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Conemaugh Township Zoning Ordinance

ARTICLE II - USE REGULATIONS

REWRITTEN AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCES 413, 414, 423, 442, 443, 555, 557, 560, 569, 569A, 582, 583, 593, AND 594, AND AS ACCEPTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1995 AND THE SUPERVISORS ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1995.

201 TERMS PERTAINING TO "USE" ARE DEFINED

* ACCESSORY BUILDING - A building detached from the subordinate to the main building on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to the main building.
* ACCESSORY USE - A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of building and located on the same lot with such principal use of building.
* AUTO BODY SHOP - Any structure or any building or part thereof that is used for the repair or painting of bodies and fenders of motor vehicles.
* BUILDING - A building is any structure intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of any person , animal or property of any kind.
* BUILDING RESIDENTIAL - A residential building is a building which is designed, used or intended to be used for human occupancy. All residential buildings shall have permanent foundations. (Z.A. - 8/28/81)
* BUILDING LINE (S) - Building lines are lines parallel to and inside of the property lines within which buildings may be constructed.
* DRIVE-IN - An establishment where food or beverage is sold for consumption on the premises but not necessarily within a building.
* DWELLING - See BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL.
* DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY - A Single-Family Dwelling is a building and appurtenant structures designated for or used exclusively for occupancy by one family, related by blood, marriage or adoption, and non-paying guests.
* DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY - A Two-Family Dwelling is a building that contains only two living units.
* DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY - A Multiple-Family Dwelling is a building that contains more than two living units.
* FAMILY - A family is one or more persons occupying a living unit as an individual housekeeping organization as distinguished from a group occupying a boarding house, lodging house, or hotel.
* FILLING STATION or SERVICE STATION - is any buildings, structures, or premises, enclosure or other place used for the dispensing, sale, or offering for sale of automobile or truck fuel and oil at retail. When such dispensing, sale or offering for sale of automobile fuel and oils is incidental to the conduct of a motor vehicle repair shop, the premises shall be classified as a motor vehicle repair shop.
* GARAGE APARTMENT - A garage apartment is a living unit for not more than one family erected above a garage, said garage being accessory to the main building.
* HOME OCCUPATION - Any gainful occupation or profession operated by a member of the immediate family residing on the premises, and where the business or profession is conducted wholly within the dwelling. No home occupation shall occupy more than twenty-five percent of the floor area nor more than four hundred square feet of the gross floor area. Any home occupation that creates objectionable noise, fumes, odor, dust, electrical interference or more than normal residential traffic shall be prohibited.
* HOSPITAL - A hospital is a place for the diagnosis, treatment, or other care of humans and having facilities for inpatient care including such establishments as a sanatarium, sanatorium, and preventorium.
* HOTEL - A building used as the temporary abiding place for individuals who are, for compensation, lodged, with or without meals and in which provision may be made for cooking in any individual room or suite. A hotel may include restaurants, newsstands, and other accessory services primarily for serving its occupants and only incidentally the public.
* APARTMENT HOTEL is a multiple dwelling under resident supervision.
* INSTITUTION - An institution is a non-profit establishment for public use.
* JUNKYARD - A junkyard is a lot, land, or structure, or part thereof, used primarily for the collecting, storage, or sale of waste-paper, rags, scrap metal, or discarded material, or for the collecting, dismantling, storage, or salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition, and for the sale of parts thereof.
* LIVING UNIT - A living unit is rooms which must include a kitchen.
* LODGING HOUSE - A lodging house means a dwelling consisting of not more than one living unit occupied by persons not related by blood, marriage, or adoption. This term includes ROOMING HOUSE, BOARDING HOUSE and NURSING HOME.
* MOBILE HOME - A mobile home is a detached single-family dwelling unit with all of the following characteristics: (a) designed for long-term occupancy and containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower bath, and kitchen facilities, with plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside systems; (b) designed to be transported after fabrication on its own wheels or on a flatbed or other trailers or detachable wheels; ? arriving at the site where it is to be occupied in not more than three major sections, complete including major appliances and furniture, and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location on foundation supports, connection to utilities and the like.
* MOBILE HOME PARK - A mobile home park is a site housing two or more mobile homes.
* MOTEL - A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units, designed with separate entrances and designed for year-round occupancy, primarily for transient automobile travelers and providing for accessory off-street parking facilities. The term "motel" includes buildings designated as tourist courts, tourist cabins, motor lodges, and similar terms.
* OFFICE BUILDING - An office building is a building designed for or used as the office (s) of professional, commercial, industrial, religious, public or semi-public persons or organizations.
* THEATER - A theater is a building or part of a building devoted to the showing of moving pictures or theatrical productions on a commercial basis.
* TOURIST HOME - A tourist home is a dwelling in which overnight accommodations are used by transient guests for compensation.
* TRAVEL TRAILER - A travel trailer is a trailer constructed to be towed on its own chassis, for temporary occupancy as a action trailer, or for occasional transport personal affects.
* USE - Use is the specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.
* WINDOW - An opening to the outside, other than a door, which provides all or part of the required natural light, natural ventilation or both, to an interior space.

