Transcription of NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP
1 NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP zoning ORDINANCE 2002 zoning ORDINANCE NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP LEHIGH county , PENNSYLVANIA Adopted by the TOWNSHIP of NORTH WHITEHALL Board of Supervisors ORDINANCE 2002-3 December 4, 2002 NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS 2002 Planning Commission Board of Supervisors TOWNSHIP Solicitor William George, Chairperson James Morris, Vice-Chair Bruce Stettler, Secretary Richard Celmer Craig Snyder Ronald J. Heintzelman Brian Horwith Leonard Nuss John Barto, III Ronald E.
2 Stahley, Chairman Terry Stoudt, Vice-Chair Ronald J. Heintzelman TOWNSHIP Secretary/Treasurer Barbara Schwartz Lisa A. Young, Esquire TOWNSHIP Engineers Keystone Consulting Engineers (General Planning and Sewage Facilities Planning) Lehigh Engineering (Traffic) Spotts, Stevens and McCoy (Special Projects) zoning Hearing Board Richard Benjamin, Chair Michael Basta Dennis Klusaritz Planning Administrator Nancy Zimmerman Sewage Enforcement Officer Scott Bieber zoning Officer Ken Nicholson zoning Hearing Board Solicitor Steven Miller, Esquire i CONTENTS PAGE TITLE, SEVERABILITY, vi ARTICLE I ADMINISTRATION 1-1 101.
3 APPLICABILITY OF THIS ORDINANCE .. 1-1 102. PURPOSES AND 1-1 103. PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES .. 1-1 104. GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR PERMITS .. 1-6 105. INTERPRETATION AND SIMILAR USES .. 1-7 106. ENFORCEMENT, VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES .. 1-7 107. FILING FEES, COSTS AND SUBMISSION 1-8 108. AMENDMENTS TO THIS ORDINANCE .. 1-8 109. CURATIVE AMENDMENTS .. 1-10 110. zoning 1-10 111. zoning HEARING BOARD ACTIONS AND VARIANCES .. 1-11 112. BOARD HEARINGS AND DECISIONS.
4 1-13 113. APPEALS TO COURT .. 1-15 114. LIMITED PUBLIC UTILITY EXEMPTIONS .. 1-15 115. LIMITED TOWNSHIP AND MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY EXEMPTION .. 1-15 116. SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR PAVED AREAS .. 1-15 117. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SITE PLANS .. 1-16 118. CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS .. 1-17 119. SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE PROCESS .. 1-18 120. SITE PLANNING 1-20 121. LIABILITY .. 1-21 ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS 2-1 201. GENERAL INTERPRETATION .. 2-1 202. TERMS DEFINED.
5 2-1 ARTICLE III DISTRICTS 3-1 301. DESIGNATION OF DISTRICTS AND PURPOSES .. 3-1 302. APPLICATION OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS .. 3-3 303. zoning 3-4 304. DISTRICT 3-4 305. SETBACKS ACROSS MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES .. 3-5 306. TABLE OF PERMITTED USES BY 3-5 307. TABLE OF LOT AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS BY DISTRICT .. 3-21 308. USE, ACCESS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE PC 3-27 309. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE LI/B 3-30 CONTENTS (Contd.) ii PAGE ARTICLE IV ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC USES 4-1 401.
6 APPLICABILITY .. 4-1 402. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC PRINCIPAL USES .. 4-1 403. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSORY 4-40 ARTICLE V ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 5-1 501. EARTHMOVING, FILLING AND GRADING .. 5-1 502. NUISANCES AND HAZARDS TO PUBLIC SAFETY .. 5-4 503. 5-5 504. SETBACKS AND BUFFERS FROM SURFACE 5-6 505. STEEP SLOPES .. 5-7 506. STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS AND NUISANCE-CAUSING SUBSTANCES .. 5-9 507. SEWAGE DISPOSAL .. 5-9 508. 5-10 509. VIBRATION.
7 5-12 510. ODORS, DUST AND AIR AND WATER POLLUTION .. 5-12 511. LIGHT, GLARE AND HEAT 5-12 512. PLACEMENT AND SCREENING OF WASTE CONTAINERS AND OUTDOOR MACHINERY AND FENCING OF STORAGE .. 5-13 513. ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE .. 5-14 514. PRESERVATION OF TREES AND FORESTS .. 5-14 515. FLOOD-PRONE AREAS .. 5-15 ARTICLE VI OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING 6-1 601. REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING 6-1 602. GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING .. 6-6 603. DESIGN STANDARDS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING .. 6-7 604.
8 PARKING AND STORAGE OF JUNK AND UNREGISTERED VEHICLES .. 6-14 605. OFF-STREET LOADING .. 6-14 ARTICLE VII SIGNS 7-1 701. APPLICABILITY .. 7-1 702. NONCONFORMING 703. MISCELLANEOUS SIGNS NOT REQUIRING 7-2 704. FREESTANDING, WALL AND WINDOW SIGNS .. 7-6 705. ABANDONED OR OUTDATED SIGNS .. 7-8 706. LOCATION OF 7-8 707. ILLUMINATION OF 7-8 708. VEHICLES FUNCTIONING AS 7-8 709. PROHIBITED SIGNS .. 7-9 710. CONSTRUCTION OF 711. MEASUREMENT AND MAJOR TYPES OF 7-9 712.
9 OFF-PREMISE SIGNS (Including Billboards) .. 7-11 713. SIGNS IDENTIFYING MAJOR RESIDENTIAL OR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS .. 7-12 CONTENTS (Contd.) iii PAGE ARTICLE VIII GENERAL REGULATIONS 8-1 801. FRONTAGE ONTO IMPROVED STREET; NUMBER OF USES OR BUILDINGS; .. MINIMUM SIZE OF 8-1 802. HEIGHT EXCEPTION; AIRPORT APPROACHES .. 8-1 803. SPECIAL LOT AND YARD REQUIREMENTS, SIGHT DISTANCE AND .. BUFFER YARDS .. 8-2 804. 8-10 805. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE/ULTIMATE RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTHS FOR STREETS.
10 8-10 806. NON-CONFORMITIES .. 8-11 807. TEMPORARY STRUCTURE OR 8-15 808. RECREATION LAND, OPEN SPACE AND FEES REQUIREMENTS .. 8-15 809. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAYS .. 8-15 810. STREET ACCESS; HIGHWAY FRONTAGE 8-16 811. POSTING OF STREET 8-17 812. TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY .. 8-17 813. COMMON OPEN SPACE; HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ; CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP; .. 8-17 814. CONSTRUCTION OF ATTACHED 8-20 815. WATER 8-20 816. COMPARABLE USES .. 8-23 ARTICLE IX CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT 9-1 901.
