Waynesboro City Zoning Code

The site must be adequate for proper building, drainage, water supply and sewage disposal. Site size and space requirements shall be in accordance with applicable state or federal standards and practice for the use proposed.

Sufficient amounts of usable space are provided for recreation areas, parking, loading, etc.

The site shall not be subject to noises, odors, smoke, dirt, dust and other environmental factors which are inconsistent with the standards of § 295-87 of this chapter.

Pedestrian and vehicular circulation must be designed for safety and efficiency to achieve separation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

The site shall be located and planned in such a manner that it can be used for both its intended function and general community functions, if appropriate, and shall be attractively landscaped.

A statement setting forth the need and purpose of the installation shall be filed with the Zoning Hearing Board by the applicant.

Proof shall be furnished to the Board that the proposed installation in the location specified is necessary for the convenient and efficient operation of the public utility system or the satisfactory and convenient provision of service by the utility to the neighborhood or area in which the particular use is to be located.

The design of any structure or use in connection with such facility shall conform to the general character of the neighborhood in which it is proposed to be located and will not adversely affect the safe and comfortable enjoyment of properties in the neighborhood in which it is located.

These are uses where the primary purpose is the provision of parking spaces, whether or not a fee is charged for use of such parking spaces.

The facility is not to be used for sales, long-term storage, repair work or servicing of any kind.

Entrances and exits from the facility are to be located so as to ensure the protection of the character of the area.

All parking is to be kept back of the setback line by barrier.

The parking facility shall be screened from the street and adjoining properties in accordance with the screening requirements of this chapter. All lighting shall be arranged to eliminate glare on adjoining properties.

A statement setting forth full particulars on the operation to be conducted within the structures and any required approvals of the Pennsylvania Departments of Health, Labor and Industry, State and Public Welfare shall be filed with the Zoning Hearing Board.

The Board shall determine that said structure or use will not be detrimental to surrounding property and the design of any structures erected in connection with such use will be in keeping with the general character of the area. Such lot shall meet the requirements of the zone in which located as set forth in the Schedule of Area, Yard and Height Requirements.[1]

All day-care centers must provide proof of an approved and currently valid DPW license at the time of initial notification to the Borough, and must provide proof of annual license renewal.

Each dwelling unit, after conversion, shall contain within the unit complete kitchen, toilet and bathing facilities.

The area of the lot upon which the conversion is located contains at least 2,000 square feet for each dwelling unit after conversion.

Dwelling units shall comply with the most recent edition of the Uniform Construction Code.

No exterior structure alteration of the structure may be made except as may be necessary for safety or for improved access.

On-premises off-street parking shall be provided at a ratio of two spaces per dwelling unit created.

Area and development controls.

Special regulations for mobile home parks.

License for mobile home parks; application therefor and issuance thereof.

Maintenance of facilities. The operator and owner shall be responsible for maintaining all common facilities, including but not limited to roads, parking areas, sidewalks or pathways, common open space, water supply and sewage disposal systems and service buildings, in a condition of proper repair and maintenance. If upon inspection by the Zoning Officer, it is determined that the mobile home park is not in compliance with this standard of maintenance, the licensee shall be considered to be in violation of this chapter and the Zoning Officer shall notify the operator or licensee of the particulars of any such violation. The operator and licensee shall thereafter correct any such violations. If the violation is determined by the Zoning Officer to constitute a hazard to the health and safety of the residents of the mobile home park, he shall order that the violation be corrected forthwith.

Maintenance bond.

Proposed traffic flow and ingress-egress shall not cause traffic hazards or traffic backup on adjacent streets.

Signs and outdoor lighting shall be in accordance with specific provisions of this chapter.

Access points shall be limited to two on each street abutting the lot.

On-lot traffic circulation channels and parking areas shall be clearly marked and sufficient to accommodate anticipated traffic.

Provisions shall be made for proper and convenient disposal of refuse.

Surface water runoff shall be managed on site.

Gasoline fuel pumps shall be at least 25 feet from any street right-of-way.

All automobile parts and dismantled vehicles shall be located within a building.

Outdoor paint spraying or body and fender work shall not be permitted.

Automobiles taken to a service station or garage for outside storage because of an accident may remain without repairs being initiated no longer than 15 days from the initial date.

Minimum lot area: 15,000 square feet.