202

IN THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT "C"
PREMISES SHALL BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES ONLY:

* a. Farms for the raising of crops and cattle and not involving any retail or wholesale activities, except for retail and wholesale of home grown products.
* b. Single-Family dwelling when in connection with farm activity.
* c. Woodlands for conservation, watershed, open space and slope control.
* d. Public parks and recreation area, public community buildings and public utility structures except that generating plants, railroad yards, and similar uses are not permitted. (Z.A. - 8/28/81)
* e. Hospitals, religious and philanthropic institutions, provided however, that such uses shall be located on sites of ten acres or more, that buildings shall not occupy more than ten percent of the site area, and that buildings be set back from all yard lines a distance of one foot for each foot of building height in addition to the yard requirements for that district.

203

IN THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT "R-R"
PREMISES SHALL BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES ONLY:

* a. Any use permitted and regulated in the Conservation District "C".
* b. Surface mining of coal and clay provided that the entire disturbed area is reclaimed, reshaped and revegetated in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances and regulations governing surface mining. (Z.A. - 8/28/81)
* c. Single-Family as restricted by minimum lot areas on Page VI.1.

204 IN THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT "R-1"
PREMISES SHALL BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES ONLY:

* a. Single-Family dwellings.
* b. Home occupations provided that such occupation shall be conducted solely by resident occupants in the main building, that not more than the equivalent of twenty-five percent of the residence shall be used for such purposes, that no display of products made be visible from the street.
* c. A small occupation sign not over two (2) square feet in area if fixed to wall of main building and further provided that sign is used only with reference to the premises upon which it is erected.
* d. Elementary schools, junior high schools, middle schools, and high schools, public library and community buildings; private schools with curriculum similar to public schools.
* e. Accessory uses to the above.
* f. Recreational facilities of a non-commercial or non-amusement park nature.
* g. Religious Institutions, provided, however, that such uses shall be located on the sites of ten (10) acres or more, that buildings shall not occupy more than ten (10) percent of the site area, and that buildings be set back from all yard lines a distance of one (1) foot for each foot of building height in addition to the yard requirement for that district.

205 IN THE RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE-FAMILY DISTRICT "R-2"
PREMISES SHALL BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES ONLY:

* a. Any use permitted and regulated in the "R-1" District.
* b. Multiple Dwellings.
* c. Garage apartments for not more than one family; provided however, that the building be set back ten (10) feet from all side and rear lot lines, and the lot contains at least 3,000 square feet.
* d. Lodging houses, dormitory and boarding houses, provided that none shall carry on any merchandizing or commercial activities beyond that normally associated with such uses.
* e. Clubs, lodges, fraternities, sororities, except those in which the chief activity is a service customarily carried on as a business.
* f. Supporting Commercial Facilities as defined herein; provided, however, that the floor area for such facilities shall not exceed 1,000 square feet. Hours of operation of such facilities shall be restricted to be open to the public no earlier than 8 a.m. and no later than 9 p.m., prevailing time, of each day of operation. (Z.A. - 11/09/88):

o The term Supporting Commercial Facility as used herein shall include and be limited to (Z.A. - 11/09/88):
o 1. Personal service shops such as beauty shops, barber shops and pet grooming shops.
o 2. Professional offices for physicians, dentists, attorneys, accountants, chiropractors, psychologists and small animal veterinarians.
o 3. Studios of artists and photographers.
o 4. Child day care centers.
o 5. Restaurants, cafes and coffee shops.
o 6. Dressmaking, tailoring, millinery, shoe repair and similar trades.
o 7. Bakeries, laundries, dry cleaners, flower shops, craft shops, gift shops and antique shops.
o 8. Neighborhood stores such as delicatessens, grocery stores and drugstores.
o 9. Repair and service shops (but no sales) for bicycles, home electrical appliances, televisions, radios, and similar home use articles.
o Specifically excluded from the term Supporting Commercial Facility as used in this section are the following uses (Z.A. - 11/09/88):
o 1. Any use permitted in Section 209, Subsection "c" through "mm" of this Ordinance (District "I-L").
o 2. Any use permitted in Section 208, Subsection "b" through "h" of this Ordinance (District "C-T").
o 3. Commercial banks or financing companies, except that an automatic teller machine or similar device is permitted, but only if it is located on the premises of a permitted facility.
o 4. Commercial recreational facilities.
o 5. Motor vehicle sales, repair and/or service facilities
o 6. Any other use which would substantially interfere with the residential character of the district.


