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Timestamp: 2019-11-19 02:28:53
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400', '§ 400']

Township of Aleppo, PA Performance Standards
Ch 400 Art VI Performance Standards
§ 400-30 Applicability.
§ 400-31 Environmental performance standards.
§ 400-32 Buffer yards.
§ 400-33 Odor control.
§ 400-34 Storage and waste disposal.
§ 400-35 Smoke.
§ 400-36 Dust, fumes, vapors and gases.
§ 400-37 Glare.
§ 400-38 Vibrations.
§ 400-39 Discharges into sewer system.
§ 400-40 Heat, cold, dampness or movement of air.
§ 400-41 Noise restrictions.
§ 400-42 Radioactive emissions; electrical disturbances.
§ 400-43 Maintenance of yards.
§ 400-44 Vehicle and equipment maintenance.
Article VI Performance Standards
All uses in all districts shall be subject to the following standards of operation.
The developer and/or landowner shall determine the presence of environmental or natural features on any site proposed for land development. Any land development not within the Natural Resource Protection Overlay as shown on the Township's Official Zoning Map[1] or land development on one single-family lot or a subdivision in which only one additional lot is created within the Natural Resource Protection Overlay shall meet the requirements of this section. Any other subdivision of land or land development within the Natural Resource Protection Overlay as shown on the Township's Official Zoning Map shall meet the requirements set forth in §§ 400-27, Natural Resource Protection Overlay, and 400-28, Cluster lot development. Site alterations, regrading, filling or clearing of vegetation prior to approval of the plans for development shall be a violation of this article.
Floodplains. All such lands shall remain as permanent open space, except that roads may cross the floodplain where design approval is obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Steep slopes. In areas of steep slopes, i.e., those above 25%, the following standards shall apply:
No more than 50% of such areas shall be developed and/or regraded or stripped of vegetation.
A geotechnical report shall be submitted with the earth disturbance plan, which report shall document load-bearing capacities, soil stability and interim and long-range erosion and sedimentation control measures.
All grading activities shall conform to the provisions of Article IV, Design Standards, of Chapter 350, Subdivision and Land Development.
Forest. No more than 50% of any forest, as defined, shall be cleared or developed. Where planted buffer yards are required, existing vegetation, including forested areas, may be considered as the requisite planting and shall be excluded from those areas identified as forests.
Ponds, watercourses or wetlands. These areas shall be left as permanent open space. No development, filling, piping or diverting shall be permitted except for required roads, except upon the approval of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Stormwater drainage and management. Stormwater drainage and management plans shall be developed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 350, Subdivision and Land Development.
Soil erosion and sedimentation. All developments shall protect streams and ponds from sedimentation damage and control erosion, in accordance with the Clean Streams Law, P.L. 1987,[2] 25 Pa. Code Chapter 102, and the current publication of the "Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Manual," Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, or its approved equivalent. All required permits for discharge of stormwater shall be obtained prior to the commencement of grading activities.
Buffer yards. Buffer yards are required for all new mobile home parks, hospitals, nursing homes, continuing care retirement communities and commercial districts on sites abutting any residential use or district. Said buffer yard shall be provided by the developer or applicant of the subject parcel during the initial phase of construction.
The buffer yard shall be measured from the district boundary line or from the nearest property line.
The buffer yard may be coterminous with the required side or rear yards, and in case of conflict, the larger yard requirements shall apply.
Buffer yard location and width. Buffer yard widths may be averaged, where physical constraints prevent the provision of the standard width, with the narrowest portion of the yard being 70% of the minimum established width.
Table 3: Buffer Yards
Subject Use
Not required; installation at applicant's discretion.
No structure or manufacturing or processing activity or storage of materials shall be permitted in the buffer yard.
All buffer yards shall include a dense screen planting of trees, shrubs or other plant materials, or both, to the full length of the lot line to serve as a barrier to visibility, airborne particles and glare. Such screen planting shall be in accordance with the following requirements:
All buffer yards shall be planted with shrub and tree plantings and/or installed with walls/fencing as permitted by this chapter in a pattern that creates no less than 20% transparency, unless otherwise specified by this chapter. Plant materials used in buffer yards shall be at least three feet in height when planted, shall be planted no more than three feet apart, and be of such species as will produce within three years a complete year-round visual screen of at least six feet in height. Trees that are used in the planting of a buffer yard and elsewhere on the lot shall be in accordance with Township standards. In addition, grass or ground cover shall be planted on the ground surface of the buffer yard. Buffer yards shall be maintained and kept free of all debris and rubbish.
The screen planting shall be so placed that, at maturity, it will not overhang any street or property line.
In accordance with the provisions of § 400-19, a clear sight triangle shall be maintained at all street intersections and at all points where private accessways intersect public streets.
The screen planting shall be broken only at points of vehicular or pedestrian access.
Buffer width and planting material shall be laid out to respect existing or proposed off-site uses. The minimum width may be used where compatible single-family uses adjoin or where the property abuts nonbuildable land. The object of the planting shall be defined in the plan as visual screening or to prevent access to hazardous areas.
