City of Easton - Land Uses

Accessory Amusements (I1)

A portion of a structure, not exceeding 25% of the gross floor area of the principal use, engaged in providing amusement or entertainment for the exclusive use of the occupants or clientele or the principal use.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Accessory Offices (I2)

A portion of a nonresidential structure, not exceeding 25% of the gross floor area, used for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service, industry or government, and totally subordinate and incidental to the primary use of the structure.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Accessory Parking Area (I7)

A parking area located on a lot occupied by a principal structure and use. Such parking may or may not be customarily incidental to the principal use.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

For all buildings and structures erected and all uses of land established after the effective date of this chapter, accessory parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required in this section.

For more information, please refer to § 595-33: Off-street and on-street parking.

Accessory Religious Shelter (I9)

A temporary homeless shelter and operated under the supervision of an established religious group.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

Such temporary use shall be located in an area of an existing worship service facility suitable for such use and subject to the approval of the City's fire, building and health offices in accordance with applicable codes and standards. The establishment of an accessory religious shelter shall be limited in duration to two one-month periods in a given year at a given site. Approval shall not be given for use in consecutive months. Use shall be limited to the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Accessory Rooming Unit

Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living but not for cooking purposes.

Parking Requirements:

One additional off-street parking space shall be provided on the same lot as the unit served.

Development Requirements:

(a) Such a unit shall only be permitted in a single-family detached dwelling.
(b) There shall be a limit of one such unit per dwelling.
(c) There shall be a limit of one person inhabiting the rooming unit.
(d) An additional 1,000 square feet of lot area shall be provided in addition to the minimum lot area required per the designated zoning district and block class.
(e) One additional off-street parking space shall be provided on the same lot as the unit served.

Accessory Storage (I6)

Storage or warehousing which is customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building and located on the same lot with such principal use. An accessory storage area shall not exceed 25% of the gross floor area of the principal structure.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Accessory Swimming Pool (I8)

A private not-for-profit swimming pool located on the same lot as the principal use to which it is customarily incidental and subordinate and is used for the exclusive use of the occupants and their guests of the principal structure.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

Such uses are permitted in rear yards only, shall be completely enclosed with a four-foot-high fence and shall be set back at least six feet from the rear lot line, six feet from the side lot line and four feet from any other structure.

Administrative Offices (D7)

Establishments primarily engaged in management and general administrative functions, such as executive, personnel and sales activities performed centrally for other establishments of the same company, including government administrative offices.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Adult Entertainment (B5)

Any business or part thereof which offers goods and/or services intended to provide sexual gratification or are generally considered sexual in nature, including, but not limited to, adult arcades, adult bookstores, adult cabarets, adult novelty stores, adult massage parlors, adult movie theaters, adult performances, adult visual material or video stores, and such similar or related uses.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

(a) The requirements of § 595-40C, Special exceptions, shall be met.
(b) No use as defined under § 595-09A, B5 (adult entertainment), shall be established within 500 feet of any dwelling.
(c) No use as defined under § 595-09A, B5 (adult entertainment), shall be established within 500 feet of any such previously existing use.
(d) No use as defined under § 595-09A, B5 (adult entertainment), shall be established within 1,000 feet of a school, religious use or recreation use.
(e) Any use as defined under § 595-09A, B5 (adult entertainment), shall not have more than one sign, the dimensions of which shall not exceed 20 square feet.
(f) A sign for a use as defined under § 595-09A, B5 (adult entertainment), shall contain no words, symbols or graphics which explicitly refer to sexual gratification or which are generally considered sexual in nature.
(g) No sign for a use as defined under § 595-09A, B5 (adult entertainment), shall be visible from adjacent properties other than public roadways.
(h) All activities of a use as defined under § 595-09A, B5 (adult entertainment), shall be conducted within a fully enclosed building, secured such that the activities cannot be viewed outside the confines of the building.
(i) No illicit activity shall be permitted.
(j) A complete site plan shall be submitted at the time of application to the City following the requirements of § 595-09, Subdivision and land development plan, and shall be subject to approval of the Zoning Administrator.

Advertising (K1)

The use of off-premises signage.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

(1) Locations permitted.

(a) Off-premises signs are permitted in the following locations:

[1] Expressway Transitional (ET) Zone.

(2) Requirements.

