Borough of Oakmont, PA
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2021-10-18
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 205 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 8 Beautification Committee
- Ch 10 Boulevard Project Board
- Ch 13 Drugs
- Ch 17 Fire Department
- Ch 21 Health, County Department of
- Ch 26 Library Board
- Ch 30 Museum Board
- Ch 33 Officers and Employees
- Ch 37 Pensions and Benefits
- Ch 44 Recreation Board
- Ch 48 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 58 Alarms
- Ch 60 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 63 Animals
- Ch 68 Bicycles and Other Self-Propelled Equipment
- Ch 73 (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Building Construction
- Ch 79 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 82 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 87 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 91 Dumpsters and Street Storage Containers
- Ch 100 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 103 Fire Prevention
- Ch 106 Fireworks
- Ch 109 Floodplain Management
- Ch 112 Grading, Excavation and Fills
- Ch 115 Handbills and Circulars
- Ch 129 Noise
- Ch 132 Nuisances
- Ch 136 Obscenity and Pornography
- Ch 138 Oil and Gas Exploration
- Ch 139 Parking
- Ch 141 Parks
- Ch 144 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 147 Property Maintenance
- Ch 152 Rental Property
- Ch 157 Sewer Use
- Ch 160 Shade Trees
- Ch 168 Solid Waste
- Ch 171 (Reserved)
- Ch 172 Stormwater Management
- Ch 173 Street and Sidewalk Regulations
- Ch 176 Street Openings
- Ch 179 (Reserved)
- Ch 182 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 186 Swimming Pools
- Ch 189 Taxation
- Ch 195 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 202 Wild Waterfowl
- Ch 205 Zoning
- Ch 205 Art I Title, Purpose and Legal Clauses
- § 205-101 Short title.
- § 205-102 Statement of intent.
- § 205-103 Community development objectives.
- § 205-104 Continuance of prior decisions.
- § 205-105 Higher standard of control.
- § 205-106 Compliance required.
- § 205-107 Scope of regulations.
- § 205-108 Violation of other laws.
- § 205-109 Compliance with all conditions and standards.
- Ch 205 Art II Terminology
- § 205-201 Definitions.
- Ch 205 Art III Establishment of Districts and Map
- § 205-301 Establishment of districts.
- § 205-302 Official Zoning Map.
- § 205-303 District boundaries.
- § 205-304 Boundary tolerance.
- § 205-305 Lot, yard and height requirements.
- § 205-306 Mixed Use District (MXD) development.
- § 205-307 Mixed Use District 2 (MXD-2) development.
- § 205-308 Riverfront Overlay.
- § 205-309 General regulations.
- § 205-310 Commercial uses abutting residential zone.
- § 205-311 Stormwater drainage facilities.
- § 205-312 Swimming pool, private residential.
- § 205-313 Satellite earth station antennas.
- § 205-314 Permitted accessory uses/structures.
- § 205-315 Wind-related systems.
- § 205-316 Rooftop solar systems.
- § 205-317 VPO View Protection Overlay.
- Ch 205 Art IV Conditional Uses
- § 205-401 Provisions for conditional uses.
- § 205-402 Procedure for conditional uses.
- § 205-403 Expiration of approval.
- § 205-404 Modifications.
- § 205-405 General requirements and standards for all conditional uses.
- § 205-406 Boardinghouse.
- § 205-407 Group care facility and group care home.
- § 205-408 Home occupation.
- § 205-409 Manufactured mobile home park.
- § 205-410 Multifamily, apartment.
- § 205-411 Multifamily, townhouse.
- § 205-412 Nursing home.
- § 205-413 Adult book/video store/adult entertainment nightclub.
- § 205-414 Amphitheater.
- § 205-415 Automobile sales and service.
- § 205-416 Automobile salvage/junkyard.
- § 205-417 Bar/tavern.
- § 205-418 Bed-and-breakfast.
- § 205-419 Beverage distribution.
- § 205-420 Billboard.
- § 205-421 Biomedical operation.
- § 205-422 Boat launch/boat works/commercial boat operation/marina.
- § 205-423 Building materials sales or storage yard.
- § 205-424 Bulk materials or machinery storage.
- § 205-425 Cemetery.
- § 205-426 Child-care or day-care center.
- § 205-427 Civic buildings.
- § 205-428 Club/lodge (civic/social).
- § 205-429 Coffee shop.
- § 205-430 Collection and recycling facility.
- § 205-431 Concrete or asphalt batch plant.
- § 205-432 Confectionary.
- § 205-433 Convenience store.
- § 205-434 Crematorium.
- § 205-435 Day care home (adult and/or child).
- § 205-436 Emergency services, private.
- § 205-437 Extraction of minerals.
- § 205-438 Financial institution.
- § 205-439 Food processing and packing plant.
- § 205-440 Fuel/energy recharge station.
