Township of Upper Chichester

Accessory structure

A structure detached from a principal building on the same lot and incidental and subordinate to the principal building or use.

This is permitted as an accessory use, see procedures below for more information.

Development Requirements:

For more information, see § 600-159: Accessory structures.

Active recreation area

An open space site developed specifically for leisure activities, usually performed with others, often requiring equipment and taking place on prescribed fields or courts. The area can include indoor gymnasium facilities as well. The term "active recreation" refers to those recreational pursuits which require physical alteration to the area where they are performed. Such areas include, but are not limited to, baseball fields, basketball courts or play areas, soccer fields, swimming pools, golf courses, playgrounds, ball courts, and roller hockey rinks.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-189: General dimensional standards where specific standards unprovided for more information.

Adult Day-Care

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

Adult day-care centers (ADC) shall be permitted as a conditional use in the C-1 and C-2 and I-C Districts.

A. There shall be a distance of not less than 500 feet between adult, group or intermediate day-care facilities located in residential districts.
B. Each adult day-care center shall contain not less than 50 square feet of indoor floor area per client.
C. There shall be an area designated for the discharge and pickup of clients which shall be free of hazards and which shall not interfere with street traffic.
D. There shall be a planted buffer no less than five feet high along rear and side property lines adjacent to a residential district or use.
E. Any alterations or additions to the exterior of an ADC shall be compatible with the existing structures and in keeping with the character of the neighborhood. Upon the closing of the facility, all safety required modifications shall be removed.
F. Each facility shall be licensed and approved in accordance with the Pennsylvania Public Welfare Code and shall comply with the applicable regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and with those of any other applicable agency.

Adult entertainment

Activities, publications, movies, videotapes and/or live or televised performances which have as their dominant theme or themes explicit sexual activities and/or the exhibition of human anatomy which is not normally seen in public or in other commercial or club-type operations and which may or may not exclude minors by virtue of age. Implicit in this definition are the following: bookstores, movie theaters, restaurants, bars and other operations which qualify inclusion by virtue of the above wording regardless of the type of other use or operations which may also be conducted on or in the property or properties involved.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

Adult entertainment uses shall be permitted as a conditional use in the C-2 and I-C Districts.
A. No such establishment shall be located within 500 feet of a school, church, existing dwelling or public park.
B. No such establishment shall be located within 1,500 feet of any existing adult bookstore, theater or other use.
C. A planted visual screen, as defined in Article II, which shall be not less than 10 feet wide and six feet high, shall be provided along the side and rear lot lines.
D. No obscene material shall be placed or displayed so as to be visible from outside the establishment.
E. Such establishment shall not be accessible to persons under 18 years of age.

Automotive and truck sales

Automotive and truck sales, service and repair, including body repair, painting, towing, varnishing, undercoating and detailing.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Beverage/beer distribution

The selling of alcoholic beverages.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-65: Area and bulk regulations for more information.

Building materials storage and sales

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-83: Special development regulations for more information.

Cafeteria

In districts where this use is an accessory, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-75: Special development regulations. for more information.

Car wash

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

Car wash establishments shall be permitted as a conditional use in the C-2 District, subject to the following requirements:

A. Exterior lighting shall be shielded or deflected from adjacent and nearby properties and public streets and sidewalks.
B. The facility shall be designed to accommodate not less than eight waiting motor vehicles on the property.
C. A planted visual screen shall be provided in accordance with § 600-172: Screening regulations..
D. Where applicable, the facility shall be designed and/or screened so that the headlights of automobiles approaching, waiting or exiting the facility shall not shine directly on adjacent properties.

CCRC accessories and services

In districts where this use is an accessory, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

For a detailed list of development requirements, please view them here.

Includes common dining facilities, gift shop, physical therapy facilities, personal services such as a barbershop or beauty shop, library, administrative offices.

CCRC assisted-living facilities

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

For a detailed list of development requirements, please view them here.

CCRC independent-living units

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

For a detailed list of development requirements, please view them here.

CCRC skilled care nursing facilities

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

For a detailed list of development requirements, please view them here.

Cemetery

In districts where this use is a special exception, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-182: General dimensional standards where specific standards unprovided for more information.

Chemical processes

Chemical processes not involving noxious odors or danger from fire or explosion; compounding of perfumes and pharmaceutical products.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-189: General dimensional standards where specific standards unprovided for more information.

