Township of Hempfield, PA
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 87 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 7 Business Privilege Tax Collector
- Ch 10 (Reserved)
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 13 Municipal Claims
- Ch 15 Officers and Employees
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 20 Planning Commission
- Ch 23 Planning, Township
- Ch 25 Purchasing
- Ch 27 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 28 Social Security
- Ch 30 Tax Certifications
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 37 Animals
- Ch 40 Building Code
- Ch 41 Building Permits
- Ch 43 Driveways and Access Roads
- Ch 45 (Reserved)
- Ch 47 Fire and Life Safety
- Ch 49 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 52 Junkyards
- Ch 54 Landlord-Tenant Registration
- Ch 56 Massage Therapy Establishments
- Ch 57 Mobile Home Parks and Rental Property
- Ch 58 Multiple Dwellings, Registration of
- Ch 59 Obscene Materials
- Ch 60 Occupancy Permit
- Ch 61 Parks
- Ch 62 Peddling
- Ch 63 Property Maintenance
- Ch 64 (Reserved)
- Ch 67 Sewers
- Ch 67A Wastewater Collection and Treatment
- Ch 68 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 70 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 72 Stormwater Management and Land Disturbance Activity
- Ch 73 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 Street Excavations
- Ch 75 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 76 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 79 Taxation
- Ch 83 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 85 Water
- Ch 87 Zoning
- Ch 87 Art I General Provisions
- § 87-1 Purpose.
- § 87-2 Short title.
- § 87-3 When effective.
- § 87-4 Interpretation and intent.
- § 87-5 Community development objectives.
- § 87-6 Relationship to Comprehensive Plan.
- § 87-7 Construal.
- § 87-8 Compliance.
- § 87-9 Preemption.
- § 87-10 Repealer.
- Ch 87 Art II Districts, Uses and Dimensional Standards
- § 87-11 Zoning districts established.
- § 87-12 Enumeration of zoning districts.
- § 87-13 Zoning Map.
- § 87-14 Boundaries.
- § 87-15 Principal uses.
- § 87-16 Accessory uses and structures.
- § 87-17 Standards for accessory uses and structures.
- § 87-18 Bulk and area standards.
- Ch 87 Art III Agricultural District
- § 87-19 Purpose.
- § 87-20 Uses.
- § 87-21 Bulk and area standards.
- § 87-22 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 87 Art IV Rural Residential District
- § 87-23 Purpose.
- § 87-24 Uses.
- § 87-25 Bulk and area standards.
- § 87-26 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 87 Art V Suburban Residential District
- § 87-27 Purpose.
- § 87-28 Uses.
- § 87-29 Bulk and area standards.
- § 87-30 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 87 Art VI Corridor Residential District
- § 87-31 Purpose.
- § 87-32 Uses.
- § 87-33 Bulk and area standards.
- § 87-34 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 87 Art VII Village Residential District
- § 87-35 Purpose.
- § 87-36 Uses.
- § 87-37 Bulk and area standards.
- § 87-38 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 87 Art VIII Neighborhood Commercial District
- § 87-39 Purpose.
- § 87-40 Uses.
- § 87-41 Bulk and area standards.
- § 87-42 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 87 Art IX Local Commercial District (LC)
- § 87-43 Purpose.
- § 87-44 Uses.
- § 87-45 Bulk and area standards.
- § 87-46 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 87 Art X Regional Commercial District
- § 87-47 Purpose.
- § 87-48 Uses.
- § 87-49 Bulk and area standards.
- § 87-50 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 87 Art XI Light Industry District
- § 87-51 Purpose.
- § 87-52 Uses.
- § 87-53 Bulk and area standards.
- § 87-54 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 87 Art XII Heavy Industry District
- § 87-55 Purpose.
- § 87-56 Uses.
- § 87-57 Bulk and area standards.
- § 87-58 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 87 Art XIII Institutional District
- § 87-59 Purpose.
- § 87-60 Uses.
- § 87-61 Bulk and area standards.
- § 87-62 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 87 Art XIV Overlay Districts
- § 87-63 Purpose.
- § 87-64 Applicability.
- § 87-65 Enumeration of overlay districts.
