas drilling activity.
(32) 
Compressor station.
(33) 
Drilling.
(34) 
Outside furnaces.
(35) 
Windmills.
(36) 
Towers, including cellular transmission.
(37) 
Dwelling, single-wide trailer.
[Added 4-2-2012 by Ord. No. 4-2-12]
(38) 
Dwelling, double-wide trailer/home.
[Added 4-2-2012 by Ord. No. 4-2-12]
(39) 
Mobile home (house trailer).
[Added 4-2-2012 by Ord. No. 4-2-12]
(40) 
Mobile home lot.
[Added 4-2-2012 by Ord. No. 4-2-12]
(41) 
Forestry.
[Added 1-6-2020 by Ord. No. 1-6-2020]
(42) 
Rehabilitation center.
[Added 1-6-2020 by Ord. No. 1-6-2020]
(43) 
Accessory uses to the above.
(44) 
Other uses which shall be similar in character to those listed above.

§ 500-12 Permitted accessory uses.

A. 
Permitted accessory uses in the Agricultural District are as follows:
(1) 
Junkyard.
(2) 
Auto wreck.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 101-12A(3) of the 1992 Code, Campgrounds, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(3) 
Dump.
(4) 
Garage/yard sales.
[Added 7-6-2015 by Ord. No. 07-06-15]

§ 500-13 Special uses.

A. 
The following special exceptions may be permitted by the Zoning Hearing Board, following review and comment by the Planning Commission, pursuant to standards and criteria as set forth in this chapter:
(1) 
Mobile home park.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 101-13A(2) of the 1992 Code, Water treatment facility, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(2) 
Oil and gas drilling.
(3) 
Man camp.

§ 500-14 Height regulations.

A. 
Height regulations shall be 50 feet, excluding silos, windmills, and towers, including cellular transmission.

§ 500-15 Lot area, lot width, and impervious coverage.

Unless otherwise specified herein, lot area, lot width and impervious coverage requirements of the following dimensions shall be provided for each structure or use hereafter erected, established or altered for any use permitted within this district:
A. 
Lot area. Minimum lot area: one acre.
B. 
Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
C. 
Coverage regulations.
(1) 
Single-family detached dwellings: 30%.
(2) 
Nonresidential uses: 40%.
(3) 
At least 20% of the lot area shall be maintained in a vegetative cover, except agriculture.
(4) 
Agriculture uses: 100%.

§ 500-16 Setback regulations.

The following setback regulations apply to all uses permitted within this district, unless otherwise specified herein:
A. 
Minimum setback requirements.
(1) 
Front: 50 feet.
(2) 
Rear: 50 feet.
(3) 
Side: each side yard shall be 25 feet.
(4) 
No setbacks for agricultural use.