Signs and outdoor lighting shall be in accordance with specific provisions of this chapter.

Provisions shall be made for proper and convenient disposal of refuse.

Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

A fifteen-foot buffer area, consisting of evergreen plant material at least six feet high and no more than 40% open, shall be provided where any lot abuts a residential zone.

No more than 10 rental units shall be provided and no more than four persons may occupy one rental unit.

At least one bathroom shall be provided for each two guest rooms in addition to at least one bathroom provided for the principal residential use.

Lot area and setback requirements for the zone in which the bed-and-breakfast is located shall prevail.

Detached dwellings which are converted must maintain the appearance of a detached dwelling with a single front entrance. Additional entrances may be placed on the side or rear of the structure. Exterior stairways and fire escapes shall be located on the rear wall in preference to either side wall and in no case on a front or side wall facing a street.

Except as may be necessary for purposes of safety in accordance with the preceding subsection, there shall be no major structural change in the exterior of the building in connection with the conversion. After conversion, the building shall retain substantially the same structural appearance it had before such conversion.

The use shall be carried on by members of a family, who must reside on the primary premises. In addition, a maximum of two nonresident employees may be utilized.

There shall be no separate cooking facilities in any guest room. Food shall only be served to guests who are staying overnight.

The maximum, uninterrupted length of stay at a bed-and-breakfast shall be 14 days.

The use of any amenities provided by the bed-and-breakfast, such as swimming pool or tennis court, shall be restricted in use to the overnight guests and permanent residents of the establishments.

Off-street parking shall be provided as follows:

No such establishment shall be permitted:

All such establishments shall be subject to Ordinance No. 865 of the Borough of Waynesboro as amended from time to time, regarding obscene materials.

Density. Area, yard, height and building requirements shall conform to the requirements of this chapter for multifamily dwellings in a R-M Medium Density Residential Zone.

Location within zone. No halfway house shall be permitted:

No material shall be placed in any junkyard in such a manner that it is capable of being transferred out of the junkyard by wind, water or other natural causes.

The boundaries of any junkyard shall at all times be clearly delineated.

All paper, rags, cloth and other fibers, and activities involving the same, other than loading and unloading, shall be within fully enclosed buildings.

The land area used for junkyard purposes shall not be exposed to public view from any public street or road by virtue of its location on a hillside or location on a plateau below street level.

Such junkyard shall be entirely enclosed by a solid fence or wall, at least eight feet but no more than 10 feet high, constructed of wood, brick, plastic, cinder block or concrete, with access only through solid gates. The fence or wall shall be situated no closer to any street, alley or property line than 50 feet, but shall be at least 100 feet from any permanent residential building. Such fence or wall shall be kept in good repair and neatly painted in a uniform color.

The contents of such a junkyard shall not be placed or deposited to a height greater than the height of the fence or wall herein prescribed.

Between the fence or wall and the street or property line, buffer plantings shall be placed that are either:

All materials shall be stored in such a manner as to prevent the breeding or harboring of rats, insects or other vermin. When necessary, this shall be accomplished by enclosure in containers, raising of materials above the ground, separation of types of material, preventing the collection of stagnant water, extermination procedures or other means.

No explosive, toxic, radioactive or highly flammable materials shall be kept on the property.

No burning shall be carried on in any junkyard. Fire shall be prevented and hazards avoided by organization and segregation of stored materials, with particular attention to the separation of combustibles from other materials and enclosure of combustibles where necessary (gas tanks shall be drained), by the provision of aisles (at least 15 feet in width) for escape and firefighting and by other necessary measures.

All vehicles must be drained of all liquids before they are placed in the junkyard. An impervious base, free of cracks and sufficiently large for draining liquids from all vehicles, shall be provided. The base should be sloped to drain to a sump or holding tank and liquid shall be removed from the site as often as is necessary to prevent overflow of the system. Curbing around the pad must be able to retain runoff from a one-hundred-year, twenty-four-hour storm. All hazardous liquids shall be properly disposed of according to the Department of Environmental Protection's rules and regulations.

A zoning permit shall be obtained on an annual basis.

Junkyards shall be subject to Ordinance No. 541 of the Borough of Waynesboro, junkyards and salvage yards, as amended from time to time.[1] Whenever there is a conflict between this chapter and Ordinance No. 541, the most restrictive regulation shall apply.

