Borough of Franklin Park, PA
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2023-11-15
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 212 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Auditor
- Ch 10 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 17 Civil Service Commission
- Ch 19 Claims, Municipal
- Ch 24 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 27 Historical Committee
- Ch 29 Intergovernmental Trust
- Ch 34 Manager
- Ch 47 Pensions
- Ch 56 Police Department
- Ch 62 Public Safety Committee
- Ch 67 Recreation Board
- Ch 72 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 84 Alarms
- Ch 89 Animals
- Ch 97 Burning, Open
- Ch 98 Cable Television
- Ch 99 Construction Code, Uniform
- Ch 104 Emergency Care
- Ch 106 Energy Source Operations
- Ch 111 Fees
- Ch 116 Firearms
- Ch 122 Fire Prevention
- Ch 123 Floodplains
- Ch 124 Grading
- Ch 128 Logging
- Ch 131 Motorcycles
- Ch 136 Noise
- Ch 140 Occupancy Reports
- Ch 146 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 150 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 154 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 156 Precious Metals
- Ch 157 Private Communications Systems
- Ch 159 Property Maintenance
- Ch 166 Sewers
- Ch 171 Solid Waste
- Ch 178 Stormwater Management
- Ch 180 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 184 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 186 Surface Water Drainage
- Ch 189 Taxation
- Ch 202 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 204 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 212 Zoning
- Ch 212 Art 100 General Provisions
- § 212-100-101 Titles.
- § 212-100-102 Purpose.
- § 212-100-103 Statement of community objectives.
- § 212-100-104 Conformity and permits required.
- § 212-100-105 More restrictive standards to prevail.
- § 212-100-106 Public utility lines.
- § 212-100-107 All uses to be on zoning lots.
- § 212-100-108 Alteration of conforming uses to nonconforming uses prohibited.
- § 212-100-109 Classification of annexations.
- § 212-100-110 Repealer.
- Ch 212 Art 200 Definitions and Word Usage
- § 212-200-201 Word usage.
- § 212-200-202 Definitions.
- § 212-200-203 Area and bulk regulation terms illustrated.
- Ch 212 Art 300 Zoning Districts and Zoning Map
- § 212-300-301 Districts established.
- § 212-300-302 Classes of districts.
- § 212-300-303 Zoning Map.
- § 212-300-304 Interpretation of district and overlay boundaries.
- Ch 212 Art 400 Use Regulations
- § 212-400-401 Use to conform to indicated purposes.
- § 212-400-402 Manner of indicating whether uses are permitted.
- § 212-400-403 Applicability of other regulations.
- § 212-400-404 Tables of Use Regulations.
- Ch 212 Art 500 Area and Bulk Requirements
- § 212-500-501 Residential uses area and bulk requirements table.
- § 212-500-502 Nonresidential uses area and bulk requirements table.
- § 212-500-503 Required yards to apply to one building.
- § 212-500-504 (Reserved)
- § 212-500-505 Property applied to one set of dimensional requirements.
- § 212-500-506 Minimum lot size; computing lot size.
- § 212-500-507 Existing lots of inadequate size.
- § 212-500-508 Minimum lot width.
- § 212-500-509 Minimum front yard depths.
- § 212-500-510 Average existing front yard depth exceptions.
- § 212-500-511 Projections into front yards.
- § 212-500-512 Fences, walls, terraces and porches in front yards.
- § 212-500-513 Use of required side yards.
- § 212-500-514 Projections into side yards.
- § 212-500-515 Fences, terraces and porches in side yards.
- § 212-500-516 (Reserved)
- § 212-500-517 Building in rear yards.
- § 212-500-518 Projections into rear yards.
- § 212-500-519 Minimum height of structures other than buildings.
- Ch 212 Art 600 R-1 Low-Density Residential District
- § 212-600-601 Purpose.
- § 212-600-602 Permitted principal uses, conditional uses and accessory uses.
- § 212-600-603 Area and bulk standards.
- § 212-600-604 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 212 Art 700 R-2 Medium-Density Residential District
- § 212-700-701 Purpose.
- § 212-700-702 Permitted principal uses, conditional uses and accessory uses.