(a) An off-premises sign may be erected on a lot, provided:

[1] Location relative to road network. Off-premises signs shall be located no more than 200 linear feet from the edge of right-of-way of a controlled access, divided interstate or United States highway.
[2] Right-of-way. No portion of an off-premises sign shall be located in any vehicular right-of-way.
[3] Line of sight. No off-premises sign shall obstruct the line of sight within any vehicular right-of-way.
[4] Orientation. Off-premises signs shall be oriented roughly perpendicular to the flow of traffic of the adjacent controlled access, divided interstate or United States highway, so that the sign face is directed towards oncoming traffic on these roads.
[5] Historic resources. No off-premises sign shall be visible from any local, state and/or federal historic district, local, state and/or federal scenic by way, or any resource listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
[6] Residential structures. No off-premises sign shall be within 300 feet of a residential structure.
[7] Structural support. Off-premises signs shall be freestanding and not connected to other structures.
[8] Landscaping.

[a] Landscaping shall be provided at the base of all off-premises signs. Trees and shrubbery, including evergreen and flowering trees, of sufficient size and quantity shall be used to achieve the purpose of this section.
[b] Trees four inches or greater in diameter removed for construction of the sign shall be replaced on-site at a ratio of one replacement tree for each removed tree using native species no less than three inches in diameter.

[9] Lot size. No off-premises sign shall be located on lots smaller than one acre (43,560 square feet).
[10] Lot frontage. No off-premises sign shall be located on a lot with less than 400 feet of frontage that is adjacent to a limited access, divided highway.
[11] Pedestrians and utilities. No off-premises sign shall obstruct the flow of pedestrians on sidewalks or trails, or the safe operation of utilities.
[12] Number of signs. No more than one off-premises sign shall be permitted on a single lot.
[13] Sign faces. No off-premises signs shall have more than two faces.
[14] Structural soundness. Any applicant proposing an off-premises sign shall submit documentation from a Pennsylvania-registered professional engineer certifying that the proposed installation will be structurally sound, considering factors such as wind and other loads associated with the off-premises sign location. In addition, signs shall only be built where ground conditions are suitable for this form of development.
[15] Application/plan requirements. Plans submitted for off-premises advertising signs shall show the following:

[a] The location of the proposed sign on the lot with the required sign setbacks from the property line and ultimate right-of-way.
[b] The location and species of existing trees.
[c] The distance to the nearest existing off-premises advertising sign.
[d] The distance to the nearest right-of-way, property line, building, structure, on-premises sign, off-premises sign, intersection, interchange, safety rest area, bridge, residential district, or institutional use, sewer rights-of-way, and water, electric or petroleum pipelines.
[e] Site plan containing all of the applicable requirements set forth in the City of Easton Zoning Code, as amended.
[f] Certification under the seal by a licensed engineer that the off-premises sign, as proposed, is designed in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, codes, and professional standards.

[16] Sign standards. All off-premises signs shall also meet the requirements for freestanding signs, per Subsection F(6).
[17] Environmental hazards. No off-premises sign shall be erected within the FEMA-defined 100- or 500-year floodplain, NWI-defined wetland, or upon slopes greater than 25%.
[18] Other governing bodies. All off-premises signs shall conform to any regulations and permitting set forth by the state and/or federal government, in addition to any and all requirements of the City of Easton.
[19] Digital display signs. All digital and transitioning signs shall conform to the following:

