[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Bethlehem 12-15-1997 by Ord. No. 8-97 (Ch. 27 of the 1988 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Auditor
- Ch 9 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 19 Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 21 Conflicts of Interest
- Ch 25 Educational Service Agency
- Ch 26 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 30 Firemen's Relief Association
- Ch 36 Intergovernmental Cooperation
- Ch 42 Manager
- Ch 45 Meetings
- Ch 50 Pensions
- Ch 52 Personnel Policies
- Ch 56 Planning Commission
- Ch 60 Tax Collector
- Ch 70 Wards
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 80 Alarm Devices
- Ch 85 Animals
- Ch 96 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 101 Burning, Open
- Ch 110 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 116 Development Fees
- Ch 122 Electrical Standards
- Ch 125 Emergency Response Payment Reimbursement
- Ch 131 Fire Prevention
- Ch 132 Fireworks Regulations, Consumer
- Ch 135 Floodplain Management
- Ch 144 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 148 Insurance
- Ch 159 Moving Household Goods
- Ch 162 Municipal Claims
- Ch 170 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 175 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 186 Property Maintenance
- Ch 187 Property, Abandoned and Foreclosed
- Ch 190 Property, Township
- Ch 191 Littering
- Ch 196 Real Estate
- Ch 201 Sewage Disposal System Maintenance
- Ch 202 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 212 Solid Waste
- Ch 213 Special Events
- Ch 218 Stormwater Management
- Ch 219 Stormwater Management: Monocacy Creek Watershed
- Ch 225 Street Openings and Public Interest Improvements Construction
- Ch 230 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 235 Swimming Pools
- Ch 240 Taxation
- Ch 247 (Reserved)
- Ch 252 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 258 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 265 Weeds and Noxious Vegetation
- Ch 275 Zoning
- Ch 275 Art I General Provisions and Administration
- § 275-1 Purposes and community development objectives.
- § 275-2 Applicability.
- § 275-3 Public utility exemptions.
- § 275-4 Township and municipal authority exception.
- § 275-5 Interpretation; uses not specifically regulated.
- § 275-6 Severability.
- § 275-7 Repealer; continuation of provisions.
- § 275-8 General procedure for permits.
- § 275-9 Permits and certificates.
- § 275-10 Zoning Officer.
- § 275-11 Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 275-12 Hearings.
- § 275-13 Appeals.
- § 275-14 Board of Commissioner's jurisdiction.
- § 275-15 Amendments.
- § 275-16 Curative amendments.
- § 275-17 Procedure to obtain preliminary opinion.
- § 275-18 Filing fees and costs.
- § 275-19 Enforcement; violations and penalties; remedy.
- § 275-20 Conditional use process.
- § 275-21 Special exception use process.
- § 275-22 Liability.
- Ch 275 Art II Terminology
- § 275-23 General interpretation.
- § 275-24 Definitions.
- Ch 275 Art III Districts
- § 275-25 Districts designated.
- § 275-26 Application of district regulations.
- § 275-27 Zoning Map.
- § 275-28 District boundaries.
- § 275-29 Municipal boundaries.
- Ch 275 Art IV RR Rural Residential District
- § 275-30 Purpose.
- § 275-31 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-32 Special exception uses.
- § 275-33 Conditional uses.
- § 275-34 Lot and setback regulations.
- § 275-35 Additional requirements.
- § 275-36 Incentives for improvement of accident-prone intersections.
- Ch 275 Art V LDR Low-Density Residential District
- § 275-37 Purpose.
- § 275-38 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-39 Special exception uses.
- § 275-40 Conditional uses.
- § 275-41 Limited office conversions.
- § 275-42 Lot and setback regulations.
- § 275-43 Additional requirements.
- § 275-44 Incentives for improvement of accident-prone intersections.
- Ch 275 Art VI MDR Medium-Density Residential District
- § 275-45 Purpose.
- § 275-46 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-47 Special exception uses.
- § 275-48 Conditional uses.
- § 275-49 Lot and setback regulations for uses other than townhouses or retirement villages.
