Borough of Palmyra, PA Zoning

Borough of Palmyra, PA

Lebanon County

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 7 Auditor
Ch 11 Authorities, Municipal
Ch 25 Fire Company
Ch 29 Firemen's Relief Association
Ch 37 Local Government Investment Trust
Ch 43 Officers and Employees
Ch 48 Pensions
Ch 54 Planning Commission
Ch 59 Police
Ch 75 Salaries and Compensation
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 100 Alarm Systems
Ch 108 Animals
Ch 114 Bicycles
Ch 127 Burning, Open
Ch 145 Construction Codes
Ch 152 Curfew
Ch 186 Firearms
Ch 191 Fire Prevention
Ch 202 Grass and Weeds
Ch 209 Hotels, Motels and Inns
Ch 238 Municipal Claims and Liens
Ch 241 Noise
Ch 243 Numbering of Buildings and Houses
Ch 250 Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 254 Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers
Ch 270 Property Maintenance
Ch 277 Rental Property
Ch 288 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Ch 296 Skateboarding
Ch 305 Solid Waste
Ch 310 Stormwater Management
Ch 314 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 318 Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 325 Taxation
Ch 333 Transient Retail Businesses
Ch 337 Trees
Ch 344 Vector Control
Ch 350 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 380 Zoning
Ch 380 Art I Background Provisions
§ 380-1 Short title.
§ 380-2 Purpose.
§ 380-3 Scope.
§ 380-4 Interpretation.
§ 380-5 Conflict.
§ 380-6 Validity and severability.
§ 380-7 Uses not provided for.
§ 380-8 Establishment of zones.
§ 380-9 Zoning Map.
§ 380-10 Zone boundary lines.
§ 380-11 Word usage.
§ 380-12 Language interpretation.
§ 380-13 Definitions.
Ch 380 Art II Zone Provisions
§ 380-14 Low-Density Residential Zone (LDR).
§ 380-15 Town Residential Zone (TR).
§ 380-16 Multifamily Residential Zone (MFR).
§ 380-17 Manufactured Home Park Zone (MHP).
§ 380-18 Mixed-Use Zone (MU).
§ 380-19 Central Business District (CBD).
§ 380-20 Highway Commercial Zone (HC).
§ 380-21 Light Industrial Zone (LI).
§ 380-22 Heavy Industrial Zone (HI).
§ 380-23 Airport Safety Zone.
Ch 380 Art III General Provisions
§ 380-24 Access drive requirements (non-single-family dwelling).
§ 380-25 Access to properties and structures.
§ 380-26 Clear sight triangles.
§ 380-27 Common open space requirements.
§ 380-28 Driveway requirements (single-family dwelling).
§ 380-29 Establishment of more than one principal use on a lot.
§ 380-30 Front yard exceptions.
§ 380-31 Historic site protection.
§ 380-32 Height limit exceptions.
§ 380-33 Outdoor lighting.
§ 380-34 Litter.
§ 380-35 Minimum habitable floor area.
§ 380-36 Noise standards.
§ 380-37 Off-street loading.
§ 380-38 Off-street parking.
§ 380-39 Operations and performance standards.
§ 380-40 Outdoor storage and display requirements.
§ 380-41 Projections into yards.
§ 380-42 Required traffic study standards.
§ 380-43 Roadway classifications.
§ 380-44 Screening and landscaping requirements.
§ 380-45 Signs.
§ 380-46 Specific sign requirements.
Ch 380 Art IV Specific Criteria
§ 380-47 Specific criteria for permitted uses, special exception uses and special exceptions.
§ 380-48 Adult uses.
§ 380-49 Alternate energy production facilities.
§ 380-50 Airports and heliports.
§ 380-51 Amusement arcades.
§ 380-52 Amusement, theme and/or zoo parks.
§ 380-53 Auction house.
§ 380-54 Automobile and/or animal racing facility with or without related wagering.
§ 380-55 Automobile auctions and storage yards.
§ 380-56 Automobile filling stations (including minor incidental repair).
§ 380-57 Bed-and-breakfasts.
§ 380-58 Billboards.
§ 380-59 Boarding houses.
§ 380-60 Campgrounds.
§ 380-61 Car washes.
§ 380-62 Casinos, off-track betting parlors and/or slot machine parlors.
§ 380-63 Churches and related uses.
§ 380-64 Co-located communication antennas upon existing structures.
§ 380-64.1 Communication antennas, towers, and equipment located within public or private street right-of-way.
§ 380-65 Commercial day-care facilities.
§ 380-66 Commercial produce operations.
§ 380-67 Commercial recreation facilities.
