[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of New Britain 3-7-1978 by Ord. No. 161; amended in its entirety 6-14-1994 by Ord. No.
262. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Auditor, Independent
- Ch 14 Blighted Property Review Committee
- Ch 27 Human Relations
- Ch 37 Nature Preserve Committee
- Ch 40 Officers and Employees
- Ch 43 Parks and Recreation Committee
- Ch 46 Pensions
- Ch 52 Planning Commission
- Ch 58 Police
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 90 Advertising Materials
- Ch 99 Alarm Systems
- Ch 108 Animals
- Ch 144 Burning, Open
- Ch 151 Cable Communications
- Ch 165 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 176 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 200 (Reserved)
- Ch 208 Firesafety and Emergency Equipment Inspections
- Ch 210 Fireworks
- Ch 220 Grading, Drainage and Erosion Control
- Ch 234 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 239 Insurance
- Ch 280 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 295 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 310 Property Maintenance
- Ch 315 Public Events and Gatherings
- Ch 317 Public Property, Tampering With
- Ch 318 Public Safety
- Ch 319 Public Works
- Ch 328 Real Estate Registry
- Ch 333 Rental Property Registration
- Ch 345 Sewers
- Ch 350 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 365 Solid-Fuel-Burning Appliances and Chimneys
- Ch 369 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 375 Stormwater Management
- Ch 380 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 385 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 397 Taxation
- Ch 406 Transient Retail Businesses and Door-To-Door Solicitation and Peddling
- Ch 410 Unattended Donation/Collection Boxes
- Ch 415 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 420 Weapons
- Ch 430 Weeds and Vegetation
- Ch 450 Zoning
- Ch 450 Art I Title, Purpose and Interpretation
- § 450-1 Short title.
- § 450-2 Purpose.
- § 450-3 Interpretation of provisions.
- § 450-4 Severability.
- Ch 450 Art II Terminology
- § 450-5 Word usage.
- § 450-6 Definitions.
- Ch 450 Art III Districts
- § 450-7 Establishment of districts.
- § 450-8 Classes of districts.
- § 450-9 Zoning Map.
- § 450-10 Interpretation of district boundaries.
- Ch 450 Art IV Use Regulations
- § 450-11 Applicability of regulations.
- § 450-12 Uses by right, special exception, conditional use, and uses not permitted.
- § 450-13 Uses subject to other regulations.
- § 450-14 Use regulations.
- Ch 450 Art V District Requirements
- § 450-15 R-1 Residential District.
- § 450-16 R-2 Residential District.
- § 450-17 VH Village Historic District.
- § 450-18 MHP Mobile Home Park District.
- § 450-19 C-1 Commercial District.
- § 450-20 C-2 Commercial District.
- § 450-21 C-3 Commercial District.
- § 450-22 HC Historic Commercial District.
- § 450-23 SC Shopping Center District.
- § 450-24 LI Light Industrial District.
- § 450-25 C-U College/University District.
- § 450-26 E-I Educational Institutional District.
- § 450-27 P-OS Park and Open Space District.
- § 450-28 Historic Overlay District.
- § 450-29 Student Home Overlay District.
- § 450-29.1 MUO Mixed-Use Overlay District.
- § 450-29.2 West Butler Avenue MUO — Mixed Use Overlay District (West Butler MUO)
- Ch 450 Art VI General Regulations Applicable to All Districts
- § 450-30 Lot area and yard required.
- § 450-31 Exceptions for existing alignment.
- § 450-32 Height.
- § 450-33 Access to public streets, minimum lot width, and lane lots.
- § 450-34 Obstructions to vision at intersections, streets, driveways and vehicle accessways.
- § 450-35 Lighting.
- § 450-36 Corner lots and through lots.
- § 450-37 Trash and dumpster screening.
- § 450-38 Environmental protection standards.
- § 450-39 Buffer yard and landscape requirements.
- § 450-40 Protection standards; nuisances.
- § 450-41 Floodplain regulations.
- § 450-42 Parking standards.
- Ch 450 Art VII Signs
- § 450-43 Scope and applicability.
- § 450-44 Sign regulations.
- § 450-45 Signs in residential districts.
- § 450-46 Signs in nonresidential districts.
- § 450-47 Sign permits.
- § 450-48 Monitoring of signs.
- § 450-49 Nonconforming signs.
- Ch 450 Art VIII Administration
- § 450-50 Zoning Officer; duties and powers.
- § 450-51 Zoning permits required.
- § 450-52 Application requirements for zoning permits.
- § 450-53 Fees.
- § 450-54 Life of a permit.
- § 450-55 Certificate of occupancy.
- § 450-56 Conditional uses.
- Ch 450 Art IX Zoning Hearing Board
- § 450-57 Establishment and membership.
- § 450-58 Organization of Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 450-59 Persons entitled to initiate action before the Board; jurisdiction.
- § 450-60 Manner of initiating action before the Board.
- § 450-61 Time limitations.
- § 450-62 Hearings.
- § 450-63 Variances.
- § 450-64 Special exceptions.
- § 450-65 Factors to be considered.
- § 450-66 Validity of ordinance; substantive questions.
- Ch 450 Art X Amendments and Appeals
- § 450-67 Power of amendment.
- § 450-68 Public hearings prior to amendment.
- § 450-69 Submission to Borough Planning Commission and Bucks County Planning Commission.
- § 450-70 Proposals by curative amendments.
- § 450-71 Private petition for amendment.
- § 450-72 Appeals to court.
- Ch 450 Art XI Enforcement
- § 450-73 Jurisdiction.
- § 450-74 Enforcement notices.
- § 450-75 Causes of action.
- § 450-76 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- Ch 450 Art XII Nonconformities
- § 450-77 Definitions.
- § 450-78 Registration of nonconforming uses and structures.
- § 450-79 Continuation.
- § 450-80 Extension of nonconforming uses and structures.
- § 450-81 Restoration.
- § 450-82 Abandonment.
- § 450-83 Changes of nonconforming use.
- Ch 450 Art XIII Repealer and Effective Date
- § 450-84 Repealer.
- § 450-85 Effective date.
- Appendix
- Ch A460 Cable Franchise Agreements
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
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