The Board of Supervisors of Upper Nazareth Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, will conduct a Public Hearing and consider enactment of the following proposed Ordinance at a Regular Meeting On Wednesday, January, 15, 2025, at 7:00 PM at the Upper Nazareth Township Municipal Building, 100 Newport Avenue, Upper Nazareth Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
The Board of Supervisors invite public comment on the proposed Ordinance entitled:
An Ordinance dividing the Township of Upper Nazareth into districts, adopting a Zoning Map identifying those districts, and regulating the use of land and the location, use and density of buildings withing those districts and providing for the administration and enforcement of this Ordinance. This Ordinance permits, prohibits, regulates, restricts and determines the uses of land, watercourse, and other bodies of water; the size height, bulk, location, erection, construction, repair, maintenance, alteration, razing, removal and use of structures; the areas and dimensions of land and bodies of water to be occupied by courts, yards, and other open spaces and distances to be left unoccupied by uses and structures; and the density of the population and intensity of use; and further the Ordinance contains provisions for special exceptions and variances to be administered by a Zoning Hearing Board; provisions for administration and enforcement and such other provisions as may be necessary to implement the requirements of the Ordinance. Pursuant to the authority conferred by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended, the Board of Supervisors off the Township of Upper Nazareth does hereby enact and ordain the Upper Nazareth Township Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map.
The above-referenced Ordinance in summary constitutes a comprehensive detailed amendment to the existing Upper Nazareth Township Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map providing for, regulating, and detailing land uses, construction activities, administrative procedures for enforcement, special exceptions, conditional uses, and variances, and establishing zoning districts, addressing the following specific topics:
PART 1 ADMINISTRATION, Short Title, Applicability of This Ordinance, Purposes and Community Development Objectives, Permits and Certificates, General Procedure for Permits, Interpretation and Uses Not Regulated, Enforcement, Violations and Penalties, Fees, Amendments to this Ordinance, Curative Amendments, Zoning Officer, Zoning Hearing Board Actions and Variances, Zoning Hearing Board Hearings and Decisions, Appeals to Court, Limited Public Utility Exemptions, Township and Municipal Authority Exemption, Special Exception Use Process, Conditional Use Process, Liability, Plot/Grading Plan Requirement; PART 2 DEFINITIONS, General Interpretation, Terms Defined; PART 3 DISTRICTS, Designation of Base Zoning Districts and Purposes Application of District Regulations, Zoning Map, District Boundaries, Setbacks Across Municipal Boundaries, Zoning District Land Uses and Dimensions, Wetlands and Lakes, Sewage and Water Services, Steep Slopes, Increased Density Development Option, Conservation Along Streams, Age-Restricted Residential Development; PART 4 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC USES, Applicability, Additional Requirements of Specific Principal Uses and/or Accessory Uses; PART 5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Erosion Control, Nuisances and Hazards to Public Safety, (Flood-Prone Areas), Noise, odors and Dusk, Control of Light and Glare; PART 6 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING, Required Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces, General Regulations for Off-Street Parking, Design Standards for Off-Street Parking, Off-Street Loading, Fire Lanes and Access; PART 7 SIGNS, Applicability, Location of Signs, Nonconforming Signs, Miscellaneous Signs Not Requiring Permits, Freestanding, Wall and Window Signs (On-Premises Signs), Abandoned or Outdated Signs, Illumination of Signs, Vehicles Functioning as Signs, Prohibited Signs, Construction of Signs, Measurement and Major Types of Signs, Off-Premises Signs (Including Billboards), Sign Type Permissions; PART 8 GENERAL REGULATIONS, Frontage onto Improved Streets; Number of Uses or Buildings; Minimum Size of Dwellings, Height Exceptions, Special Lot and Yard Requirements, Sight Distance and Buffer Yards, Landscaping, Nonconformities, Dumpster Screening and Location, Commercial and/or Industrial Buildings; Master Key Knox-Box, Solar Energy Systems, Small Wind Energy Systems, Non-Tower Base Wireless Communications Facilities (CCF), Composting; PART 9 RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT, Short Title, Definitions, Registration, Authorization of Use; Exemptions, Location and Regulation of Facilities, Standards of Service, Rental and Right-of-Way Management Fees, Insurance, Indemnification and Bonds or Other Surety, Enforcement and Termination of Ordinance, Compliance with Applicable Laws and Ordinances; UPPER NAZARETH TOWNSHIP ZONING MAP; ON-PREMISES SIGNS REGULATIONS.
Copies of the proposed Upper Nazareth Township Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map are available for public inspection or may be obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof at the Upper Nazareth Township Municipal Offices, 100 Newport Avenue, Upper Nazareth Township, Pennsylvania, between the hours of 7:30 AM and 3:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Copies of the proposed Upper Nazareth Township Map are also available for public inspection at the Northampton County Law Library, Northampton County Courthouse, 669 Washington Street, Easton, Pennsylvania, The Express Times, 18 Centre Square, Easton, Pennsylvania as well as the Upper Nazareth Township website: uppernazarethtownship.org
A copy of this ad ran in the December 17, 2024 edition of The Express Times.
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