Township of Robinson, PA Zoning

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 5 Auditor
Ch 8 Authorities, Municipal
Ch 12 Board of Commissioners
Ch 17 Defense and Indemnification
Ch 21 Departments of Government
Ch 24 Emergency Services
Ch 26 Finances
Ch 29 Fire Companies, Volunteer
Ch 38 Manager
Ch 42 Parks and Recreation Board
Ch 46 Pensions
Ch 50 Planning Commission
Ch 53 Planning Director
Ch 56 Police Department
Ch 70 Treasurer
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 78 Aircraft, Small Noncommercial Unmanned
Ch 80 Alarm Devices
Ch 85 Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 90 Amusement Devices
Ch 95 Animals
Ch 105 Building Construction
Ch 110 Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 114 Buildings, Unsafe
Ch 118 Burning, Open
Ch 125 Curfew
Ch 135 Firearms and Weapons
Ch 137 Fire Prevention
Ch 140 Floodplain Management
Ch 146 Grading and Excavation
Ch 152 Health Clubs and Massage Establishments
Ch 158 Insurance
Ch 167 Littering
Ch 169 Lodging Establishments
Ch 172 Mobile Home Parks
Ch 176 Municipal Claims
Ch 182 Parks and Recreation
Ch 186 Peace and Good Order
Ch 190 Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 195 Pornography
Ch 199 Property Maintenance
Ch 203 Public Property
Ch 208 Real Estate
Ch 212 Rental Property
Ch 218 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Ch 222 Sexually Oriented Businesses
Ch 226 Signs
Ch 234 Solid Waste
Ch 240 Stormwater Management and Prohibited Discharges
Ch 245 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 250 Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 255 Swimming Pools, Private
Ch 260 Taxation
Ch 268 Trees
Ch 274 Vehicles
Ch 280 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 288 Water
Ch 300 Zoning
Ch 300 Art I General Provisions
§ 300-1 Title.
§ 300-2 Interpretation of provisions.
§ 300-3 Applicability.
§ 300-4 Conflict.
§ 300-5 Severability.
§ 300-6 Substandard dwellings and structures.
§ 300-7 Public utility corporations.
§ 300-8 Closing of public facility.
§ 300-9 Annexation of territory.
§ 300-10 Statement of community development objectives.
Ch 300 Art II Definitions; Word Usage
§ 300-11 Rules of interpretation.
§ 300-12 Definitions.
Ch 300 Art III Administration and Enforcement
§ 300-13 Zoning Officer.
§ 300-14 Duties of Zoning Officer.
§ 300-15 Schedule of fees.
§ 300-16 Requests for reasonable accommodation.
§ 300-17 Required permits.
§ 300-18 Procedure for obtaining zoning approval permit.
§ 300-19 Content of application for zoning approval permit.
§ 300-20 Procedure for obtaining building permit.
§ 300-21 Procedures for obtaining occupancy permit.
§ 300-22 Temporary occupancy permit.
§ 300-23 Revocation of occupancy permit.
§ 300-24 Liability disclaimer.
§ 300-25 Appeals.
§ 300-26 Enforcement.
§ 300-27 Zoning Hearing Board.
§ 300-28 Township Planning Commission.
§ 300-29 Zoning amendments and rezoning requests.
§ 300-30 Curative amendments.
Ch 300 Art IV Zoning Districts
§ 300-31 Establishment of zoning districts.
§ 300-32 Official Zoning Maps and boundaries.
§ 300-33 District regulations.
§ 300-34 Lot and yard requirements and exceptions.
§ 300-35 Height requirement exceptions.
§ 300-36 R-1 Single-Family Residential District.
§ 300-37 R-2 Single-Family Residential District.
§ 300-38 R-3 Minimum-Density Residential District.
§ 300-39 R-4 Multiple Family Residential District.
§ 300-40 R-5 Mobile Home Residential District.
§ 300-41 C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District.
§ 300-42 C-2 Community Commercial District.
§ 300-43 C-3 Planned Commercial/Office/Multiple-Family District.
§ 300-44 C-4 Planned Office/Limited Industrial District.
§ 300-45 C-5 Research and Development/Planned Commercial District.
§ 300-46 P Public Recreation District.
§ 300-47 S-1 Special Riverfront Development District.
§ 300-48 I-1 Limited Industrial District.
§ 300-49 I-2 General Industrial District.
Ch 300 Art V Zoning Overlay Districts
§ 300-50 Authorization of zoning overlay districts.
§ 300-51 Interpretation.
§ 300-52 Overlay districts.
Ch 300 Art VI Planned Residential Developments
§ 300-53 General provisions.
§ 300-54 Development standards.
§ 300-55 Tentative application and review procedure.
§ 300-56 Final application and review procedures.
§ 300-57 Mediation.
§ 300-58 Enforcement.
Ch 300 Art VII Supplementary Regulations
§ 300-59 Floodplain districts.
§ 300-60 Airport zoning regulations.
§ 300-61 Steep slope areas/landslide-prone soils/fill areas.
§ 300-62 Stormwater management.
§ 300-63 Performance standards.
§ 300-64 Farms.
§ 300-65 Multiple-structure developments.
§ 300-66 Non-family member accommodations.
§ 300-67 Animals.
§ 300-68 Clear sight distances at intersections.
§ 300-69 Prohibited storage in residential yards.
§ 300-70 Public rights-of-way and other easements.
§ 300-71 Landscaping.
§ 300-72 Bufferyards.
§ 300-73 General provisions for accessory uses and structures.
§ 300-74 Fences and walls.
§ 300-75 Swimming pools.
§ 300-76 Radio, television or satellite dish antenna.
§ 300-77 Temporary use of land.
§ 300-78 Temporary construction structures.
Ch 300 Art VIII Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 300-79 Off-street parking regulations.
§ 300-80 Off-street loading facilities.
Ch 300 Art IX Signs
§ 300-81 Applicability.
§ 300-82 Exempt signs.
§ 300-83 Prohibited signs.
§ 300-84 General regulations.
§ 300-85 Signs authorized in all zoning districts.
§ 300-86 Signs authorized in residential zoning districts.
§ 300-87 Signs authorized in mobility overlay districts.
§ 300-88 Signs authorized in commercial or S-1 Zoning District.
§ 300-89 Signs authorized in industrial districts.
§ 300-90 Signs in large-scale developments.
§ 300-91 Nonconforming signs.
§ 300-92 Signs in Parkway Protection Overlay District.
§ 300-93 Additional penalties.
Ch 300 Art X Conditional Uses
§ 300-94 Applicability.
§ 300-95 Application and approval procedures.
§ 300-96 Revocation of approval.
§ 300-97 General standards and criteria for evaluating conditional uses.
§ 300-98 Specific criteria for conditional uses.
Ch 300 Art XI Special Exceptions
§ 300-99 Applicability.
§ 300-100 Application and approval procedures.
§ 300-101 Revocation of approval.
§ 300-102 General standards and criteria for evaluating special exceptions.
§ 300-103 Specific criteria for special exceptions.
Ch 300 Art XII Nonconformities
§ 300-104 General provisions.
§ 300-105 Nonconforming lots of record.
§ 300-106 Nonconforming structures.
§ 300-107 Nonconforming uses of structures or land.
§ 300-108 Repairs and maintenance.
§ 300-109 Historical landmarks.
Ch 300 Art XIII Rezoning
§ 300-110 Purpose of rezoning.
§ 300-111 Rezoning application forms.
§ 300-112 Review of rezoning applications.
§ 300-113 Application criteria.
Appendix
Ch A310 Personnel Policies
Derivation Table
Ch DT Derivation Table
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

