Township of Middletown, PA
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2022-04-04
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 500 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 15 Boards
- Ch 20 Citizen Service Corps Advisory Council
- Ch 23 Conduct, Code of
- Ch 34 Emergency Management Organization
- Ch 38 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 62 Officers and Employees
- Ch 70 Pensions
- Ch 76 Planning Commission
- Ch 81 Police Department
- Ch 98 Salaries and Compensation; Insurance Benefits
- Ch 108 Towns Against Graffiti Funding
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 120 Adult Businesses
- Ch 133 Alarm Systems
- Ch 141 Amusements
- Ch 145 Animals
- Ch 155 Bamboo
- Ch 167 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 178 Cable Television
- Ch 190 Construction Standards
- Ch 196 Contractors
- Ch 200 Curfew
- Ch 208 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 242 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 249 (Reserved)
- Ch 254 Floodplain Management
- Ch 264 Graffiti
- Ch 271 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 283 Insurance
- Ch 301 Massage Parlors
- Ch 305 Meeting Hall, Municipal
- Ch 312 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 316 Municipal Claims and Attorneys' Fees
- Ch 320 Noise
- Ch 324 Nuisances
- Ch 337 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 341 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 345 Peddling, Soliciting and Transient Businesses
- Ch 352 Political Campaigns
- Ch 358 Precious Metal Dealers
- Ch 363 Property Maintenance
- Ch 369 Public Property
- Ch 377 Rental Property and Transient Dwellings
- Ch 405 Smoking
- Ch 411 Soil Erosion, Sedimentation and Grading Control
- Ch 418 Solid Waste; Recycling
- Ch 425 Storage Facilities and Units
- Ch 430 Stormwater Management and Earth Disturbance
- Ch 431 Stormwater Management for Neshaminy Creek Watershed
- Ch 436 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 440 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 448 Taxation
- Ch 453 Telecommunications
- Ch 462 Trees, Shade
- Ch 470 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 474 Vehicles, Impoundment and Towing of
- Ch 481 Warrantless Arrests
- Ch 500 Zoning
- Ch 500 Art I Purpose; Interpretation; Short Title; Statement of Community Goals and Objectives
- § 500-101 Purpose.
- § 500-102 Interpretation.
- § 500-103 Short title.
- § 500-104 Statement of community goals and objectives.
- Ch 500 Art II Definitions
- § 500-201 Word usage.
- § 500-202 Specific terms.
- Ch 500 Art III Classification of Districts
- § 500-301 Classes of districts.
- § 500-302 Zoning Map.
- § 500-303 District boundaries.
- § 500-304 Boundary tolerances.
- Ch 500 Art IV RA-1 Residence Agricultural District
- § 500-401 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-402 Use regulations.
- § 500-403 Area and dimensional requirements.
- Ch 500 Art V RA-2 Residence Agricultural District
- § 500-501 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-502 Use regulations.
- § 500-503 Area and dimensional requirements.
- Ch 500 Art VI RA-3 Residence Agricultural District
- § 500-601 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-602 Use regulations.
- § 500-603 Area and dimensional requirements.
- Ch 500 Art VII OR Open Recreation District
- § 500-701 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-702 Applicability.
- § 500-703 Use regulations.
- § 500-704 Area and dimensional requirements.
- Ch 500 Art VIII R-1 Residence District
- § 500-801 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-802 Use regulations.
- § 500-803 Area and dimensional requirements.
- § 500-804 Modification of area and dimensional requirements.
- Ch 500 Art IX R-2 Residence District
- § 500-901 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-902 Use regulations.
- § 500-903 Area and dimensional requirements.
- Ch 500 Art X R-3 Residence District
- § 500-1001 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-1002 Use regulations.
- § 500-1003 Area and dimensional requirements.
- Ch 500 Art XI A-O Apartment-Office District
- § 500-1101 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-1102 Use regulations.
- § 500-1103 Area, dimensional and design requirements for Use Groups 1, 2 and 3.
- § 500-1104 Area, dimensional and design requirements for Use Groups 4 and 5.
- § 500-1105 Area, dimensional and design requirements for Use Group 6.