- § 205-441 Garage, public.
- § 205-442 Garden center/nursery/greenhouse.
- § 205-443 Oil and gas wells.
- § 205-443.1 Natural gas compressor stations and natural gas processing plants.
- § 205-444 Health-and-fitness-related establishment.
- § 205-445 Health care facility.
- § 205-446 Hotel/motel.
- § 205-447 Incinerator.
- § 205-448 Kennel.
- § 205-449 Laundry and/or dry-cleaning establishment.
- § 205-450 Manufacturing, heavy/light.
- § 205-451 Mausoleum.
- § 205-452 Mechanical repair, small.
- § 205-453 Medical or dental clinic.
- § 205-454 Mini-warehouse.
- § 205-455 Monument works.
- § 205-456 Nightclub.
- § 205-457 Parking lot, commercial.
- § 205-458 Recreational facilities, private/park, private.
- § 205-459 Research and development.
- § 205-460 Restaurant, standard.
- § 205-461 Retail, large.
- § 205-462 Shopping center, community/shopping center neighborhood.
- § 205-463 Station, commuter rail.
- § 205-464 Swimming pool, commercial.
- § 205-465 Trade shop.
- § 205-466 Theater.
- § 205-467 Warehouse.
- § 205-468 Planned office center development.
- § 205-469 All other comparable uses.
- Ch 205 Art V Special Exceptions
- § 205-501 General procedures and criteria.
- § 205-502 Automobile repair and automobile sales and service (dealership).
- § 205-503 Mortuary/funeral home.
- § 205-504 Place of assembly/place of worship.
- § 205-505 Restaurant, drive-through.
- § 205-506 Restaurant, fast food.
- § 205-507 School, business or industrial.
- § 205-508 School, public or private.
- § 205-509 (Reserved)
- Ch 205 Art VI Planned Developments
- § 205-601 Purpose.
- § 205-602 General regulations; procedure.
- § 205-603 Standards and conditions for planned residential developments.
- Ch 205 Art VII General Regulations
- § 205-701 Lighting.
- § 205-702 Landscaping.
- § 205-703 Oakmont Boulevard Project.
- § 205-704 Dead-end streets and landlocking properties.
- § 205-705 Tree removal.
- § 205-706 Boats, motor homes, campers, boat/travel trailers and other general utility trailers.
- § 205-707 Sidewalks.
- § 205-708 Control of stormwater runoff from existing development.
- § 205-709 Pornography.
- § 205-710 Display or manufacture of arms.
- § 205-711 Open air parking.
- § 205-712 Storage facilities.
- § 205-713 Temporary structures.
- Ch 205 Art VIII Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 205-801 General requirements.
- § 205-802 Parking requirements.
- § 205-803 Handicapped parking.
- § 205-804 Mixed uses.
- § 205-805 Required off-street loading spaces.
- § 205-806 Prohibited on-site storage.
- § 205-807 Prohibited front yard parking on public walks.
- Ch 205 Art IX Signs
- § 205-901 Purpose; general rule.
- § 205-902 General design and use regulations.
- § 205-903 Signs in residential and mixed use districts.
- § 205-904 Signs in Commercial District and Industrial District.
- § 205-905 Permits, inspections and maintenance.
- § 205-906 Exemptions.
- § 205-907 Temporary signs on Borough property limited.
- § 205-908 Signs within road right-of-way lines limited.
- § 205-909 Amortization of nonconforming signs.
- Ch 205 Art X Plan Review
- § 205-1001 Purpose.
- § 205-1002 The reviewing bodies.
- § 205-1003 Development plan.
- § 205-1004 Submission procedure.
- § 205-1005 Subdivision of land.
- § 205-1006 Certified plot plan.
- § 205-1007 Application for review and approval of preliminary and final site development plan.
- Ch 205 Art XI Performance Standards
- § 205-1101 General application.
- § 205-1102 Performance standards procedure.
- § 205-1103 Fire protection.
- § 205-1104 Radioactivity or electrical disturbance.
- § 205-1105 Noise and glare.
- § 205-1106 Vibration.
- § 205-1107 Smoke.
- § 205-1108 Odor.
- § 205-1109 Solid waste disposal.
- § 205-1110 Air pollution.
- § 205-1111 Hazardous waste.
- § 205-1112 Liquid waste or sewage.
- § 205-1113 Erosion.
- Ch 205 Art XII Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
- § 205-1201 General.
- § 205-1202 Nonconforming vacant lots.
- § 205-1203 Nonconforming buildings and structures used for permitted use.
- § 205-1204 Nonconforming uses of conforming buildings and structures.
- § 205-1205 Nonconforming buildings and structures used for nonconforming use.
- § 205-1206 Nonconforming use of land.
- Ch 205 Art XIII Borough Council
- § 205-1301 Duties of Council.
