Township of Mount Joy, PA
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2022-09-19
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 135 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Accounts
- Ch 5 Authorities
- Ch 9 County Council of Governments
- Ch 21 Manager
- Ch 29 Park and Recreation Board
- Ch 33 Pensions
- Ch 36 Planning Commission
- Ch 39 Police
- Ch 43 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 52 Animals
- Ch 55 Building Numbering and Street Addresses
- Ch 57 Building Regulations
- Ch 60 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 63 Business Licensing and Regulations
- Ch 67 Driveways
- Ch 70 Floodplains
- Ch 80 Junkyards
- Ch 88 Nuisances
- Ch 90 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 93 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 96 Property Maintenance
- Ch 98 Rental Property
- Ch 100 Sewers
- Ch 106 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Solid Waste
- Ch 113 Stormwater Management
- Ch 116 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 119 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 123 Taxation
- Ch 125 Transportation Impact Fees
- Ch 127 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 131 Water
- Ch 135 Zoning
- Ch 135 Art I Background Provisions
- § 135-1 Short title.
- § 135-2 Severability.
- § 135-3 When effective.
- § 135-4 Interpretation.
- § 135-5 Applicability.
- § 135-6 Repeals.
- § 135-7 Uses not specifically provided for.
- § 135-8 through § 135-10. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art II Purposes and Community Development Objectives
- § 135-11 Purposes.
- § 135-12 Community development objectives.
- § 135-13 through § 135-20. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art III (Reserved)
- § 135-21 through § 135-30. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art IV Terminology
- § 135-31 Word usage.
- § 135-32 Definitions.
- § 135-33 through § 135-40. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art V Conformity and Nonconformity Regulations
- § 135-41 Conformity of proposed land uses.
- § 135-42 Continuance and expansion of nonconforming uses.
- § 135-43 Substitution of uses.
- § 135-44 Damage to nonconforming structures.
- § 135-45 Nonconforming lots.
- § 135-46 Expansion of dimensionally nonconforming structures.
- § 135-47 through § 135-50. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art VI Zoning Districts
- § 135-51 Districts enumerated.
- § 135-52 Zoning Map.
- § 135-53 District boundaries.
- § 135-54 through § 135-60. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art VII R – Rural District
- § 135-61 District purpose.
- § 135-62 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 135-63 Special exception uses.
- § 135-64 Conditional uses.
- § 135-65 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 135-66 Height and yard requirements of accessory buildings.
- § 135-67 Supplemental use regulations.
- § 135-68 through § 135-70. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art VIII OS – Open Space and Conservation District
- § 135-71 District purpose.
- § 135-72 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 135-73 Special exception uses.
- § 135-74 Conditional uses.
- § 135-75 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 135-76 Height and yard regulations for accessory buildings.
- § 135-77 Supplemental use regulations.
- § 135-78 through § 135-80. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art IX A – Agricultural District
- § 135-81 District purpose.
- § 135-82 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 135-83 Special exception uses.
- § 135-84 Conditional uses.
- § 135-85 Area, subdivision and bulk regulations.
- § 135-86 Height and yard requirements of accessory buildings.
- § 135-87 Supplemental use regulations.
- § 135-88 through § 135-90. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art X R-1 – Low-Density Residential District
- § 135-91 District purpose.
- § 135-92 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 135-93 Special exception uses.
- § 135-94 Conditional uses.
- § 135-95 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 135-96 Height and yard requirements of accessory buildings.
- § 135-97 Supplemental use regulations.
- § 135-98 through § 135-100. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XI R-2 – Medium-Density Residential District
- § 135-101 District purpose.
- § 135-102 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 135-103 Special exception uses.
- § 135-104 Conditional uses.
- § 135-105 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 135-106 Height and yard requirements of accessory buildings.
- § 135-107 Supplemental use regulations.
- § 135-108 through § 135-110. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XII R-3 – High-Density Residential District
- § 135-111 District purpose.
- § 135-112 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 135-113 Special exception uses.
- § 135-114 Conditional uses.
- § 135-115 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 135-116 Height and yard requirements for accessory buildings.
- § 135-117 Supplemental use regulations.
- § 135-118 through § 135-120. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XIII C-1 – Limited Commercial District
- § 135-121 District purpose.
- § 135-122 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 135-123 Special exception uses.
- § 135-124 Conditional uses.
- § 135-125 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 135-126 Supplemental use regulations.
- § 135-127 through § 135-130. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XIV C-2 – General Commercial District
- § 135-131 District purpose.
- § 135-132 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 135-133 Special exception uses.
- § 135-134 Conditional uses.
- § 135-135 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 135-136 Supplemental use regulations.
- § 135-137 through § 135-140. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XV MU – Mixed Use District
- § 135-141 District purpose.
