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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Part I: Admistrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 5 Authority, Municipal
Ch 17 Intergovernmental Cooperation
Ch 21 Local Government Investment Trust
Ch 23 Manager
Ch 27 Parks and Recreation Board
Ch 31 Pensions
Ch 35 Planning Commission
Ch 43 Salaries and Compensation
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 54 Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 58 Animals
Ch 65 (Reserved)
Ch 71 Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 75 Burning, Outdoor
Ch 82 Claims, Municipal
Ch 84 Construction and Materials Specifications
Ch 86 Construction Code, Uniform
Ch 92 Floodplain Management
Ch 130 Nuisances
Ch 137 Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 141 Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 146 Residency Reporting
Ch 159 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Ch 166 Solid Waste
Ch 170 Stormwater Management
Ch 174 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 178 Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 182 Taxation
Ch 190 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 196 Water
Ch 205 Zoning
Ch 205 Art I Background Provisions
§ 205-1 Title.
§ 205-2 Purpose.
§ 205-3 Scope.
§ 205-4 Interpretation; word usage.
§ 205-5 Construal of provisions.
§ 205-6 Severability.
§ 205-7 Principal uses; uses not provided for.
§ 205-8 Establishment of zones.
§ 205-9 Zoning Map.
§ 205-10 Zone boundary lines.
§ 205-11 Word usage.
§ 205-12 Definitions.
Ch 205 Art II Zone Provisions
§ 205-13 Conservation Zone (C).
§ 205-14 Agricultural Zone (A).
§ 205-15 Low-Density Residential Zone (LDR).
§ 205-16 Mixed-Use Zone (MU).
§ 205-17 Mining Industrial Zone (MI).
§ 205-18 Business Industrial Zone (BI).
§ 205-19 Billboard Sign Overlay Zone (BS).
Ch 205 Art III General Provisions
§ 205-20 Access drive requirements (non-single-family dwelling).
§ 205-21 Access to properties and structures.
§ 205-22 Clear sight triangle.
§ 205-23 Common open space requirements.
§ 205-24 Driveway requirements (single-family dwelling).
§ 205-25 Establishment of more than one principal use on a lot.
§ 205-26 Front yard exceptions.
§ 205-27 Access drives.
§ 205-28 Height limit exceptions.
§ 205-29 Outdoor lighting.
§ 205-30 (Reserved)
§ 205-31 Minimum habitable floor area.
§ 205-32 Materials and waste storage, handling and disposal.
§ 205-33 Off-street loading.
§ 205-34 Off-street parking.
§ 205-35 Operations and performance standards.
§ 205-36 Outdoor storage and display requirements.
§ 205-37 (Reserved)
§ 205-38 Required traffic impact study standards.
§ 205-39 Roadway classifications.
§ 205-40 Screening and landscaping requirements.
§ 205-41 Signs.
§ 205-42 Zoning requirements for use of on-lot sewage disposal systems.
Ch 205 Art IV Specific Criteria
§ 205-43 Specific criteria for permitted uses, special exceptions and conditional uses.
§ 205-44 Adult entertainment uses.
§ 205-45 Airports/heliports.
§ 205-46 Alternative energy systems.
§ 205-47 Public utility structures.
§ 205-48 Domestic pets.
§ 205-49 Animal hospitals and veterinary offices.
§ 205-50 Auction house, excluding automobile auctions.
§ 205-51 Automobile and/or animal racing facility with or without related wagering.
§ 205-52 Automobile auctions and storage yards.
§ 205-53 Gas stations (including minor incidental repair).
§ 205-54 Bed-and-breakfasts.
§ 205-55 Beekeeping.
§ 205-56 Billboards.
§ 205-57 Boardinghouses.
§ 205-58 Campgrounds.
§ 205-59 Car washes.
§ 205-60 Cemeteries.
§ 205-61 Churches and related uses.
§ 205-62 Communication antennas co-located upon existing structures.
§ 205-63 Child day-care facilities.
§ 205-64 Commercial produce operations.
§ 205-65 Commercial recreation facilities.
§ 205-66 Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and concentrated animal operations (CAOs).
§ 205-67 Conservation design developments.
§ 205-68 Convenience stores.
§ 205-69 Convention and/or conference centers.
