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City of Easton, PA Use Regulations
Code Board of Appeal
Human Relations Commission; Discrimination
Map, Official City Street
Horse Stables; Rental and Carriage Horses
Massage, Reflexology and Spa Establishments
Police Services Cost Recovery
Property Maintenance and Housing Standards
Tattooing, Body Piercing and Body Art
Vehicles, Seizure of
Ch 595 Pt 2 Art IX
§ 595-36
Use definitions.
§ 595-37
Use or occupancy to conform to zoning provisions.
§ 595-38
§ 595-39
§ 595-40
Prohibited activities and uses.
§ 595-41
§ 595-42
Table of Uses by Zoning District.
Zoning Uses, Districts and Regulations
Article IX Use Regulations
(1) A1 Single-Family Detached. A structure having open
space on all four sides, containing one dwelling unit.
(2) A2 Single-Family Semidetached. A single-family dwelling
attached to another single-family dwelling by a common vertical wall,
with each dwelling located on a separate lot and having open space
(3) A3 Single-Family Attached. A one-family dwelling in
a row of at least three such units in which each unit has its own
front and rear access, no unit is located over another, and each unit
is separated from any other unit by one or more vertical common walls.
A row of single-family attached units will have two end units that
have open space on three sides (e.g., townhouse, row home).
(4) A4 Two-Family Detached. A building on a single lot
containing two dwelling units, each of which is totally separated
from the other by an unpierced wall extending from exterior wall to
exterior wall and having open space on all four sides (e.g., duplex).
(5) A5 Two-Family Semidetached. A two-family dwelling
attached to another dwelling by a common vertical wall, with each
dwelling located on a separate lot and having open space on three
(6) A6 Two-Family Attached. A residential structure on
a single lot containing two dwelling units, one over the other, in
a row of at least three dwellings, with open space on two sides, and
an unpierced party wall in common, with adjoining dwellings on separate
lots on either side.
(7) A7 Multifamily. A residential structure containing
more than two but less than five dwelling units, each totally separate
from the others by an unpierced wall, ceiling or floor. Multifamily
structures shall not contain more than two stories.
(8) A8 Residential Lowrise. One or more multifamily structures,
containing a maximum of two stories, and including related amenities
(e.g., common open space). Garden apartment type development shall
be included in this definition.
(9) A9 Residential Midrise. A residential structure containing
three to five stories and five or more dwelling units, including related
(10) A10 Residential Highrise. A residential structure
containing a minimum of six stories and including related amenities.
(11) A11 Rooming House. A structure in which lodging
is provided by the operator to no more than three persons. No individual
rental room shall have independent outside access nor separate cooking
and/or separate bathroom facilities.
(12) A12. Mixed Residential/Business. A structure
containing both residential 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.[Amended 9-24-2008 by Ord. No. 5120]
(13) A13 Group Homes. Public or private facilities
which render supervised care in a residential setting to persons with
functional handicaps who maintain a common household. Nursing homes
and other long-term care facilities are excluded and are considered
(14) A14 Dormitory. 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 by an entity that was formed to promote 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.[Amended 4-26-2017 by Ord. No. 5590]
(15) A15 Mixed-Use/Dormitory. A structure containing dormitory [as defined in Subsection A(14) above] and commercial and/or service components as otherwise permitted by right or special exception within the district, as principal uses. No such building or structure shall contain a dormitory component at or below the grade level and/or first level.[Added 4-26-2017 by Ord.
No. 5590]
B. Arts, entertainment and recreational uses.
(1) B1 Cultural Activities and Exhibitions. Establishments
such as museums, art galleries, zoos and similar activities of an
historical, educational or cultural interest.
(2) B2 Amusements. 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 hall, theatrical
productions, cinemas, musical entertainment, billiard halls, health
and fitness clubs, and sports arenas.
(3) B3 Parks. Tracts of land designated and used by the
public for active and passive recreation.
