Township of Upper Gwynedd, PA
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2023-12-11
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 195 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 14 Fire Department
- Ch 20 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 23 Manager
- Ch 26 Municipal Claims, Collection of
- Ch 27 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 28 Park and Recreation Advisory Board
- Ch 29 Pensions
- Ch 32 Planning Commission
- Ch 35 Police Department
- Ch 37 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 38 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 41 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 Tax Collector
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 49 Alarm Systems
- Ch 50 Alternative and Massage Therapy Establishments
- Ch 52 Amusement Devices
- Ch 60 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 63 Building Construction
- Ch 66 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 69 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 70 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 84 (Reserved)
- Ch 87 (Reserved)
- Ch 90 Emergency Management
- Ch 94 (Reserved)
- Ch 96 Fire Insurance Proceeds
- Ch 97 Fire Prevention
- Ch 100 Special Events
- Ch 103 Flood Damage Control
- Ch 109 Grading, Excavations and Fills
- Ch 113 Heavy Equipment, Operation of
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 124 Noise Abatement
- Ch 127 Nuisances
- Ch 132 Parades and Assemblies
- Ch 134 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 137 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 140 Picketing
- Ch 143 Plumbing
- Ch 146 Property Maintenance
- Ch 149 Rental Property
- Ch 155 Sewers
- Ch 160 Solid Waste Management
- Ch 161 Stormwater Management: Skippack Creek Watershed
- Ch 162 Stormwater Management
- Ch 163 Stormwater Management: Wissahickon Creek Watershed
- Ch 164 Stormwater Management: Neshaminy Creek Watershed
- Ch 165 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 168 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 171 (Reserved)
- Ch 174 Taxation
- Ch 178 Trees
- Ch 181 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 185 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 190 Warrantless Arrests
- Ch 195 Zoning
- Ch 195 Art I Purpose and Interpretation
- § 195-1 Purpose.
- § 195-2 Interpretation.
- Ch 195 Art II Word Usage; Definitions
- § 195-3 Word usage; definitions.
- Ch 195 Art III Districts; Zoning Map; Boundaries
- § 195-4 Classification of districts.
- § 195-5 Zoning Map.
- § 195-6 District boundaries.
- § 195-7 (Reserved)
- § 195-8 Compliance required.
- Ch 195 Art IV Regulations Applicable in All Districts
- § 195-9 General standards.
- Ch 195 Art V District Regulations
- § 195-10 BP Business Professional District.
- § 195-10.1 B Business District.
- § 195-10.2 (Reserved)
- § 195-11 R-1 Residential District.
- § 195-12 R-2 Residential District.
- § 195-13 R-3 Residential District.
- § 195-14 R-4 Residential District.
- § 195-14.1 TH Townhouse Residential District.
- § 195-15 MH Mobile Home Park District.
- § 195-16 GA Garden Apartments District.
- § 195-17 VPR Village Preservation Residential District.
- § 195-18 VC Village Commercial District.
- § 195-19 PSR Planned Single-Family Residential District.
- § 195-20 OC Office Center District.
- § 195-21 TOD Transit-Oriented Overlay District.
- § 195-21.1 TOD-2 Transit-Oriented Overlay District-2
- § 195-22 C Commercial District.
- § 195-23 SC Shopping Center District.
- § 195-24 FP Floodplain District.
- § 195-25 LI Limited Industrial District.
- § 195-26 IN Institutional District.
- § 195-26.1 I Industrial District.
- § 195-26.2 AP Agricultural Preservation District.
- § 195-27 Lot averaging.
- § 195-27.1 Conditional use standards.
- Ch 195 Art VI Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 195-28 Parking facilities.
- § 195-29 Parking space sizes.
- § 195-30 Special design requirements.
- § 195-31 Reduction of facilities.
- § 195-32 Off-street loading facilities.
- § 195-33 Interpretation of provisions.
- § 195-34 Handicapped parking.
- Ch 195 Art VII Sign Regulations
- § 195-35 Regulations pertaining to all districts.
- Ch 195 Art VIII Nonconformities
- § 195-36 Continuance of existing use of land.
- § 195-37 Continuance of existing building or use of building.
- § 195-37.1 Adjacent Nonconforming lots.
- § 195-38 Change of use.
- § 195-39 Abandonment of nonconforming use.
- § 195-40 Extension.
- § 195-41 Determination of class of changed or resumed use.
- § 195-42 Reconstruction of damaged or destroyed nonconforming buildings.
- § 195-43 Condemned buildings.
- § 195-44 Temporary nonconforming uses.
- § 195-45 Nonconforming signs.
- Ch 195 Art IX Administration
- § 195-46 Enforcement; appointment of administrator.
- § 195-47 Powers and duties of administrator.
- § 195-48 Permits required.
- § 195-49 Applications.
- § 195-50 Fees.
- § 195-51 Appeals.
- Ch 195 Art X Zoning Hearing Board
- § 195-52 Appointment; word usage.
- § 195-53 Powers and duties.
- § 195-54 Burden of proof in special exception matters.
- § 195-55 Criteria for exceptions or variances.
- § 195-56 Power to modify orders of administrator.
- § 195-57 Appeal and application rules and procedures.
- § 195-58 Meetings.
- § 195-59 Notice of hearings.
- § 195-59.1 Deemed withdrawal of appeal or application for special exception or variance.
- § 195-60 Expiration of special exceptions and variances.
- § 195-61 Appeals.
- § 195-62 Fees.
- Ch 195 Art XI Amendments
- § 195-63 Action of governing body.
- § 195-64 Procedure.
- § 195-65 Application for amendment by citizen.
- § 195-66 Fees.
- Ch 195 Art XII Violations and Penalties; Additional Remedies
- § 195-67 Investigations by Zoning Officer.
- § 195-68 Notice of violation.
- § 195-69 Violations and penalties.
- § 195-70 Additional remedies.
- Ch 195 Art XIII Wireless Communications Facilities
- § 195-71 General requirements for all tower-based wireless communications facilities that do not meet the definition of a small wireless communications facility.
- § 195-72 Tower-based facilities outside rights-of-way that do not meet the definition of a small wireless communications facility.
- § 195-73 Small wireless communications facilities.
- § 195-74 General requirements for all non-tower wireless communications facilities that do not meet the definition of a small wireless communications facility.
- § 195-75 Non-tower wireless facilities outside rights-of-way that do not meet the definition of a small wireless communications facility.
- § 195-76 Police powers.
- Appendix
- Ch A201 Cable Television
- Ch A202 (Reserved)
- Ch A203 (Reserved)
- Ch A204 (Reserved)
- Ch A205 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Upper Gwynedd 11-23-1987 by Ord. No. 87-11.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Planning Commission — See Ch. 32.
Building construction — See Ch. 63.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 97.
Flood damage control — See Ch. 103.
Noise abatement — See Ch. 124.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 168.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Schedule of Sign Regulations
Attachment 2 - Small Wireless Communications Facility Design Manual[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance superseded former
Ch. 195, Zoning, adopted 8-23-1971 by Ord. No. 71-6, as amended.
