A.
Off-street parking and loading.
(1)
Required for all new buildings and uses. Except in the Central Commercial
(C-1) District, for every building hereafter erected or altered or
use hereafter established, there shall be provided off-street parking
and loading area as set forth in this section. Such areas, together
with access and turning areas, shall be paved. Sufficient off-street
parking and loading areas shall be provided to satisfy requirements
of normal conditions. All such space provided shall be located on
the same lot with the building, except that the Zoning Hearing Board
may permit parking space to be located on any lot wholly within 300
feet of the building if it determines it is impractical to provide
space on the same lot with the building. No such space shall be located
in residential districts.
(2)
Required off-street parking units.
(a)
Parking unit. Each off-street parking unit shall be a space
not less than 180 square feet which is not included in any access
or turning areas. Parking spaces shall not be located within the front
yard area of residential zoning districts. Driveways and entrances
to integral garages are permitted in the front yard area.
(b)
Units required.
[1]
For each family unit: one space.
[2]
For each two roomers or boarders: one space.
[3]
For each room offered for tourist accommodations: one space.
[4]
For each professional person maintaining office hours in his
own home: three spaces.
[5]
For each home occupation: one space.
[6]
For each theater, auditorium, church, stadium, hall or other
place or public assembly: one space for each three units of seating
capacity.
[7]
For rentable office space: one space, plus one space for each
400 square feet of rental floor space.
[8]
For each rectory, parsonage or church office: two spaces, plus
one space for each employee.
[9]
For retail or personal service use: one space for each 350 square
feet of usable retail or service floor area.
[10]
For restaurants or other places serving beverages, rations or
refreshments: one space for each three seats.
[11]
For mortician or funeral home: 10 spaces.
[12]
For motor vehicle sales rooms, garages, repair shops: one space
for each 500 square feet of floor space.
[13]
For industrial or warehouse uses: one space for each three employees
anticipated on the premises at time of maximum employment.
[14]
For hospitals or nursing homes: one space for each two beds.
[15]
For bowling alleys: five spaces per alley.
[16]
For drive-in uses and roadside stands: 10 spaces.
(3)
Required off-street loading units.
(a)
Loading unit. Each off-street loading unit shall be a space
12 feet wide, 15 feet high and 25 feet long exclusive of access and
turning area, which may be located within a required off-street parking
area, provided that it does not bar access to such parking area.
(b)
Units required.
[1]
For retail or personal service use: one unit for each 10,000
square feet of floor area devoted to merchandising.
[2]
For wholesale merchandising, storage or processing: one unit
for each 10,000 square feet of floor area.
[3]
For industrial use, as follows:
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2,400 to 20,000 square feet
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1 space
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20,001 to 50,000 square feet
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2 spaces
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50,001 to 80,000 square feet
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3 spaces
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80,001 to 120,000 square feet
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4 spaces
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120,001 to 160,000 square feet
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5 spaces
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160,001 to 200,000 square feet
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6 spaces
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200,001 to 250,000 square feet
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7 spaces
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(4)
Off-street parking and loading for uses not specifically mentioned.
The requirements for off-street parking and district loading facilities
shall apply to any similar use not specifically mentioned. In such
case, the applicant must apply to the Zoning Hearing Board for an
interpretation of the provisions of the chapter for such off-street
loading requirements, and the Zoning Hearing Board shall render a
decision in writing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
C.
Area requirements (applicable in all districts).
(1)
Area measurements. For purposes of measuring lot area on exceptionally
deep lots, only that part of the depth which is less than three times
the average width of the lot may be utilized in calculations.
(2)
Parking lots. Off-lot parking areas approved by the Zoning Hearing
Board to meet the requirements of this article shall not be used for
other purposes or be severed in ownership without the approval of
the Zoning Hearing Board.
(3)
Fences, walls and hedges. Except as provided in the next paragraph,
the yard requirements of this article shall not be deemed to prohibit
any otherwise lawful fence, hedge or wall, provided that, in any residence
district, no fence, hedge or wall shall exceed four feet in height
in any front yard, five feet in any side yard and six feet in any
rear yard.
(4)
Visibility at intersections. On a corner lot in any district, no
structure, fence, wall, hedge or other planting shall be erected or
allowed to grow, be placed or maintained at a height of more than
2 1/2 feet above the curbline joining said street lines at points
20 feet from their point of intersection.