- § 135-142 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 135-143 Special exception uses.
- § 135-144 Conditional uses.
- § 135-145 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 135-146 Height regulations.
- § 135-147 Supplemental use regulations.
- § 135-148 through § 135-150. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XVI (Reserved)
- § 135-151 through § 135-160. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XVII LI - Light Industrial District
- § 135-161 District purpose.
- § 135-162 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 135-163 Special exception uses.
- § 135-164 Conditional uses.
- § 135-165 Area and bulk requirements.
- § 135-166 Landscaping and screening requirements.
- § 135-167 Supplemental use regulations.
- § 135-168 through § 135-170. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XVIII GI – General Industrial District
- § 135-171 District purpose.
- § 135-172 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 135-173 Special exception uses.
- § 135-174 Conditional uses.
- § 135-175 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 135-176 Landscaping and screening requirements.
- § 135-177 Supplemental use regulations.
- § 135-178 through § 135-180. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XIX (Reserved)
- § 135-181 through § 135-190. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XX IN – Institutional District
- § 135-191 District purpose.
- § 135-192 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 135-193 Special exception uses.
- § 135-194 Conditional uses.
- § 135-195 Area and bulk regulations.
- § 135-196 Supplemental use regulations.
- § 135-197 through § 135-200. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XXI (Reserved)
- § 135-201 through § 135-210. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XXII Specific Use Regulations
- § 135-211 Adult-oriented businesses.
- § 135-212 Agricultural uses.
- § 135-213 Agritourism enterprises.
- § 135-214 Airports/heliports.
- § 135-215 Amusement parks.
- § 135-216 Apartment houses.
- § 135-217 Bed-and-breakfast.
- § 135-218 Boardinghouses.
- § 135-219 Children's homes and private schools with dormitories.
- § 135-220 Clubhouses for private clubs.
- § 135-221 Commercial communications antenna.
- § 135-222 Commercial recreational facilities.
- § 135-223 Contractor's equipment yards.
- § 135-224 Conversion of existing buildings.
- § 135-225 Echo housing.
- § 135-226 Emergency services.
- § 135-227 Farm-related businesses.
- § 135-228 Funeral homes.
- § 135-229 Golf courses.
- § 135-230 Greenhouses, including accessory retail sales.
- § 135-231 Group homes.
- § 135-232 Home day-care service.
- § 135-233 Home improvement and building material sales.
- § 135-234 Home occupations and no-impact home-based businesses.
- § 135-235 Horse boarding facilities; including riding schools, academics and/or private riding clubs.
- § 135-236 Hospitals.
- § 135-237 Industrial parks.
- § 135-238 Junkyards.
- § 135-239 Kennels.
- § 135-240 Landscaping businesses and sales.
- § 135-241 Lumber-, coal- and fuel oil yards.
- § 135-242 Machine, welding and small engine repair shops.
- § 135-243 Manure storage facilities.
- § 135-244 Medical and dental clinics and professional offices of lawyers and accountants.
- § 135-245 Miniwarehouses.
- § 135-246 Manufactured home parks.
- § 135-247 Nightclubs.
- § 135-248 Nursing or personal care homes.
- § 135-249 Office parks.
- § 135-250 Performance standards for solid waste facilities and recycling centers, junkyards, large-scale alternative energy resources and mineral extraction uses.
- § 135-251 Places of worship.
- § 135-252 Private recreational facilities.
- § 135-253 Public libraries.
- § 135-254 Public and private schools.
- § 135-255 Restaurants, retail uses, financial institutions or similar uses with drive-in or drive-through facilities.
- § 135-256 Retail stores and shopping centers in excess of 10,000 square feet of gross floor area.
- § 135-257 Retail sales, storage, and/or wholesaling of home- and auto-related fuel.
- § 135-258 Roadside produce stands.
- § 135-259 Shooting ranges.
- § 135-260 Slaughtering and rendering of food products and their by-products.
- § 135-261 Testing laboratories.
- § 135-262 Townhouses.
- § 135-263 Transient retail businesses.
- § 135-264 Treatment centers.
- § 135-265 Truck, bus and motor freight terminals.
- § 135-266 Vehicular service or repair establishments.
- § 135-267 Vehicular sales or rental establishments.
- § 135-268 Vehicular fueling stations.
- § 135-269 Vehicular washing facilities.
- § 135-270 Vendor displays and sales, including flea markets and similar uses.
- § 135-271 Vocational schools.
- § 135-272 Rural heritage meeting center.
- § 135-273 Health care village.
- § 135-274 Short-term lodging.
- § 135-275 through § 135-290. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XXIII General Regulations
- § 135-291 Height limit exceptions.
- § 135-292 Lot size reductions.
- § 135-293 Public utility corporations.