- § 275-50 Lot and setback regulations for townhouses or retirement village.
- § 275-51 Additional requirements.
- § 275-52 Incentives for improvements to accident-prone intersections.
- Ch 275 Art VII MHDR Medium-High-Density Residential District
- § 275-53 Purpose.
- § 275-54 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-55 Special exception uses.
- § 275-56 Conditional uses.
- § 275-57 Lot and setback regulations common to all uses.
- § 275-58 Lot and setback regulations for uses other than townhouses, garden apartments, mobile/manufactured home parks, mid-rise apartments, retirement villages and life-care centers.
- § 275-59 Lot and setback regulations for townhouse, garden apartments, retirement villages and life-care centers.
- § 275-60 Lot and setback regulations for mobile/manufactured home parks.
- § 275-61 Lot and setback regulations for mid-rise apartments.
- § 275-62 Additional requirements.
- Ch 275 Art VIII NC Neighborhood Commercial District
- § 275-63 Purpose.
- § 275-64 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-65 Special exception uses.
- § 275-66 Conditional uses.
- § 275-67 Prohibited uses.
- § 275-68 Lot and setback regulations.
- § 275-69 Additional requirements.
- Ch 275 Art IX GC General Commercial District
- § 275-70 Purpose.
- § 275-71 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-72 Special exception uses.
- § 275-73 Conditional uses.
- § 275-74 Specifically prohibited uses.
- § 275-75 Lot and setback regulations.
- § 275-76 Additional requirements.
- Ch 275 Art X PC Planned Commercial District
- § 275-77 Purpose; intent.
- § 275-78 Planned commercial development.
- § 275-79 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-80 Special exception uses.
- § 275-81 Conditional uses.
- § 275-82 Lot and setback regulations.
- § 275-83 Standards for approval of planned commercial development.
- § 275-84 Additional requirements.
- Ch 275 Art XI OB Office/Business District
- § 275-85 Purpose.
- § 275-86 Definition of planned business development.
- § 275-87 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-88 Conditional uses.
- § 275-89 Specifically prohibited uses.
- § 275-90 Standards for approval of planned business development.
- § 275-91 Lot and setback regulations.
- § 275-92 Additional requirements.
- Ch 275 Art XII GI General Industrial District
- § 275-93 Purpose.
- § 275-94 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-95 Special exception uses.
- § 275-96 Conditional uses.
- § 275-97 Specifically prohibited uses.
- § 275-98 Lot and setback regulations.
- § 275-99 Additional requirements.
- Ch 275 Art XIII LI Light Industrial/Office Campus District
- § 275-100 Purpose.
- § 275-101 Definition of planned business development.
- § 275-102 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-103 Special exception uses.
- § 275-104 Conditional uses.
- § 275-105 Specifically prohibited uses.
- § 275-106 Standards for approval of planned business development.
- § 275-107 Lot and setback regulations.
- § 275-108 Street access.
- § 275-109 Additional requirements.
- Ch 275 Art XIV AG Agriculture District
- § 275-110 Purpose.
- § 275-111 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-112 Special exception uses.
- § 275-113 Conditional uses.
- § 275-114 Lot and setback regulations.
- § 275-115 Additional requirements.
- Ch 275 Art XV CR Conservation and Recreation District
- § 275-116 Purpose.
- § 275-117 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-118 Special exception uses.
- § 275-119 Conditional uses.
- § 275-120 Lot and setback regulations.
- § 275-121 Additional requirements.
- Ch 275 Art XVI Environmental Protection
- § 275-122 Environmental preservation required.
- § 275-123 Nuisances, fire and explosive hazards prohibited.
- § 275-124 Steep slopes.
- § 275-125 Wetlands.
- § 275-126 Setbacks from surface waters and drainage swales.
- § 275-127 Alluvial soils.
- § 275-128 Floodplain areas.
- § 275-129 Filling, excavation and grading.
- § 275-130 Storage of gases, liquids, solids and hazardous substances.
- § 275-131 Sewage waste disposal.
