Borough of Marcus Hook, PA Zoning

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Borough of Marcus Hook, PA

Delaware County

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Table of Contents

Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 5 Auditor
Ch 10 Civil Service Commission
Ch 14 Emergency Operations Plan
Ch 15 Environmental Advisory Council
Ch 15A Fire Department
Ch 16 (Reserved)
Ch 17 Historical Commission
Ch 19 Library, Public
Ch 24 Manager
Ch 31 Pensions and Retirement
Ch 34 Planning Commission
Ch 37 Police Department
Ch 40 Purchasing
Ch 45 Recreation and Park Board
Ch 48 Salaries and Compensation
Ch 51 Shade Tree Commission
Ch 53 Smoking
Ch 54 Social Security
Ch 57 Vacant Property Review Committee
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 62 Adult Entertainment
Ch 64 Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 67 Amusements, Licensing of
Ch 70 Billboards and Advertising Structures
Ch 73 Brush, Grass and Weeds
Ch 76 Building Construction
Ch 78 Open Burning and Air Pollution Control
Ch 80 Carnivals
Ch 82 Checks, Fraudulent
Ch 82A Claims, Municipal
Ch 83 Curfew
Ch 84 Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 88 Dogs and Other Animals
Ch 90 Dumpsters and Portable Storage Containers
Ch 93 Firearms and Weapons
Ch 94 Fire Insurance Escrow
Ch 96 Fire Prevention
Ch 97 Fireworks
Ch 99 Flood Damage Prevention
Ch 102 Food Establishments
Ch 106 Garbage and Rubbish
Ch 111 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
Ch 116 Junk Dealers and Junkyards
Ch 121 Littering
Ch 124 Loitering
Ch 129 Massage Parlors
Ch 132 Mechanical Standards
Ch 135 Multiple Dwellings; Rooming Houses; Rental Units
Ch 142 Numbering System: Properties and Premises
Ch 145 Parades
Ch 148 Parking Lots, Municipal
Ch 151 Parks
Ch 154 Plumbing
Ch 157 Property Maintenance
Ch 158 Radio Antennas and Electrical Disturbances
Ch 160 Records
Ch 162 Refrigerators, Abandoned
Ch 165 Secondhand Dealers
Ch 167 Sewers
Ch 169 Skateboards, Scooters and Rollerblades
Ch 172 Solid Waste
Ch 174 Stormwater Management
Ch 175 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 178 Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 180 Taxation
Ch 182 Telephone Services
Ch 185 Vector Control
Ch 188 Vehicles, Abandoned
Ch 191 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 193 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
Ch 196 Zoning
Ch 196 Art I Introduction
§ 196-1 Title.
§ 196-2 Purposes.
§ 196-3 Establishment of districts.
§ 196-4 Establishment of controls.
§ 196-5 Zoning Map; district boundary lines; tolerances.
§ 196-6 Interpretation.
§ 196-7 Municipal liability.
Ch 196 Art II Definitions
§ 196-8 Interpretation of language.
§ 196-9 Definitions.
Ch 196 Art III R-1 Residential District
§ 196-10 Purpose.
§ 196-11 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-12 Conditional uses.
§ 196-13 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-14 Dimensional regulations.
§ 196-15 Special development regulations.
Ch 196 Art IV R-2 Residential District
§ 196-16 Purpose.
§ 196-17 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-18 Conditional uses.
§ 196-19 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-20 Dimensional regulations.
Ch 196 Art V R-3 Residential District
§ 196-21 Purpose.
§ 196-22 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-23 Conditional uses.
§ 196-24 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-25 Dimensional regulations.
Ch 196 Art VI R-4 Planned Residential District
§ 196-26 Purpose.
§ 196-27 Development type.
§ 196-28 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-29 Conditional uses.
§ 196-30 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-31 Dimensional regulations.
§ 196-32 Special development regulations.
Ch 196 Art VII Central Retail District
§ 196-33 Purpose.
§ 196-34 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-35 Conditional uses.
§ 196-36 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-37 Dimensional regulations.
§ 196-38 Special development regulations.
Ch 196 Art VIII Planned Business Park District
§ 196-39 Purpose.
§ 196-40 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-41 Conditional uses.
§ 196-42 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-43 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 196-44 Special development regulations.
§ 196-45 Group development.
Ch 196 Art IX Recreational Business Campus District
§ 196-46 Purpose.
§ 196-47 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-48 Conditional uses.
§ 196-49 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-50 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 196-51 Special development regulations.
Ch 196 Art X Downtown Mixed Use District
§ 196-52 Purpose.
§ 196-53 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-54 Conditional uses.
§ 196-55 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-56 Dimensional regulations.
§ 196-57 General project design objectives.
§ 196-58 Special development regulations.
Ch 196 Art XI Waterfront Mixed Use District
§ 196-59 Purpose.
§ 196-60 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-61 Conditional uses.
§ 196-62 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-63 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 196-64 Special development regulations.
§ 196-65 Views.
Ch 196 Art XII Transit-Oriented Development District
§ 196-66 Purposes.
§ 196-67 Conflicts.
§ 196-68 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-69 Conditional uses.
§ 196-70 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-71 Dimensional standards.
§ 196-72 Development standards.