[a] All regulations regarding off-premises signs.
[b] Each sign may display only a series of still images, each of which is displayed for at least eight seconds.
[c] Still images displayed on signs may not move or present the appearance of motion and may not use flashing, scrolling, twirling, twinkling, oscillating, rotating, scintillating, blinking, or traveling lights or any other means not providing constant illumination.
[d] Any portion of a message or still image must have a minimum duration (hold time) of eight seconds and must be a static display. Messages may change immediately or fade in and out only.
[e] Transition or blank screen time between one still image and the next may not exceed one second. Transitions shall occur simultaneously on the entire sign face.
[f] Illumination and/or intensity of the sign shall be controlled so as to not create glare, hazards or nuisances. Such signs shall have a maximum nits level of 7,000 nits; provided the brightness of the digital sign does not exceed 0.3 footcandle of light above normal ambient light levels.
[g] Signs shall be equipped with automatic dimming technology which automatically adjusts the sign's brightness based on ambient light conditions.
[h] Sign luminance specification shall be determined by a footcandle metering device held at a height of five feet, and aimed towards the sign, from a distance of 175 feet. Metering devices should be at a location perpendicular to the sign center (as seen in plan view) as this angle has the highest luminance. Signs shall have a display that is at least 50% white when luminance is measured. If the difference in luminance is 0.3 footcandle or less, as measured in the aforementioned manner, the sign is in compliance with this requirement.
[i] Audio speakers and/or any form of pyrotechnics are prohibited.
[j] All signs must be equipped with a properly functioning default mechanism that will stop the sign in one position should a malfunction occur.
[k] Upon notification, the sign operators agree to coordinate with City staff to display emergency information critical to the traveling public, such as amber alerts, silver alerts, and other similar alerts issued by authorized sources, as well as information, including, but not limited to, terrorist or military attacks, environmental catastrophes, matters of homeland security, immediate risks to public health or safety, and natural disasters. Emergency messages are to remain in the display's rotation according to the designated issuing agency's protocols.
[l] No existing, nonconforming sign may be converted to a digital sign.
[m] Slat, panel, or blade-twirl-type signs are prohibited.

[20] Lighting. For static display signs, lighting shall be focused directly on the sign face, and designed in a manner to limit excess light from illuminating nonsign areas. Lighting shall not be directed or focused as to shine directly onto adjacent properties or interrupt or create hazardous conditions on roadways.
[21] Owner. All applications for off-premises signs must be signed and submitted by the property owner, in writing, on forms supplied by the City. If the owner/operator of the sign is not the owner of the property upon which a proposed off-premises sign is to be erected, the owner/operator of the sign shall also be a signatory to application documents.
[22] Emergency access. Access shall be provided to the off-premises sign by means of a public street or easement to a public street. All easements shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width and shall be improved to a width of at least 10 feet and remain sufficiently clear for the passage of emergency vehicles year-round. These conditions must be met prior to the sign's construction and continue until such a time that all sign equipment is removed. An approved emergency management system, such as Knox key accessibility, must be installed and fully operational for all fenced/secured components before installation of any off-premises sign may begin.
[23] Sign is to be operated in such fashion that it does not disorient motorists.

(b) Area and height. One off-premises sign may be erected on a lot, provided:

[1] The maximum area of an off-premises sign face shall be no more than 800 square feet. Off premises signs shall be rectangular in shape, with the area considered to be the smallest rectangle enclosing all display elements of the sign.
[2] No off-premises sign shall exceed the maximum building height of the underlying zoning district.

(c) Construction and maintenance.

[1] All plans for off-premises signs shall be certified by a licensed engineer registered in Pennsylvania.
[2] All off-premises advertising signs shall be constructed in accordance with industry-wide standards established by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America and the Institute of Outdoor Advertising, or their successor organizations. All off-premises advertising signs shall be structurally sound and maintained in good condition and in compliance with the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code.
[3] Every three years, the owner of the billboard shall have a structural inspection made of the billboard by a licensed engineer registered in Pennsylvania and shall provide to the City of Easton a certificate certifying that the billboard is structurally sound.

(d) Abatement.

[1] Whenever any off-premises sign is erected and/or maintained in violation of this chapter, or of the regulations promulgated under the Code of the City of Easton, the Department of Planning and Zoning shall serve written notice of such violations upon the property owner on which said off-premises sign is located, directing compliance within 30 days of receipt of the notice of violation. In the case where ownership cannot be determined or notice cannot be delivered, the Department of Planning and Codes shall place a violation notice upon the sign and/or sign structure.
[2] After expiration of the time for compliance as stated on the notice of violation, if the violation has not been corrected, the City may itself or by contract remove the offending sign. The costs incurred by the City shall be charged against the person owning such offending sign. If the sign is abandoned, the property owner on whose premises the sign is located shall be responsible for the cost of removal.
[3] If any condition and/or location of an off-premises sign results in an immediate peril to persons or property, the City may require immediate compliance to mitigate harm. If such compliance is not forthcoming, the City may without other notice, in addition to invoking any other sanction or remedial procedure provided, apply with the approval of the City Police to any court with jurisdiction for relief by injunction or restraining order.