 

206

IN THE RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME DISTRICT "R-3"
PREMISES SHALL BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES ONLY:

* a. Any use permitted and regulated in the "R-2" District.
* b. Mobile homes and mobile home parks. (Z.A. - 11/9/88)

207 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT "C-N"
PREMISES SHALL BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES ONLY:

* a. Office buildings, provided that no goods, wares, or merchandise shall be prepared on the premises.
* b. Personal service shops such as beauty shops and barber shops.
* c. Studios of artists and photographers.
* d. Retail stores.
* e. Parking lots, provided that the parking area shall be paved and used for passenger vehicle parking only and in no case for sale of vehicles.
* f. Commercial schools.
* g. Commercial greenhouses and nurseries.
* h. Shops for repair and servicing of bicycles, electrical radio and television appliances, keys, typewriters and similar articles where no individual establishment provides more than 2500 square feet of floor space.
* I. Sale of goods and products at retail but excluding new and used car sales. (Z.A. - 12/06/76 & Z.A. - 8/28/81)
* j. Theaters but not drive-in theaters.
* k. Commercial recreation facilities.
* l. Banks.
* m. Mortuary parlors.
* n. Dressmaking, millinery, tailoring, shoe repair and similar trades, and bakeries, laundries and dry cleaning, provided that no individual establishment provides more than 2500 square feet of floor space.
* o. Animal hospitals.
* p. Restaurants.
* q. Laundromats (Z.A. - 08/28/81)
* r. Service stations and auto body shops. (Z.A. - 08/28/81)
* s. A single-family dwelling which is part of a building used for purposes permitted in a Neighborhood Commercial District, and which dwelling is occupied by the owners of the commercial enterprises being conducted in such building. (Z.A. - 11/31/81)

208 IN THE TRAVELERS COMMERCIAL DISTRICT "C-T"
PREMISES SHALL BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES ONLY:

* a. Any use permitted and regulated in the "C-N" District.
* b. Drive-in restaurants and theaters.
* c. New and used car sales.
* d. Machinery equipment sales and service.
* e. Bus terminals.
* f. Apartment hotels, hotels and motels.
* g. Laundromats. (Z.A. - 08/28/81)
* h. A single-family dwelling which is part of a building used for purposes permitted in a Traveler's Commercial District, and which dwelling is occupied by the owners of the commercial enterprises being conducted is such building. (Z.A. - 11/13/81)
* Where a lot in the "C-T" District is to be used for a use permitted in the "C-N" or "C-T" Districts and is next to an "R-R" or "R" District and is not separated from the "R-R" or "R" District by streets (does not include alleys), then a solid fence or solid screen planting, at least six (6) feet high shall be provided along all property lines adjoining the "R-R" or "R" District.

209 IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT "I-L"
PREMISES SHALL BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES ONLY:

* a. Light industrial uses, provided that such occupied for manufacturing purposes shall not be operated in such a manner as to create excessive noise or vibration; excessive smoke, dust, dirt or other form of air pollution; electrical or other similar type disturbance; excessive glare; and shall not be operated in such a manner as to create any dangerous, injurious, noxious condition or fire, explosive or other similar hazard or other nuisance, condition or element adversely affecting the surrounding area. Any light industrial operation shall be conducted within a building, or shall be enclosed by a solid fence or screen planting not less than six feet in height along boundary line bordering a conservation, rural residential, single-family residential, multi-family residential or R-3 district. Junk yards, auto salvage and scrap yards are prohibited. (Z.A.- 8/28/81)
* b. Any use permitted and regulated in the "C-N" or "C-T" Districts, except apartment hotels, hotels and motels.
* c. Assembly plants.
* d. Bookbinderies.
* e. Bottled gas sales and/or service.
* f. Canneries, fruit and vegetable.
* g. Cellophane products manufacturing.
* h. Ceramic products manufacturing.
* I. Cold storage or refrigerating plants.
* j. Concrete mixing or batching plants.
* k. Confectionery manufacturing.
* l. Dairy products manufacturing.
* m. Electrical products manufacturing and assembly.
* n. Fiber products manufacturing.
* o. Roof products and manufacturing.
* p. Foundry, casting lightweight nonferrous metals.
* q. Furniture manufacturing.
* r. Garment manufacturing.
* s. Glass products manufacturing.
* t. Ironworks, ornamental (no foundry, drop hammer and no punch presses over 20 tons capacity).
* u. Leather products manufacturing (previously prepared leather).
* v. Millwork.
* w. Paint mixing and treatment.
* x. Petroleum products, bulk terminal.
* y. Paper products manufacturing (previously prepared materials).
* z. Pharmaceutical manufacturing.
* aa. Plastic products manufacturing (previously prepared materials).
* bb. Railroad freight terminals.
* cc. Sheet metal products manufacturing.
* dd. Sign manufacture.
* ee. Television and radio broadcasting transmitters.
* ff. Textile products manufacturing.
* gg. Tire retreading, recapping ro rebuilding.
* hh. Tool manufacturing (no drophammer or punch press of over 20 tons).
* ii. Toy manufacturing.
* jj. Warehouse or storage buildings.
* kk. Well drilling services.
* ll. Wood products manufacturing (assembling and finishing).
* mm. Recycling plant. (Z.A. - 6/13/91)

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