- § 212-700-703 Area and bulk standards.
- § 212-700-704 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 212 Art 800 R-3 Multifamily Residential District
- § 212-800-801 Purpose.
- § 212-800-802 Permitted principal uses, conditional uses and accessory uses.
- § 212-800-803 Area and bulk standards.
- § 212-800-804 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 212 Art 900 R-4 High-Density Multifamily Residential District
- § 212-900-901 Purpose.
- § 212-900-902 Permitted principal uses, conditional uses and accessory uses.
- § 212-900-903 Area and bulk standards.
- § 212-900-904 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 212 Art 1000 M-1 Low-Intensity Mixed-Use Residential and Commercial District
- § 212-1000-1001 Purpose.
- § 212-1000-1002 Permitted principal uses, conditional uses and accessory uses.
- § 212-1000-1003 Area and bulk standards.
- § 212-1000-1004 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 212 Art 1100 M-2 Medium-Intensity Mixed-Use Residential, Commercial and Light Industrial District
- § 212-1100-1101 Purpose.
- § 212-1100-1102 Permitted principal uses, conditional uses and accessory uses.
- § 212-1100-1103 Area and bulk standards.
- § 212-1100-1104 Supplementary regulations.
- § 212-1100-1105 Special regulations for M-2 District.
- § 212-1100-1106 Applicability.
- § 212-1100-1107 (Reserved)
- § 212-1100-1108 Access management requirements.
- § 212-1100-1109 Building design standards.
- Ch 212 Art 1200 M-3 High-Intensity Mixed-Use Residential, Commercial and Manufacturing District
- § 212-1200-1201 Purpose.
- § 212-1200-1202 Permitted principal uses, conditional uses and accessory uses.
- § 212-1200-1203 Area and bulk standards.
- § 212-1200-1204 Supplementary regulations.
- Ch 212 Art 1300 Transition Overlay
- § 212-1300-1301 Purpose.
- § 212-1300-1302 Review procedures.
- § 212-1300-1303 Use regulations.
- § 212-1300-1304 General conditional use approval standards.
- § 212-1300-1305 Performance standards for approval of conditional uses.
- § 212-1300-1306 Boundaries of Transition Overlay.
- Ch 212 Art 1400 Oil and Gas Recovery District Overlay
- § 212-1400-1401 Purpose.
- § 212-1400-1402 General provisions.
- § 212-1400-1403 Use regulations.
- § 212-1400-1404 General conditional use approval standards.
- § 212-1400-1405 Performance standards and other requirements for approval of conditional uses under Article 1400.
- § 212-1400-1406 Boundaries of Oil and Gas Recovery District Overlay.
- Ch 212 Art 1500 Natural Resources Protection Requirements
- § 212-1500-1501 Purpose.
- § 212-1500-1502 General provisions.
- § 212-1500-1503 Floodplain protection.
- § 212-1500-1504 Protection of steep slopes.
- § 212-1500-1505 Riparian buffers.
- § 212-1500-1506 Wetlands.
- § 212-1500-1507 Design requirements for natural resources areas.
- Ch 212 Art 1600 (Reserved)
- Ch 212 Art 1700 Conservation Subdivision Design Requirements
- § 212-1700-1701 Purpose; development options; definitions.
- § 212-1700-1702 Applicability.
- § 212-1700-1703 Uses permitted within conservation subdivisions.
- § 212-1700-1704 Density determination, minimum lot size, area and bulk requirements for Option 1: cluster option.
- § 212-1700-1705 (Reserved)
- § 212-1700-1706 Design standards.
- § 212-1700-1707 Greenway land requirements for cluster option.
- § 212-1700-1708 Greenway land requirements for country properties.
- § 212-1700-1709 Applicability of public dedication of land and fee-in-lieu requirements to conservation subdivisions.
- § 212-1700-1710 Uses permitted within greenway areas.
- § 212-1700-1711 Greenway design standards.
- § 212-1700-1712 Other greenway land requirements.
- § 212-1700-1713 Ownership and maintenance of greenway land and common facilities.
