Zelienople Butler County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
Special Exceptions
§ 280-1101 General.
A.
The following shall constitute special exceptions to be considered by the Zoning Hearing Board subject to the express standards contained in each. All applications for special exceptions shall be heard and addressed as per § 280-1502 of this chapter.
B.
General standards. All special exceptions shall be evaluated based on the following:
C.
Applicants shall submit, as written testimony, an application on forms supplied by the Zoning Officer to include the number of current and future employees, a general summary of operations including services performed or products created as well as hours of operation, and a plan, drawn to scale, showing parking, area of the existing or proposed structure to be utilized, and any other relevant site improvements. The application shall include a fee as required by Council. The applicant shall supply five copies of all materials to the Zoning Officer.
D.
Landscaping or buffering required for principal uses shall not apply to home occupations and family home day-care, but may be placed as a condition by the Zoning Hearing Board where the Board deems such necessary.
§ 280-1102 Home occupations.
A.
A home occupation that involves an activity or operation which is construed as being capable of adversely influencing surrounding residential uses through any of the following conditions shall not be permitted:
(1)
Changes the external appearance of the dwelling;
(2)
Is visible from surrounding properties or the adjacent street;
(3)
Generates traffic, parking or utility use in excess of normal levels in the neighborhood;
(4)
Creates hazards to persons or property;
(5)
Creates interference or a nuisance;
(6)
Involves outside storage, display or operations; or
(7)
Utilizes more than 25% of the floor area of the primary dwelling structure; 50% of the floor area of an accessory structure; or a combined total floor area which exceeds 400 square feet.
C.
Only members of the family residing on the premises shall be permitted to work at the establishment.
D.
Activities shall be limited to the following:
(1)
Professional, technical or business pursuits that involve only office-related functions and practices.
(2)
Light handicrafts, sewing, photography and objects of art.
(3)
Teaching instruction limited to no more than three students at any one time.
(4)
Small appliance and lawn mower repair.
(5)
Beautician, barber and similar services, limited to no more than two clients at any one time.
§ 280-1103 Day-care, family home.
§ 280-1104 Expansion of nonconforming use.
A.
The expansion shall represent the minimum necessary to accommodate natural expansion or growth associated with the type of nonconforming use.
B.
The aforesaid provisions notwithstanding, cumulative expansions approved shall not exceed 50% of the floor area occupied by the use as of January 1, 2007.