(e) Compliance with other City obligations. A permit will not be issued for any off-premises sign if the applicant or owner of the parcel upon which the off-premises sign is to be erected is delinquent paying any taxes, in violation of any law, code, standard, regulation, or similar obligations.

Amusements (B2)

Establishments engaged in providing amusement or entertainment and activities characterized by one or more of the following: building or site development intensive, regional in nature, spectator oriented, fee required, community impacts; e.g., lighting, trash, noise, traffic. These include dance halls, theatrical productions, cinemas, musical entertainment, billiard halls, and sports arenas.

Parking Requirements:

Auditorium, theater, convention - 1 per 4 seats or 10 per 1,000 square feet gross floor area, whichever is greater; Bowling alley - 3 per lane

Apparel, Finished Products (F6)

An establishment in which cloth, leather and kindred materials are assembled and otherwise processed for distribution to retail establishments.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Athletic Facilities (B6)

A facility or facilities devoted to recreation or sport, such as a playing field where sporting events take place.

Parking Requirements:

Indoor health and fitness centers - 1 per 200 square feet gross floor area; Outdoor recreation - 1 space per every 1,500 square feet of recreation court area plus 20 spaces per acre of active recreation field plus swimming pools; 1 space per every 50 square feet of water surface plus golf courses; 4 spaces for each hole, (miniature golf, 1 space per hole) plus restaurant/assembly use if applicable

Automotive Repair (D14)

Businesses that specialize in automotive repair. This use may include the sale of automotive parts as an ancillary use.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Bed-and-Breakfast (D9)

An establishment in a private, owner-occupied dwelling that supplies temporary accommodations to overnight guests for a fee. Any additional services such as dining shall be limited to lodging guest use only. No more than eight guest rooms shall be provided.

Parking Requirements:

1 per guest room, Plus 2 for dwelling

Development Requirements:

(a) A maximum of eight guest rooms shall be permitted.
(b) One sign with a maximum of five square feet of sign area shall be permitted.
(c) The principal building shall comply with the dimensional criteria of the designated zoning district and block class.
(d) The primary façade of buildings containing a bed-and-breakfast shall front the street upon which it is constructed. In the case of corner lots, buildings containing a bed-and-breakfast shall have primary façades on each street the building is situated, except in the case of the corner lot being created by an alley or the building is set back from a side street(s) by more than five feet.

Business Services (D4)

Establishments primarily engaged in rendering services to business establishments, such as advertising and mailing, building maintenance, employment service, management and consulting service, protective service, equipment rental and leasing, commercial research, development and testing, printing, commercial copy centers, personnel supply services, union halls and chambers of commerce.

Parking Requirements:

1 space per 400 square feet gross floor area

Check-Cashing Facility (D12)

A business establishment that provides financial services limited to the exchange of cash for a personal or business check, money order, or similar credit device, for a fee, as well as the sale of money orders and cash gift cards. Such facilities do not provide loans, savings or checking accounts, or any other such services generally offered by a bank, savings and loan, credit union, or other regulated financial services.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

(a) A minimum distance of 1,000 feet, as measured from property line to property line, shall be maintained between any check-cashing facility and/or pawnshop establishment.
(b) All storefronts shall contain transparent glass windows that allow for views into the establishment from the nearest public right-of-way.
(c) The primary façade of buildings containing check-cashing facility or pawnshop shall front the street upon which it is constructed. In the case of corner lots, buildings containing check-cashing facilities shall have primary façades on each street the building is situated, except in the case of the corner lot being created by an alley or the building is set back from a side street(s) by more than five feet.

Chemical Industries (G2)

Limited to research and development laboratory, similar experimental testing or scientific establishment.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

A heavy buffer screen shall be placed along all street and river frontage consisting of a six-foot-tall solid fence and evergreen vegetation.

Communications Facilities (H7)

A group or single communications antenna, communications equipment building, and/or communications tower, as defined and regulated in Part 4 of this chapter.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

(a) The structure(s) shall be completely fenced, screened, or otherwise obscured from view or blended into the surroundings to render invisible or minimally visible to the casual observer.
(b) Such use shall not adversely affect the operation of any equipment beyond its lot lines.

