Southampton Township Cumberland County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Districts and Map Established
§ 350-301 Zoning classifications.
For the purpose of regulating the location, size and use of buildings, structures and land for residence, trade, industry or other purposes, Southampton Township is hereby divided into the following districts, or zones, which shall be known as:
Districts |
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Agricultural District |
Woodland Conservation District |
Village Center District |
Commercial District |
Manufacturing District |
§ 350-302 Zoning Map.
The boundaries of the above districts are delineated on a map entitled Southampton Township Zoning Map which accompanies, and, with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby made a part of this chapter.
§ 350-303 Interpretation of district boundaries.
Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of the districts shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply.
A.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed as following such center lines.
B.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
C.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following municipality limits shall be construed as following such municipality limits.
D.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streams, rivers or other bodies of water shall be construed as following such center lines.
F.
Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the Official Zoning Map or are in circumstances not covered by § 350-303A through D, the Zoning Officer shall interpret the district boundaries. An appeal may be taken to the Zoning Hearing Board, as provided herein.
§ 350-304 Effect of establishment of districts.
A.
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 the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located, and unless and until a zoning permit has been secured from the Zoning Officer.
B.
No yard or open space required in connection with any building or use shall be considered as providing a required open space for any other building on the same or any other lot.
C.
No lot shall be formed from part of a lot already occupied by a building, unless such building, all yards, and open spaces connected therewith, and the remaining lot comply with all requirements prescribed by this chapter for the district in which said lot is located. No building permit shall be issued for the erection of a building on any new lot thus created unless such building and lot comply with all provisions of this chapter.
D.
No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this chapter shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this chapter.
E.
Any use not permitted by this chapter shall be deemed to be prohibited. Any list of prohibited uses contained in any section of this chapter shall not be deemed to be an exhaustive list but has been included for the purposes of clarity and emphasis, and to illustrate, by example, some of the uses frequently proposed that are deemed undesirable and incompatible and thus prohibited.
§ 350-305 Permitted use in each district.
[Amended 7-28-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-2]
The following tables list the types of uses permitted by this Zoning Ordinance. Uses are divided into permitted uses (zoning decision by Zoning Officer) and permitted by conditional use (zoning decision by governing body). Uses that are not permitted are designated by "-". Many of the uses permitted by the above two categories must comply with specific criteria, which are found in Article X. The Zoning Code section numbers where the criteria are located are noted in the tables.
Table 350-305 Uses Permitted in Each District | |||||
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All uses permitted by right, conditional use or special exception shall meet the specified criteria requirements in this chapter. R = Use permitted by right CU = Use permitted by conditional use S = Use permitted by special exception Ovrly = Data Center Overlay | |||||
Agricultural | Woodland Conservation | Village Center | Commercial | Manufacturing | |
Adult-related facilities, § 350-1005 | - | - | - | - | CU |
Agricultural uses | R | R | - | - | - |
Airport and heliport, § 350-1007 | CU | - | - | - | - |
Attached dwelling (townhouse) | - | - | R | - | - |
