Township of Washington, PA Zoning

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Table of Contents

Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 4 Environmental Advisory Council
Ch 5 Fire Department
Ch 7 Intergovernmental Agreements
Ch 9 Municipal Authority
Ch 11 Pension and Retirement
Ch 15 (Reserved)
Ch 17 Property, Sale of
Ch 21 Salaries and Compensation
Ch 23 Township Manager
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 29 Agricultural Security Area
Ch 33 Amusements
Ch 38 Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 39 Emergency Services Fees Reimbursement
Ch 41 (Reserved)
Ch 44 Collection of Fees
Ch 45 Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 47 Driveways
Ch 50 (Reserved)
Ch 51 Fires, Open
Ch 58 Hazardous Materials
Ch 59 Floodplain Management
Ch 70 Mobile Home Parks
Ch 72 Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization
Ch 73 Noise
Ch 76 Parks, Recreation Areas and Open Spaces
Ch 79 Peace and Good Order
Ch 85 Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 88 Property Maintenance
Ch 89 Removal, Repair or Security of Damaged Buildings
Ch 91 Rental Property
Ch 95 Sewers
Ch 97 Sexually Oriented Businesses
Ch 99 Stormwater Management
Ch 101 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 107 Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 113 (Reserved)
Ch 119 Taxation
Ch 122 Traffic Impact Fees
Ch 125 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 129 Water
Ch 131 Zoning
Ch 131 Art I General Provisions
§ 131-1 Title.
§ 131-2 Purpose; objectives.
§ 131-3 Standards to be minimum requirements.
§ 131-4 Effect on existing provisions; greater restrictions to prevail.
§ 131-5 Nonliability of Township.
Ch 131 Art II Definitions and Word Usage
§ 131-6 Word usage.
§ 131-7 Definitions.
§ 131-8 Terms adopted by reference.
Ch 131 Art III Designation and Boundaries of Zoning Districts
§ 131-9 Establishment of districts.
§ 131-10 Interpretation of district boundaries.
§ 131-11 Federal-, state- or county-owned property.
Ch 131 Art IV A Agricultural District
§ 131-12 Purpose.
§ 131-13 Prime agricultural soils and prime farmland.
§ 131-14 Permitted uses.
§ 131-15 Alternatives for development.
Ch 131 Art V WSC Watershed Conservation District
§ 131-16 Purpose.
§ 131-17 Permitted uses.
§ 131-18 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 131-19 Design requirements.
Ch 131 Art VI R-1 Rural Residential District
§ 131-20 Purpose.
§ 131-21 Permitted uses.
§ 131-22 Area and bulk regulations.
Ch 131 Art VII R-2 Suburban Residential District
§ 131-23 Purpose.
§ 131-24 Permitted uses.
§ 131-25 Area and bulk regulations.
Ch 131 Art VIII HDV High-Density Residential and Village District
§ 131-26 Purposes; general design regulations.
§ 131-27 Permitted uses.
§ 131-28 Area and bulk regulations; design standards.
§ 131-29 Permanent greenway protection through conservation easements; density bonuses; ownership and maintenance; modifications.
Ch 131 Art IX C Commercial District
§ 131-30 Purpose.
§ 131-31 Permitted uses.
§ 131-32 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 131-33 Design requirements.
§ 131-34 Additional requirements for shopping centers.
Ch 131 Art X LI Light Industrial District
§ 131-35 Purpose.
§ 131-36 Permitted uses.
§ 131-37 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 131-38 Design requirements.
Ch 131 Art XI GI General Industrial District
§ 131-39 Purpose.
§ 131-40 Permitted uses.
§ 131-41 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 131-42 Design requirements.
Ch 131 Art XII Q Quarry District
§ 131-43 Purpose.
§ 131-44 Use regulations.
§ 131-45 Dispute committee.
Ch 131 Art XIII Floodplain Overlay District
§ 131-46 Purpose.
§ 131-47 Establishment of district; boundaries.
§ 131-48 Permitted uses.
§ 131-49 Prohibited uses.
§ 131-50 Additional uses.
§ 131-51 through § 131-58. (Reserved)
Ch 131 Art XIV Airport Overlay District
§ 131-59 Purpose.
§ 131-60 Establishment of airport surface zones.
§ 131-61 Height limitations.
§ 131-62 General requirements.
§ 131-63 Permits required.
§ 131-64 Variances.
§ 131-65 Enforcement.
§ 131-66 Acquisition of air rights.
§ 131-67 More stringent requirements to prevail.
Ch 131 Art XV Supplementary Regulations
§ 131-68 Applicability.
§ 131-69 Additional regulations for all districts.
§ 131-70 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 131-71 Yard sales.