- § 212-1700-1714 Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
- Ch 212 Art 1800 Conditional Uses, Procedures, General Standards and Similar Uses
- § 212-1800-1801 Applicability.
- § 212-1800-1802 Application and approval procedure.
- § 212-1800-1803 General standards and criteria.
- § 212-1800-1804 Similar uses.
- Ch 212 Art 1900 Express Standards for Permitted and Conditional Uses
- § 212-1900-1901 Agricultural use regulations.
- § 212-1900-1902 Residential use regulations.
- § 212-1900-1903 Design standards for multifamily structures and sites.
- § 212-1900-1904 Institutional and recreational use regulations.
- § 212-1900-1905 Retail and consumer service use regulations.
- § 212-1900-1906 Industrial use regulations.
- § 212-1900-1907 Accessory use regulations.
- Ch 212 Art 2000 Buffering and Landscaping
- § 212-2000-2001 Purpose and intent.
- § 212-2000-2002 Use of this article.
- § 212-2000-2003 Landscaping points; placement in landscaping area.
- § 212-2000-2004 Landscaping points and minimum sizes.
- § 212-2000-2005 Examples of landscaping and buffering.
- § 212-2000-2006 Landscaping requirements and measurement.
- § 212-2000-2007 Landscaping requirements for building foundations.
- § 212-2000-2008 Landscaping requirements for street frontages.
- § 212-2000-2009 Landscaping requirements for paved areas.
- § 212-2000-2010 Landscaping requirements for developed lots.
- § 212-2000-2011 Landscaping requirements for permanently protected open green spaces.
- § 212-2000-2012 Landscaping requirements for buffer yards.
- § 212-2000-2013 Classification of plant species.
- § 212-2000-2014 Installation, maintenance and use of landscaping and buffer yard areas.
- § 212-2000-2015 Calculating landscaping and buffer yard requirements.
- § 212-2000-2016 Depiction on required site plan.
- Ch 212 Art 2100 Performance Standards
- § 212-2100-2101 Emission of offensive odors.
- § 212-2100-2102 Storage of hazardous materials.
- § 212-2100-2103 Visible smoke emissions.
- § 212-2100-2104 Air-pollutive emissions.
- § 212-2100-2105 Lighting projecting beyond lot lines.
- § 212-2100-2106 Noise.
- § 212-2100-2107 Sewage discharges.
- § 212-2100-2108 Conditions at lot lines.
- § 212-2100-2109 Vibrations.
- § 212-2100-2110 Electrical disturbances.
- § 212-2100-2111 Radioactive emissions.
- § 212-2100-2112 Floodplain management.
- Ch 212 Art 2200 Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 212-2200-2201 Parking for existing uses.
- § 212-2200-2202 Off-street parking space requirements table.
- § 212-2200-2203 Changes in structure or use.
- § 212-2200-2204 Use of parking areas for other purposes.
- § 212-2200-2205 Required facilities to be continued and maintained.
- § 212-2200-2206 Joint use of parking lot.
- § 212-2200-2207 Location of required spaces.
- § 212-2200-2208 Maintenance of facilities.
- § 212-2200-2209 Commercial and recreational vehicles on residential lots.
- § 212-2200-2210 Design standards.
- § 212-2200-2211 Off-street loading requirements.
- § 212-2200-2212 Off-street loading design standards.
- § 212-2200-2213 Maintenance of off-street loading facilities.
- Ch 212 Art 2300 Signs
- § 212-2300-2301 Signs to conform.
- § 212-2300-2302 Definitions.
- § 212-2300-2303 Signs exempt from regulations.
- § 212-2300-2304 Prohibited signs.
- § 212-2300-2305 Determination of area.
- § 212-2300-2306 Illumination requirements applicable to all districts.
- § 212-2300-2307 General sign requirements.
- § 212-2300-2308 Signs permitted in residential districts.
- § 212-2300-2309 Signs in mixed-use districts.
- § 212-2300-2310 Permit procedure.
- § 212-2300-2311 Maintenance.
- § 212-2300-2312 Nonconforming signs.
- § 212-2300-2313 (Reserved)
- § 212-2300-2314 Signs within right-of-way.
- § 212-2300-2315 Zoning permit for large signs.