- § 275-132 Noise control.
- § 275-133 Vibration control.
- § 275-134 Air pollution and odors.
- § 275-135 Light, glare and heat control.
- § 275-136 Placement of outdoor machinery.
- § 275-137 Radioactivity; electrical disturbances.
- § 275-138 Preservation of trees and forests.
- § 275-139 Review to determine compliance with performance standards.
- § 275-140 Stripping of topsoil.
- § 275-141 Sinkhole and subsidence hazards.
- Ch 275 Art XVII Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 275-142 Required number of off-street parking spaces.
- § 275-143 General regulations for off-street parking.
- § 275-144 Design standards for off-street parking.
- § 275-145 Parking of commercial vehicles in residential districts and unregistered vehicles.
- § 275-146 Off-street loading.
- § 275-147 On-street parking regulations.
- Ch 275 Art XVIII Signs
- § 275-148 Applicability.
- § 275-149 Nonconforming signs.
- § 275-150 Definitions of signs.
- § 275-151 Construction.
- § 275-152 Abandoned or outdated signs.
- § 275-153 Location of signs.
- § 275-154 Illuminated signs.
- § 275-155 Vehicle signs.
- § 275-156 Temporary signs.
- § 275-157 Exempt signs.
- § 275-158 Signs prohibited in all districts.
- § 275-159 Signs and/or structures identifying major residential or business developments.
- § 275-160 Area of signs.
- § 275-161 Maximum height of signs.
- § 275-162 Signs permitted in residential districts.
- § 275-163 Sign permitted in commercial districts.
- § 275-164 Signs permitted in industrial and business districts.
- § 275-165 Approval of signs associated with proposed conditional uses and special exception uses.
- § 275-166 Off-premises signs (including billboards).
- § 275-167 Sign area bonuses.
- Ch 275 Art XIX General Regulations
- § 275-168 Limit of one principal use.
- § 275-169 Street frontage; number of uses or buildings.
- § 275-170 Maximum height of buildings.
- § 275-171 Special lot and yard requirements; sight distance and buffer yards.
- § 275-172 Landscaping.
- § 275-173 Establishment of future right-of-way widths for streets.
- § 275-174 Street requirement for industrial and commercial uses.
- § 275-175 Access onto arterial, connector and collector streets.
- § 275-176 Nonconformities.
- § 275-177 Temporary structure or use.
- § 275-178 Site plan review.
- § 275-179 Traffic impact study.
- § 275-180 Stormwater management.
- § 275-181 Recreation land, open space and fees requirements.
- § 275-182 Posting of address.
- § 275-183 Impervious surface and lot area bonus for resolving stormwater problems.
- § 275-184 Zero lot line housing option.
- § 275-185 Condominium ownership.
- § 275-186 Skip lot option.
- § 275-187 Nonresidential building separation.
- Ch 275 Art XX Additional Requirements for Specific Uses
- § 275-188 Applicability.
- § 275-189 Additional requirements for specific principal uses.
- § 275-190 Additional requirements for accessory uses.
- Ch 275 Art XXI IN Institutional Overlay District
- § 275-191 Purpose.
- § 275-192 Relationship to existing districts.
- § 275-193 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-194 Special exception uses.
- § 275-194.A Conditional uses.
- § 275-195 Lot and setback regulations.
- § 275-196 Additional requirements.
- Ch 275 Art XXII Single-Family Cluster Development
- § 275-197 Purpose.
- § 275-198 Lot and area requirements.
- § 275-199 Qualifying conditions.
- § 275-200 Cluster open space requirements.
- Ch 275 Art XXIII Planned Residential Development (PRD)
- § 275-201 Purpose.
- § 275-202 Applicability.
- § 275-203 Eligibility.
- § 275-204 Land uses.
- § 275-205 Density requirements.
- § 275-206 Site analysis.
- § 275-207 Site design requirements.
- § 275-208 Utilities.
- § 275-209 Ownership/maintenance of common open space.
- § 275-210 Development in phases.
