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Conemaugh Township Zoning Ordinance

ARTICLE VIII - ACCESSORY USES & BUILDINGS ARE REGULATED

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.

 

801 TERMS ARE DEFINED

801.01 ACCESSORY BUILDING means a part of the main building, or a separate building devoted to an accessory use and incidental to that of the principal building and is located on the same lot as the principal building.

801.02 ACCESSORY USE means a use subordinate to an incidental to the primary use of the main or principal building or to the primary or principal use of the premises.

801.03 PRIVATE GARAGE means an accessory building housing not more than four (4) vehicles owned and used by occupants of the main building. Where more than four vehicles are housed or where the vehicles are used by persons other than occupants, the building is a STORAGE GARAGE. A private garage does not need to be walled, A roofed but unwalled structure or CARPORT is subject to the same regulations.

801.04 SIGN means a principal or accessory structure or device that is arranged, intended, designed or used as an advertisement, announcement, or direction; and includes a sign, sign screen, billboard, poster panel and advertising, business and identification devices of any kind.

* ADVERTISING means a sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment, conducted, or sold or offered only elsewhere than upon the premises where the sign is displayed.
* BILLBOARD (Poster Panel) means a board, panel or tablet used for the display of printed or painted advertising matter.
* BUSINESS SIGN - A sign which directs attention to a business, profession or industry conducted, or to products sold, manufactured or assembled upon the same premises upon which it is displayed. (See Article II, USE REGULATIONS, Section 204, c for home occupation sign).
* GROUND SIGN - A sign supported from the ground by a structure or pole specifically designed to support the sign only.
* INDENTIFICATION SIGN - A sign used to display and identify only the name of the individual, business, profession, organization, or institution occupying the premises upon which it is displayed.
* NAME PLATE - is an identification sign in the form of a letterhead plate indicating only the name or names of and profession of the occupant of the premises.
* MARQUEE is a sign attached to or hung from a marquee, canopy or other covered structure projecting from the supported by the building and extending beyond the building wall, building line or street lot line.
* NON-CONFORMING SIGN is a sign lawfully existing at the effective date of the Zoning Ordinance which does not completely conform to the sign regulations applicable in the Zoning District in which it is located.
* OFFICIAL SIGN is a sign erected or placed by governmental agency in furtherance of the public health, welfare, safety and morals.
* POLE - (See Ground Sign)
* PROJECTING SIGN - A sign which is attached directly to the building wall and which extends more than twelve (12) inches from the face of the wall.
* TEMPORARY SIGN - A sign, banner or other advertising device constructed of cloth, canvas, fabric, or other light temporary material, with or without a structural frame, intended for a limited period of display; including decorative displays for holidays or public demonstrations.
* WALL SIGN - A sign which is painted on or attached directly to the building wall and which extends not more than twelve (12) inches from the face of the wall.

 

802 THE FOLLOWING ACCESSORY USES ARE PERMITTED:

802.01 In the R-1, R-2, and R-3 Districts

* - Private garages.
* - Home occupations.
* - Vegetable and flower gardens
* - Raising and keeping of domestic animals as pets, but not on a commercial basis or on a scale objectionable to neighboring property owners, and provided specifically that all horses, pigs, cattle, poultry, sheep, goats, and similar farm animals not be permitted in any event. (Z.A.- 8/28/81)
* -Tennis courts, swimming pools, garden houses, pergolas, ornamental gates, barbecue ovens, fireplaces and similar uses customarily accessory to residential uses.
* -Storage garages and parking lots for use solely by occupants of the premises.

802.02 In the C-N District there may also be parking lots providing they be paved.

802.03 In the C-T, I-L, I-H, and RR Districts there may be any accessory use.

802.04 Temporary buildings for construction purposes are permitted in any District As accessory buildings during the course of construction.

802.05 Accessory buildings may not be used for dwelling purposes.

 

803 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS MAY BE LOCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING RULES:

803.01 Accessory buildings may be located in a rear yard but may not occupy more than thirty (30) percent of a rear yard.

803.02 Any accessory building closer than ten (10) feet to a main building shall be considered as part of the main building and shall be provided with the side and rear yards required for the main building.

803.03 Where a garage is entered from an alley, it shall not be less than ten (10) feet from the alley line.

 

804 SIGNS SHALL BE PERMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS:

804.01 Churches, public and semi-public buildings, hospitals and institutions in R District may have signs not more than sixteen (16) square feet in area in a front yard.

804.02 In addition to the signs permitted in 804.01, temporary signs not more than ten (10) square feet in area pertaining to lease or sale of a premises, and name plates when non-illuminated and no greater in area than two (2) square feet shall be permitted in the R Districts.

804.03 In the C and I Districts signs of not more than fifty (50) square feet are permitted and shall be erected in such a manner as to be supported at, or in the rear of, the front building or setback line and extend no more than ten (10) feet forward of that line and no more than ten (10) feet above grade at the building line, measuring from the the bottom of the sign.

a. In addition, however, a billboard as here before defined of not more than seventy- five (75) square feet will be permitted in the C-N Districts; a billboard of not more than three hundred (300) square feet will be permitted at the C-T Districts; and, a billboard of not more than six hundred (600) square feet will be permitted in the I-L and I-H Districts.

804.04 Any Sign Lighting shall be located and arranged so as to avoid glare or direct projection onto a highway or street, or into an adjacent residential area. All Sign Lighting shall be non-flashing and non-moving, and in no way resemble official traffic control devices.

804.05 For supporting Commercial Facilities located in R-2 and R-3 Districts, in addition to the provisions set forth in Section 804.01, 804.02, and 804.04 above, the following regulations shall apply: (Z.A.- 11/09/88)

1. No sign shall be affixed to a pole or support other than the primary structure on the property. There shall be no detached signs. No sign shall be higher than the highest part of the structure to which it is attached.

2. No sign shall be larger than thirty-two (32) square feet in size.

3. No sign shall advertise anything other than the name of the business located on the sign site, its address and/or telephone number and the type of business conducted on the site.

4. If the sign is lighted either directly or indirectly, such lighting shall be operated only during the hours that the business it advertises is open for operation.

 

805 FENCES SHALL BE LOCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING RULES:

805.01 No fence or visual obstruction shall be located within ten feet from the edge of that portion of any street right-of-way extending thirty feet from an intersection, which thirty feet shall be measured along the edge of the right-of-way. (Z.A.- 08/28/81)

805.02 Except as provided in Section 805.01, fences less than six feet high may be erected on those parts of the lot that are as far back as or farther back from the street than the required front and side building lines.