Borough of Catasauqua, PA
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 280 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Auditor
- Ch 10 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 15 Borough Council
- Ch 20 Building, Municipal
- Ch 30 Civil Service
- Ch 35 Fire Department
- Ch 37 Fire Inspector
- Ch 40 Fiscal Affairs
- Ch 42 Health, Board of
- Ch 43 Intergovernmental Agreements
- Ch 45 Library
- Ch 50 Manager
- Ch 55 Pensions, Retirement and Benefits
- Ch 60 Planning Commission
- Ch 65 Police Department
- Ch 68 Records
- Ch 70 Recreation Board
- Ch 75 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 80 Sexual Harassment
- Ch 90 Taxation Department, Earned Income
- Ch 95 Water Department and Sewage Department
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 98 Alarm Devices
- Ch 100 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 105 Animals
- Ch 108 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Bicycles
- Ch 115 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 120 Buildings
- Ch 122 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 125 Code Enforcement
- Ch 130 Codes, Uniform
- Ch 138 Fair Housing
- Ch 140 Firearms
- Ch 145 Floodplain Management
- Ch 155 Franchises
- Ch 160 Garage Sales
- Ch 165 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 167 Insurance
- Ch 170 Junkyards
- Ch 175 Loitering
- Ch 180 Moving Permits
- Ch 182 Municipal Claims and Liens
- Ch 185 Noise
- Ch 190 Parades
- Ch 195 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 200 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 205 Public Property
- Ch 206 Public Safety Radio Amplification Systems
- Ch 207 Rental Property
- Ch 210 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 212 (Reserved)
- Ch 215 Signs and Billboards
- Ch 220 Solid Waste
- Ch 225 Stormwater Management
- Ch 230 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 235 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 237 Tapping Fees
- Ch 240 Taxation
- Ch 245 Trees
- Ch 255 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 260 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 265 Water
- Ch 275 Wellhead Protection
- Ch 277 Wireless Facilities
- Ch 280 Zoning
- Ch 280 Art I Administration
- § 280-1 Applicability.
- § 280-2 Purposes and community development objectives.
- § 280-3 Permits and certificates.
- § 280-4 General procedure for permits.
- § 280-5 Interpretation and uses not regulated.
- § 280-6 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- § 280-7 Fees.
- § 280-8 Amendments to chapter.
- § 280-9 Curative amendments.
- § 280-10 Zoning Officer.
- § 280-11 Zoning Hearing Board actions and variances.
- § 280-12 Board hearings and decisions.
- § 280-13 Appeals to court.
- § 280-14 Limited public utility exemptions.
- § 280-15 Limited Borough and municipal authority exemption.
- § 280-16 Special exception use process.
- § 280-17 Liability.
- Ch 280 Art II Definitions
- § 280-18 Interpretation and word usage.
- § 280-19 Definitions.
- Ch 280 Art III Establishment and Regulation of Districts
- § 280-20 Designation of districts and purposes.
- § 280-21 Application of district regulations.
- § 280-22 Zoning Map.
- § 280-23 District boundaries.
- § 280-24 Setbacks across municipal boundaries.
- § 280-25 Table of Permitted Uses by District.
- § 280-26 Dimensional requirements in each district.
- § 280-27 Historic buildings and overlay districts.
- Ch 280 Art IV Additional Requirements for Specific Uses
- § 280-28 Applicability.
- § 280-29 Additional requirements for specific principal uses.
- § 280-30 Additional requirements for accessory uses.
- Ch 280 Art V Environmental Protection
- § 280-31 Erosion control.
- § 280-32 Nuisances and hazards to public safety.
- § 280-33 Wetlands.
- § 280-34 Flood-prone areas and floodplains.
- § 280-35 Noise.
- § 280-36 Odors and dust.
- § 280-37 Control of light and glare.
- Ch 280 Art VI Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 280-38 Required number of parking spaces.
- § 280-39 General regulations for off-street parking.
- § 280-40 Design standards for off-street parking.
- § 280-41 Off-street loading.
- Ch 280 Art VII Signs
- § 280-42 Purpose and applicability.
- § 280-43 Nonconforming signs.
- § 280-44 Miscellaneous signs not requiring permits.
- § 280-45 Freestanding, wall and window signs.
- § 280-46 Abandoned or outdated signs.
- § 280-47 Location of signs.
- § 280-48 Illumination of signs.
- § 280-49 Vehicles functioning as signs.
- § 280-50 Prohibited signs.
- § 280-51 Construction of signs.
- § 280-52 Measurement and major types of signs.
- § 280-53 Off-premises signs (including billboards).