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Chapter 300 Zoning

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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Robinson 3-29-1993 by Ord. No. 3-1993 (Ch. 27 of the 1989 Code); amended in its entirety 6-5-2017 by Res. No. 8-2017. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Planning Commission — See Ch. 50.

Planning Director — See Ch. 53.

Smoke detector requirement — See Ch. 80, Art. II.

Building construction — See Ch. 105.

Floodplain management — See Ch. 140.

Grading and excavation — See Ch. 146.

Mobile home parks — See Ch. 172.

Property maintenance — See Ch. 199.

Sewers — See Ch. 218.

Sexually oriented businesses — See Ch. 222.

Political signs — See Ch. 226, Art. I.

Solid waste — See Ch. 234.

Stormwater management — See Ch. 240.

Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 245.

Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 250.

Private swimming pools — See Ch. 255.

Trees — See Ch. 268.

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 - Official Zoning Maps

Attachment 2 - Bufferyards

Attachment 3 - Figures 1 through 8

Attachment 4 - Procedural Diagrams (Figures 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 19-1)

Attachment 5 - Parkway Protection Overlay District Illustrations

Article I General Provisions

§ 300-1 Title.

§ 300-2 Interpretation of provisions.

§ 300-3 Applicability.

§ 300-4 Conflict.

§ 300-5 Severability.

§ 300-6 Substandard dwellings and structures.

§ 300-7 Public utility corporations.

§ 300-8 Closing of public facility.

§ 300-9 Annexation of territory.

§ 300-10 Statement of community development objectives.

Article II Definitions; Word Usage

§ 300-11 Rules of interpretation.

§ 300-12 Definitions.

Article III Administration and Enforcement

§ 300-13 Zoning Officer.

§ 300-14 Duties of Zoning Officer.

§ 300-15 Schedule of fees.

§ 300-16 Requests for reasonable accommodation.

§ 300-17 Required permits.