- § 212-2300-2316 Abandoned signs.
- Ch 212 Art 2400 Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- § 212-2400-2401 Registration.
- § 212-2400-2402 Continuation.
- § 212-2400-2403 Enlargement and movement of use.
- § 212-2400-2404 Reconstruction and restoration of destroyed structure.
- § 212-2400-2405 Abandonment.
- § 212-2400-2406 Change of use.
- Ch 212 Art 2500 Administration
- § 212-2500-2501 Powers and duties of Zoning Officer.
- § 212-2500-2502 Building and zoning permits.
- § 212-2500-2503 Application for zoning permit.
- § 212-2500-2504 Building permit required; issuance.
- § 212-2500-2505 Materials to accompany building permit application.
- § 212-2500-2506 Approval of zoning permit may require plan changes.
- § 212-2500-2507 Revocation and withdrawal of permit.
- § 212-2500-2508 Action on zoning permit application.
- § 212-2500-2509 Zoning permit expiration when work slow to commence.
- § 212-2500-2510 Zoning permit expiration if work not completed.
- § 212-2500-2511 Building commenced prior to effective date of chapter.
- § 212-2500-2512 Permit fees.
- § 212-2500-2513 Certificate of occupancy required.
- § 212-2500-2514 Certificate of occupancy for nonconforming uses.
- § 212-2500-2515 Application for certificate of occupancy.
- § 212-2500-2516 A temporary certificate of occupancy.
- § 212-2500-2517 Failure to obtain certificate of occupancy.
- § 212-2500-2518 Records of certificates of occupancy.
- § 212-2500-2519 Registration of nonconforming uses and structures.
- § 212-2500-2520 Violations and penalties.
- § 212-2500-2521 Remedies to prevent or abate violations.
- Ch 212 Art 2600 Planning Commission
- § 212-2600-2601 Formation; statutory authority.
- § 212-2600-2602 Membership.
- § 212-2600-2603 Removal of members.
- § 212-2600-2604 Comprehensive Plan.
- § 212-2600-2605 Powers and duties.
- Ch 212 Art 2700 Zoning Hearing Board
- § 212-2700-2701 Appointment and membership.
- § 212-2700-2702 Alternate members.
- § 212-2700-2703 Removal of members.
- § 212-2700-2704 Officers.
- § 212-2700-2705 Quorum.
- § 212-2700-2706 Rules of procedure.
- § 212-2700-2707 Records to be kept; annual report.
- § 212-2700-2708 (Reserved)
- § 212-2700-2709 Jurisdiction of Board.
- § 212-2700-2710 Variances.
- § 212-2700-2711 Conduct of hearings.
- § 212-2700-2712 Rendering decision.
- § 212-2700-2713 Failure to render decision.
- § 212-2700-2714 Mediation option.
- § 212-2700-2715 Fees and expenditures.
- § 212-2700-2716 Time limitations.
- § 212-2700-2717 Appeals and stay of proceedings.
- § 212-2700-2718 Challenges to ordinance validity on substantive grounds.
- Ch 212 Art 2800 Amendments
- § 212-2800-2801 Amendment after recommendation by Planning Commission.
- § 212-2800-2802 Procedure for amendments.
- § 212-2800-2803 Application fees and payment of costs.
- § 212-2800-2804 When effective.
- Appendix
- Ch A217 Wards
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Franklin Park 3-20-2013 by Ord. No. 600-2013.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Uniform Construction Code — See Ch. 99.
Grading — See Ch. 124.
Logging — See Ch. 128.
Sewers — See Ch. 166.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 178.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 184.
Surface water drainage — See Ch. 186.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Tables of Use Regulations
Attachment 2 - Residential Uses Area and Bulk Requirements TableAttachment 3 - Nonresidential Uses Area and Bulk Requirements TableAttachment 4 - Table 20-2: Landscaping RequirementsAttachment 5 - Tables 20-3 and 20-4: Buffer Yard Types and RequirementsAttachment 6 - Table 20-5: Classification of PlantsAttachment 7 - Required Off-Street Parking[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 212,
Zoning, adopted 11-20-1996 by Ord. No. 434-96, as amended.