- Ch 280 Art VIII General Regulations
- § 280-54 Frontage onto improved streets; number of uses or buildings; minimum size of dwellings.
- § 280-55 Height exceptions.
- § 280-56 Special lot and yard requirements, sight distance and buffer yards.
- § 280-57 Landscaping.
- § 280-58 Nonconformities.
- § 280-59 Dumpster screening and location.
- Ch 280 Art IX Airport Hazards
- § 280-60 Authority; purposes.
- § 280-61 Definitions.
- § 280-62 Airport surface zones.
- § 280-63 Airport surface zone height limitations.
- § 280-64 Airport zoning requirements.
- § 280-65 Airport approach permits and variances.
- § 280-66 Enforcement; notification of variance.
- § 280-67 Acquisition of air rights.
- Ch 280 Art X WOD Waterfront Overlay District
- § 280-68 Purposes.
- § 280-69 Uses.
- § 280-70 Dimensional criteria.
- § 280-71 Unified development and mix.
- § 280-72 Design standards.
- § 280-73 Procedures.
- § 280-74 Applicability.
- § 280-75 Relationship to other ordinance provisions.
- Ch 280 Art XI W Waterfront District
- § 280-76 Purpose.
- § 280-77 Conditions of eligibility.
- § 280-78 Uses.
- § 280-79 Dimensional standards.
- § 280-80 Unified development standards.
- § 280-81 Design standards.
- § 280-82 Procedures.
- § 280-83 Definitions.
- § 280-84 Applicability.
- § 280-85 Relationship to other provisions.
- Appendix
- Ch A285 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Catasauqua 2-2-2004 by Ord. No. 1165.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Animals — See Ch. 105.
Apartment licensing — See Ch.
108.
Uniform codes — See Ch. 130.
Fair housing — See Ch. 138.
Firearms — See Ch. 140.
Floodplain management — See Ch. 145.
Garage sales — See Ch. 160.
Hazardous materials — See Ch. 165.
Junkyards — See Ch. 170.
Noise — See Ch. 185.
Signs and billboards — See Ch. 215.
Solid waste — See Ch. 220.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 225.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 230.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 235.
Trees — See Ch. 245.
Abandoned vehicles — See Ch. 255.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Table of Permitted Uses by District: Primarily Residential Districts
Attachment 2 - Table of Permitted Uses by District: Primarily Nonresidential DistrictsAttachment 3 - Table of Dimensional Requirements[1]
Editor's Note: The prefatory provisions of
this ordinance stated as follows:
"1. Title. A new ordinance: a) dividing the
Borough of Catasauqua into districts with varying regulations; b)
permitting, prohibiting, regulating and determining the uses of land,
watercourses and other bodies of water, the size, height, bulk, location,
erection, construction, repair, expansion, razing, removal and use
of structures, the areas and dimensions of land and bodies of water
to be occupied by uses and structures, as well as yards and other
open areas to be left unoccupied; c) establishing the maximum density
and intensity of uses; d) providing for the administration and enforcement
of this ordinance in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, including provisions for special exceptions and variances
to be administered by a Zoning Hearing Board; and e) establishing
provisions for the protection of certain natural features.
"2. Short title. This ordinance shall be known
and be cited as the 'Catasauqua Borough Zoning Ordinance' of 2004.
"3. Severability. It is hereby declared to
be the legislative intent that if a court of competent jurisdiction
declares any provisions of this ordinance to be invalid or ineffective
in whole or in part, the effect of such decision shall be limited
to those provisions which are expressly stated in the decision to
be invalid or ineffective, and all other provisions of this ordinance
shall continue to be separately and fully effective. Borough Council
hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each
section or part thereof, other than any part declared invalid, if
it had advance knowledge that any part would be declared invalid.
"4. Procedural defects in enactment. Any procedural
challenge shall be filed in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code and other applicable law.
"5. Repealer. The preexisting Borough of Catasauqua
Zoning Ordinance, as amended, is hereby expressly repealed; provided,
further that nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to affect
any suit or proceeding pending in any court, or any rights acquired
or liability incurred, or any permit issued or approval granted or
any cause or causes of action arising prior to the enactment of this
ordinance. All ordinances and parts of ordinances and all resolutions
and parts of resolutions which are inconsistent herewith by virtue
of references to or incorporation of requirements contained in the
preexisting Zoning Ordinance as amended shall, as nearly as possible,
be construed to reference this ordinance.
"6. Enactment. Under the authority conferred
by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended, Borough
Council of Catasauqua Borough hereby enacts and ordains into an ordinance
the attached document this date of February 2, 2004. This ordinance
shall become effective immediately upon enactment."