Child day-care center

A facility providing care and supervision, and organized recreational and educational activities for 16 or more children under the age of 16. This facility may be located in a building or establishment designed or intended for day care or in a school or church or similar building as an accessory use. The hours of operation shall be less than a twenty-four-hour period per day. All such facilities are required to have approval or licensure as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-191: Standards for intermediate and group day-care facilities for more information.

Cleaning and dyeing facility

A business engaged in providing services involving the care or appearance of a person, his or her clothing, or similar personal needs. Included in this definition are barber, beautician, shoe repair, fitness club, laundry or cleaner or similar establishment but not including a tattoo parlor, massage parlor, or body piercing establishment.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-83: Special development regulations for more information.

Cold storage plant

Cold storage plant, frozen food plant and lockers.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-83: Special development regulations for more information.

Continuing care retirement community (CCRC)

A residential living environment and care facilities with a view toward creating provisions for sustenance, housing, physical, spiritual, cultural, social and medical needs; allowing for care of residents as well as for operation and maintenance of residential dwelling units; allowing for medical services for residents in the form of an infirmary for the temporary care of residents and the treatment of their medical problems and; allowing for independent living and assisted living, as well as skilled nursing facilities for both long-term and short-term care. The CCRC may include accessory uses primarily for the benefit of the CCRC residents such as gift shop; personal services such as a barber shop or beauty salon; common dining facilities; library; and administrative offices.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

For a detailed listing of development requirements, please review them here.

Conversion of dwelling to nonresidential use

In the C-1 and C-2 Commercial Districts, a dwelling in existence at the time of the adoption of this chapter may be converted to a nonresidential use permitted in the district when such conversion is authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board as a special exception.

In districts where this use is a special exception, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

A. The proposed use shall comply with the yard, area and off-street parking requirements of the district and use.
B. No existing yards or required open space shall be reduced to less than the requirement of the district.
C. The proposed conversion shall be in keeping with the predominant character of the area in which the conversion would take place and shall not detract from the use of an adjoining property.
D. All requirements of the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (UCC) and any other applicable codes and ordinances shall be followed.
E. No dwelling shall be converted unless the Zoning Hearing Board is assured that, when completed, the building will comply with sound, current standards for the proposed use.
F. The Zoning Hearing Board may require any reasonable, additional conditions it may deem appropriate in connection with the proposed conversion and use.

Day-care facility, home-based

A home, other than the child's own home operated for profit or not for profit, in which child care is provided at any one time to four, five or six children unrelated to the operator. All required certifications and other requirements must be met before operation begins.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

In districts where this use is an accessory, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-189: General dimensional standards where specific standards unprovided for more information.

Day-care facility, home-based in a single-family dwelling

A home, other than the child's own home operated for profit or not for profit, in which child care is provided at any one time to four, five or six children unrelated to the operator. All required certifications and other requirements must be met before operation begins.

In districts where this use is an accessory, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-189: General dimensional standards where specific standards unprovided for more information.

Deck

Classified as a "projection".

Development Requirements:

Extension of unenclosed decks into required rear yards:
District Rear Yard (feet)
R-1 10
R-2 7
R-3 5
Townhouse 10

Drive-in commercial establishment

Such as drive-in bank, restaurant, food store or pharmacy.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-57: Special development regulations for more information.

Eating and drinking establishment, including tavern and sit-down or fast-food restaurant

A building or part of a building used for the purpose of furnishing food and beverages to the public to be consumed on the premises and in an area on the sidewalk directly abutting and adjacent to and upon the same lot as a restaurant or any business licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board pursuant to regulations of the Board to conduct business on the above-mentioned premises.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-57: Special development regulations for more information.

Eating or drinking establishment, including drive-through restaurant

A building or part of a building used for the purpose of furnishing food and beverages to the public to be consumed on the premises and in an area on the sidewalk directly abutting and adjacent to and upon the same lot as a restaurant or any business licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board pursuant to regulations of the Board to conduct business on the above-mentioned premises.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-75: Special development regulations for additional information.

Educational and religious use

Such as a charitable, educational, political, social, trade, cultural, scientific, professional or similar organization.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-189: General dimensional standards where specific standards unprovided, for more information.

Educational, recreational or nonprofit use

A group organized for lawful purposes, other than generating a profit, such as a charitable, educational, political, social, trade, cultural, scientific, professional or similar organization.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-75: Special development regulations, for more information.

Exterminator

Person who does control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by eliminating their harborage places, removing or making inaccessible, materials that may serve as their food, poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping, or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods.

In districts where this use is a special exception, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-182: General dimensional standards where specific standards unprovided, for more information.