Objective. The objective of these provisions is to encourage the innovative design and development of the town center where multiple yet distinct land uses are combined into a single unified development project, to encourage a planned arrangement of individually-owned and operated uses within complementary functional categories, including professional and business offices, retail sales and commercial services, residential, recreation/leisure time and specialized commercial-business, to provide a planned development that serves existing and foreseeable needs of the Borough and surrounding service areas, to carefully plan traffic circulation and off-street parking in order to avoid traffic congestion and inadequate parking, and to encourage the planning and utilization of land and the harmonious design, erection and use of buildings in a diversified commerce-business-residential center that will contribute to the economic base of Waynesboro Borough and otherwise further the purposes of this chapter.

Plan requirements. Any application filed for planned town center development approval shall include, but not be limited to, documents and materials illustrating the following information:

Function and use regulations. Any combination of uses listed as permitted uses in the Town Center Zone (TC) may be included in a planned town center development in the Town Center Zone and any combination of uses permitted in the Downtown Business District (DBD) may be included in a planned town center development in the DBD Zone.

Area regulations.

Height requirements. No structure shall be any higher than 100 feet.

Off-street parking and loading requirements.

Adherence to requirements. The requirements expressed above for planned town center development shall be met unless the applicant can demonstrate that the characteristics of the building site or structure design make adherence to the expressed requirements physically infeasible. In such cases, the applicant shall provide an alternative which in the opinion of Borough Council satisfies the objectives of the requirements set forth for planned town center development.

Compliance with plans. Any proposed development shall be in strict accordance with the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. Furthermore, the applicant must demonstrate that the proposed development conforms with any more detailed plans and designs for the town center which have been adopted or approved by the Borough or submitted by an agency or organization responsible for town center improvement.

Time limit on construction permit. Permits issued pursuant to this section shall expire within one year after date of issuance thereof, unless the approved project is completed, or unless the Borough Council shall extend the permit for successive terms not exceeding one year each. In those cases where the original permit is issued and the construction schedule calls for a term of longer than one year, the permit shall be automatically renewed by the Zoning Officer for an additional one-year period, subject to such safeguards as the Zoning Officer may prescribe in the public interest.

Development plan changes during construction. After the final development plan has been approved and when, in the course of carrying out this plan, adjustments or rearrangements of buildings, parking areas, entrances, heights or yards are requested by the developer, and such requests conform to the standards established by the approved final development plan for the area to be covered by buildings, parking space, entrances, height, functions, setbacks and lot area requirements, such adjustments may be approved by the Borough Council upon application after receiving recommendations of the Planning Commission.

Nonresidents employed on site shall not exceed two persons.

The maximum floor area devoted to any home occupation or home professional office whether situated in the dwelling or accessory building shall not exceed 25% of the total habitable room area of the dwelling and any accessory building.

A sign indicating products made or services rendered shall not exceed three square feet. Only one sign is permitted.

Adequate space for required off-street parking and loading shall be provided.

There shall be no change in the existing outside appearance of the building or premises or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation or home professional office other than a sign.

No machinery or equipment shall be permitted that produces noise, light vibration or odor, beyond the boundary of the subject property. The following limits apply:

Applicability. Forestry activities, including timber harvesting, shall be a permitted use by right in all zoning districts. These regulations apply to all timber harvesting within the Borough where the project area exceeds two acres for clear cutting operations and five acres for selective cutting operations. These provisions do not apply to the cutting of trees for the personal use of the landowner or for precommercial timber stand improvement.

Notification; preparation of a logging plan.

Compliance with state law. The logging plan shall address and comply with the requirements of all applicable state regulations, including, but not limited to, the following:

Relationships of state laws, regulations, and permits to the logging plan. Any permits required by state laws and regulations shall be attached to and become part of the logging plan.

Responsibility for road maintenance and repair: road bonding. Pursuant to Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Chapter 49, and Title 67 of the Pennsylvania Code, Chapter 189, the landowner and the operator shall be responsible for repairing any damage to public roads caused by traffic associated with the timber harvesting operation to the extent the damage is in excess of that caused by normal traffic, and may be required to furnish a bond to guarantee the repair of such damages. No mud/debris shall remain on public roads.

Enforcement.

Only customary household pets such as dogs and cats shall be treated.

