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April 3, 2007
Borough of Waynesboro
Attn: Kevin D. Grubbs
57 East Main St
Waynesboro, Pa 17268
Subject: Amendments to Zoning Ordinance No. 937 Concerning Definitions
Dear Mr. Grubbs
The Franklin County Planning Commission has reviewed your proposed amendment to Zoning
Ordinance No. 937 concerning the definitions for Alleys, Streets, and Nonconforming Uses and
signs. The Planning Commission is in support of the proposed amendment.
If you have any questions or require further assistance please feel free to call me.
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OFFICE OF BOROUGH MANAGER
57 EAST MAIN STREET, P.O. BOX 31 0
WAYNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA 17268
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February 27, 2007
Franklin County Planning Commission
Franklin County Administrative Annex
218 N. Second Street
Chambersburg, PA 17201
Re: Amendments to Zoning Ordinance No. 937
Dear Planning Commission:
Enclosed for your review and comments is a copy of the
proposed Amendments to the Waynesboro Zoning Ordinance No. 937
concerning the definitions for Alleys, Streets, Nonconforming Uses and
Signs.
Borough Council has approved the advertising of said Ordinance
upon your review.
If you have any questions or require additional information please
contact me at (717) 762-2101 ext.5.
Sincerely,
Cc:
Borough Councilman
Mr. Richard Starliper, Mayor
Mrs. Melissa Dively, Borough Solicitor
Mr. Lloyd Hamberger, Borough Manager
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOROUGH OF WAYNESBORO,
FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE BOROUGH OF WAYNESBORO
BE IT ENACTED AND ORDAINED, by the Mayor and Borough Council of the
Borough of Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and it is enacted
and ordained as follows:
SECTION I: The Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Waynesboro, Article I
thereof, number 1, entitled "Definitions and Usage", is hereby amended to
add to the definition of "Alley" the following, so that the definition will
read:
ALLEY - Alleys are minor ways, which afford only a secondary
means of access to abutting properties, which are used
primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side
of properties otherwise abutting on a street and have a
maximum width of 20 feet and are not intended for general
traffic circulation, to the extent a public throughway does not
conform to this definition or otherwise does not conform to
the definition of "street" as herein defined, those public
throughways are alleys. A list of ordained streets shall be
maintained by the Borough, said list is herein incorporated by
reference.
SECTION II: The Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Waynesboro, Article I
thereof, number 1, entitled "Definitions and Usage", is hereby amended to
add to the definition of "Street" the following, so that the definition will
read:
STREET - A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way (Le.,
not limited to the cartway), either public or private, intended
for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation to
provide access to more than one lot or one dwelling unit. A
throughway, which has not been ordained as a street by the
Borough is an alley. An alley shall not be considered as a
street. A list of ordained streets shall be maintained by the
Borough, said list is herein incorporated by reference. A list of
ordained streets shall be maintained by the Borough, said list
is herein incorporated by reference.
SECTION III: The Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Waynesboro, Article
IV thereof, number 14, entitled "Nonconforming Uses", subsection C is
hereby amended in its entirety to read:
Any nonconforming use or structure, which is destroyed by
fire, casualty or act of God, may be repaired, rebuilt and
used as before, provided that no increase in the degree of
nonconformity is thereby created. All repairs shall be
commenced within one (1) year after the damage occurs
and shall be completed within two (2) years after such date,
or such use shall not be rebuilt except as a conforming use or
structure.
SECTION IV: The Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Waynesboro, Article
XI thereof, entitled "Signs"; number 76, entitled "General Regulations" is
hereby amended to read as follows:
3. Signs attached or mounted on the building front shall
not be more than 12 feet in height above the normal
mean external finished grade of the building to which sign
is mounted, in all events, the top of a business sign must
remain below any portion of any window on a second
story.
SECTION V: Repealer. All provisions of previous Ordinances of the Borough
of Waynesboro, which are contrary to this Ordinance, are expressly
repealed.
SECTION VI: Savings Clause. In all other respects, the Zoning Ordinance of
the Borough of Waynesboro shall remain as previously enacted and
ordained.
SECTION VII: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
ENACTED, ORDAINED, AND APPROVED this
2007.
day of
Borough Council of the Borough of
Waynesboro, Franklin County,
Pennsylvania
By:
President
ATTEST:
Secretary
Mayor of the Borough of Waynesboro