§ 205-70 Composting.
§ 205-71 Restaurants.
§ 205-72 Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats.
§ 205-73 Temporary family housing.
§ 205-74 Group homes.
§ 205-75 Farm occupations.
§ 205-76 Farmers and/or flea markets.
§ 205-77 Fences and walls.
§ 205-78 Fish hatcheries and/or fish farms.
§ 205-79 Medical marijuana facilities.
§ 205-80 Freestanding communication antennas, towers and equipment.
§ 205-81 Funeral homes.
§ 205-82 Garage/yard/moving sales.
§ 205-83 Golf courses and driving ranges.
§ 205-84 Health, fitness, social, fraternal and other private clubs.
§ 205-85 Heavy equipment and/or commercial truck sales, service and/or repair facilities.
§ 205-86 Heavy industrial uses.
§ 205-87 Helicopter pads, private.
§ 205-88 Historic structure conversions.
§ 205-89 Home improvement and building supply stores.
§ 205-90 Home occupations.
§ 205-91 Hospitals with related uses.
§ 205-92 Junkyards.
§ 205-93 Drop lot or drop and hook lot.
§ 205-94 Kennels.
§ 205-95 Man-made lakes, dams, ponds, and impoundments.
§ 205-96 Mobile home parks.
§ 205-97 Manure storage facilities.
§ 205-98 Mass transit and/or taxicab terminals.
§ 205-99 Medical residential campuses.
§ 205-100 Methadone treatment facility.
§ 205-101 Mining, quarrying and related processing operations.
§ 205-102 Storage unit centers.
§ 205-103 Entertainment facilities.
§ 205-104 Noncommercial keeping of livestock.
§ 205-105 Nursing, rest or retirement homes.
§ 205-106 Ornamental ponds and wading pools.
§ 205-107 Short-term rentals.
§ 205-108 Outdoor residential athletic courts.
§ 205-109 Outdoor shooting ranges (public and private).
§ 205-110 Parking and/or storage of recreational vehicles and personal cargo trailers.
§ 205-111 Passenger motor vehicle and recreational vehicle sales, service and repair facilities.
§ 205-112 Power generation facilities.
§ 205-113 Principal waste handling, recycling, processing, transfer and disposal facilities.
§ 205-114 Public, private, and commercial schools.
§ 205-115 (Reserved)
§ 205-116 Recycling facilities for paper, plastic, glass, and metal products.
§ 205-117 Residential swimming pools.
§ 205-118 Riding stables.
§ 205-119 Roadside stands.
§ 205-120 (Reserved)
§ 205-121 Rural occupations.
§ 205-122 Sales of compost, mulch, woodchips and coal.
§ 205-123 Satellite dish antennas.
§ 205-124 Sawmills.
§ 205-125 Septage and compost processing.
§ 205-126 Shopping centers.
§ 205-127 Slaughtering, processing, rendering, and packaging of food products and by-products.
§ 205-128 Truck or motor freight terminals.
§ 205-129 Truck stops.
§ 205-130 Two-family conversions.
§ 205-131 Warehouses and distribution centers.
§ 205-132 Wind and/or solar farms.
Ch 205 Art V Environmental Protection Regulations
§ 205-133 Purpose.
§ 205-134 Relationship to other sections of chapter.
§ 205-135 Floodplains.
§ 205-136 Riparian buffers.
§ 205-137 Wetland and wetland buffers.
§ 205-138 Steep slopes.
§ 205-139 Appalachian Trail Overlay Zone.
§ 205-140 Historic site protection.
Ch 205 Art VI Nonconformities
§ 205-141 Nonconforming uses and structures.
§ 205-142 Continuation of nonconforming uses and structures.
§ 205-143 Repairs and maintenance.
§ 205-144 Registration of nonconforming uses and structures.
§ 205-145 Expansion and change of nonconforming uses and structures.
§ 205-146 Nonconforming lots.
Ch 205 Art VII Zoning Hearing Board
§ 205-147 Establishment and membership.
§ 205-148 Organization of Zoning Hearing Board.
§ 205-149 Expenditures for services.
§ 205-150 Public hearings.
§ 205-151 Zoning Hearing Board's jurisdiction.
§ 205-152 Appeals to the Zoning Hearing Board.
§ 205-153 Time limitations.
§ 205-154 Stay of proceeding.
§ 205-155 Appeal.
§ 205-156 Mediation option.
Ch 205 Art VIII Administration
§ 205-157 Zoning Officer.
§ 205-158 Zoning permits.
§ 205-159 Certificate of zoning compliance.
§ 205-160 Fees.
§ 205-161 Amendments.
§ 205-162 Conditional uses.
§ 205-163 Mediation option.
§ 205-164 Information submission requirements.
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