(4) B4 Private Social Club. Organizations catering exclusively
to members and their guests, providing noncommercial recreation, athletic
or social functions. A private social club shall also include a place
where food, drinks or refreshments are prepared for sale or for service
on the premises exclusively to members with or without charge.
(5) B5 Adult Entertainment. 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
C. Retail uses.
(1) C1 Shopping Gallery. A group of at least three commercial
establishments planned, constructed and managed as a total entity
under a single roof sharing a common main entrance.
(2) C2 Hardware. Establishments or places of business
primarily engaged in selling fittings, cutlery, tools, utensils and
(3) C3 General Merchandise. Nonspecialty establishments
or places of business engaged in selling general commodities or goods
to the public (e.g., department stores, warehouse and supercenters).
This use includes any food establishment with a building footprint
5,000 square feet or greater and all wholesale beer distributors.
(4) C4 Food Establishments. An establishment with a building
footprint less than 5,000 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 definition shall 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 or wholesale beer distributors.
(5) C5 Eating and Drinking Places. 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.
(6) C6 Retail Specialty Establishments. A retail store
specializing in a specific item or commodity such as jewelry, drugs,
appliances, cameras and newspapers.
(7) C7 Furniture and Other Furnishings. Establishments
or places of business primarily engaged in selling furniture, including
carpeting and other furnishings, to the general public.
(8) C8 Wholesale Trade. Establishments or places of business
primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers, commercial,
industrial, institutional or professional business users but not to
consumers or the public in general.
(9) C9 Motor Vehicle Sales. The use of any building, land
area or other premises for the display, sale and incidental service
of new or used automobiles, motorcycles, trucks or recreational vehicles.
(10) C10 Automotive Parts and Accessories. Establishments
or places of business offering for sale and/or installation on the
premises automotive parts and accessories, including repair garages.
(11) C11 Liquid Fuels. Establishments or places of
business offering for sale oil, gas, kerosene, propane and other similar
fuels on a retail or wholesale basis.
D. Service uses.
(1) D1 Information and Data Processing. 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).
(2) D2 Finance, Insurance, Real Estate. 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.
(3) D3 Personal Services. Establishments primarily engaged
in providing services involving the care of a person or his or her
apparel, including, but not limited to, laundry, cleaning and garment
services, garment pressing, linen supply, diaper service, coin-operated
laundries, dry cleaning shops, carpet and upholstery cleaning, hair,
skin and/or nail care shops, spas, weight reduction salons, health
and gym clubs, massage and acupuncture parlors, shoe repairs, hat
cleaning, funeral services, clothing rental, locker rental and porter
(4) D4 Business Services. 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
(5) D5 Repair Services. Establishments primarily engaged
in rendering services for the repair or maintenance of appliances,
watches, guns, bicycles, locks, small business machines, electronic
and precision equipment.
(6) D6 Professional Services. Establishments primarily
engaged in rendering services in the field of architecture, engineering,
surveying, dentistry, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, law, art,
literature, music, travel and photography.
(7) D7 Administrative Offices. 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.[Amended 9-24-2008 by Ord. No. 5120]
(8) D8 Hotel/Motel. 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.
(9) D9 Bed-and-Breakfast. 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.
(10) D10 Community Services. Establishments rendering
social services to the public, including welfare institutions, United
Way, Red Cross, Salvation Army and similar uses.
(11) D11 Day-Care Center. 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.
(12) D12 Check-Cashing Facility. 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.[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 5210]
(13) D13 Pawnshop. Any establishment in which is carried on the business
of pawn brokerage, or the business of loaning money for the broker
or for another person, receiving as security for payment thereof pawns
or pledges of property, or the business of purchasing personal property
and reselling or agreeing to resell, trade or exchange the article
to vendors, their personal representatives or their assignees at a
price agreed upon at or before the time of purchase, whether the business
be the principal or sole business so carried on or be merely incidental
to, in connection with or a branch or a department of some other business.[Added 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 5210]
(1) E1 Educational Services. Establishments such as preschool,
primary schools, secondary schools, postsecondary schools, technical
schools, colleges, libraries and related administrative activities,
(2) E2 Government Services. 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.