- § 135-294 Access to buildings.
- § 135-295 Establishment of more than one principal use on a lot.
- § 135-296 Vision obstruction.
- § 135-297 Reverse frontage lots.
- § 135-298 Lighting regulations.
- § 135-299 Landscaping and screening requirements.
- § 135-300 Manufactured homes intended for temporary dwelling quarters.
- § 135-301 Classification of streets, establishment of ultimate street right-of-way lines and dedication of right-of-way.
- § 135-302 Maintenance of domestic pets and other animals.
- § 135-303 Airport area protection standards.
- § 135-304 Mature forest and woodland preservation.
- § 135-305 Steep slope regulations.
- § 135-306 Riparian corridors and setback requirements from waterways and major drainage swales.
- § 135-307 Wetlands.
- § 135-308 (Reserved)
- § 135-309 Historic preservation provisions.
- § 135-310 Required traffic impact study submittals.
- § 135-311 Interconnection of nonpublic water and sewage systems.
- § 135-312 Municipal exemption.
- § 135-313 Alternative energy sources.
- § 135-314 Yard sales.
- § 135-315 Fences and walls.
- § 135-316 Amateur radio service as accessory use.
- § 135-317 Swimming pools.
- § 135-318 Ornamental ponds and wading ponds.
- § 135-319 Man-made lakes, dams, ponds, and impoundments.
- § 135-320 Flag lots.
- § 135-321 Joint-use driveways.
- § 135-322 Expansion of preexisting uses authorized by special exception.
- § 135-323 Persons with disabilities.
- § 135-324 Prohibited uses.
- § 135-325 Unenclosed storage.
- § 135-326 Performance and design standards for all nonresidential uses.
- § 135-327 Oil and gas operations.
- § 135-328 through § 135-330. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XXIV Sign Regulations
- § 135-331 Applicability; definitions.
- § 135-332 Permitted signs in agricultural, rural and residential districts.
- § 135-333 Permitted signs in all commercial and industrial districts.
- § 135-334 General sign regulations.
- § 135-335 Nonconforming signs.
- § 135-336 through § 135-340. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XXV Parking Regulations
- § 135-341 Applicability.
- § 135-342 Design requirements for parking facilities.
- § 135-343 Minimum off-street parking requirements.
- § 135-344 Joint parking lots.
- § 135-345 Prohibited uses of parking lots.
- § 135-346 Off-street loading and unloading space.
- § 135-347 Parking and storage of motor vehicles, recreational vehicles, boats and trailers.
- § 135-348 Parking incentives.
- § 135-349 Maximum parking requirements.
- § 135-350 (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XXVI Design Options and Density Incentives
- § 135-351 Single-family cluster option.
- § 135-352 Active-Adult Community Design Option.
- § 135-353 Village Design Option (VDO).
- § 135-354 Transferable development rights.
- § 135-355 Reduced right-of-way option.
- § 135-356 through § 135-360. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XXVII Administration and Enforcement
- § 135-361 Zoning Officer; Assistant Zoning Officer.
- § 135-362 Duties and responsibilities of Zoning Officer.
- § 135-363 Zoning permits.
- § 135-364 Conditions of permit.
- § 135-365 Certificate of use and occupancy.
- § 135-366 Violations.
- § 135-367 Enforcement notice.
- § 135-368 Enforcement action.
- § 135-369 Violations and penalties.
- § 135-370 Remedies.
- § 135-371 Conditional uses.
- § 135-372 through § 135-380. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XXVIII Zoning Hearing Board
- § 135-381 Creation; membership; alternate members.
- § 135-382 Organization.
- § 135-383 Zoning Hearing Board functions.
- § 135-384 Applications.
- § 135-385 Hearings.
- § 135-386 Time limitations.
- § 135-387 Appeals.
- § 135-388 through § 135-390. (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Art XXIX Amendments
- § 135-391 Amendments.
- § 135-392 Amendments initiated by Township Planning Commission.
- § 135-393 Amendments initiated by Board of Supervisors.
- § 135-394 Procedure for petition.
- § 135-395 Referral to Township and County Planning Commissions.
- § 135-396 Public hearings.
- § 135-397 Action by Board of Supervisors.
- § 135-398 Authentication of Official Zoning Map.
- § 135-399 Curative amendments.
- § 135-400 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Mount Joy 5-21-2012 by Ord. No. 279-2012.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Planning Commission — See Ch. 36.
Building regulations — See Ch. 57.
Outdoor burning — See Ch. 60.
Driveways — See Ch. 67.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 93.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 96.
Sewers — See Ch. 100.
Solid waste — See Ch. 110.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 113.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 116.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 119.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 135,
Zoning, adopted 1-19-1998 by Ord. No. CL, as amended.