- Ch 87 Art XV TND Traditional Neighborhood Development Overlay District
- § 87-66 Intent.
- § 87-67 Purpose; general design; conflicting provisions.
- § 87-68 Definitions.
- § 87-69 Design principles for Town Center Business (TC-B) District.
- § 87-70 Design principles for Town Center Residential (TC-R) District.
- § 87-71 Location.
- § 87-72 Schedule of permitted uses.
- § 87-73 Bulk requirements.
- § 87-74 Planning Commission review of projects.
- § 87-75 Design standards.
- § 87-76 General requirements.
- § 87-77 Architectural standards.
- § 87-78 Supplemental regulations for residential uses.
- § 87-79 Accessory apartments.
- § 87-80 Overnight accommodations.
- § 87-81 Senior citizens' residential communities.
- § 87-82 Permitted uses.
- § 87-83 Additional application content requirements.
- § 87-84 Development in phases.
- § 87-85 Final approval.
- Ch 87 Art XVI Business Transition Overlay District
- § 87-86 Purpose.
- § 87-87 District boundaries.
- § 87-88 Permitted uses.
- § 87-89 Special exceptions.
- § 87-90 Accessory uses.
- § 87-91 Lot size.
- § 87-92 Required yards.
- § 87-93 Building height.
- § 87-94 Hours of operation.
- § 87-95 Parking and driveway requirements.
- § 87-96 Signage and lighting requirements.
- § 87-97 Supplementary requirements.
- § 87-98 Information required.
- Ch 87 Art XVII Corridor Enhancement Overlay District
- § 87-99 Purpose.
- § 87-100 District boundaries.
- § 87-101 Uses.
- § 87-102 Bulk and area standards.
- § 87-103 Access management requirements.
- § 87-104 Design standards.
- § 87-105 Planned shopping centers.
- § 87-106 Applicability.
- Ch 87 Art XVIII Natural Resource Protection Overlay District
- § 87-107 Purpose.
- § 87-108 General provisions.
- § 87-109 Floodplain protection.
- § 87-110 Riparian buffers.
- § 87-111 Wetlands.
- Ch 87 Art XIX Conservation Subdivision Design
- § 87-112 Purpose and definitions.
- § 87-113 Applicability.
- § 87-114 Uses permitted within conservation subdivisions.
- § 87-115 Density determination for Option 1: cluster option.
- § 87-116 Density determination for Option 2: country properties option.
- § 87-117 Design standards.
- § 87-118 Greenway land requirements for the cluster option.
- § 87-119 Greenway land requirements for country properties.
- § 87-120 Applicability of public dedication of land and fee-in-lieu requirements to conservation subdivisions.
- § 87-121 Uses permitted within greenway areas.
- § 87-122 Greenway design standards.
- § 87-123 Other greenway land requirements.
- § 87-124 Ownership and maintenance of greenway land and common facilities.
- § 87-125 Standards and requirements of Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
- Ch 87 Art XX Special Provisions
- § 87-126 Performance standards.
- § 87-127 Special standards for multifamily dwellings.
- § 87-128 Model homes.
- § 87-129 Temporary businesses and tents.
- § 87-130 Uses requiring land development plan approval.
- § 87-131 Criteria for approving land development plan.
- § 87-132 Utilities and essential services.
- § 87-133 Storage of garbage, trash and recycling.
- Ch 87 Art XXI Parking and Loading
- § 87-134 General off-street parking requirements.
- § 87-135 Size of parking spaces.
- § 87-136 Access aisles, fire lanes and driveways.
- § 87-137 Shared driveways and cross access between parking areas.
- § 87-138 Shared parking.
- § 87-139 Location of parking areas.
- § 87-140 Minimum standards for parking areas.
- § 87-141 Number of required parking spaces.
- § 87-142 Accessible parking requirements.
- § 87-143 Loading and unloading requirements.
- Ch 87 Art XXII Sign Regulations
- § 87-144 Purpose.
- § 87-145 Definitions.
- § 87-146 Sign types and sign area
- § 87-147 General provisions.
- § 87-148 Exempt signs.
- § 87-149 Prohibited signs.
- § 87-150 Permits.
- § 87-151 Specific sign requirements.