§ 300-18 Procedure for obtaining zoning approval permit.

§ 300-19 Content of application for zoning approval permit.

§ 300-20 Procedure for obtaining building permit.

§ 300-21 Procedures for obtaining occupancy permit.

§ 300-22 Temporary occupancy permit.

§ 300-23 Revocation of occupancy permit.

§ 300-24 Liability disclaimer.

§ 300-25 Appeals.

§ 300-26 Enforcement.

§ 300-27 Zoning Hearing Board.

§ 300-28 Township Planning Commission.

§ 300-29 Zoning amendments and rezoning requests.

§ 300-30 Curative amendments.

Article IV Zoning Districts

§ 300-31 Establishment of zoning districts.

§ 300-32 Official Zoning Maps and boundaries.

§ 300-33 District regulations.

§ 300-34 Lot and yard requirements and exceptions.

§ 300-35 Height requirement exceptions.

§ 300-36 R-1 Single-Family Residential District.

§ 300-37 R-2 Single-Family Residential District.

§ 300-38 R-3 Minimum-Density Residential District.

§ 300-39 R-4 Multiple Family Residential District.

§ 300-40 R-5 Mobile Home Residential District.

§ 300-41 C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District.

§ 300-42 C-2 Community Commercial District.

§ 300-43 C-3 Planned Commercial/Office/Multiple-Family District.

§ 300-44 C-4 Planned Office/Limited Industrial District.

§ 300-45 C-5 Research and Development/Planned Commercial District.

§ 300-46 P Public Recreation District.

§ 300-47 S-1 Special Riverfront Development District.

§ 300-48 I-1 Limited Industrial District.

§ 300-49 I-2 General Industrial District.

Article V Zoning Overlay Districts

§ 300-50 Authorization of zoning overlay districts.

§ 300-51 Interpretation.

§ 300-52 Overlay districts.

Article VI Planned Residential Developments

§ 300-53 General provisions.

§ 300-54 Development standards.

§ 300-55 Tentative application and review procedure.

§ 300-56 Final application and review procedures.

§ 300-57 Mediation.

§ 300-58 Enforcement.

Article VII Supplementary Regulations

§ 300-59 Floodplain districts.

§ 300-60 Airport zoning regulations.

§ 300-61 Steep slope areas/landslide-prone soils/fill areas.

§ 300-62 Stormwater management.

§ 300-63 Performance standards.

§ 300-64 Farms.

§ 300-65 Multiple-structure developments.

§ 300-66 Non-family member accommodations.

§ 300-67 Animals.

§ 300-68 Clear sight distances at intersections.

§ 300-69 Prohibited storage in residential yards.

§ 300-70 Public rights-of-way and other easements.

§ 300-71 Landscaping.

§ 300-72 Bufferyards.

§ 300-73 General provisions for accessory uses and structures.

§ 300-74 Fences and walls.

§ 300-75 Swimming pools.

§ 300-76 Radio, television or satellite dish antenna.

§ 300-77 Temporary use of land.

§ 300-78 Temporary construction structures.

Article VIII Off-Street Parking and Loading

§ 300-79 Off-street parking regulations.

§ 300-80 Off-street loading facilities.

Article IX Signs

§ 300-81 Applicability.

§ 300-82 Exempt signs.

§ 300-83 Prohibited signs.

§ 300-84 General regulations.

§ 300-85 Signs authorized in all zoning districts.

§ 300-86 Signs authorized in residential zoning districts.

§ 300-87 Signs authorized in mobility overlay districts.

§ 300-88 Signs authorized in commercial or S-1 Zoning District.

§ 300-89 Signs authorized in industrial districts.

§ 300-90 Signs in large-scale developments.

§ 300-91 Nonconforming signs.

§ 300-92 Signs in Parkway Protection Overlay District.

§ 300-93 Additional penalties.

Article X Conditional Uses

§ 300-94 Applicability.

§ 300-95 Application and approval procedures.

§ 300-96 Revocation of approval.

§ 300-97 General standards and criteria for evaluating conditional uses.

§ 300-98 Specific criteria for conditional uses.

Article XI Special Exceptions

§ 300-99 Applicability.

§ 300-100 Application and approval procedures.

§ 300-101 Revocation of approval.

§ 300-102 General standards and criteria for evaluating special exceptions.

§ 300-103 Specific criteria for special exceptions.

Article XII Nonconformities

§ 300-104 General provisions.

§ 300-105 Nonconforming lots of record.

§ 300-106 Nonconforming structures.

§ 300-107 Nonconforming uses of structures or land.

§ 300-108 Repairs and maintenance.

§ 300-109 Historical landmarks.

Article XIII Rezoning

§ 300-110 Purpose of rezoning.

§ 300-111 Rezoning application forms.

§ 300-112 Review of rezoning applications.

§ 300-113 Application criteria.