(3) E3 Hospitals. 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
(4) E4 Extended-Care Facility. 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
(5) E5 Religious Worship Services. Structures or places
in which worship, ceremonialized rituals to a particular system of
religious beliefs are held, including churches, temples, synagogues,
shrines and burial places.
(6) E6 Residential Treatment Facility. A facility whose
primary function is to temporarily house individuals for the purpose
of receiving medical, psychological or social treatment and/or counseling.
This shall only apply to those groupings covered as protective classes
(7) E7 Rehabilitation Facility. A facility which provides
treatment and rehabilitation services, which may include room and
board, personal care, and intensive supervision and casework, or one
which houses individuals, whether adult or juvenile, receiving therapy
and counseling under the supervision and constraints of alternatives
to imprisonment, but not limited to pre-release, work release, restitution
or probationary programs.
F. Light industrial.
(1) F1 Trade Contractors. An establishment in which the
primary activity of the proprietor is performing specific activities
involved in building construction or other activities that are similar
for all types of construction.
(2) F2 Food Processing. An establishment in which food
and kindred products are processed or otherwise prepared or packed
for distribution to retail establishments.
(3) F3 Furniture and Other Furnishings Manufacture. An
establishment in which furniture, including carpeting and other furnishings,
are assembled or otherwise processed for distribution to retail establishments.
(4) F4 Publishing. An establishment engaged in the art,
practice or business of producing books, magazines, newspapers and
other printed material for distribution to retail establishments.
(5) F5 Textile Mill Products. An establishment in which
filament or yarn used in making cloth is prepared for distribution
to finishing establishments.
(6) F6 Apparel, Finished Products. An establishment in
which cloth, leather and kindred materials are assembled and otherwise
processed for distribution to retail establishments.
(7) F7 Lumber and Wood Products. An establishment in which
lumber and wood products, except furniture, are processed for sale
to retailers and the public.
(8) F8 Warehouse and Storage. Structures or other facilities
used primarily for the storage of goods and materials, whether public
(9) F9 Computers and Electronics. Establishments that
manufacture computers, computer peripherals, communications equipment,
and similar electronic products, and establishments that manufacture
components for such products.
(10) F10 Cottage Industry. 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.
G. Heavy manufacturing and industrial uses.
(1) G1 Outdoor Storage Area. An area, in excess of 200
square feet and not contained within a building, on which materials
and objects are stored but not processed, manufactured, remanufactured
or abandoned. Such use is not open to the public, and materials and
objects are not available for sale, whether retail or wholesale.
(2) G2 Chemical Industries. Limited to research and development
laboratory, similar experimental testing or scientific establishment.
(3) G3 Petroleum Industries. Limited to research and development
laboratory or similar experimental testing or scientific establishment.
(4) G4 Plastics and Rubber Industries. Limited to research
and development laboratory or similar experimental testing or scientific
(5) G5 Stone, Clay and Glass Industries. An establishment
engaged in the production of glass and the processing or storage of
stone, clay or glass products, not including art, for the distribution
or sale to other manufacturers, retailers and the public.
(6) G6 Primary Metal Industries. An establishment engaged
in the production of primary metal products such as iron, steel, aluminum,
etc. for distribution to fabricators or retailers.
(7) G7 Fabricated Metal Industries. 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.
(8) G8 Recycling Collection Facility. A center for the
acceptance, by donation, redemption or purchase, of recyclable materials
from the public. Such a facility does not use power-driven equipment,
except for compacting.
(9) G9 Recycling Processing Facility. An establishment,
entirely contained in a building and in excess of 200 square feet,
used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials including
the preparation of material for efficient shipment or to the end-user's
specifications by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening,
grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning and remanufacturing.
Such a facility uses power-driven processing equipment but is not
engaged in metal fabrication.