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Chapter 205 Zoning

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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors 8-3-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-02.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 - Sign Requirements

Attachment 2 - Accessory Use Table

Attachment 3 - Principal Use Table

Attachment 4 - Zoning Map

Editor's Note: This chapter also repealed former Ch. 205, Zoning, adopted 9-6-1994 by Ord. No. 1-1994.

Article I Background Provisions

§ 205-1 Title.

§ 205-2 Purpose.

§ 205-3 Scope.

§ 205-4 Interpretation; word usage.

§ 205-5 Construal of provisions.

§ 205-6 Severability.

§ 205-7 Principal uses; uses not provided for.

§ 205-8 Establishment of zones.

§ 205-9 Zoning Map.

§ 205-10 Zone boundary lines.

§ 205-11 Word usage.

§ 205-12 Definitions.

Article II Zone Provisions

§ 205-13 Conservation Zone (C).

§ 205-14 Agricultural Zone (A).

§ 205-15 Low-Density Residential Zone (LDR).

§ 205-16 Mixed-Use Zone (MU).

§ 205-17 Mining Industrial Zone (MI).

§ 205-18 Business Industrial Zone (BI).

§ 205-19 Billboard Sign Overlay Zone (BS).

Article III General Provisions

§ 205-20 Access drive requirements (non-single-family dwelling).

§ 205-21 Access to properties and structures.

§ 205-22 Clear sight triangle.

§ 205-23 Common open space requirements.

§ 205-24 Driveway requirements (single-family dwelling).

§ 205-25 Establishment of more than one principal use on a lot.

§ 205-26 Front yard exceptions.

§ 205-27 Access drives.

§ 205-28 Height limit exceptions.

§ 205-29 Outdoor lighting.

§ 205-30 (Reserved)

§ 205-31 Minimum habitable floor area.

§ 205-32 Materials and waste storage, handling and disposal.

§ 205-33 Off-street loading.

§ 205-34 Off-street parking.

§ 205-35 Operations and performance standards.

§ 205-36 Outdoor storage and display requirements.

§ 205-37 (Reserved)

§ 205-38 Required traffic impact study standards.

§ 205-39 Roadway classifications.

§ 205-40 Screening and landscaping requirements.

§ 205-41 Signs.

§ 205-42 Zoning requirements for use of on-lot sewage disposal systems.

Article IV Specific Criteria

§ 205-43 Specific criteria for permitted uses, special exceptions and conditional uses.

§ 205-44 Adult entertainment uses.

§ 205-45 Airports/heliports.

§ 205-46 Alternative energy systems.

§ 205-47 Public utility structures.

§ 205-48 Domestic pets.

§ 205-49 Animal hospitals and veterinary offices.

§ 205-50 Auction house, excluding automobile auctions.

§ 205-51 Automobile and/or animal racing facility with or without related wagering.

§ 205-52 Automobile auctions and storage yards.

§ 205-53 Gas stations (including minor incidental repair).

§ 205-54 Bed-and-breakfasts.

§ 205-55 Beekeeping.

§ 205-56 Billboards.

§ 205-57 Boardinghouses.

§ 205-58 Campgrounds.

§ 205-59 Car washes.

§ 205-60 Cemeteries.

§ 205-61 Churches and related uses.

§ 205-62 Communication antennas co-located upon existing structures.

§ 205-63 Child day-care facilities.

§ 205-64 Commercial produce operations.

§ 205-65 Commercial recreation facilities.

§ 205-66 Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and concentrated animal operations (CAOs).

§ 205-67 Conservation design developments.

§ 205-68 Convenience stores.

§ 205-69 Convention and/or conference centers.

§ 205-70 Composting.

§ 205-71 Restaurants.

§ 205-72 Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats.

§ 205-73 Temporary family housing.

§ 205-74 Group homes.

§ 205-75 Farm occupations.

§ 205-76 Farmers and/or flea markets.

§ 205-77 Fences and walls.

§ 205-78 Fish hatcheries and/or fish farms.