§ 196-73 Open space and landscaping.
§ 196-74 Walls and hedges.
§ 196-75 Conceptual plan/development plan.
Ch 196 Art XIII Industrial Transition District
§ 196-76 Purpose.
§ 196-77 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-78 Conditional uses.
§ 196-79 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-80 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 196-81 Special development regulations.
Ch 196 Art XIIIA Industrial Transition - 2 District
§ 196-81.1 Purpose.
§ 196-81.2 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-81.3 Conditional uses.
§ 196-81.4 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-81.5 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 196-81.6 Special development regulations.
Ch 196 Art XIV Heavy Industrial District
§ 196-82 Purpose.
§ 196-83 Uses permitted by right.
§ 196-84 Conditional uses.
§ 196-85 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-86 Prohibited uses and activities.
§ 196-87 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 196-88 Special development regulations.
Ch 196 Art XV Parking Regulations
§ 196-89 Purposes.
§ 196-90 Applicability.
§ 196-91 General regulations for off-street parking.
§ 196-92 Required parking ratios.
§ 196-93 Design regulations.
§ 196-94 Off-site and shared parking.
§ 196-95 Design of off-street loading facilities.
§ 196-96 Screening and landscaping requirements.
Ch 196 Art XVI Signs
§ 196-97 Purposes.
§ 196-98 Scope and applicability.
§ 196-99 Determination of size of signs.
§ 196-100 Sign restrictions and standards.
§ 196-101 Signs not requiring a permit.
§ 196-102 Signs requiring a permit.
§ 196-103 Nonconforming signs.
§ 196-104 Amortization of nonconforming signs.
§ 196-105 Permits and inspections.
Ch 196 Art XVII General Regulations
§ 196-106 Purpose.
§ 196-107 Overall requirements.
§ 196-108 Projections into required yards.
§ 196-109 Visibility at corner lots.
§ 196-110 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 196-111 No-impact home-based businesses.
§ 196-112 Community residence facilities, family-based.
§ 196-113 Family day-care homes.
§ 196-114 Decks.
§ 196-115 Satellite antennas.
§ 196-116 Swimming pools, private.
§ 196-117 Fences and walls.
§ 196-118 Refuse.
§ 196-119 Lighting.
§ 196-120 Planted visual screen.
§ 196-121 Landscaping.
§ 196-122 Private clubs.
§ 196-123 Condominiums.
§ 196-124 Compatibility standards for uses of the same general character.
§ 196-125 Airport zoning.
§ 196-126 Trailers.
Ch 196 Art XVIII Procedure and Standards for Conditional Uses
§ 196-127 Purpose.
§ 196-128 General requirements.
§ 196-129 Standards for review of conditional uses.
§ 196-130 Requirements for review where standards are not provided.
§ 196-131 Standards of proof.
§ 196-132 Impact on the public interest.
§ 196-133 Expiration of conditional use permits.
§ 196-134 Community center or municipal use.
§ 196-135 Religious use.
§ 196-136 Independent living facility.
§ 196-137 Child day-care centers.
§ 196-138 Gasoline service stations.
§ 196-139 Residential conversions.
§ 196-140 Laboratories.
§ 196-141 Office buildings.
§ 196-142 Parking garage or lot.
§ 196-143 Hotels.
§ 196-144 Cellular communications facilities.
Ch 196 Art XIX Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
§ 196-145 Purpose.
§ 196-146 Continuation.
§ 196-147 Enlargement.
§ 196-148 Change of use.
§ 196-149 Enclosure.
§ 196-150 Abandonment.
§ 196-151 Reconstruction.
§ 196-152 Repairs and maintenance.
§ 196-153 Displacement.
§ 196-154 Nonconforming lots.
§ 196-155 Reduction of lot area.
§ 196-156 Nonconforming signs.
§ 196-157 Registration of nonconforming uses.
§ 196-158 Ownership.
§ 196-159 Violations.
Ch 196 Art XX Performance Standards
§ 196-160 Purpose.
§ 196-161 Administration.
§ 196-162 Performance standards enumerated.
Ch 196 Art XXI Administration and Enforcement
§ 196-163 Purpose.
§ 196-164 Administration.
§ 196-165 Enforcement.
§ 196-166 Permits.
§ 196-167 Amendments.
Ch 196 Art XXII Zoning Hearing Board
§ 196-168 Purpose.
§ 196-169 Administration and procedure.
§ 196-170 Powers of Zoning Hearing Board.
§ 196-171 Hearings and decisions.
§ 196-172 Notice of requirements.
§ 196-173 Elements of decisions of Board.
§ 196-174 Standards for Zoning Hearing Board action.
§ 196-175 Standards of proof.
§ 196-176 Expiration of variances and special exceptions.
§ 196-177 Time limitations and stay of proceedings.
§ 196-178 Appeals to court.
Appendix
Ch A199 Cable Franchise Agreements
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

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Chapter 196 Zoning

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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Marcus Hook 10-3-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-4, approved 10-3-2005[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Historical Commission — See Ch. 17.

Planning Commission — See Ch. 34.

Shade Tree Commission — See Ch. 51.

Adult entertainment — See Ch. 62.

Billboards and advertising structures — See Ch. 70.

Building construction — See Ch. 76.

Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 84.

Fire prevention — See Ch. 96.

Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 99.

Massage parlors — See Ch. 129.

Multiple dwellings; rooming houses; rental units — See Ch. 135.

Property maintenance — See Ch. 157.

Solid waste — See Ch. 172.

Stormwater management — See Ch. 174.

Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 178.

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Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed former Ch. 196, Zoning, adopted 12-4-1978 by Ord. No. 711, as amended.