Purpose. Technical developments in the telecommunications field have provided new options for the expansion and delivery of communications services to the City of Easton and its residents. The City of Easton, its police, fire and emergency medical services and its residents and visitors rely on wireless communications services for business and personal uses. Therefore, the City of Easton desires to encourage efficient and adequate wireless communication services within the City of Easton while at the same time protecting the public health, safety and welfare. In an effort to facilitate efficient and adequate communications services and protect the interests of its residents, the Easton City Council desires to regulate the construction and the placement of communications towers and antennas.

For more information about requirements for communication facilities, please see § 595-36: Communications facility regulations.

Community Services (D10)

Establishments rendering social services to the public, including welfare institutions, United Way, Red Cross, Salvation Army and similar uses.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Computers and Electronics (F9)

Establishments that manufacture computers, computer peripherals, communications equipment, and similar electronic products, and establishments that manufacture components for such products.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Correctional Facility, Prison or Jail (E8)

A facility for the confinement of a person convicted of a crime and sentenced to incarceration.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Cottage Industry (F10)

An art, crafts or light industrial use, employing a maximum of three employees. The use includes, but is not limited to, carpentry, upholstery, woodworking, pottery, food production, mechanical repair, glassworks or similar uses.

Parking Requirements:

Parking shall be calculated for each use in accordance with § 595-33 Off-street and on-street parking.

Development Requirements:

(a) In the CH, SS and WW Districts, the industry shall be:

[1] Located in a mixed residential/business building where the primary operator of the industry is a permanent occupant; and
[2] Limited to one industry per lot.

(b) A maximum of four employees in addition to any full-time occupant(s) of the building may be employed.
(c) The maximum floor area of the use shall not exceed 2,000 square feet.
(d) The use shall be limited to the first floor of the building and any accessory buildings.
(e) If located within the Street Corridor Enhancement Overlay, a retail component with public access from the street front shall be required. The retail component shall comply with the design standards in § 595-20F.
(f) One sign with a maximum of five square feet shall be permitted.
(g) Parking shall be calculated for each use in accordance with § 595-33 Off-street and on-street parking.
(h) No exterior storage shall be permitted.
(i) Sales of goods on the premises shall be limited to:

[1] Goods made on the premises.
[2] Goods relating to services performed on the premises.

Cultural Activities and Exhibitions (B1)

Establishments such as museums, art galleries, and similar activities of an historical, educational or cultural interest.

Parking Requirements:

1 per 500 square feet gross floor area

Day-Care Center (D11)

A facility which is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare to provide care to a cumulative number of seven or more children during any twenty-four-hour period, where the child-care areas are not used for a family residence.

Parking Requirements:

1 per 400 square feet

Dormitory (A14)

A building that contains rooms or groups of rooms that provide sleeping and living accommodations solely for students enrolled at a college, university or similar institutional facility and members of its faculty or staff, provided that the dormitory is owned or managed by the institution where the students are enrolled or is owned or operated for the interests of and is operated for the benefit of that college or university. The rooms or groups of rooms may include provisions for eating, cooking and sanitation in addition to living and sleeping. Dormitories may have may have a maximum of four nonrelated individuals living in a unit.

Parking Requirements:

1 per 4 residential beds

Eating and Drinking Places (C5)

Includes any restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short order cafe, luncheonette, tavern, sandwich stand, soda fountain, hospital kitchen, dining room or snack bar, school lunchroom or cafeteria or any other place where food, drinks or refreshments are prepared for sale or for service on the premises and any other eating and drinking place where food is served or provided for the public with or without charge. However, this definition does not include private households or private social club.

Parking Requirements:

Restaurants - 1 per 4 seats and 1 space per 2 employees on the shift of greatest employment; Restaurant, fast food - 1 space for every 2 seats, plus 1 space for every 1.2 employees on the shift of greatest employment (Drive thru services has additional requirements.)

Development Requirements:

Food establishments, eating and drinking places, retail specialty establishments shall be located in the CH, SS or WW Districts only as part of a mixed residential/business use.

Educational Services (E1)

Establishments such as preschool, primary schools, secondary schools, postsecondary schools, technical schools, colleges, libraries and related administrative activities, both public and private.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

Educational facilities and religious worship services (in the CH, SS and WW Districts).