§ 380-68 Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOS) and concentrated animal operations (CAOS).
§ 380-69 Convenience stores.
§ 380-70 Convention and/or conference centers.
§ 380-71 Domestic composts.
§ 380-72 Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats.
§ 380-73 Family day-care facilities.
§ 380-74 Farmers and/or flea markets.
§ 380-75 Fast-food restaurants.
§ 380-76 Fences and walls.
§ 380-77 Forestry uses.
§ 380-78 Freestanding communication and wireless facilities.
§ 380-79 Funeral homes.
§ 380-80 Garage/yard/moving sales.
§ 380-81 Golf courses and driving ranges.
§ 380-82 Health, fitness, social, fraternal and other private clubs.
§ 380-83 Heavy equipment sales, leasing, rental, service and/or repair facilities.
§ 380-84 Heavy industrial uses.
§ 380-85 Helicopter pads, private.
§ 380-86 Historic structure conversions.
§ 380-87 Home improvement, equipment rental and building supply stores.
§ 380-88 Home occupations.
§ 380-89 Hospitals and related uses.
§ 380-90 Junkyards.
§ 380-91 Kennels.
§ 380-92 Man-made lakes, dams, ponds, and impoundments.
§ 380-93 Manufactured home parks.
§ 380-94 Manure storage facilities.
§ 380-95 Mass transit and/or taxicab terminals.
§ 380-96 Medical residential campuses.
§ 380-97 Methadone treatment facility.
§ 380-98 Mining, quarrying and related processing operations.
§ 380-99 Mini-warehouses.
§ 380-100 Nightclubs.
§ 380-101 Nursing, rest or retirement homes.
§ 380-102 Ornamental ponds and wading pools.
§ 380-103 Outdoor residential athletic courts.
§ 380-104 Outdoor shooting ranges.
§ 380-105 Passenger motor and recreational vehicle sales, leasing, service and repair facilities, including but not limited to auto mechanics, drive-through lubrication services and tires, auto paint, brake, muffler, transmission, windshield, auto body, detailing, car radio and upholstery shop.
§ 380-106 Power generation facilities.
§ 380-107 Principal waste handling, recycling, processing, transfer and disposal facilities.
§ 380-108 Public and private schools.
§ 380-109 Public, private and commercial schools.
§ 380-110 Recycling facilities for paper, glass, plastic, and metal products.
§ 380-111 Residential swimming pools.
§ 380-112 Riding stables.
§ 380-113 Routine repair and servicing of personal motor vehicles.
§ 380-114 Satellite dish antennas.
§ 380-115 Sawmills.
§ 380-116 Septage and spent mushroom compost septage processing and/or commercial mushroom operations.
§ 380-117 Shopping centers.
§ 380-118 Slaughtering, processing, rendering, and packaging of food products and their by-products.
§ 380-119 Truck or motor freight terminals.
§ 380-120 Truck stops.
§ 380-121 Two-family conversions.
§ 380-122 Warehousing and wholesale trade establishments.
§ 380-123 Wind and/or solar farms.
Ch 380 Art V Nonconformities
§ 380-124 Continuation.
§ 380-125 Abandonment.
§ 380-126 Extension of a nonconforming use of land.
§ 380-127 Expansion or alteration.
§ 380-128 Substitution or replacement.
§ 380-129 Restoration.
§ 380-130 Unsafe or unlawful structures.
§ 380-131 Previously expanded nonconforming uses and structures.
§ 380-132 Amortization of the nonconforming storage of junk on residential properties.
§ 380-133 Use of nonconforming lots of record.
§ 380-134 Use variances are not nonconforming uses.
Ch 380 Art VI Zoning Hearing Board
§ 380-135 Establishment and membership.
§ 380-136 Organization of Zoning Hearing Board.
§ 380-137 Expenditures for services.
§ 380-138 Public hearings.
§ 380-139 Zoning Hearing Board's functions.
Ch 380 Art VII Administration
§ 380-140 Zoning Officer; enforcement; violations and penalties.
§ 380-141 Zoning permits.
§ 380-142 Zoning certificate of use and occupancy.
§ 380-143 Fees.
§ 380-144 Amendments.
§ 380-145 Mediation option.
§ 380-146 Information submission requirements.
§ 380-147 Appeals.
§ 380-148 Repealer.
Derivation Table
Ch DT Derivation Table
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

Chapter 380: Zoning

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Palmyra 3-24-2015 by Ord. No. 761. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Uniform construction code — See Ch. 145, Art. I.