If animals will be kept overnight at the facility, sufficient soundproofing and/or distance barriers must be provided such that animals cannot be heard beyond the lot boundaries.

All structures and graves shall be setback a minimum of 30 feet from the lot line of an abutting dwelling or any undeveloped residentially zoned lot, 20 feet from the right-of-way of any public street and 10 feet from the cartway of an internal driveway.

No grave sites shall be located within the one-hundred-year floodplain.

The use shall include an appropriate system to ensure perpetual maintenance.

All storage units shall be fire-resistant and water-resistant.

Outdoor storage shall be limited to recreational vehicles, boats and trailers. No junk vehicles shall be stored outside a building.

Trash, radioactive or highly toxic substances, garbage, refuse, explosives or flammable materials, hazardous substances, animal carcasses or skins, or similar items shall not be stored.

Nothing shall be stored in interior traffic aisles, required off-street parking areas, loading areas or accessways.

Bodywork on vehicles shall not be permitted. The use shall not include a commercial auto repair garage.

Adequate lighting shall be provided for security.

Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish general guidelines for the setting of telecommunications towers and antennas. The goals are to: protect residential areas and land uses from potential adverse impacts of telecommunications towers and antennas; strongly encourage the joint use of new and existing telecommunications tower sites as a primary option rather than the construction of additional single-use telecommunications towers; encourage users of telecommunications towers and antennas to locate them, to the extent possible, in areas where the adverse impact to the community is minimal; encourage users of telecommunications towers and antennas to configure them in a way that minimizes the adverse visual impact of telecommunications towers and antennas through careful design, setting, landscape screening and innovative camouflaging techniques; enhance the ability of the providers of telecommunications services to provide such services to the community quickly, effectively and efficiently; consider the public safety of telecommunications towers; and minimize potential damage to adjacent properties from tower failure through engineering and careful siting of telecommunications tower structures. In furtherance of these goals, the Borough Council shall give due consideration to existing land uses and environmentally sensitive areas in approving sites for the location of telecommunications towers and antennas.

All new towers and antennas shall be subject to these regulations, except as provided herein. This section shall not govern any radio tower, or the installation of any radio antenna that is less than 40 feet in height.

Preexisting towers and preexisting antennas shall not be required to meet the requirements of this chapter, other than as provided herein.

For purposes of determining whether the installation of a tower, antenna or communications equipment building complies with district regulations, including but not limited to setback requirements, lot coverage requirements, and other such requirements, the dimensions of the entire lot shall control, even though the antennas or towers may be located on leased parcels within such lot.

Inventory of existing sites. Each applicant for a tower shall provide to the Borough Council an inventory of its existing towers, antennas, or sites approved for towers or antennas, that are either within the Borough or within five miles of the border thereof, including specific information about the location, height, and design of each tower. The Borough Council may share such information with other applicants applying for approvals under this chapter or other organizations seeking to locate towers within the jurisdiction of the Borough; provided, however, that the Borough Council is not, by sharing such information, in any way representing or warranting that such sites are available or suitable.

Towers and antennas shall meet the following requirements:

All towers must meet or exceed current standards and regulations of the FAA, the FCC, and any other agency of the state and federal government with the authority to regulate towers and antennas. If such standards and regulations are changed, then the owners of the towers and antennas governed by this chapter shall bring such towers and antennas into compliance with such revised standards and regulations within six months of the effective date of such standards and regulations, unless a different compliance schedule is mandated by the controlling state or federal agency. Failure to bring towers and antennas into compliance with such revised standards and regulations shall constitute grounds for the removal of the tower or antenna at the owner's expense.

To ensure the structural integrity of towers, the owner of a tower shall ensure that it is maintained in compliance with standards contained in applicable state or local building codes and the applicable standards for towers that are published by the Electronic Industries Alliance, as amended from time to time. If, upon inspection, the Borough Code Enforcement Officer concludes that a tower fails to comply with such codes and standards and constitutes a danger to persons or property, then the administration and enforcement provisions of Article XIII shall apply.

For purposes of measurement, tower setbacks and separation distances shall be calculated and applied to facilities located in the Borough irrespective of municipal and county jurisdiction boundaries.

Towers and antennas shall be regulated and permitted pursuant to this chapter and shall not be regulated or permitted as essential services, public utilities, or private utilities.