Family-based community residence facility

A residential facility licensed by the appropriate agency and used as living quarters by persons requiring special care and supervision by their adult supervisors. A family-based community residence facility is specifically designed to create a residential environment for up to five persons who are developmentally disabled, mentally ill, physically disabled, elderly, dependent children or similar types of individuals who are unable to live without supervision.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-15: Area and bulk regulations, for more information.

Food store

Including grocery, delicatessen, convenience store or supermarket, liquor store, caterer, bakery sales or ice cream shop.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-57: Special development regulations, for more information.

Fuel storage

Any area of land, including structures thereon, or any building or part thereof, that is used for the sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel or accessories, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing, or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but which shall not include painting or body and fender repairs, or a property and/or place of business where flammable or combustible liquids used as motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles by a person other than the service station attendant.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

Gasoline service stations shall be permitted by right in the I Industrial District and by conditional use in the C-2 District and shall comply with the following regulations.

A. A set of plans, specifications and plot plans shall be submitted to the Board of Commissioners showing all structures, pumps, storage tanks, parking areas and driveways for ingress and egress.
B. All pumps shall be located outside of buildings, on private property and in no case within 20 feet of any street right-of-way line, subject to such conditions and safeguards as the Township Commissioners may impose (for the C-2 District) with respect to, among other matters, the location and adequacy of entrances and exits.
C. All automobile parts, dismantled vehicles and similar articles shall be stored within a building; all fuel, oil or other similar substances shall be stored at least 35 feet from any street right-of-way and 10 feet from any lot line; and all volatile fuel containers in excess of 100 gallons shall be located underground.
D. In no event shall a permit be granted for such a use located within 500 feet of a school, hospital, infirmary, church, museum, club or place of public assembly having the capacity of over 100 persons; a gasoline service station shall not be deemed nonconforming through the subsequent erection of the above uses.

Funeral home and mortuary

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-189: General dimensional standards where specific standards unprovided, for more information.

Garden apartment

A multiple-family dwelling of two stories in height designed for rental or condominium ownership of each housekeeping unit.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

See § 600-97: Design standards, for more information.

Gasoline service station

Any area of land, including structures thereon, or any building or part thereof, that is used for the sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel or accessories, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing, or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but which shall not include painting or body and fender repairs, or a property and/or place of business where flammable or combustible liquids used as motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles by a person other than the service station attendant.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

Vehicle Parking:

Determined on a case-by-case basis using the standards in Article XVIII: Parking Regulations.

Development Requirements:

Gasoline service stations shall be permitted by right in the I Industrial District and by conditional use in the C-2 District and shall comply with the following regulations.

A. A set of plans, specifications and plot plans shall be submitted to the Board of Commissioners showing all structures, pumps, storage tanks, parking areas and driveways for ingress and egress.
B. All pumps shall be located outside of buildings, on private property and in no case within 20 feet of any street right-of-way line, subject to such conditions and safeguards as the Township Commissioners may impose (for the C-2 District) with respect to, among other matters, the location and adequacy of entrances and exits.
C. All automobile parts, dismantled vehicles and similar articles shall be stored within a building; all fuel, oil or other similar substances shall be stored at least 35 feet from any street right-of-way and 10 feet from any lot line; and all volatile fuel containers in excess of 100 gallons shall be located underground.
D. In no event shall a permit be granted for such a use located within 500 feet of a school, hospital, infirmary, church, museum, club or place of public assembly having the capacity of over 100 persons; a gasoline service station shall not be deemed nonconforming through the subsequent erection of the above uses.

Gazebo

An accesory structure.

Permitted as an accessory use, see procedures below.

Development Requirements:

Installation requirements for utility sheds, gazebos, screen rooms shall be as follows:

(1) They may be installed or erected on any property within the Township without the placement of footers or foundations beneath, provided that, for the purpose of rodent and vermin control, they are placed on a concrete slab not less than four inches thick, and further provided that they comply with all other requirements of the Building Code.
(2) Four inches of crushed stone can be used in lieu of a concrete slab in the event that the shed is of the fabricated wooden variety with a treated wooden floor system. Such a system must contain treated skids that elevate the floor of the building a minimum of four inches above grade for air circulation beneath the structure. Wire must be secured to the perimeter skids as a rodent and vermin control.
(3) The concrete slab or stone must be no less than two inches larger than the maximum length and width of the shed.

General service or repair

Includes furniture, and electronic and appliance repair.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

Township of Upper Chichester, PA

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