Numbering of buildings and houses — See Ch. 243.

Property maintenance — See Ch. 270.

Stormwater management — See Ch. 310.

Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 318.

Attachment 1 - Area and Design Requirements Within the (LDR) Zone

Attachment 2 - Area and Design Requirements Within the (TR) Zone

Attachment 3 - Area and Design Requirements Within the (MFR) Zone

Attachment 4 - Area and Design Requirements Within the (MU) Zone

Attachment 5 - Permanent Sign Requirements (Table 1)

Attachment 6 - Temporary Sign Requirements (Table 2)

Attachment 7 - Planned Center Sign Requirements (Table 3)

Attachment 8 - Minimum Setbacks

Attachment 9 - Shopping Center Design Requirements

Attachment 10 - Zoning Map

Chapter 380 : Zoning

Article I Background Provisions

§ 380-1 Short title.

§ 380-2 Purpose.

§ 380-3 Scope.

§ 380-4 Interpretation.

§ 380-5 Conflict.

§ 380-6 Validity and severability.

§ 380-7 Uses not provided for.

§ 380-8 Establishment of zones.

§ 380-9 Zoning Map.

§ 380-10 Zone boundary lines.

§ 380-11 Word usage.

§ 380-12 Language interpretation.

§ 380-13 Definitions.

Article II Zone Provisions

§ 380-14 Low-Density Residential Zone (LDR).

§ 380-15 Town Residential Zone (TR).

§ 380-16 Multifamily Residential Zone (MFR).

§ 380-17 Manufactured Home Park Zone (MHP).

§ 380-18 Mixed-Use Zone (MU).

§ 380-19 Central Business District (CBD).

§ 380-20 Highway Commercial Zone (HC).

§ 380-21 Light Industrial Zone (LI).

§ 380-22 Heavy Industrial Zone (HI).

§ 380-23 Airport Safety Zone.

Article III General Provisions

§ 380-24 Access drive requirements (non-single-family dwelling).

§ 380-25 Access to properties and structures.

§ 380-26 Clear sight triangles.

§ 380-27 Common open space requirements.

§ 380-28 Driveway requirements (single-family dwelling).

§ 380-29 Establishment of more than one principal use on a lot.

§ 380-30 Front yard exceptions.

§ 380-31 Historic site protection.

§ 380-32 Height limit exceptions.

§ 380-33 Outdoor lighting.

§ 380-34 Litter.

§ 380-35 Minimum habitable floor area.

§ 380-36 Noise standards.

§ 380-37 Off-street loading.

§ 380-38 Off-street parking.

§ 380-39 Operations and performance standards.

§ 380-40 Outdoor storage and display requirements.

§ 380-41 Projections into yards.

§ 380-42 Required traffic study standards.

§ 380-43 Roadway classifications.

§ 380-44 Screening and landscaping requirements.

§ 380-45 Signs.

§ 380-46 Specific sign requirements.

Article IV Specific Criteria

§ 380-47 Specific criteria for permitted uses, special exception uses and special exceptions.

§ 380-48 Adult uses.

§ 380-49 Alternate energy production facilities.

§ 380-50 Airports and heliports.

§ 380-51 Amusement arcades.

§ 380-52 Amusement, theme and/or zoo parks.

§ 380-53 Auction house.

§ 380-54 Automobile and/or animal racing facility with or without related wagering.

§ 380-55 Automobile auctions and storage yards.

§ 380-56 Automobile filling stations (including minor incidental repair).

§ 380-57 Bed-and-breakfasts.

§ 380-58 Billboards.

§ 380-59 Boarding houses.

§ 380-60 Campgrounds.

§ 380-61 Car washes.

§ 380-62 Casinos, off-track betting parlors and/or slot machine parlors.

§ 380-63 Churches and related uses.

§ 380-64 Co-located communication antennas upon existing structures.

§ 380-64.1 Communication antennas, towers, and equipment located within public or private street right-of-way.

§ 380-65 Commercial day-care facilities.