D.
Height requirements (applicable in all districts).
(1)
Height measurement. Measurement of height shall be the vertical height
from the average elevation of finished grade at the front of the structure
to:
(2)
Height exceptions. The height limitation of this article shall not
apply to flagpoles, church spires, belfries or domes, or to chimneys,
ventilators, skylights, water tanks, public utility facilities, bulkheads,
antennas and other necessary mechanical apparatus usually carried
above the roof level.
E.
Rear dwellings. No building in the rear of a main building on the
same lot may be used for residential purposes.
F.
Service stations and other drive-in uses. A station for the storage
and sale of fuel, lubricating oil and accessories for motor vehicles
and other drive-in uses shall meet the following additional requirements.
(1)
No street entrance or exit for vehicles and no portion or equipment
of such service station or other drive-in uses shall be located:
(2)
No equipment above the surface of the ground for the service of motor
vehicles shall be closer than 20 feet to any street line or highway
or closer than 30 feet to any property line.
(3)
The width of any entrance driveway leading from the public street
to such service station or other drive-in use shall not exceed 30
feet at its intersection with the curb or street line.
(4)
No two driveways leading from a public street to such service station
or other drive-in use shall be within 24 feet of each other at their
intersection with the curb or street line.
G.
Group housing. In cases where group housing, comprising two or more
dwelling units constructed on a plot of ground, which has not been
subdivided into the customary lots and streets and which will not
be so divided, or where the existing or contemplated street and lot
layout make it so impractical to apply the requirements of this article
to the individual building units in such group housing, the application
of the terms of this article may be varied by the Zoning Hearing Board
in a manner which will be in harmony with the character of the neighborhood.
However, in no cases shall the Zoning Hearing Board authorize a use
prohibited in the district in which the housing is to be located.
H.
Temporary permits. A temporary permit may be authorized by the Zoning
Hearing Board for a period not to exceed one year for nonconforming
uses incidental to housing and construction projects and including,
but not limited to, such structures and uses as storage of building
supplies, machinery or a real estate office located on the tract being
offered for sale, provided such permits are issued only upon agreement
by the owner to remove the structure or structures upon the final
expiration of the permit and discontinue the use or uses. Such permit
may be annually renewed for an additional period of one year.[1]
[Added 6-4-2002 by Ord. No. 980]
A.
PERSON
SIGN
TEMPORARY
For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth herein.
An individual, committee, corporation, association, partnership
or any other legal entity.
Any poster, notice, placard, board or display intended to
carry a message of any kind or to advertise an event, person, place
or thing.
A sign for which no permanent permit is required under the
ordinances and regulations of Wilmerding Borough.
B.
No person shall post, erect or cause to post or erect any temporary
sign in any public place or right-of-way in the Borough of Wilmerding
except in compliance with this article.
C.
It shall be presumed that the person who advertised, promoted or
is depicted on the temporary sign is the person who benefited from
display of the temporary sign and was the person who erected or caused
to be erected such temporary sign. Such benefited person shall be
bound by the provisions of this article.
D.
Every person who desires to erect a temporary sign must first apply
for and obtain a temporary sign permit from the Building Inspector
at the Borough Municipal Building and complete and execute in full
an application form to be provided. A sample of the notice or sign
must be delivered to the Building Inspector. A fee of $25 must be
paid to the Borough.
E.
Within 30 days following the event or the time established by the
Building Inspector for the removal of such temporary signs, all such
temporary signs must be removed. After the applicant has removed all
such signs, on his written affirmation that they have been removed,
the twenty-five-dollar charge shall be refunded. However, prior to
making the refund, the Building Inspector shall first ascertain that
all such signs have in fact been removed.
F.
If no application for refund is made or the temporary signs have
not been removed within the time lines established by the Building
Inspector, the Building Inspector shall forfeit the twenty-five-dollar
charge, and it shall be transferred to the general fund. Notice of
such determination shall be mailed by regular mail to such applicant
at the address set forth in the application. This is not the exclusive
remedy, and the Borough shall have the authority to prosecute under
Subsection H below.
G.
Borough Council hereby determines that $25 is a reasonable charge
for the cost of Borough employees to remove all temporary signs.
H.
For each violation of this article, the person found guilty shall
be subject to a civil fine of $100 for each temporary sign erected
or which is allowed to remain in place in violation of this article.