§ 205-79 Medical marijuana facilities.

§ 205-80 Freestanding communication antennas, towers and equipment.

§ 205-81 Funeral homes.

§ 205-82 Garage/yard/moving sales.

§ 205-83 Golf courses and driving ranges.

§ 205-84 Health, fitness, social, fraternal and other private clubs.

§ 205-85 Heavy equipment and/or commercial truck sales, service and/or repair facilities.

§ 205-86 Heavy industrial uses.

§ 205-87 Helicopter pads, private.

§ 205-88 Historic structure conversions.

§ 205-89 Home improvement and building supply stores.

§ 205-90 Home occupations.

§ 205-91 Hospitals with related uses.

§ 205-92 Junkyards.

§ 205-93 Drop lot or drop and hook lot.

§ 205-94 Kennels.

§ 205-95 Man-made lakes, dams, ponds, and impoundments.

§ 205-96 Mobile home parks.

§ 205-97 Manure storage facilities.

§ 205-98 Mass transit and/or taxicab terminals.

§ 205-99 Medical residential campuses.

§ 205-100 Methadone treatment facility.

§ 205-101 Mining, quarrying and related processing operations.

§ 205-102 Storage unit centers.

§ 205-103 Entertainment facilities.

§ 205-104 Noncommercial keeping of livestock.

§ 205-105 Nursing, rest or retirement homes.

§ 205-106 Ornamental ponds and wading pools.

§ 205-107 Short-term rentals.

§ 205-108 Outdoor residential athletic courts.

§ 205-109 Outdoor shooting ranges (public and private).

§ 205-110 Parking and/or storage of recreational vehicles and personal cargo trailers.

§ 205-111 Passenger motor vehicle and recreational vehicle sales, service and repair facilities.

§ 205-112 Power generation facilities.

§ 205-113 Principal waste handling, recycling, processing, transfer and disposal facilities.

§ 205-114 Public, private, and commercial schools.

§ 205-115 (Reserved)

§ 205-116 Recycling facilities for paper, plastic, glass, and metal products.

§ 205-117 Residential swimming pools.

§ 205-118 Riding stables.

§ 205-119 Roadside stands.

§ 205-120 (Reserved)

§ 205-121 Rural occupations.

§ 205-122 Sales of compost, mulch, woodchips and coal.

§ 205-123 Satellite dish antennas.

§ 205-124 Sawmills.

§ 205-125 Septage and compost processing.

§ 205-126 Shopping centers.

§ 205-127 Slaughtering, processing, rendering, and packaging of food products and by-products.

§ 205-128 Truck or motor freight terminals.

§ 205-129 Truck stops.

§ 205-130 Two-family conversions.

§ 205-131 Warehouses and distribution centers.

§ 205-132 Wind and/or solar farms.

Article V Environmental Protection Regulations

§ 205-133 Purpose.

§ 205-134 Relationship to other sections of chapter.

§ 205-135 Floodplains.

§ 205-136 Riparian buffers.

§ 205-137 Wetland and wetland buffers.

§ 205-138 Steep slopes.

§ 205-139 Appalachian Trail Overlay Zone.

§ 205-140 Historic site protection.

Article VI Nonconformities

§ 205-141 Nonconforming uses and structures.

§ 205-142 Continuation of nonconforming uses and structures.

§ 205-143 Repairs and maintenance.

§ 205-144 Registration of nonconforming uses and structures.

§ 205-145 Expansion and change of nonconforming uses and structures.

§ 205-146 Nonconforming lots.

Article VII Zoning Hearing Board

§ 205-147 Establishment and membership.

§ 205-148 Organization of Zoning Hearing Board.

§ 205-149 Expenditures for services.

§ 205-150 Public hearings.

§ 205-151 Zoning Hearing Board's jurisdiction.

§ 205-152 Appeals to the Zoning Hearing Board.

§ 205-153 Time limitations.

§ 205-154 Stay of proceeding.

§ 205-155 Appeal.

§ 205-156 Mediation option.

Article VIII Administration

§ 205-157 Zoning Officer.

§ 205-158 Zoning permits.

§ 205-159 Certificate of zoning compliance.

§ 205-160 Fees.

§ 205-161 Amendments.

§ 205-162 Conditional uses.

§ 205-163 Mediation option.

§ 205-164 Information submission requirements.