Waynesboro City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Zoning Districts General Provisions
§ 295-9 Designation of zones; purpose.
A.
For the purpose of lessening congestion in the streets, securing safety from fire, panic, and other dangers, protecting health, morals or the general welfare, providing adequate light and air, preventing the overcrowding of land or buildings, avoiding the undue concentration of population with reasonable consideration to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses and with the objective of conserving the value of property and encouraging the most appropriate use of land through such municipality, the Borough of Waynesboro is hereby divided into the following Zoning Districts:
Symbol | Zone |
|---|---|
RL | Low Density Residential District |
RM | Medium Density Residential District |
PR | Planned Residential District |
TC | Town Center District |
DBD | Downtown Business District |
GC | General Commercial/Office District |
HO | Hospital/Office District |
INST | Institutional District |
I/C | Industrial/Commercial District |
I | Industrial District |
GI | General Industrial District |
B.
This chapter is adopted in order to promote and protect the public health, safety, morals and general welfare and in furtherance of the following related and more specific objectives:
(1)
To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural and man-made disasters.
(2)
To provide adequate light, air and open space.
(3)
To ensure that the development of the Borough of Waynesboro does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the County of Franklin and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(4)
To promote the establishment of the appropriate population densities and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being of persons and neighborhoods and the preservation of the environment.
(5)
To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public funds by the coordination of public development with land use policies.
(6)
To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety of residential, recreational, commercial/industrial uses and open space, both public and private, according to their respective environmental requirements.
(7)
To encourage the location and design of transportation routes which will permit the free flow of traffic while discouraging location of such facilities and routes which will result in congestion or blight.
(8)
To provide a desirable visual environment through creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements.
(9)
To promote the conservation of open space and valuable natural resources and to prevent degradation of the environment through improper use of land.
(10)
To encourage developments which incorporate the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout of residential, commercial/industrial and recreational development to the particular site.
(11)
To encourage the provision of appropriate housing for Borough residents.
(12)
To encourage the retention of the Borough's historic character.
(13)
To encourage the coordination of the various public and private procedures and activities shaping land development with a view of lessening the cost of such development and to the more efficient use of the land.
§ 295-10 Zoning Map.
The Zoning Map entitled "Zoning Map, Borough of Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania" is hereby adopted and made part of this chapter, a copy of which shall be kept on file at the Borough office.
§ 295-11 Zone boundaries.
District boundary lines are intended to follow street and alley center lines, watercourses, Borough boundaries, lot or property lines or extension of such lines as they exist at the time of enactment of this chapter unless otherwise indicated by dimensions on the Zoning Map. The exact location of any disputed district boundary line shall be determined by the Zoning Hearing Board.
§ 295-12 Conformity with provisions.
Except as hereinafter otherwise provided:
A.
No building shall be erected and no existing building shall be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land or building be designed, used or intended to be used, for any purpose or in any manner other than as specified among the uses hereinafter listed as permitted in the district in which such building or land is located.
B.
No building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed in height the limit hereinafter designated for the district in which such building is located unless otherwise provided for in this chapter.
C.
No building shall be erected, no existing building be altered, enlarged or rebuilt, nor shall any open space surrounding any building be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity to the yard, lot area and building location regulations hereinafter designated for the district in which such building or open space is located unless otherwise provided for in this chapter.
D.
No yard or other open space provided about any building for the purpose of complying with the provision of this chapter shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building, and no yard or other open space on one lot shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for a building on any other lot, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter.
E.
Notwithstanding limitations imposed by other provisions of this chapter, a building and its customary accessory buildings may be erected on any single lot of record at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this chapter. Such lot must be in separate ownership and not of continuous frontage with other lots in the same ownership. This provision shall apply even though such lot fails to meet the requirement for area or width, or both, that are generally applicable in the zone, provided the yard dimensions and other requirements not involving area or width, or both, of the lot shall conform to the regulations for the zone in which such lot is located. Variance of yard requirements shall be obtained only through action of the Zoning Hearing Board.
F.
All uses not expressly permitted in this chapter or permitted as being similar to uses expressly permitted in this chapter are prohibited.
G.
Where district regulations specify a minimum lot width, the minimum lot width shall be provided contiguous along the street line of one street. It is prohibited when calculating the width of a lot to add widths along the street lines of two or more streets. In the case of a corner lot, the minimum lot width must be provided along the street line of one street, but does not have to be provided along the street line of each street on which the lot fronts, unless otherwise required by this chapter.
H.
In the case of a lot of irregular shape in which a portion of the lot abuts a street and a portion not abutting a street abuts the rear yards of lots which have frontage on the same street as does the irregularly shaped lot, on the irregularly shaped lot a building setback line shall be established from the abutting rear yards.
I.
Buildings and/or lots may be owned in condominium ownership. Such buildings and/or lots shall comply with all applicable zoning requirements; furthermore, each unit of occupancy shall comply with the requirements of Borough codes as a separate unit of occupancy.
(1)
Condominium declarations shall be submitted to and approved by the Borough prior to issuance of any zoning permit for a building or lot in condominium ownership, and after such approval shall be filed with the Recorder of Deeds of the County of Franklin and the Borough.
(2)
Condominium declarations shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act of 1980, as amended.[1] In the case of a building in condominium ownership situated on a parcel of land, the building coverage and paved area regulations of the applicable zoning district shall apply to the entire building as it is situated on the entire parcel, and shall not be applied to each unit of occupancy within the building.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101 et seq.
J.
When a building is proposed within Waynesboro Borough and minimum requirements are established for lot size and/or common open space, such minimum requirements shall be met within Waynesboro Borough.
K.
When calculating the permissible number of dwelling units within a subdivision or land development in Waynesboro Borough, only land located within Waynesboro Borough shall be used.
L.
A canopy, such as that over gasoline pumps at a motor vehicle service station, shall not be located within any required front, rear, or side yard established in the applicable zoning district.
M.
Steps within yards for the purpose of walking from one level of the yard to another may be located anywhere within yards.
N.
The measurement of building length shall be made along one building wall, in one general direction.
O.
No use shall be conducted in a manner to constitute a nuisance.