(10) G10 Salvage Yard. An establishment, not entirely
contained within a building and in excess of 200 square feet, for
the controlled storage and processing of reusable materials including
grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding and cleaning. Such
establishment is not engaged in the dismantling, demolition or abandonment
of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery or parts thereof, nor
manufacturing of end products or metal fabrication. A salvage yard
uses power-driven processing equipment.
(11) G11 Solid Waste Disposal Facility. A sanitary
landfill, an incinerator, a composting facility, a garbage grinding
facility, or any other facility that is suitable for solid waste disposal
and is constructed and approved in accordance with the requirements
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Such facilities collect solid
waste, including all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid
wastes, except human excreta, but including garbage rubbish, ashes,
street cleanings, dead animals, offal, and solid commercial, industrial
and institutional wastes. Such facility does not engage in manufacturing,
remanufacturing or fabrication, nor collect or store broken or nonoperable
vehicles, machinery or parts thereof. Such use shall not engage solely
in collection or processing of recyclable materials.
H. Transportation, communications facility, and utility
(1) H1 Passenger Depot. A regular stopping place in a
passenger transportation route, including a bus station, taxi or limo
stand, train station and airport or heliport.
(2) H2 Freight Depot. 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.
(3) H3 Parking Lot/Structure. Any public or private land
area or structure designed and used for parking motor vehicles.
(4) H4 Utility Services. Establishments engaged in the
generation, transmission and/or distribution of electricity, gas,
steam or water; also included are water and wastewater treatment facilities.
(5) H5 Communications Facilities. A group or single communications antenna, communications equipment building, and/or communications tower, as defined and regulated in Part 6 of this chapter.
I. Accessory uses.
(1) I1 Accessory Amusements. 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.
(2) I2 Accessory Offices. 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.
(3) I3 Accessory Structure. 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 a principal permitted
use, such as garages, sheds, fencing, walls, basketball courts, pavements,
and other stationary man-made objects.
(4) I4 Temporary Structure. A structure without a foundation
or footing necessary during construction or other special circumstances
of a nonrecurring nature and which is completely removed upon completion
of the project/event or within a period of no more than six months.
Included are truck trailers, mobile offices and tents.
(5) I5 Accessory Storage. 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.
(6) I6 Accessory Parking Area. 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.
(7) I7 Accessory Swimming Pool. 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.
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.
(8) I8 Accessory Religious Shelter. A temporary homeless shelter and operated under the supervision of an established religious group. 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 Fire and Building Codes and ordinances and specifically complying with Chapter 444, Public Health Standards, Article X, and Chapter 435, Property Maintenance and Housing Standards, Article II. 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.
(9) I9 Small Family Day-Care Home. 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 three children, who are not relatives
of the caregiver, during any twenty-four-hour period.
(10) I10 Large Family Day-Care Home. 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
I11 Accessory Home Business. (See no-impact
home-based business below.)
(11) I11 No-Impact Home-Based business. A business
or commercial activity administered or conducted as an accessory use
which is clearly secondary to the use as a residential dwelling and
which involves no customer, client or patient traffic, whether vehicular
or pedestrian, pickup, delivery or removal functions, to or from the
premises in excess of those normally associated with residential use.
(a) The business activity shall be compatible with
the residential use of the property and surrounding residential uses.
(b) The business shall employ no employees other
than family members residing in the dwelling.
(c) There shall be no display or sale of retail
goods and no stockpiling or inventory of a substantial nature.
(d) There shall be no outside appearance of a business
use, including, but not limited to, parking, signs or lights.
(e) The business activity may not use any equipment
or process which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, colors or
electrical or electronic interference, including interference with
radio or television reception, which is detectable in the neighborhood.
(f) The business activity may not generate any solid
waste or sewerage discharge, in volume or type, which is not normally
associated with residential use in the neighborhood.
(g) The business activity shall be conducted only
within the dwelling and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable
(h) The business may not involve any illegal activity.