- § 87-152 Signs for development complexes.
- § 87-153 Outdoor advertising structures.
- Ch 87 Art XXIII Landscaping and Buffering
- § 87-154 Purpose.
- § 87-155 General landscaping requirements.
- § 87-156 Street trees.
- § 87-157 Screen plantings.
- § 87-158 Parking area landscaping.
- § 87-159 Buffering requirements.
- § 87-160 Slope stabilization standards.
- § 87-161 Contents of landscape plan.
- Ch 87 Art XXIV Timber Harvesting and Logging
- § 87-162 Purpose.
- § 87-163 Definitions.
- § 87-164 Permit requirements.
- § 87-165 General requirements.
- § 87-166 Use of Township streets.
- § 87-167 Bonds required.
- § 87-168 Application procedures.
- § 87-169 Fee schedule.
- § 87-170 Insurance.
- § 87-171 Action on application.
- § 87-172 Inspection; stop-work orders.
- § 87-173 Appeal of permitting decisions and stop-work orders.
- § 87-174 Liability.
- § 87-175 Civil penalty.
- § 87-176 Conflict; interpretation.
- Ch 87 Art XXV Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
- § 87-177 Purpose.
- § 87-178 Nonconforming uses.
- § 87-179 Nonconforming structures.
- § 87-180 Nonconforming lots.
- § 87-181 Registration.
- Ch 87 Art XXVI Special Exceptions
- § 87-182 Purpose.
- § 87-183 Procedure for use by special exception.
- § 87-184 General requirements and standards for all special exceptions.
- § 87-185 Express standards for special exceptions.
- § 87-186 Uses not specifically listed.
- Ch 87 Art XXVII Zoning Hearing Board
- § 87-187 Membership.
- § 87-188 Removal of members.
- § 87-189 Organization.
- § 87-190 Expenditures for services.
- § 87-191 Public hearings.
- § 87-192 Functions of Board.
- § 87-193 Special exceptions.
- § 87-194 Time period for acting upon variances and special exceptions.
- § 87-195 Unified appeals.
- § 87-196 Filing of appeals with Board.
- § 87-197 Time limitations for filing proceedings.
- § 87-198 Stay of proceedings.
- Ch 87 Art XXVIII Administration and Enforcement
- § 87-199 Appointment of administration.
- § 87-200 Zoning permit.
- § 87-201 Zoning approval for uses by special exception.
- § 87-202 Enforcement notice.
- § 87-203 Violations and penalties.
- § 87-204 Additional remedies.
- Ch 87 Art XXIX Amendments
- § 87-205 Introduction of amendments.
- § 87-206 Enactment.
- § 87-207 Curative amendments.
- § 87-208 Content of public notice.
- Ch 87 Art XXX Word Usage and Definitions
- § 87-209 Word usage.
- § 87-210 Definitions.
- Appendix
- Ch A92 Cable System Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Hempfield 2-4-2014 by Ord. No.
2014-02.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Planning Commission — See Ch. 20.
Township planning — See Ch. 23.
Building Code — See Ch. 40.
Building permits — See Ch. 41.
Driveways and access roads — Ch. 43.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 49.
Junkyards — See Ch. 52.
Mobile home parks and rental property — See Ch. 57.
Occupancy permit — See Ch. 60.
Sexually oriented businesses — See Ch. 68.
Stormwater management and land disturbance activity — See Ch. 72.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 76.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Table 1: Table of Uses
Attachment 2 - Table 2: Table of Accessory UsesAttachment 3 - Table 3: Bulk and Area Standards for Principal Buildings or StructuresAttachment Ca - Table 4Attachment 4 - TND Exhibit AAttachment 5 - TND Schedule AAttachment 6 - TND Street Standards Figures 1 and 2Attachment 7 - Sign TypesAttachment 8 - Figures 1008.1.2(1), (2) and (3)Attachment 9 - Table 18: Buffering RequirementsAttachment 10 - Attachment A: Approved Seeding Mixes and Mulch Requirements for Landings, Roads, and Critical Areas[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also provided for the
repeal of former Ch. 87, Zoning, adopted 11-20-1978 by Ord. No. 78-34,
as amended.
