The following standards relate to lot areas, dimensions and yard and height requirements as set forth in Article
VI of this chapter and apply to all buildings and structures erected, constructed or moved.
A. Notwithstanding heights otherwise authorized by this chapter, chimneys,
cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, monuments, stacks,
stage towers, or scenery lofts, tanks, water towers, ornamental towers,
and spires, radio towers, or necessary mechanical appurtenances, and
decorative elements utilized to screen such appurtenances, may be
erected to a height above the height limitations of the district but
not to exceed 15 feet over such limitation as measured from the point
at which the maximum height is measured.
B. Mechanical equipment placed on the roof of a building shall be obscured
from the public view through an opaque fence or decorative elements
extending from the roof.
C. Unit lots. Unit lots, where authorized, shall be in accordance with
the standards of this section.
(1)
Definitions. For purposes of this section:
SITE AREA
The entire tract of land subject to the initial subdivision
or land development approvals required by the Subdivision and Land
Development Ordinance, for the purposes of construction of the aforesaid units
or uses.
(2)
The overall land area required per dwelling unit, lot coverage,
and impervious surface coverage of the site area on which the units
are located shall comply with those as applied to the zoning district
in which each is located.
UNIT LOTS
A lot or parcel bearing a dwelling unit that is part of a
townhouse or duplex, or building housing a nonresidential principal
use where the location of a party wall dividing units or buildings
comprises one or more of the lot lines.
(3)
Residential unit lots shall provide for the following minimum
standards:
(a)
Minimum unit lot size: 2,000 square feet.
(b)
Front yard setback: same as underlying district.
(c)
Side yard setback for the principal structure shall be zero
feet at any line that lies on a party wall. Otherwise, the side yard
setback enforced in the underlying district shall prevail.
(d)
Required minimum unit lot width shall equal the width of the
unit at the back of the required thirty-foot front yard and the required
frontage shall equal 60% of the minimum unit lot width at the required
front yard line.
(e)
Accessory structures shall be set back from all lot lines in
accordance with those otherwise applicable.
(f)
Maximum lot coverage: 60% or 100% for nonresidential principal
uses.
(g)
Maximum impervious surface coverage: 80% or 100% for nonresidential
principal uses.
D. Lighting standards.
(1)
No lighting on a parcel bearing a residential use shall exceed
one footcandle at any point on the property.
(2)
Unless part of a unified development complex or center, all
footcandles projected onto a property line shall be reduced to zero.
(3)
Maximum height of pole lighting for nonresidential principal
uses in the C-3 and I Districts shall be 20 feet, and 15 feet in all
other districts and uses.
(4)
Maximum height luminary mounting for nonresidential principal
uses in the C-3 and I Districts shall be 16 feet, and 12 feet in all
other districts and uses.
(5)
Lighting shall bear a cutoff angle of at least 60° unless
projecting lighting onto a sign where, in such case, no projection
of lighting beyond the sign shall occur.
(6)
No lighting shall produce glare.
(7)
Nonresidential uses in R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-4/C-2 Districts
shall not exceed 0.2 footcandles at any point on the property when
the business of sporting is not in operation.
(8)
The following minimum footcandles shall be provided for nonresidential
uses and multifamily buildings that bear parking lots with more than
10 spaces.
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Maintained Footcandles
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Activity Type
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Maintained Footcandles
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Parking and pedestrian area
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0.6 minimum
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Property security only
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0.2 minimum
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Parking and pedestrian area
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1.0 average in C-3 District
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(9)
Uniformity ratio. Average illumination levels cited above shall
not exceed four times the minimum level.
(10)
An applicant may apply for a modification of any standard of
this section excepting height, glare, and cutoff standards as a conditional
use and shall demonstrate that such is the minimum modification to
provide for security and impact to surrounding properties and glare.
E. Commercial vehicles.
(1)
No commercial vehicle or combination of vehicles for the operation
of which state law requires a commercial driver's license or CDL shall
be parked, stored or maintained on any street, road, or right-of-way
within any zoning district of the Borough of Zelienople. Such vehicles
shall not be permitted on properties within any R District, unless
within an authorized commercial establishment which bears a loading
space used for deliveries where the vehicle is only on the property
at such times.
(2)
Motor homes and recreational trailers, as defined in the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code, and boats shall not be parked nor stored or maintained
on any street, road, or right-of-way within any zoning district of
the Borough of Zelienople.
(3)
Commercial vehicles and those cited under Subsection
E(2) shall not be parked in the front yard of any parcel within an R District, including R-4/C-2 Mixed Use.