West Vincent Township City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE XVI
FPC Floodplain Conservation Overlay District
Sections
- § 390-82 Statutory authorization and purpose.
- § 390-83 Applicability.
- § 390-84 Warning and disclaimer of liability.
- § 390-85 Identification of floodplain areas.
- § 390-86 Description of floodplain areas.
- § 390-87 Changes in identification of area.
- § 390-88 Boundary disputes.
- § 390-89 Zoning Map overlay.
- § 390-90 District provisions.
- § 390-91 Existing structures in identified floodplain areas.
- § 390-92 Procedures.
- § 390-93 Notification.
- § 390-94 Abrogation and greater restrictions.
ARTICLE XIX
Unified Development Area Overlay District
Sections
- § 390-113 Purposes.
- § 390-114 Zoning overlay concept and eligibility.
- § 390-115 Master development plan approval, eligibility.
- § 390-116 Residential use.
- § 390-117 Office park use.
- § 390-118 Farmstead use in UDA.
- § 390-119 Content of application for approval of master development plan.
- § 390-120 Procedures.
ARTICLE XXI
Signs
Sections
ARTICLE XXII
Design Standards
Sections
- § 390-134 Applicability.
- § 390-135 Parking.
- § 390-136 Access and highway frontage.
- § 390-137 Interior circulation and emergency access.
- § 390-138 Loading and unloading.
- § 390-139 Landscaping and screening.
- § 390-140 Storage.
- § 390-141 Lighting.
- § 390-142 Village design standards.
- § 390-143 Visual resource protection standards.
ARTICLE XXIII
General Regulations
Sections
- § 390-144 Accessory buildings; accessory structures; accessory dwelling units.
- § 390-145 Alternative energy sources.
- § 390-146 Building height exception.
- § 390-147 Conversion of dwellings.
- § 390-148 Commercial film/video production.
- § 390-149 French Creek Scenic River Corridor.
- § 390-150 Gasoline service stations.
- § 390-151 Group homes.
- § 390-152 Home occupations.
- § 390-153 Educational, medical, nursing or convalescent homes, religious and other similar uses permitted by special exception.
- § 390-154 Interior lots.
- § 390-155 Life-care communities.
- § 390-156 Performance standards.
- § 390-157 Personal-use or private-use airports.
- § 390-158 Pipeline setback.
- § 390-159 Ponds.
- § 390-160 Projections into required yard areas.
- § 390-161 Ridgeline setback.
- § 390-162 Sale of farm products and outdoor display of merchandise.
- § 390-163 Standards for raising animals.
- § 390-164 Stripping of topsoil or sod; excavation of clay, sand, gravel or rock.
- § 390-165 Swimming pools and swimming clubs.
- § 390-166 Timber harvesting/logging.
- § 390-167 Communications towers, equipment buildings and antennas.
- § 390-168 Trails.
- § 390-169 Visibility at intersections.
- § 390-170 Well ordinance requirements.
- § 390-171 Yard sales.
- § 390-172 Agricultural village community.
- § 390-173 Tracts subject to multiple zoning districts.
- § 390-174 Tree protection.
- § 390-175 Golf courses.
- § 390-175.1 Invasive plant species.
ARTICLE XXIV
Water Resource Protection Overlay District
Sections
- § 390-176 Findings of fact.
- § 390-177 Statement of purpose.
- § 390-178 Protection standards.
- § 390-179 Water resource protection area.
- § 390-180 Wetlands.
- § 390-181 High groundwater areas.
- § 390-182 Stream buffers.
- § 390-183 Fill and land grading activities.
- § 390-184 Erosion and sedimentation control plan and stormwater management plan related to building construction.
ARTICLE XXV
Historic Preservation Overlay District
Sections
- § 390-185 Intended purposes.
- § 390-186 West Vincent Township Historical Commission.
- § 390-187 General provisions.
- § 390-188 Historic Resources Map.
- § 390-189 Demolition of historic resources.
- § 390-190 Relocation of historic resources.
- § 390-191 Archaeological resources and cemeteries.
- § 390-192 Special use provisions.
- § 390-193 Landscaping and screening.
- § 390-194 Standards for rehabilitation.
- § 390-195 Historic resource impact study.
ARTICLE XXVI
Transferable Development Rights Overlay District
Sections
- § 390-196 Purpose.
- § 390-197 Legislative intent and recognition.
- § 390-198 Establishment of development rights within sending zones.
- § 390-199 Sale of transferable development rights within sending zones.
- § 390-200 Distribution and use of development rights in receiving zone.
- § 390-201 Transfer of less than total rights from tax parcel.
- § 390-202 Taxation of development rights.
- § 390-203 Public acquisition.
ARTICLE XXVIII
Administration
Sections
- § 390-209 Application of regulations.
- § 390-210 Administration.
- § 390-211 Zoning Officer.
- § 390-212 Permits issued by Zoning Officer.
- § 390-213 Building Inspector.
- § 390-214 Permits issued by Building Inspector.
- § 390-215 General permit requirements.
- § 390-216 Enforcement.
- § 390-217 Schedule of fees.
- § 390-218 Municipal liability.
- § 390-219 Conditional uses.
- § 390-220 Mediation option.
- § 390-221 Review fees for professional consultants.
ARTICLE XXIX
Zoning Hearing Board
Sections
- § 390-222 Membership and appointment.
- § 390-223 Organization.
- § 390-224 Powers.
- § 390-225 Hearings.
- § 390-226 Decisions.
- § 390-227 Standards for review of variance requests.
- § 390-228 Standards for review of special exception requests.
- § 390-229 Appeals to court.
- § 390-230 Expiration of special exceptions and variances.
- § 390-231 Mediation option.
Additional Zoning
Details
Sections
- Attachment 1 - Appendix A, Dwelling Unit Types and Lot Design
- Attachment 2 - Appendix B, Reserved for Village District Design Standards
- Attachment 3 - Appendix C, Native Plant Species
- Attachment 4 - Appendix D, Commercial, Industrial and Manufacturing Uses Hazardous Waste Generation
- Attachment 5 - Appendix E, Historic Site Inventory
- Attachment 6 - Appendix F, Area and Bulk Regulations, 1987 Zoning Ordinance
- Attachment 7 - Appendix G, French Creek Scenic River Corridor Designated Stream Segments
- Attachment 8 - Appendix H, Transferable Development Rights Worksheet
- Attachment 9 - Appendix I, Zoning Map
- Attachment 10 - Appendix J, Overlay Districts
- Attachment 11 - Appendix K Recommended Best Practices for Timber Harvest Operations
- Attachment 12 - Appendix L Natural Heritage Areas
- Attachment 13 - Appendix M Practices for Prevention and Control of Invasive Plants
- Arttachment 14 - Appendix N Timber Harvest Notification