§ 131-72 Farm regulations.
§ 131-73 Additional regulations for multifamily dwellings.
§ 131-74 Sanitary landfills, incinerators, solid waste management facilities and transfer stations.
§ 131-75 Barn conversions.
§ 131-76 Mobile home parks.
§ 131-77 Parking and loading areas.
§ 131-78 Signs.
§ 131-79 Performance standards.
§ 131-80 Slopes.
§ 131-81 Flag lots.
Ch 131 Art XVI (RESERVED)
§ 131-82 (Reserved)
§ 131-83 (Reserved)
§ 131-84 (Reserved)
§ 131-85 (Reserved)
§ 131-86 (Reserved)
§ 131-87 (Reserved)
Ch 131 Art XVII Nonconforming Lots, Uses, Structures and Buildings
§ 131-88 Continuance of nonconformities.
§ 131-89 Nonconforming lots of record.
§ 131-90 Nonconforming uses of land.
§ 131-91 Nonconforming structures and buildings.
§ 131-92 Nonconforming uses of structures and buildings.
§ 131-93 Unsafe or unlawful structures or buildings.
§ 131-94 Use permitted as special exception to be considered conforming.
Ch 131 Art XVIIA Administration and Enforcement
§ 131-95 Zoning Officer.
§ 131-96 Building permits.
§ 131-97 Certificate of use and occupancy.
§ 131-98 Sign permits.
§ 131-99 Private airport permit and helipad permit.
§ 131-100 Conditional uses.
§ 131-101 Schedule of fees.
§ 131-102 Amendments.
Ch 131 Art XVIII Zoning Hearing Board
§ 131-103 Creation; appointments; terms of office; removal; vacancies; compensation; organization; meetings; records.
§ 131-104 Hearings.
§ 131-105 Powers and duties.
§ 131-106 Applications and appeals.
§ 131-107 Mediation option.
Ch 131 Art XIX Appeals, Remedies and Penalties
§ 131-108 Appeals proceedings.
§ 131-109 Remedies.
§ 131-110 Violations and penalties.
Ch 131 Art XX Environmental Performance Standards
§ 131-111 Purpose.
§ 131-112 Applicability.
§ 131-113 Area, bulk and layout.
Ch 131 Art XXI Communications Antennas, Communications Equipment Buildings and Communications Towers
§ 131-114 Communications antennas and communications equipment buildings.
§ 131-115 Communications towers where permitted by right.
§ 131-116 Communications towers where permitted by special exception.
Ch 131 Art XXII Kennels
§ 131-117 Kennels.
Ch 131 Art XXIII Planned Residential Development
§ 131-118 Planned residential development.
§ 131-119 Permitted uses.
§ 131-120 Submission and review procedures.
§ 131-121 Development requirements.
§ 131-122 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 131-123 Off-street parking requirements.
§ 131-124 Open space and recreation.
§ 131-125 Landscaping regulations.
§ 131-126 Design criteria specific to PRD.
§ 131-127 General regulations.
§ 131-128 Conflicts with other ordinances.
§ 131-129 (Reserved)
Ch 131 Art XXIV (Reserved)
§ 131-130 through § 131-134. (Reserved)
Appendix
Ch A136 Cable Television Franchise
Ch A137 Fees
Ch A138 Public Records
Ch A139 Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeals
Ch A140 Supervisors' Meeting Code of Conduct
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

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Chapter 131 Zoning

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Washington 8-25-1982 by Ord. No. 1982-1; amended in its entirety 4-29-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-4[1]. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Environmental Advisory Council — See Ch. 4.

Agricultural security area — See Ch. 29.

Collection of fees — See Ch. 44.

Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 45.

Driveways — See Ch. 47.

Mobile home parks — See Ch. 70.

Rental property — See Ch. 91.

Sexually oriented businesses — See Ch. 97.

Stormwater management — See Ch. 99.

Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 101.

Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 107.

Traffic impact fees — See Ch. 122.

Fees — See Ch. A137.

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 - Appendix A, Prime Agricultural Soils

Attachment 2 - Appendix B, Reference Page Only

Attachment 3 - Appendix C, Reference Page Only

Attachment 4 - Appendix D, Airport Overlay Diagrams

Attachment 5 - Appendix E, Table of Zoning Map Amendments

Editor's Note: An amendment to this ordinance, adopted 7-24-1997, was subsequently declared invalid by the courts, and all references to such amendment were removed from this chapter and Chs. 107 and A137 during the 2004 republication of the Code.