(a) Minimum lot size: 30,000 square feet.
(b) Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
(c) Minimum side yard(s): 25 feet.
(d) Minimum rear yard: 50 feet.
(e) Build-to line: shall comply with the average build-to line of the buildings of the two adjoining blocks, with a maximum of 15 feet.
(f) Maximum impervious surface: 50% or higher if allowed in the applicable zoning district.
(g) Access to parking areas shall be taken directly from an arterial or collector street as identified in the City of Easton Comprehensive Plan.
(h) The primary façade of buildings containing educational or religious worship uses shall front the street upon which it is constructed, except if otherwise permitted by special exception.

Extended-Care Facility (E4)

An institution or part of an institution that is licensed or approved to provide health care under medical supervision for 24 or more consecutive hours to two or more patients who are not related to the governing authority or its members by marriage, blood or adoption. This use includes nursing homes and hospices.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

(a) Minimum lot size: 1,000 square feet per patient bed with a minimum lot width of 50 feet.
(b) Maximum impervious surface for WW or INS Districts: 50%; for DD: 100%.
(c) Maximum dwelling units per acre: 20.
(d) Maximum building length: 150 feet.
(e) The principal building(s) shall comply with the required yards and height of the designated zoning district and block class.
(f) No part of any building shall be nearer than 25 feet to any other building or groups of attached buildings, and no portion of the front or rear of any building or groups of attached buildings shall be nearer than 50 feet to the front and rear of another building or groups of attached buildings.
(g) The primary façade of buildings containing extended-care facilities shall front the street upon which it is constructed, except if otherwise permitted by special exception.

Fabricated Metal Industries (G7)

An establishment engaged in the transformation of metal into intermediate or end products, other than machinery, computers and electronics, and metal furniture or treating metals and metal-formed products fabricated elsewhere. Such uses engage in forging, stamping, bending, forming and machining, used to shape individual pieces of metal, and other processes, such as welding and assembling, used to join separate parts together. Fabricated metal industries may use one of these processes or a combination of these processes. An establishment engaged in the processing and storage of metal products for distribution to manufacturers or retailers, not including junkyards.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

A heavy buffer screen shall be placed along all street and river frontage consisting of a six-foot-tall solid fence and evergreen vegetation.

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate (D2)

Establishments, such as, but not limited to, banks, trust companies, credit agencies, investment companies, brokers and dealers of securities and commodities, stock exchange brokers and real estate agents.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Food Establishments (C4)

An establishment with a building footprint less than 4,000 square feet where food or beverage intended for human consumption is kept, stored, dressed, handled, sold or offered for sale with or without charge either at wholesale or retail and not consumed on the premises. This establishment may include the sale of "six packs" of beer or liquor, except when sold as part of an eating and drinking place; however, "food establishment" does not include eating and drinking places, wholesale beer distributors, or retail specialty.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

Food establishments, eating and drinking places, retail specialty establishments shall be located in the CH, SS or WW Districts only as part of a mixed residential/business use.

Food Processing (F2)

An establishment in which food and kindred products are processed or otherwise prepared or packed for distribution to retail establishments.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Freight Depot (H2)

An area or building used as a regular stopping place in a freight carrier line for trucks, trains or airlines, with classifying yards, docks and related facilities.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Furniture and Other Furnishings Manufacture (F3)

An establishment in which furniture, including carpeting and other furnishings, are assembled or otherwise processed for distribution to retail establishments.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

General Bookstore/Coffee Shop (C2)

An establishment primarily engaged in the buying, selling and/or trading of new and/or used books, manuscripts and periodicals of general interest, with an integral coffee shop which has a floor area not to exceed 20% of the use. This use is commonly found in conjunction with a college or university and may include the sale of gifts and apparel.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

General Merchandise (C3)

Retail establishments or places of business engaged in selling or rental of general commodities or goods to the public with a footprint not greater than 4,000 square feet. This use does not include pharmacy, sale of liquor, wholesale or distributor of beer, guns, smoke or vape shops, or other retail specialty establishments.

Parking Requirements:

1 per 400 square feet

Development Requirements:

(a) Zoning application applicants:

[1] Shall provide hours of operation.
[2] Shall provide types of retail goods for sale.
[3] Shall not include drive-in or drive-through facilities.