Automobile service station, § 350-1051 | - | - | - | CU | CU |
Automobile repair service (residential), § 350-1051 | CU | CU | - | R | - |
Automobile repair service (nonresidential), § 350-1051 | CU | CU | - | R | - |
Bed-and-breakfast, § 350-1008 | R | R | R | - | - |
Campground, § 350-1010 | CU | CU | - | - | - |
Cemetery | R | - | - | - | - |
Cluster development, § 350-1011 | - | - | CU | - | - |
Commercial breeding of animals, § 350-1014 | R | CU | - | - | - |
Commercial uses, § 350-1012 | - | - | - | R | CU |
Commercial day care, § 350-1015 | - | - | CU | CU | - |
Communication tower, § 350-1013 | CU | CU | CU | - | - |
Data centers, § 350-600 | Ovrly | - | - | Ovrly | Ovrly |
Dwelling, two-family detached | R | ||||
Essential services, § 350-1018 | R | R | R | R | R |
Event/outdoor venue, § 350-1020 | R | R | CU | CU | - |
Farm-related business, § 350-1019 | CU | CU | - | - | - |
Forestry, § 350-1021 | R | R | R | R | R |
Garage public parking, § 350-1211 | - | - | - | CU | CU |
Golf course, § 350-1022 | CU | - | - | - | - |
Group home, § 350-1023 | - | - | CU | - | - |
Halfway house | CU | CU | - | - | - |
Hotel | - | - | - | R | |
Hunting, fishing, and private recreational club, § 350-1024 | CU | CU | - | - | - |
Industrial park, § 350-1026 | - | - | - | - | CU |
Industry light/heavy, § 350-1026 | - | - | - | - | CU |
Intensive ag operation, § 350-1027 | CU | CU | - | - | - |
Junkyard, § 350-1028 | CU | CU | - | - | - |
Kennel, § 350-1047 | CU | - | CU | CU | |
Lumber mill/planing mill, § 350-1021 | CU | CU | - | - | - |
Mixed-use development, § 350-1029 | - | - | CU | - | - |
Mobile home park, § 295-600 | - | - | CU | - | - |
Multifamily conversion, § 350-1031 | - | CU | CU | - | - |
Multiple-family dwelling (apartment) | - | - | R | - | - |
Multiple family (apartment conversion), § 350-1031 | - | - | R | - | - |
Municipal building and use, § 350-1030 | R | R | R | R | R |
Place of worship | R | R | R | R | R |
Principal solar energy (PSES), § 350-1035 | - | - | - | - | R |
Principal wind energy (PWEF), § 350-1036 | - | R | - | - | - |
Professional office, § 350-1034 | - | - | R | R | - |
Public conservation areas | - | R | - | - | - |
Quarrying and other extractive use, § 350-1037 | CU | - | - | - | - |
Recreational cabins, § 350-1039 | R | R | - | - | - |
Repair service, § 350-1038 | CU | CU | - | R | - |
Restaurant/restaurant fast food, § 350-1049 | - | - | CU | R | R |
Retail business/business conversions, § 350-1009 | - | - | CU | R | R |
Retirement housing, § 350-1040 | - | - | R | - | - |
Sanitary landfill, § 350-1041 | CU | - | - | - | - |
Schools public and private, § 350-1042 | R | R | R | - | - |
Semidetached dwelling (duplex) | - | - | R | - | - |
Self-storage facility, § 350-1050 | CU | CU | - | CU | CU |
Shooting range, § 350-1043 | CU | CU | - | - | - |
Short-term rental, § 350-1044 | R | R | - | - | - |
Shopping center | - | - | - | CU | - |
Single-family detached dwelling | R | R | R | - | - |
Temporary use, § 350-1208 | R | R | R | R | R |
Tree farming, § 350-1045 | R | R | - | - | - |
Timber harvesting, § 350-1021 | - | R | - | - | - |
Tiny house, § 350-1046 | R | R | R | - | - |
Tiny house cluster, § 350-1046 | - | - | CU | - | - |
Uses of the same general character, § 350-309 | CU | CU | CU | CU | CU |
Veterinarian and animal hospital, § 350-1047 | CU | CU | CU | CU | CU |
Warehousing, § 350-1048 | - | - | - | - | R |
ACCESSORY USES | |||||
Accessory apartment, § 350-1002 | R | - | R | - | - |
Accessory solar energy (ASES), § 350-1003 | R | R | R | R | R |
Accessory wind energy (AWEF), § 350-1004 | R | R | - | - | - |
Agritourism, § 350-1006 | R | R | CU | - | - |
Data center accessory, § 350-600 | Ovrly | - | Ovrly | Ovrly | Ovrly |
Day care no-impact, § 350-1015 | - | - | R | - | - |
Home occupation, § 350-1025 | R | R | R | - | - |
ECHO housing, § 350-1017 | R | R | R | CU | CU |
No-impact home-based business, § 350-1032 | R | R | R | R | R |
Office use associated with a permitted use | - | - | - | - | R |
Outdoor storage, § 350-1033 | R | R | - | R | R |
Uses and structures which are customarily associated with the permitted uses | R | R | R | R | R |
Roadside stands | R | R | R | R | R |
Garden house, tool house, playhouse, wading and swimming pools | R | R | R | - | - |
One dwelling unit in conjunction with a permitted use | R | R | R | R | R |
Signs, § 350-1212 | R | R | CU | - | - |
R | R | R | R | R | |