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Items that require a zoning permit:
- erection, construction, movement, placement, enclosing, replacement, relocation or expansion (including adding a story) of a building or structure, including replacement of one manufactured/mobile home with a different manufactured/mobile home
- placement of a free standing sign with an area of 50 or more square feetchange of the type of use or expansion of the use of a building, structure or area of land
- creation of a new use
- mineral extraction or development of a gas or oil well as defined by Section 202
- establishment of a home occupation
- adding a roof over an area that was not previously under roof (other than a fabric or flexible awning)
- enclosing building space (other than flexible screening around a deck, patio or porch and other than temporary tents)deck, patio and porch
- Industrial/commercial accessory use or structure such as a storage shed or other similar structure with a floor area of 100 square feet or greater
- Helipad as an accessory use to an industrial or commercial principal use
- residential accessory uses and structures as follows: (see Section 307. C)
- residential accessory structure such as a storage building or shed, pole building, garage, carport, pavilion or other similar structure with a floor area of 100 square feet or greater
- signs, as permitted by Article 7. (See sign exemptions in Section 703.A.)
- stable, household-See Section 402
- in-ground swimming pool, household
- wind turbines that are not attached to a building
- solar panels that are not attached to a building
- such other accessory use or structure that the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer is clearly customary and incidental to a permitted by right or special exception principal use
The following are items that do not require a zoning permit:
- crop farming, other than constructing or expanding a building
- fence, or a wall that is not part of a building
- above ground swimming pool, accessory children’s play equipment or children’s tree house
- governmental use or structure that is exempted by Section 115
- routine accessory occasional garage and yard sales
- keeping of common domesticated household pets
- driveways and walkways
- public utility lines, pipes, poles or towers or underground fuel transmission pipes
- replacing one type of building material with another type of building material
- vending machines, ATM machines as accessory to a commercial business or that are within a principal non-residential building
- keeping of livestock or poultry, unless the use meets the definition of “Intensive Keeping of Livestock or Poultry”
- bus shelters placed at school bus or public transit or shuttle bus stops
- forestry and timber harvesting
- commercial farm tourism and special events, such as farm tours, a corn maze and Halloween activities
- accessory commercial communications antenna
- standard antenna
- adding antennas to an existing communications tower that does not increase the total height
- placement of a free standing sign with an area less than 50 square feet, and all wall and window signs
- recreational facilities, limited to use by residents of a development or students at a primary or secondary school or center for the care and treatment of youth, and their occasional invited guests
- wind turbines and solar panels attached to a building, including the roof
- entertainment, other than adult live entertainment.
- Temporary Uses and Structures as follows:
- temporary retail sales, which may include a tent
- customary, routine and accessory short-term commercial uses shall be allowed in a non-commercial district if they are operated by a nonprofit organization, fire company, municipality or a place of worship and which serve a charitable, public service or religious purpose or a municipally- sponsored festival/special event
- temporary storage and office trailers shall be allowed that are necessary to serve on-site construction, while such construction is actively underway
- Christmas tree sales
- a subdivision may include a model home, which is used as a sales office in a development, provided the building is converted to a dwelling or removed when the development is complete
- Borough Council or Board of Supervisors or their designee may authorize the use of parts of public sidewalks, public property or streets for sidewalk sales, outdoor cafes, festivals or similar activities, without needing zoning approval
- a dwelling unit may be maintained on a lot while a second dwelling unit is actively under construction, provided that the first dwelling shall be completely removed from the lot within 60 days after the second dwelling is habitable
- commercial, industrial or institutional accessory uses provided that the use is clearly limited to employees, patients, residents and families of employees of the use and their occasional invited guests as follows:
- internal cafeteria without drive-through service
- day care center
- recreational facilities
- storage of fuels for on-site use or to fuel company vehicles
Items that require a building permit:
- Any new house (one or two-family dwelling)
- Any addition to an existing house
- Constructing one or more new stories on top of an existing house
- Increasing the perimeter of the existing house
- Installing a new manufactured home (HUD Code)
- Installing a new modular home
- Relocating and installing a used manufactured home
- Any garage or carport that is attached to the house
- Any garage, carport, shed or greenhouse that is not attached to a single-family dwelling and is 1,000 square feet or larger (measuring the perimeter)
- Enclosing a porch or patio
- Installing/ building a sunroom or “three-seasons” room
- Installing any deck that is more than 30” above ground level at any point around the perimeter of the deck
- Installing any deck less than 30” above ground level if it has a roof/covering above it
- Installing an indoor or outdoor hot tub or spa
- Constructing an in-ground swimming pool (inside or outside)
- Installing any swimming pool (including inflatable type) that has a water depth of 24” or more
- Installing any fence higher than 6’
- Installing any retaining wall higher than 4’