Owners and/or operators of towers or antennas shall certify that all licenses required by law for the construction and/or operation of a communication system in the Borough have been obtained and shall file a copy of all required licenses with the Borough Zoning Officer.

No signs shall be allowed on an antenna or tower, except where required by law or approved by the Borough Council.

All towers must meet American National Standards Institute, Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA), and Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) tower specifications requirements. Further, the tower must be built to withstand 100 mph sustained winds with a uniform loading of 50 pounds, or short duration gusts of up to 150 mph, or such higher standards as may be set by ANSI, EIA, or TIA. The tower shall be constructed with consideration of seismic conditions in the Borough. An independent structural engineer (retained and paid for by the applicant) registered in Pennsylvania shall attest to the proposed tower's ability to meet these requirements, certify proper construction of the foundation and erection of the tower, and certify the tower can structurally accommodate the proposed users of the tower.

The maximum height of a communication tower shall be 150 feet.

There shall be no overhead electrical transmission lines within a one-hundred-fifty-foot radius of the tower.

Each new tower shall have a fall zone free of structures except for accessory communications facilities equivalent to the height of said tower, which area shall be measured from the location of said tower in a 360° radius equal to the height of the same, which area shall be under the control of the applicant constructing said tower through ownership, lease, easement or agreement.

The owners of the communication tower shall secure the tower base with a chain link fence which shall be a minimum of eight feet in height and topped with barbed wire. In addition to boundary security, all communication towers shall have means to prevent unauthorized climbing of the tower.

All communication tower owners shall provide the Borough Council with evidence that the emission of radio waves emanating from the antenna will neither cause harm to an individual by its operation or cause measurable radio interference to the reception or operation of AM radios, TV and FM reception, car, cellular or portable phones, heart pacemakers, garage door openers, remote control units for models, and other radio dependent devices in general use within the Borough and is in compliance with all Federal Communications Commission regulations and the Telecommunications Act of 1996.[1]

If measurable radio interference does result from the installation and use of the communication antenna, the owner of that tower shall be required to cease operation immediately, until the problem is corrected, or if the problem is not correctable to abandon the operation entirely.

The owner of any communication tower shall be required to routinely submit to the Borough Zoning Officer proof of an annual inspection and tower maintenance program. Any structure faults thus noted shall be immediately corrected by the owner. Failure to provide proof of certified inspection will constitute a violation of this chapter, and the administration and enforcement provisions of Article XIII shall apply.

Any antenna or tower that is not operated for a continuous period of 12 months shall be considered abandoned, and the owner of such antenna or tower shall remove the same within 90 days of receipt of notice from the Borough Zoning Officer of such abandonment. Failure to remove an abandoned antenna or tower within said 90 days shall be grounds to remove the tower or antenna at owner's expense. If there are two or more users of a single tower, then this provision shall not be considered to be complied with until all users cease using the tower. When required by the Borough Council, the applicant shall post a financial security in a form acceptable to the Borough Council to cover the cost of removing the antenna or tower.

No new tower shall be permitted unless the applicant demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borough Council that no existing tower, structure or alternative tower structure that does not require the use of towers or structures can accommodate the applicant's proposed antenna. An applicant shall submit information requested by the Borough Council related to the availability of suitable existing towers, other structures or alternative tower structure. Evidence submitted to demonstrate that no existing tower, structure or alternative tower structure can accommodate the applicant's proposed antenna may consist of any of the following:

Any applicant proposing construction of a new communications tower shall present evidence of the following:

One off-street parking area shall be provided within the fenced area surrounding a tower. The parking area need not be paved, lighted, or striped unless the surrounding area is also paved, lighted, or striped, or unless the Borough Council determines that paving, lighting, or striping is required to keep in character with the neighborhood.

Access shall be provided to the communications tower and communications equipment building by a public or private street, easement or right-of-way. In the case of an easement or right-of-way, the easement or right-of-way shall be minimum of 20 feet of width.

The applicant shall submit a certificate of insurance evidencing general liability coverage of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence and property damage coverage of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence covering the communications tower, communications antennas and communications equipment buildings. Such liability coverage shall not be cancelable without at least 30 days' prior written notice to the Borough Council. Annual policy renewal certifications shall be submitted to the Borough Zoning Officer; if coverage lapses or is canceled, the Borough Council shall have the right to order the demolition or removal of the tower and any associated structures.