- Ch 500 Art XII MR Multi-Residential District
- § 500-1201 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-1202 Use regulations.
- § 500-1203 Performance standard subdivision.
- § 500-1204 Requirements for performance standard subdivisions.
- Ch 500 Art XIII RC Retirement Community District
- § 500-1301 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-1302 Use regulations.
- § 500-1303 Area, dimensional and design requirements.
- Ch 500 Art XIV MHP Mobile Home Park District
- § 500-1401 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-1402 Use regulations.
- § 500-1403 Mobile home park requirements.
- Ch 500 Art XV C Commercial District
- § 500-1501 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-1502 Use regulations.
- § 500-1503 Area, dimensional and design requirements.
- Ch 500 Art XVI CS Shopping Center District
- § 500-1601 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-1602 Use regulations.
- § 500-1603 Area, dimensional and design standards.
- Ch 500 Art XVII GB General Business District
- § 500-1701 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-1702 Use regulations.
- § 500-1703 Area, dimensional and design requirements.
- § 500-1704 Parking, loading, accessway and planting requirements applicable to shopping centers in GB District.
- § 500-1705 Design requirements for mixed-use developments including multifamily dwellings in GB District.
- Ch 500 Art XVIII P Professional District
- § 500-1801 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-1802 Use regulations.
- § 500-1803 Area, dimensional and design requirements.
- Ch 500 Art XIX M-1 Light Manufacturing District
- § 500-1901 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-1902 Use regulations.
- § 500-1903 General requirements.
- § 500-1904 Area, dimensional and design requirements.
- Ch 500 Art XX OC Office Campus District
- § 500-2001 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-2002 Definition of office campus.
- § 500-2003 Use regulations.
- § 500-2004 Area, dimensional and design requirements.
- Ch 500 Art XXI AQC Age-Qualified Community District
- § 500-2101 Purpose and intent.
- § 500-2102 Use regulations.
- § 500-2103 Area, dimensional and design requirements.
- § 500-2104 Individual lot area and bulk requirements.
- § 500-2105 General requirements.
- Ch 500 Art XXII Overlay Zoning Districts
- § 500-2201 Northeast Philadelphia Airport zoning district.
- § 500-2202 SW Solid Waste Management District.
- § 500-2203 Neshaminy Creek Watershed Peak Rate Districts.
- § 500-2204 Stormwater runoff districts for all areas except Neshaminy Creek Watershed.
- Ch 500 Art XXIII General Regulations
- § 500-2301 Minimum area and dimensional requirements.
- § 500-2302 Yard requirements.
- § 500-2303 Front yard exceptions.
- § 500-2304 Projections into yards.
- § 500-2305 Fences.
- § 500-2306 Exceptions to building height.
- § 500-2307 Access.
- § 500-2308 Traffic visibility across corners.
- § 500-2309 Street classifications.
- § 500-2310 Public utility corporation.
- § 500-2311 Trucks, truck tractors and trailers prohibited.
- § 500-2312 Residential conversions.
- § 500-2313 Exceptions to building coverage and impervious surface ratio.
- § 500-2314 Protection and preservation of historic buildings, structures and sites.
- § 500-2315 Cellular telecommunications facility.
- § 500-2316 Retail store.
- Ch 500 Art XXIV Accessory Uses and Structures
- § 500-2401 Permitted; permit needed.
- § 500-2402 Residential accessory buildings.
- § 500-2403 Parking for recreational vehicles and utility trailers.
- § 500-2404 Swimming pool.
- § 500-2405 Temporary structures.
- § 500-2406 Satellite dish antenna.
- § 500-2407 Accessory home occupation.
- § 500-2408 Outdoor storage and display.
- § 500-2409 Garage and yard sales.
- § 500-2410 Temporary community event.
- § 500-2411 Bus shelters.
- Ch 500 Art XXV Nuisance Standards
- § 500-2501 Smoke.
- § 500-2502 Dust, fumes, vapors and gases.
- § 500-2503 Heat.
- § 500-2504 Odor.
- § 500-2505 Glare.
- § 500-2506 Vibrations.
- § 500-2507 Storage and waste disposal.