- Ch 205 Art XIV Zoning Officer and Building Inspector
- § 205-1401 Duties of Zoning Officer.
- § 205-1402 Zoning permits, building permits and certificate of occupancy.
- § 205-1403 Application for special exception.
- § 205-1404 Other duties.
- § 205-1405 Duties of Building Inspector.
- Ch 205 Art XV Planning Commission and Zoning Hearing Board
- § 205-1501 Planning Commission specific intent.
- § 205-1502 Planning Commission administration and procedure.
- § 205-1503 Planning Commission powers, duties and other functions.
- § 205-1504 Planning Commission administrative and technical assistance.
- § 205-1505 Planning Commission assistance.
- § 205-1506 Planning Commission removal.
- § 205-1507 Membership of Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 205-1508 Organization of Zoning Hearing Board.
- § 205-1509 Removal of Zoning Hearing Board members.
- § 205-1510 Zoning Hearing Board jurisdiction, meetings, hearings and other matters.
- § 205-1511 Zoning Hearing Board meetings.
- § 205-1512 Zoning Hearing Board hearings.
- § 205-1513 Zoning Hearing Board mediation option.
- § 205-1514 Zoning Hearing Board expenditure for services.
- Ch 205 Art XVI Certificates and Permits
- § 205-1601 Building permits.
- § 205-1602 Expiration of building permits.
- § 205-1603 Certificate of occupancy.
- § 205-1604 Zoning permits.
- § 205-1605 Fees.
- Ch 205 Art XVII General Application and Review Process
- § 205-1701 Schedule of fees.
- § 205-1702 Requests for reasonable accommodation.
- § 205-1703 Special exception procedures of approval.
- § 205-1704 Conditional uses procedure for approval.
- § 205-1705 Variances.
- Ch 205 Art XVIII Rezoning
- § 205-1801 Purpose of rezoning.
- § 205-1802 Rezoning application forms.
- § 205-1803 Review of rezoning applications.
- § 205-1804 Application criteria.
- § 205-1805 Additional information.
- Ch 205 Art XIX Amendments
- § 205-1901 Enactment of Zoning Ordinance amendments.
- § 205-1902 Procedure for landowner curative amendments.
- § 205-1903 Procedure for Borough curative amendments.
- § 205-1904 Content of public notice.
- Ch 205 Art XX Enforcement and Violations
- § 205-2001 Enforcement notice.
- § 205-2002 Remedies.
- Ch 205 Art XXI Official Zoning Map
- Ch 205 Art XXII Wireless Communications Facilities
- § 205-2201 Purpose.
- § 205-2202 Definitions.
- § 205-2203 Zoning district regulations for wireless communications facilities (WCF).
- § 205-2204 Bulk and area requirements.
- § 205-2205 Design, construction and operations.
- § 205-2206 Aesthetics, landscaping, and screening.
- § 205-2207 Replacement, co-location, or modification.
- § 205-2208 Permit requirements.
- § 205-2209 Discontinuation, abandonment and removal.
- § 205-2210 Reimbursement for right-of-way use.
- § 205-2211 Special exception criteria and procedures.
- Appendix
- Ch A208 Civil Service Rules and Regulations
- Ch A209 Datum Mark
- Ch A210 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Oakmont 9-8-1997 by Ord. No. O23-97,[1] as revised and reenacted 10-13-2014 by Ord. No. O38-2014. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Boulevard Project Board — See Ch. 10.
Numbering of buildings — See Ch. 79.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 103.
Floodplain management — See Ch. 109.
Parks — See Ch. 141.
Sewer use — See Ch. 157.
Shade trees — See Ch. 160.
Street and sidewalk regulations — See Ch. 173.
Street openings — See Ch. 176.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 182.
Swimming pools — See Ch. 186.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Chart A: Lot, Yard and Height Requirements; Residential
Attachment 2 - Chart B: Area, Yard and Heigh Requirements; Commercial and IndustrialAttachment 3 - Principal Land Use TableAttachment 4 - Chart D: Site Density; ResidentialAttachment 5 - Chart E: Thoroughfare TypologiesAttachment 6 - Chart F: Building TypologyAttachment 7 - Chart G: Permitted Building Types by ThoroughfareAttachment 8 - Chart H: Parking RequirementsAttachment 9 - Table 1: Thoroughfare TypologyAttachment 10 - Table 2: Building TypologyAttachment 11 - Permitted Location: Building Mounted Solar PV System IsometricAttachment 12 - Example A: Plan Diagram of VPOAttachment 13 - Example B: Section DiagramAttachment 14 - Official Zoning Map[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance superseded the Oakmont Zoning
Ordinance of 1927, as revised and reenacted in 1949, including all
amendments thereto, and as further revised and reenacted 8-9-1971
by Ord. No. O14-71, together with all amendments thereto.