(12) Nonresidential solar energy system. A solar energy system that
is an accessory use to lawful nonresidential use in any zoning district
and mounted on the principal building on the lot.[Added 1-23-2013 by Ord. No. 5388]
(13) Residential solar energy system. A solar energy system that
is an accessory use to a lawful residential use in any zoning district
J. Forestry.
(1) J1 Timber Activities. The management, maintenance, cultivation and harvesting of timber outside of the public right-of-way from a site of 1/4 acre or more or a linear extent in any direction greater than 200 feet. The production or processing of lumber shall be considered an industrial use and is not included in this definition. Trees regulated by Chapter 554, Shade Trees, shall not fall under this definition.
(2) J2 Timber Harvesting Operation. The uprooting or removal
of five or more trees per acre of six-inch caliper or greater from
any lot or tract which has a gross area prior to any subdivision or
land development of more than one acre and which is undertaken in
compliance with an approved timber harvesting plan. "Forestry," as
defined by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S.
§ 10101 et seq., as amended, shall also be considered a
tree harvesting operation and shall require the submittal and approval
of a timber harvesting plan. (See also "selective cutting.")
K. Advertising.[Added 4-11-2012 by Ord. No. 5352]
Advertising. The use of off-premises signage.
Except as provided by law or in this chapter, no building, structure or land shall be used or occupied except for the purposes permitted in each district and further subject to Part 3, Zoning General Regulations.
A use permitted by right in § 595-42 is permitted in any district denoted by the letter "P," subject to such requirements as may be specified in Part 2, Zoning Uses, Districts and Regulations.
A use listed in § 595-42 may be permitted as a special exception in any district denoted by the letters "SE," provided the Zoning Hearing Board authorizes the issuance of a zoning permit by the Zoning Administrator, subject to the requirements of Part 2, Zoning Uses, Districts and Regulations, § 595-251, Special exceptions, and such further restrictions as the Zoning Hearing Board may establish.
A. Given the predominantly residential character of the
City of Easton, its unique natural setting and its intent to preserve
and enhance the quality of its air, land and water, certain uses and
activities are hereby recognized and generally known to give off noxious
odors, disturb the tranquility of a large area by making loud noises,
have the obvious potential of poisoning the air or the water of the
area, or similarly have clearly deleterious effects upon the general
public, or are otherwise detrimental to the general health and welfare
of the public. Such uses are specifically prohibited from all areas
of the City and shall include:
(1) The use of fire, explosives or other chemical reactions
to alter, grade or otherwise reshape the natural landform of the City.
(2) Any use which will cause public hazard whether by
fire, explosion or by the use of processes involving explosives, poisons,
dangerous chemicals, or other substances and any use clearly noxious
or offensive by reasons of dust, odor, smoke, gas, vibration or noise.
(3) Dumps or junkyards.
(4) Open air retail sales and vending activities except
as specifically authorized on Centre Square or during periods of community
bazaars and similar events authorized by Council.
(5) Any use involving activities which constitute violation
of the Act of 1977, November 5, P.L. 221, No. 68, § 1 et
seq., as amended (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5903), relating to display,
sale, vending, distribution or exhibiting of obscene and other sexual
material. The term "obscene" as used in this subsection shall be defined
in the same manner as set forth in the aforesaid statute.
(6) Any unscreened or unbuffered outdoor storage area.
(7) Habitation in accessory buildings.
(8) Flammable liquid storage of any kind except where
permitted and controlled under Retail Use C11, Liquid Fuels, and for
normal storage of home or business heating fuel oil necessary for
the site on which it is located and not for resale or redistribution.
(9) Other similar uses as mentioned above.
(10) Any activities or uses otherwise prohibited
Uses permitted by right or as special exceptions
shall, in addition to meeting the provisions of this chapter, conform
with all applicable laws, ordinances, regulations or statutes of the
City, state and federal governments which regulate such uses.
The Table of Uses by Zoning District is intended
only as a summary of the uses governed by the Zoning Ordinance. When
there is a conflict between the table and text of this chapter, the
text of this chapter shall control.[1]
Editor's Note: The Table of Uses by Zoning
District is included at the end of this chapter.