The following requirements shall apply to antennas and related equipment:

Antennas or towers located on property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the Borough or Borough Authority, provided a license or lease authorizing such antenna or tower has been approved by the Borough Council or Borough Authority, shall not require conditional use approval nor require compliance with the provisions of this section.

Applicants for a tower shall submit the following in addition to any other information required to be submitted by applicable Borough regulations:

Applicants seeking to mount a communications antenna on a traffic signal pole or structure must comply with PennDOT's Guidelines for Attaching Other Equipment on Traffic Signal Structures, dated November 2, 2015, and PennDOT Publication 191, as amended from time to time.

Objective. The objective of these provisions is to encourage the innovative design development of existing industrial properties where multiple land uses are combined into a single unified development project, to encourage a planned arrangement of uses within complementary functional categories, to provide a planned development that serves existing and foreseeable needs of the Borough and surrounding service areas, to carefully plan traffic circulation and off-street parking in order to avoid traffic congestion and inadequate parking, and to encourage the planning and utilization of land and the harmonious design, erection and use of buildings in a diversified center that will contribute to the economic base of Waynesboro Borough and otherwise further the purposes of this chapter.

Such development shall contain only uses permitted in the district in which the development is located, provided that the Borough Council may authorize uses permitted in General Commercial/Office Districts and Industrial/Commercial Districts when deemed appropriate by the Borough Council.

Plan requirements. Any application filed for planned adaptive reuse development approval shall include, but not be limited to, documents and materials illustrating the following information:

Area regulations.

Height requirements. No structure shall be any higher than 100 feet.

Off-street parking and loading requirements.

Adherence to requirements. The requirements expressed above shall be met unless the applicant can demonstrate that the characteristics of the building or site structure design make adherence to the expressed requirements physically infeasible. In such cases, the applicant shall provide an alternative which in the opinion of Borough Council satisfies the objectives of the requirements set forth above.

Compliance with plans. Any proposed development shall be in strict accordance with the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. Furthermore, the applicant must demonstrate that the proposed development conforms with any more detailed plans and designs for the development which have been adopted or approved by the Borough or submitted by an agency or organization responsible for Borough improvement.

Time limit on construction permit. Permits issued pursuant to this article shall expire within one year after date of issuance thereof, unless the approved project is completed, or unless the Borough Council shall extend the permit for successive terms not exceeding one year each. In those cases where the original permit is issued and the construction schedule calls for a term of longer than one year, the permit shall be automatically renewed by the Zoning Officer for an additional one-year period, subject to such safeguards as the Zoning Officer may prescribe in the public interest.

Development plan changes during construction. After the final development plan has been approved and when, in the course of carrying out this plan, adjustments or rearrangements of buildings, parking areas, entrances, heights or yards are requested by the developer, and such requests conform to the standards established by the approved final development plan for the area to be covered by buildings, parking space, entrances, height, functions, setbacks and lot area requirements, such adjustments may be approved by the Borough Council upon application and after receiving recommendations of the Planning Commission.

Outdoor dining areas may be placed in the front, side or rear yard of an eating or drinking place.

Sidewalk space of at least five feet shall be free of any eating or drinking place obstruction for a clear pedestrian walkway for outdoor dining areas along streets.

Any items associated with the outdoor dining areas or portions thereof which are located within the public right-of-way shall not permanently affixed to the land, and shall remain movable.

Rear yard outdoor dining areas must maintain a fence of at least six feet in height between the outdoor dining area and adjacent properties.

The premises shall be owned or leased by the agency sponsoring the group home dwelling.

A licensed physician, licensed psychologist, counselor or social worker in the employ of or under contract to the sponsoring agency shall be responsible for the assignment of residents to the group home or dwelling.

No more than two live-in supervisors shall reside in the group home dwelling and at least one of those supervisors shall be on the premises during all hours in which any resident of the group home dwelling is on the premises.

The dwelling unit shall not be altered in any manner that would change the single-family dwelling character of the group home dwelling.

One off-street parking space shall be provided for each supervisor assigned to the group home dwelling.

The sponsoring agency shall document that all plumbing, heating, electrical, sanitary sewer, storm sewer and similar facilities meet the applicable ordinances, rules, regulations and laws of the Borough and/or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The other provisions of this chapter notwithstanding, a licensed group home solely for disabled persons may be located anywhere a single-family dwelling may be located.