- Ch 500 Art XXVI Natural Resource Protection Standards; Open Space and Buffers
- § 500-2601 Natural resource protection standards.
- § 500-2602 Application of natural resource protection standards.
- § 500-2603 Floodplain regulations.
- § 500-2604 Open space and recreation space requirements.
- § 500-2605 Buffer yards.
- Ch 500 Art XXVII Off-Street Parking Regulations
- § 500-2701 Definitions.
- § 500-2702 Off-street parking required.
- § 500-2703 Off-street loading required.
- § 500-2704 Off-street parking and loading; general regulations.
- § 500-2705 Reduction of nonresidential parking requirements.
- Ch 500 Art XXVIII Sign Regulations
- § 500-2801 Conformance.
- § 500-2802 Purpose.
- § 500-2803 General sign regulations.
- § 500-2804 Placement of signs.
- § 500-2805 Exempted signs.
- § 500-2806 Nonconforming signs.
- § 500-2807 Prohibitions.
- § 500-2808 Permits; construction and maintenance; violations.
- § 500-2809 Signs permitted in residential districts.
- § 500-2810 Signs permitted in A-O, OC and P Districts.
- § 500-2811 Signs permitted in commercial districts.
- § 500-2812 Signs permitted in manufacturing districts.
- Ch 500 Art XXIX Alternative Energy
- § 500-2901 Purpose and objectives.
- § 500-2902 Applicability.
- § 500-2903 Land use and dimensional regulations.
- § 500-2904 Provisions for encouraging passive energy conservation.
- § 500-2905 Bonus provisions.
- § 500-2906 Permit, conditional use, and special exception application requirements.
- § 500-2907 Supplemental design, installation and maintenance requirements.
- § 500-2908 Liability and insurance requirements.
- § 500-2909 Decommissioning.
- § 500-2910 Public inquiries, inspections, violations and remedies.
- Ch 500 Art XXX Nonconformities
- § 500-3001 Definitions.
- § 500-3002 Continuation.
- § 500-3003 Nonconforming lots.
- § 500-3004 Extension of nonconforming uses and structures.
- § 500-3005 Restoration.
- § 500-3006 Abandonment.
- § 500-3007 Use changes.
- Ch 500 Art XXXI Administration
- § 500-3101 Zoning Officer; duties and powers.
- § 500-3102 Requirement of zoning permits.
- § 500-3103 Application requirements for zoning permits.
- § 500-3104 Issuance of zoning permits.
- § 500-3105 Temporary permits.
- § 500-3106 Fees.
- § 500-3107 Certificates of use and occupancy.
- Ch 500 Art XXXII Zoning Hearing Board and Board of Supervisors
- § 500-3201 Establishment of Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 500-3202 Membership; terms of office.
- § 500-3203 Removal of members of Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 500-3204 Organization of Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 500-3205 Expenditures for services of Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 500-3206 Jurisdictions of Zoning Hearing Board and Board of Supervisors.
- § 500-3207 Zoning Hearing Board; variances.
- § 500-3208 Zoning Hearing Board; special exceptions.
- § 500-3209 Board of Supervisors; conditional uses.
- § 500-3210 Zoning Hearing Board; fees and escrow deposits.
- § 500-3211 Zoning Hearing Board; hearings.
- § 500-3212 Mediation option.
- § 500-3213 Parties appellant before Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 500-3214 Validity of ordinance; substantive questions.
- § 500-3215 Court appeals.
- Ch 500 Art XXXIII Amendments
- § 500-3301 Power of amendment.
- § 500-3302 Who may initiate.
- § 500-3303 Enactment of Zoning Ordinance amendments.
- § 500-3304 Plan requirements.
- § 500-3305 Impact statements.
- § 500-3306 Applicability of amendments.
- Ch 500 Art XXXIV Enforcement
- § 500-3401 Jurisdiction.
- § 500-3402 Remedies.
- § 500-3403 Enforcement notice.
- § 500-3404 Enforcement remedies.
- Appendix
- Ch A510 Legislative Enactments
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Middletown 3-26-1991 by Ord. No. 91-16 (Ch. 27 of the 1992
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