- § 275-211 Procedures.
- § 275-212 Enforcement and modifications.
- Ch 275 Art XXIV LI(P) Light Industrial/Office Campus (Phased)
- § 275-213 Purpose.
- § 275-214 Applicability.
- § 275-215 LI(P) District severability.
- Ch 275 Art XXV Smart Growth Districts and Overlay Districts
- § 275-216 Purposes.
- § 275-217 Legislative authority for overlay districts.
- § 275-218 Establishment of districts.
- § 275-219 District and overlay district provisions.
- § 275-220 District and Overlay District Map.
- Ch 275 Art XXVI Neighborhood Enhancement Overlay District
- § 275-221 Purpose.
- § 275-222 Applicability.
- § 275-223 Use regulations.
- § 275-224 Area, bulk, yard and height regulations.
- § 275-225 Development requirements.
- § 275-226 Conditional use standards and criteria.
- Ch 275 Art XXVII Commercial Enhancement Overlay District
- § 275-227 Purpose.
- § 275-228 Applicability.
- § 275-229 Use regulations.
- § 275-230 Area, bulk, height and yard regulations.
- § 275-231 Development requirements.
- § 275-232 Conditional use standards and criteria.
- Ch 275 Art XXVIII Conservation Design Overlay District
- § 275-233 Purpose.
- § 275-234 Applicability and conditions of eligibility.
- § 275-235 Use regulations.
- § 275-236 Area, bulk, yard, height and open space regulations.
- § 275-237 Development requirements.
- Ch 275 Art XXIX Town Center District
- § 275-238 Purpose.
- § 275-239 Conditions of eligibility.
- § 275-240 Use regulations.
- § 275-241 Area, bulk, height, yard, density and open space regulations.
- § 275-242 Development requirements.
- § 275-243 Conditional use standards and criteria.
- Ch 275 Art XXX Hospital Health Care Village District
- § 275-244 Purpose.
- § 275-245 Intent.
- § 275-246 Principal and accessory uses.
- § 275-247 Conditions of eligibility.
- § 275-248 Use regulations.
- § 275-249 Composition.
- § 275-250 Area, bulk, height and yard regulations.
- § 275-251 Development requirements.
- § 275-252 Conditional use standards and criteria.
- Ch 275 Art XXXI Mixed-Use Village Overlay District
- § 275-253 Purpose.
- § 275-254 Applicability.
- § 275-255 Conditions of eligibility.
- § 275-256 Use regulations.
- § 275-257 Area, bulk, height, yard, density and open space regulations.
- § 275-258 Development requirements.
- § 275-259 Conditional use standards and criteria.
- § 275-259A Modifications.
- Ch 275 Art XXXII Streetscape Enhancement Overlay District
- § 275-260 Purpose.
- § 275-261 Minimum requirements.
- § 275-262 Limitations posed or presented by existing conditions.
- § 275-263 Street cross-sections and examples.
- § 275-264 Designated streetscape enhancement area.
- § 275-264A Modifications.
- Ch 275 Art XXXIII HM Highway Maintenance District
- § 275-265 Purpose.
- § 275-266 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-267 Conditional uses.
- § 275-268 Specifically prohibited uses; covenant, restriction and acknowledgment of use limitations in deeds of conveyance.
- § 275-269 Lot and setback regulations.
- § 275-270 Additional requirements.
- Ch 275 Art XXXIV GU Gaming Uses Overlay District
- § 275-271 Purpose.
- § 275-272 Relationship to existing districts.
- § 275-273 Permitted-by-right uses.
- § 275-274 Special exception uses.
- § 275-275 Conditional uses.
- § 275-276 Prohibited uses.
- § 275-277 Lot, building, and setback regulations.
- § 275-278 Community impact analysis.
- § 275-279 Traffic access.
- § 275-280 Separation distance requirements.
- § 275-281 Required accessory uses.
- § 275-282 Permitted supportive uses.
- § 275-283 State licensing.
- § 275-284 Additional requirements.
- Appendix
- Ch A276 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