§ 380-66 Commercial produce operations.

§ 380-67 Commercial recreation facilities.

§ 380-68 Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOS) and concentrated animal operations (CAOS).

§ 380-69 Convenience stores.

§ 380-70 Convention and/or conference centers.

§ 380-71 Domestic composts.

§ 380-72 Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats.

§ 380-73 Family day-care facilities.

§ 380-74 Farmers and/or flea markets.

§ 380-75 Fast-food restaurants.

§ 380-76 Fences and walls.

§ 380-77 Forestry uses.

§ 380-78 Freestanding communication and wireless facilities.

§ 380-79 Funeral homes.

§ 380-80 Garage/yard/moving sales.

§ 380-81 Golf courses and driving ranges.

§ 380-82 Health, fitness, social, fraternal and other private clubs.

§ 380-83 Heavy equipment sales, leasing, rental, service and/or repair facilities.

§ 380-84 Heavy industrial uses.

§ 380-85 Helicopter pads, private.

§ 380-86 Historic structure conversions.

§ 380-87 Home improvement, equipment rental and building supply stores.

§ 380-88 Home occupations.

§ 380-89 Hospitals and related uses.

§ 380-90 Junkyards.

§ 380-91 Kennels.

§ 380-92 Man-made lakes, dams, ponds, and impoundments.

§ 380-93 Manufactured home parks.

§ 380-94 Manure storage facilities.

§ 380-95 Mass transit and/or taxicab terminals.

§ 380-96 Medical residential campuses.

§ 380-97 Methadone treatment facility.

§ 380-98 Mining, quarrying and related processing operations.

§ 380-99 Mini-warehouses.

§ 380-100 Nightclubs.

§ 380-101 Nursing, rest or retirement homes.

§ 380-102 Ornamental ponds and wading pools.

§ 380-103 Outdoor residential athletic courts.

§ 380-104 Outdoor shooting ranges.

§ 380-105 Passenger motor and recreational vehicle sales, leasing, service and repair facilities, including but not limited to auto mechanics, drive-through lubrication services and tires, auto paint, brake, muffler, transmission, windshield, auto body, detailing, car radio and upholstery shop.

§ 380-106 Power generation facilities.

§ 380-107 Principal waste handling, recycling, processing, transfer and disposal facilities.

§ 380-108 Public and private schools.

§ 380-109 Public, private and commercial schools.

§ 380-110 Recycling facilities for paper, glass, plastic, and metal products.

§ 380-111 Residential swimming pools.

§ 380-112 Riding stables.

§ 380-113 Routine repair and servicing of personal motor vehicles.

§ 380-114 Satellite dish antennas.

§ 380-115 Sawmills.

§ 380-116 Septage and spent mushroom compost septage processing and/or commercial mushroom operations.

§ 380-117 Shopping centers.

§ 380-118 Slaughtering, processing, rendering, and packaging of food products and their by-products.

§ 380-119 Truck or motor freight terminals.

§ 380-120 Truck stops.

§ 380-121 Two-family conversions.

§ 380-122 Warehousing and wholesale trade establishments.

§ 380-123 Wind and/or solar farms.

Article V Nonconformities

§ 380-124 Continuation.

§ 380-125 Abandonment.

§ 380-126 Extension of a nonconforming use of land.

§ 380-127 Expansion or alteration.

§ 380-128 Substitution or replacement.

§ 380-129 Restoration.

§ 380-130 Unsafe or unlawful structures.

§ 380-131 Previously expanded nonconforming uses and structures.

§ 380-132 Amortization of the nonconforming storage of junk on residential properties.

§ 380-133 Use of nonconforming lots of record.

§ 380-134 Use variances are not nonconforming uses.

Article VI Zoning Hearing Board

§ 380-135 Establishment and membership.

§ 380-136 Organization of Zoning Hearing Board.

§ 380-137 Expenditures for services.

§ 380-138 Public hearings.

§ 380-139 Zoning Hearing Board's functions.

Article VII Administration

§ 380-140 Zoning Officer; enforcement; violations and penalties.

§ 380-141 Zoning permits.

§ 380-142 Zoning certificate of use and occupancy.

§ 380-143 Fees.

§ 380-144 Amendments.

§ 380-145 Mediation option.

§ 380-146 Information submission requirements.

§ 380-147 Appeals.

§ 380-148 Repealer.