(b) The primary façade of general merchandise buildings or uses shall front the street upon which it is constructed. In the case of corner lots general merchandise buildings or uses shall have primary façades on each street the building is situated, except in the case of the corner lot being created by an alley or the building is set back from a side street(s) by more than five feet.

Government Services (E2)

Establishments primarily engaged in rendering services under the auspices of a department, commission, independent agency or instrumentality of the federal, state, county or City governments.

Parking Requirements:

1 space per 400 square feet gross floor area

Group Homes (A13)

Public or private dwelling which render supervised care in a residential setting to more than one person with a disability who maintain a common household. Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are excluded and are considered institutional uses.

Parking Requirements:

1 space per employee on shift of greatest employment

Development Requirements:

(a) The use shall be conducted in a detached residential structure containing not less than 1,000 square feet gross floor area plus 100 square feet gross floor area per occupant capacity.
(b) The use shall not be established within 1,000 feet of a similar use.
(c) The use shall be provided with trained supervision 24 hours per day.
(d) No sign shall advertise the use.
(e) The primary façade of group homes shall front the street upon which it is constructed, except if otherwise permitted by special exception.

Hospitals (E3)

Establishments that provide inpatient health services, many of which can only be provided using the specialized facilities and equipment that form a significant and integral part of the production process.

Parking Requirements:

1 per 3 beds; Plus 1 per 3 employees.

Hotel/Motel (D8)

Facilities offering overnight lodging accommodations to the general public and providing additional services such as restaurants, meeting rooms and recreation facilities which are not necessarily restricted to lodging guest use.

Parking Requirements:

1 per guest bedroom. Plus spaces required for restaurants, etc.

Husbandry (F11)

All ecosystems modified or created specifically to grow or raise biological products for consumption or use. Such as the breeding, cultivation and production of crops or animals. This includes cropland, pasture, orchards, groves, vineyards, nurseries, ornamental horticultural area, and confined feeding areas.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

(a) Five acres or more are required for an animal husbandry use.
(b) Any farm animals on these properties shall be confined so they are not roaming on other neighboring properties.

Indoor Shooting Range (B8)

A facility designed and operated for the use of archery or firearms for the purpose of practice shooting.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

This use is only permitted in the AR, DD, INS-1, INS-2, SS, and WW districts when the use is part of a police facility.

(a) Shall only be permitted to operate between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
(b) Noise from this use shall not create a sound so as to cause a noise disturbance across a real property boundary or on a public right-of-way.
(c) No shooting range shall create a nuisance that interferes with other's rights to safety and enjoyment of their own property.
(d) Alcohol and controlled substances shall not be permitted at the facility.
(e) The design of a shooting range shall comply with all applicable laws and standards, and shall receive the approval of the Zoning Administrator, Building Official, and Chief of Police.
(f) No shooting range property boundary shall be within 1,000 feet of another shooting range property boundary.
(g) Indoor shooting ranges shall be designed so projectiles cannot penetrate the walls, floor, or ceiling, and ricochets or back splatter cannot harm range users.
(h) Indoor shooting ranges shall be designed that noise does not transmit through the walls, floor or ceiling of the shooting range.

Information and Data Processing (D1)

Establishments such as, but not limited to, software publishing, the motion-picture and sound-recording industries; the broadcasting industries; telecommunications industries; Internet service providers and web search portals; data processing industries; and the information services industries. Information and data processing use shall not include Internet-based operations where goods are kept, stored, handled, sold or offered for sale or transfer with or without charge either at wholesale or retail (e.g., World Wide Web auctioneers).

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Kennel (D16)

Any place used for breeding, boarding, or keeping of dogs and/or cats over the age of four months.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

(a) Kennels are permitted only in the AR (Adaptive Reuse) District.
(b) Kennels must be located 500 feet from the lot line of any property zoned or used for residential purposes.
(c) Kennels must be soundproofed so no dogs or cats can be heard off of the property.
(d) No kennel shall be located in a front yard.

Large Accessory Structure (I4)

A structure or other feature detached from and on the same lot as the principal use to which it is customarily incidental and subordinate, such as vehicle and storage garages.

Development Requirements:

These structures shall not have a height greater than 10 feet less than the height of the principal use or 25 feet in height, whichever is lower, and shall not exceed 30% of the gross floor area of the principal use.

