Tarentum Borough Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance #13-03)
§ 265-1004 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE PLACEMENT Street lighting fixtures in multifamily residential developments and mobile home parks shall be placed at the following locations: At the intersection of public roads with entrance roads to the proposed development. Intersections involving proposed public or non-public major roads within the proposed development. Recreational Read more…
§ 265-1003 CRITERIA Illumination levels. Lighting, where required or permitted by this section, shall have intensities and uniformity ratios in accordance with the current recommended practices of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) as contained in the IESNA Lighting Handbook, 9th Edition. Examples of intensities for typical outdoor Read more…
§ 265-1002 APPLICABILITY Outdoor lighting shall be provided in accordance with the following standards for the following uses: Multi-Family shall include multi-family and groups of townhouse dwelling units. Residential shall include all types of units other than multi-family, namely single family and duplex dwellings. Commercial uses shall include all retail, Read more…
The following standards shall apply to the design and operation of outdoor lighting for residential, commercial and institutional areas for loading, ingress and egress, parking, security, private recreational uses and institutional uses: § 265-1001 PURPOSE To establish minimum standards for outdoor lighting to: Provide lighting in outdoor places where public Read more…
§ 265-901 Scope, Purpose and General Standards This section sets forth landscaping and tree planting requirements by Zoning District and type of use and establishes thresholds of construction, improvement, and change of use at which the current landscaping requirements shall apply. The purpose of the following requirements Read more…
§ 265-801 Parking shall be provided in accordance with the rates cited in the following schedule and in accordance with the specifications and standards set forth in this article and associated development approvals. OFF-STREET PARKING Use Requirement Administrative And Professional Offices 1 per 325 square feet of gross floor area. Read more…
§ 265-706 Miscellaneous Standards Menu Board Signs. Menu board signs accessory to allowed drive-through uses are permitted in addition to other allowed signs, as follows: Number and Dimensions. Primary Menu Board. One primary menu board not to exceed 36 square feet in area or 8 eight feet in height is Read more…
§ 265-705 Standards in Residential and overlay Districts Signage in all districts excepting the Commercial Center CC District and including overlay districts shall be subject to the following standards. Stand-Alone Lots. Signs on stand-alone lots, as defined in this Chapter, shall be authorized as follows: Walls Signs. Wall Signs may Read more…
§ 265-704 Commercial Center, CC and hcm highway commercial and manufacturing District Sign Standards The following types of signs shall be authorized in the Commercial Center CC District, on buildings an lots bearing one or more nonresidential principal uses, subject to the standards contained in this Section. No internal illumination Read more…
§ 265-703 Exemptions The following signs shall not require a permit. The sign area of the following shall not count toward maximum sign area requirements imposed by this Article. Public, Semi-Public, and Commemorative Signs and Monuments including signs established by, or by order of, any governmental agency; and religious symbols, Read more…