Where hazardous conditions exist, hedgerow planting shall be provided to make access difficult.
Where the buffer yard width is less than the required building setback, self-maintaining ground cover or grass shall be planted to the edge of the buffer yard.
A planted visual barrier or landscape screen shall be provided and maintained on any property in a commercial, industrial or special district which is contiguous to any residential district, except where natural or physical barriers exist which are deemed adequate by the Planning Commission, and except where such contiguity has resulted from an amendment to the zoning district boundaries after the passage of this provision. This screen shall be composed of plants and evergreen trees arranged to form both a low-level and a high-level screen. The high-level screen shall consist of evergreen trees planted to a height of six or more feet and planted at intervals no greater than 10 feet. The low-level screen shall consist of shrubs or hedges planted at an initial height of not less than two feet and spaced at intervals of not more than five feet. A low-level screen shall be placed in alternating rows to produce a more effective barrier.
Any part or portion of the site which is not used for building, other structures, loading or parking spaces and aisles, sidewalks and designated storage areas shall be planted and maintained with an all-season ground cover and shall be landscaped with trees and shrubs in accordance with an overall landscape plan and shall be in keeping with natural surroundings. Any off-street parking area with five or more spaces shall retain at least 5% of the total parking area for landscaping and shall be graded for proper drainage and paved, or at least one shade tree of at least two-inch caliper shall be provided per five parking spaces, or portions thereof, within the parking area, the grouping or spacing of which shall be reviewed as part of the landscape plan.
Any off-street parking area located in a required front yard shall be set back at least five feet from the road right-of-way, with the area between the right-of-way and parking maintained with mulch, gravel or other appropriate ground cover and landscaped with trees, shrubs or boulders and in accordance with the landscape plan. In lieu of landscaping the above five feet, the applicant may elect to similarly landscape only that area between the road shoulder or berm and the right-of-way line.
Those standards for the control of odorous emissions established by the Allegheny County Department of Health shall be applied in all zoning districts. Where an odor is deemed offensive, a duly authorized Township representative shall refer the matter to the County Health Department.
No highly flammable, explosive or toxic liquids, solids or gases shall be stored, except as certified by the Allegheny County Fire Marshal and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
All outdoor storage facilities for fuel, raw materials and products, and all fuel, raw materials and products stored outdoors, shall be enclosed by an approved safety fence.
Any article or material stored outside an enclosed building as an incidental part of the primary commercial or industrial operation shall be so screened by opaque ornamental fencing, walls or evergreen planting that it cannot be seen when viewed by a person standing on ground level during any season of the year. All organic rubbish or storage shall be contained in airtight, verminproof containers, which shall also be screened from public view.
No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a lot in such form or manner that they may be transported off the lot by natural causes or forces; nor shall any substance which can contaminate wells, watercourses, or potable water supplies otherwise render such wells, watercourses, or potable water supplies undesirable as sources of water supply or recreation; nor shall any substance which will destroy aquatic life be allowed to enter any wells, watercourses, or potable water supplies.
Any materials or wastes which might cause fumes or dust or which constitute a fire hazard or which may be edible or otherwise attractive to rodents or insects shall be stored outdoors only if enclosed in containers adequate to eliminate such hazards.
All nonconforming storage and waste disposal uses must be brought into conformity with this article within three years of the adoption of this chapter.
No emission at any point from any chimney or otherwise of visible smoke in excess of that permitted by the air pollution control regulations of Allegheny County and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection shall be permitted.
The emission of dust, dirt, fly ash, fumes, vapors or gases which can cause any damage to human health, to animals, to vegetation, or to property or which can cause any soiling or staining of persons or property at any point beyond the lot line of the use creating the emission is herewith prohibited as per the air pollution control regulations of Allegheny County and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
No use shall produce a strong, dazzling light or a reflection of a strong, dazzling light beyond its lot lines or onto any public road. Manufacturer's catalog cut sheets shall be provided as part of any application.
No use shall cause earth vibrations or concussions detectable beyond its lot lines without the aid of instruments, with the exception of vibration produced as a result of temporary construction activity.
No discharge at any point into any private sewage disposal system or stream or into the ground of any materials in such a way or in such nature or temperature as can contaminate any water supply or otherwise cause the emission of dangerous or objectionable elements or the accumulation of solid wastes conducive to the breeding of rodents or insects is permitted as per Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection regulations for solid waste disposal.
Noise shall be limited to the following:
Daytime, 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.: 10 dB(C).
Nighttime, 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.: 5 dB(C).
Noise measurement. An officer responding to a complaint shall measure the noise at a centralized location in the complainant's unit corresponding to the noise source located on the offending premises.
No activities which emit dangerous radioactivity at any point are permitted, and no electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance shall be permitted.
The owner or lessee of the property, whether occupied or vacant, located within or adjacent to any developed area shall maintain such premises so that:
Weeds shall be cut prior to their growing to such height as they will go to seed.
All portions of the property shall be kept free of junk, debris, disabled motor vehicles, and dangerous, objectionable or noxious matter.
In industrial and commercial areas, all vehicles and movable equipment maintenance and repair done on the property must be performed within an enclosed building.