An application for conditional use for a wind energy facility shall contain, in addition to other conditional use application requirements, the following:

A wind energy facility shall comply with the following criteria and such criteria shall be conditions of any conditional use approval:

Accessory wind turbines shall be permitted as an accessory use in all zoning districts provided that such accessory wind turbines comply with the following criteria:

Accessory wind turbines shall not be constructed without first obtaining a permit from the Zoning Officer for such construction, and the application for the permit shall demonstrate compliance with the criteria contain in this section.

Accessory solar energy systems (ASES):

Principal solar energy systems (PSES):

All buildings in which animals are housed shall be located at least 100 feet from all lot lines.

All kennels shall comply with all applicable state codes and regulations.

Buildings shall be fully enclosed and soundproofed so that sound generated within the buildings cannot be perceived at the lot lines.

Outdoor pens and runs shall be fenced and be at least:

Operations open after hours of darkness shall be lighted in compliance with this chapter.

No animals shall be permitted outdoors between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

The premises shall be kept in a clean and sanitary manner by the daily removal of waste.

Animal odors shall not be detectable beyond the lot lines of the property on which the kennel is located.

Grooming services for the animals being boarded may be allowed as an incidental use provided the grooming services are conducted indoors.

The total number of animals on the lot shall not exceed 100.

The environmental performance standards of this chapter shall be met.

Area, yard, height and building requirements shall conform to the requirements of this chapter for multifamily dwellings in an R-M Medium Density Residential Zone.

No shelter shall be permitted:

The maximum number of beds in the shelter shall be 30.

Maximum length of occupancy in the shelter shall be six months.

All areas for waiting, intake, personal storage, facility storage, bathing, restrooms, laundry, child care, eating and sleeping shall be located indoors.

Lighting shall provide illumination and clear visibility to all outdoor areas.

On-site management shall be provided at all times the facility is in operation and at least one hour prior to and after facility operation hours.

Prior to issuance of a permit the shelter operator shall submit a shelter safety and management plan. The plan shall be available to the public upon request and shall address:

A minimum of one parking space shall be provided for each staff member on duty plus one parking space for each three beds.

A minimum of one intake/administrative office shall be provided for each 10 clients.

A minimum of 10 square feet of indoor communal areas and 10 square feet of outdoor communal area shall be provided per bed.

No material shall be placed in such a manner that it is capable of being transferred out of the recycling center by wind, water or other natural causes.

All materials accepted for recycling and all activities involving the same, other than loading and unloading shall be within fully enclosed buildings.

The land area used for recycling purposes shall not be exposed to public view from any public street or road by virtue of its location on a hillside or location on a plateau below street level.

Such recycling center shall be entirely enclose by a solid fence or wall at least eight feet but not more than 10 feet high constructed of lumber, brick, cinder block and concrete, with access only through solid gates. The fence or wall shall be situated no closer to any street or property line than 15 feet, and shall be kept in good repair and neatly painted in a uniform color.

Between the fence or wall and the street or property line, buffer plantings shall be placed that are either:

All recycled materials shall be stored in such a manner as to prevent the breeding or harboring of rats, insects, or other vermin. When necessary, this shall be accomplished by enclosure in containers, raising of materials above the ground, separation of types of material, preventing the collection of stagnant water, extermination procedures or other means.

No explosive, toxic, radioactive or highly flammable materials shall be kept on the property.

No burning shall be carried on. Fire shall be prevented and hazards avoided by organization and segregating of stored materials, with particular attention to the separation of combustibles, by the provision of adequate aisles at least 15 feet wide for escape and firefighting and by other necessary measures.

Batteries must be stored and handled in specially designed pallets that contain leakage in the event of a battery spill.

Vehicles or vehicle parts over three cubic feet in size are not permitted for recycling.

Any items containing petroleum based products shall not be accepted or stored. Sealed units, including gear boxes, compressors, etc., may be accepted provided all contaminants, such as refrigerants, have been evacuated. No evacuation of these elements may be conducted on premises.

All materials accepted shall be for the sole purpose of resale in bulk to be used for recycling. Resale of individual items or components for parts for reuse shall not be permitted.

A zoning permit shall be obtained on an annual basis.

Indoor shooting range use:

Indoor shooting range design.

Other considerations:

Indoor archery range use:

Indoor archery range design:

Other considerations: