[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Town Council
of the Borough of Chambersburg 6-23-1982 by Ord. No. 82-7. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Auditor
- Ch 7 Authorities
- Ch 9 Intergovernmental Cooperation
- Ch 11 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 14 Capital Region Insurance Trust
- Ch 15 Pennsylvania Municipal Health Insurance Cooperative Trust
- Ch 24 Emergency Management
- Ch 30 Fire and Ambulance Services
- Ch 44 Library
- Ch 50 Manager
- Ch 55 (Reserved)
- Ch 60 Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 63 (Reserved)
- Ch 67 Police Department
- Ch 75 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 76 Seal, Borough
- General Legislation
- Ch 89 Alarm Systems
- Ch 92 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 96 Animals
- Ch 104 Bicycles and Skateboards
- Ch 109 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 113 Building Construction
- Ch 119 Civic Special Events
- Ch 125 Curfew
- Ch 135 Electric Standards
- Ch 142 Fair Housing
- Ch 147 Firearms
- Ch 150 Fire Prevention
- Ch 152 Fireworks
- Ch 154 Floodplain Management
- Ch 160 Gas
- Ch 168 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 175 Insurance
- Ch 186 Liens and Claims, Municipal
- Ch 190 Loitering
- Ch 200 Noise
- Ch 202 Nuisances
- Ch 204 Parades and Public Gatherings
- Ch 207 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 212 Picketing
- Ch 216 Plumbing
- Ch 221 Property Maintenance
- Ch 226 Public Property
- Ch 234 Refrigerated Machinery
- Ch 236 Rental Property
- Ch 238 Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 242 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 248 Solid Waste
- Ch 251 Stormwater Management
- Ch 254 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 258 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 261 Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishments
- Ch 264 Taxation
- Ch 268 Telecommunications Services
- Ch 274 (Reserved)
- Ch 280 Used Goods Dealers
- Ch 286 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 292 Water
- Ch 299 Capital Charges
- Ch 300 Zoning
- Ch 300 Art I General Provisions
- § 300-1 Purposes.
- § 300-2 Scope.
- § 300-3 Conflicting regulations.
- § 300-4 Interpretation.
- § 300-5 Short title.
- § 300-6 Statement of community development objectives.
- § 300-7 Definitions.
- Ch 300 Art II Classification of Districts
- § 300-8 Designation of districts.
- § 300-9 Record of boundaries; Zoning Map.
- § 300-10 District boundary lines.
- § 300-11 Lot divided by district boundary line.
- § 300-12 Annexation of territory.
- § 300-13 (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art III Low-Density Residential District (LDR)
- § 300-14 Uses permitted.
- § 300-15 Uses by special exception.
- § 300-16 Height regulations.
- § 300-17 Area regulations.
- § 300-18 Width regulations.
- § 300-19 Yard regulations.
- § 300-20 Coverage regulations.
- § 300-21 Off-street parking.
- § 300-22 Uses not permitted.
- Ch 300 Art IV Moderate-Density Residential District (MDR)
- § 300-23 Uses permitted.
- § 300-24 Uses by special exception.
- § 300-25 Height regulations.
- § 300-26 Area, width and coverage regulations.
- § 300-27 Yard regulations.
- § 300-28 Exception to minimum lot width and side yard requirements.
- § 300-29 Off-street parking.
- § 300-30 Uses not permitted.
- Ch 300 Art V Distributed Commercial - Neighborhood Business
- § 300-31 Uses permitted.
- § 300-31.1 Uses by special exception.
- § 300-32 Area, width, coverage and yard regulations.
- § 300-33 Height regulations.
- § 300-34 Uses not permitted.
- Ch 300 Art VI Distributed Commercial - Highway
- § 300-35 Uses permitted.
- § 300-35.1 Uses by special exception.
- § 300-36 Lot area and width regulations.
- § 300-37 Lot coverage regulations.
- § 300-38 Yard regulations.
- § 300-39 Height regulations.
- Ch 300 Art VII Central Core Area
- § 300-40 Uses permitted.
- § 300-40.1 Uses by special exception.
- § 300-41 Height regulations.
- § 300-42 Yard regulations.
- § 300-43 Lot coverage regulations.
- § 300-44 Lot area and width regulations.
- § 300-45 Parking space requirements.
- § 300-46 Signs.
- Ch 300 Art VIII (Reserved)
- § 300-47 (Reserved)
- § 300-48 (Reserved)
- § 300-49 (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art IX Medium Manufacturing District
- § 300-50 Permitted use.
- § 300-50.1 Uses by special exception.
- § 300-51 Lot area and width regulations.
- § 300-52 Lot coverage regulations.
- § 300-53 Yard regulations.
- § 300-54 Height regulations.
- Ch 300 Art X Heavy Manufacturing District
- § 300-55 Permitted uses.
- § 300-56 Lot area, width, coverage, yard and height regulations.
- § 300-57 Uses by special exception.
- Ch 300 Art XI Southgate Neighborhood Overlay District
- § 300-58 Establishment of district, description, and purpose.
- § 300-59 Permitted uses.
- § 300-60 Height, area, yard, and coverage regulations.
- § 300-61 Parking.
- § 300-62 Specific use requirements.
- § 300-63 Advisory Committee review.
- § 300-64 Conflicting regulations.
- § 300-65 through § 300-67. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art XII Professional Office District
- § 300-68 District established.
- § 300-69 Description.
- § 300-70 Uses permitted.
- § 300-71 Uses not permitted.
- § 300-72 Uses permitted by special exception.
- § 300-73 District area, yard and height regulations.
- § 300-74 Signs.
- § 300-75 Off-street parking.
- Ch 300 Art XIII Off-Street Parking
- § 300-76 General parking regulations.
- § 300-77 Facilities required.
- § 300-78 Location of parking spaces.
- § 300-79 Design standards.
- § 300-80 Drainage, surfacing and maintenance standards.
- § 300-81 Lighting.
- § 300-82 Loading and unloading space.
- § 300-83 Visibility at intersections.
- Ch 300 Art XIV (Reserved)
- § 300-84 through § 300-86. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art XV Signs
- § 300-87 Signs in residential districts.
- § 300-88 Business identification signs.
- § 300-89 Billboards.
- § 300-90 General regulations.
- § 300-90.1 Temporary signs.
- Ch 300 Art XVI Nonconforming Structures, Uses or Lots
- § 300-91 Continuation.
- § 300-91.1 Development of nonconforming lot.
- § 300-92 Expansion limitation for nonconforming use or structure.
- § 300-93 Changes.
- § 300-94 Restoration.
- § 300-95 Abandonment.
- § 300-96 Registration.
- Ch 300 Art XVII Administration and Enforcement
- § 300-97 Zoning Officer.
- § 300-98 Permits.
- § 300-99 Application procedures and general requirements.
- § 300-100 Fees.
- § 300-101 Term of permit.
- § 300-102 Violations and penalties.
- § 300-103 Enforcement remedies.
- Ch 300 Art XVIII Zoning Hearing Board
- § 300-104 Establishment.
- § 300-105 Appointment; terms of office.
- § 300-106 Removal of members.
- § 300-107 Procedures, meetings, records and decisions.
- § 300-108 Notice of hearing; standard of proof.
- § 300-109 Conduct of hearings; decisions.
- § 300-110 Interpretation.
- § 300-111 Challenges to the validity of any ordinance or map.
- § 300-112 Challenges to subdivision and planned residential development ordinances.
- § 300-113 Variances.
- § 300-114 Special exceptions.
- § 300-115 Changing nonconforming uses; general standards for all special exceptions.
- § 300-116 Exercise of powers.
- § 300-117 Who may file appeals and requests for variances.
- § 300-118 Rules and procedures for filing applications and appeals.
- § 300-119 Stay of proceedings.
- § 300-120 Review by Planning Commission on applications for special exceptions; appeals to Court of Common Pleas.
- Ch 300 Art XIX Planned Residential Development (PRD)
- § 300-121 Statement of intent.
- § 300-122 Application for tentative approval.
- § 300-123 Specifications of plan for tentative approval.
- § 300-124 Application for final approval.
- § 300-125 Specifications of plan for final approval.
- § 300-126 Permitted uses and development standards.
- § 300-127 Common open space.
- § 300-128 Commercial areas.
- § 300-129 Utilities.
- § 300-130 Off-street parking.
- § 300-131 Design, improvement and construction requirements.
- Ch 300 Art XX Exceptions
- § 300-132 Types.
- § 300-133 General exceptions.
- Ch 300 Art XXI Special Exceptions
- § 300-134 Authorization.
- § 300-135 Conversion apartments.
- § 300-136 Group housing development.
- § 300-137 Adult entertainment.
- § 300-138 Child or adult day-care facilities.
- § 300-138.1 Boardinghouses or lodging houses.
- § 300-138.2 Special exceptions for height limits.
- § 300-138.3 Special exceptions for casinos.
- § 300-138.4 Subdivision of attached dwellings, semidetached dwellings and accessory structures.
- § 300-138.5 Light manufacturing accessory to a permitted restaurant or retail use.
- Ch 300 Art XXII Amendments
- § 300-139 Amendment by Borough Council.
- § 300-140 Procedure.
- § 300-141 Repeated actions on amendments.
- § 300-142 Citizen protest against amendments.
- Ch 300 Art XXIII Satellite Dishes
- § 300-143 Placement.
- Ch 300 Art XXIV Health Care Service District
- § 300-144 Purpose.
- § 300-145 District Area.
- § 300-146 Permitted uses.
- § 300-146.1 Uses by special exception.
- § 300-147 Uses not permitted.
- § 300-148 Height regulations.
- § 300-149 Yard Regulations.
- § 300-150 Lot coverage.
- § 300-151 Off-street parking.
- § 300-152 Signs in Health Care Service District.
- Ch 300 Art XXV Health Institution District
- § 300-153 Purpose.
- § 300-154 District area.
- § 300-155 Permitted uses.
- § 300-155.1 Uses by special exception.
- § 300-156 Uses not permitted.
- § 300-157 Height regulations.
- § 300-158 Yard regulations.
- § 300-159 Lot coverage.
- § 300-160 Off-street parking.
- § 300-161 Signs in Health Institution District.
- § 300-162 Standards and access.
- Ch 300 Art XXVI Buffering Standards
- § 300-163 Buffering standards for new construction.
- Ch 300 Art XXVII Franklin County Regional Airport Hazard Overlay Zone
- § 300-164 Definitions.
- § 300-165 Airport zones.
- § 300-166 Airport overlay zone height limitations.
- § 300-167 Use restrictions.
- § 300-168 Nonconforming uses.
- § 300-169 Permits.
- § 300-170 Conflicting regulations.
- Ch 300 Art XXVIII Noise
- § 300-171 Noise performance standards.
- Ch 300 Art XXIX Wireless Communications Facilities
- § 300-172 Purpose; intent.
- § 300-173 General requirements for all facilities.
- § 300-174 General requirements for all non-tower facilities.
- § 300-175 Non-tower facilities outside rights-of-way.
- § 300-176 General requirements for all tower-based facilities.
- § 300-177 Tower-based facilities outside rights-of-way.
- § 300-178 Tower-based facilities in rights-of-way.
- Ch 300 Art XXX Regulation of Small Wireless Facilities
- § 300-179 Purpose.
- § 300-180 Definitions.
- § 300-181 Scope.
- § 300-182 Applications for small wireless facilities.
- § 300-183 General requirements.
- § 300-184 Discontinuance.
- § 300-185 Indemnification.
- § 300-186 Standard permit conditions.
- § 300-187 Revocation of permit.
- § 300-188 Restoration.
- § 300-189 Violations and penalties.
- Appendix
- Ch A302 Franchises
- Ch A303 Summary of Ordinances and Resolutions
- Distribution Table
- Ch DT Distribution Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
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