Large Family Day-Care Home (I11)

An accessory home occupation operated for-profit or not-for-profit in which child day care is provided on a regular basis to no more than six children who are not relatives of the caregiver during any twenty-four-hour period.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

(a) Such use shall be conducted in a single-family dwelling only.
(b) No sign shall be displayed advertising the use.
(c) A state registration to conduct such activity shall be obtained.
(d) No structural or decorative modifications that may alter the exterior residential character of the building or neighborhood shall be permitted.
(e) Outdoor play areas shall be fenced or otherwise enclosed.
(f) Any outdoor activity or play equipment must be set back at least four feet from any property line.
(g) Two additional off-street parking spaces shall be provided.

Liquid Fuels (C9)

Establishments or places of business offering for sale oil, gas, kerosene, propane and other similar fuels on a retail or wholesale basis.

Parking Requirements:

1 space for every 250 square feet of gross floor area plus 2 spaces for each fuel pump plus parking required for any retail store space plus 1 space for each employee on the shift of greatest employment

Lumber and Wood Products (F7)

An establishment in which lumber and wood products, except furniture, are processed for sale to retailers and the public.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Manufactured Home Park (A16)

Any site, lot, field or tract of land, privately or publicly owned or operated, upon which two or more mobile homes, used for living, eating or sleeping quarters by persons not related to the proprietor or his agent, are or are intended to be located, whether operated for or without compensation by whatsoever name or title they are colloquially or commercially termed.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Development Requirements:

(a) No person shall construct, maintain, operate or alter any manufactured home park within the City limits unless he holds a valid operating permit issued annually by the Board in the name of such person for the specific manufactured home park. All permits expire April 1 following their issuance. Application for renewal shall be made prior to March 15 of each year for a further period of 12 months.
(b) Any change in the site requires submission of plan to the Planning and Codes Department.
(c) An annual inspection fee will be charged to each manufactured home park according to the schedule as specified in Chapter 285, Fees.
(d) All manufactured home parks within the limits of the City shall be subject to Pennsylvania Code, as amended, except for the following which will be governed by applicable City regulations:

[1] All water used in the operation of a manufactured home park.
[2] All structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and energy regulations.
[3] Whenever food service is provided.
[4] Measures for the control of vermin and vectors.

Medical Services (D15)

Establishments that provide outpatient health services, primarily engaged in the field of dentistry, medicine, imaging, psychiatry, and psychology.

Parking Requirements:

The parking requirements for this use are not specifically stated in the code. Per § 595-33, standards for the most similar land use will be used.

Mixed Residential/Business (A12)

A structure containing both dwelling-unit and commercial components as principal uses. No such building or structure shall contain a residential component at or below the grade level and/or first level. Each dwelling unit shall be occupied by a single housekeeping unit. This use shall not include a mixed-use/dormitory.

Parking Requirements:

1 per dwelling unit + business

Development Requirements:

(a) No nonresidential use shall be located on a floor above any residential use.
(b) The primary façade of mixed residential/business buildings shall front the street upon which it is constructed. In the case of corner lots, mixed residential/business buildings shall have primary façades on each street the building is situated, except in the case of the corner lot being created by an alley or the building is set back from the side street(s) by more than five feet.
(c) Minimum residential dwelling unit size: 450 square feet.

Mixed Use Parking Structure (H5)

A structure containing a parking structure [as defined in Subsection A(8)(d), use H4], and a commercial component open to the public at grade level, as otherwise permitted by right or special exception within the district, as principal uses.

Development Requirements:

(a) Mixed use parking structures shall incorporate usable commercial space for retail, office or similar uses into its design when such structure is proposed on a lot containing frontage on a public street other than a twenty-foot-wide alley. The commercial space shall be permitted by right or as a special exception within the zoning district.
(b) The commercial area of a parking structure shall, except for incidental access drives, occupy the facade area abutting each street of the first floor for the entire length of the structure and shall provide direct pedestrian access from the sidewalk into the commercial area.

For more information, please refer to § 595-33: Off-street and on-street parking.

Mixed-Use/Dormitory (A15)

A structure containing a dormitory [as defined in use Subsection A(1)(n)] and commercial and/or service components open to the public at or below grade level, as otherwise permitted by right or special exception within the district, as principal uses.

Parking Requirements:

1 per 4 residential beds + business

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