A. Recreational vehicles, utility and boat trailers, boats and trucks. In an R-1 or R-2 residential zone, recreational vehicles and trailers, and trucks with four rear wheels (except pickup trucks) or trucks with more than two axles, shall not be stored for a period in excess of three days in the area between the street line and the line formed by the front wall of the principal building extended the full width of the lot.
B. Outdoor stockpiling. In all zones, no outdoor stockpiling of any material or outdoor storage of trash is permitted.
C. Trash or junk. The accumulation of trash or junk out of doors is prohibited in all zones.
D. Hazardous or toxic substances or materials. No toxic substance or material shall be stored or maintained in violation of any state or federal law or regulation.
E. Storage tanks. All aboveground and underground storage tanks must be installed and maintained in accord with all state and federal law or regulations.
F. Portable storage units and roll-off dumpsters shall be permitted when in compliance with the provisions set forth in Chapter 232 of the Code of the Township of Spring Garden.

A. Size of parking spaces and aisles. B. Spaces required. C. Location. The parking area must be on the same or nearby premises. If on nearby premises: D. Layout. E. Paving. All parking areas and driveways must be paved with concrete, brick, paving blocks or a bituminous paving material.
F. Parking lots shall be graded to provide adequate drainage to avoid areas of ponding and shall have an approved stormwater management plan.
G. Screening. All nonresidential off-street parking areas and all off-street loading areas shall be effectively screened on any side facing a public right-of-way and shall be screened on each side which adjoins or faces any residential zone or residential, hospital or institutional use in any zone by a fence, wall, earthwork berm or vegetative screen in compliance with § 310-18 of this article.
H. When a parking lot will be used after dark, lighting shall be provided. Such lighting shall be directed inward and downward onto the parking lot. It shall not create a glare on adjacent lots or streets. The placement of light standards shall be coordinated with interior landscaping to avoid conflicting with the effectiveness of the light fixtures.

A. Size, surfacing. The loading space must be not less than 12 feet wide and 65 feet long. It must be surfaced with a concrete or bituminous material.
B. Spaces required. Off-street loading spaces must be provided for each building erected or enlarged in accordance with the following schedule:

	Type of Use	Minimum of One Loading Space for Each
	Commercial establishment	10,000 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction in excess of first 3,000 square feet
	Factory, warehouse	Establishment, plus an additional space for each 10,000 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction in excess of first 7,500 square feet

C. Layout. The loading area must be arranged so that there will be no need for motorists to back over public rights-of-way and must not be located in the front yard area.
D. Loading spaces shall be separate from and shall not interfere with parking lots, pedestrian walkways, or other areas associated with customer, client or employee traffic.
E. Loading spaces shall be placed to the side or rear of commercial establishments.
F. Loading spaces shall be graded to provide adequate drainage to avoid areas of ponding and shall have an approved stormwater management plan.
G. When a loading space will be used after dark, lighting shall be provided. Such lighting shall be directed inward and downward onto the loading space. It shall not create a glare on adjacent lots or streets. The placement of light standards shall be coordinated with interior landscaping to avoid conflicting with the effectiveness of the light fixtures.
H. All off-street loading areas shall be effectively screened on any side facing a public right-of-way and shall be screened on each side that adjoins or faces premises in any residential district or any premises used for residential or institutional purposes in any district by a fence, wall or compact hedge in compliance with § 310-18 of this article.

A. Width. Within 10 feet of the street right-of-way line, driveways may not exceed 20 feet in width for single-family dwelling lots and may not exceed 35 feet in width for all other uses.
B. Number. The number of driveways may not exceed one per lot on any one street frontage. The Zoning Hearing Board may grant permission by special exception for additional driveways where required to meet exceptional circumstances and where frontage of unusual length exists, provided traffic and pedestrian safety will not be jeopardized.
C. Offsets.

(1) Driveways may not cross the street right-of-way lines:

(a) Within 40 feet of the street right-of-way line of an intersecting street.
(b) Within five feet of a fire hydrant.
(c) Within 25 feet of another driveway on the same property.

(2) Driveways must be set back at least three feet from all property lines except for common driveways serving abutting properties.

D. Sight distances; slope, cuts. A driveway must be located in safe relationship to sight distance and barriers to vision. The driveway may not exceed a slope of 5% within 25 feet of the street right-of-way line. Where a driveway enters a bank through a cut, unless a retaining wall is used, the shoulders of the cut may not exceed 50% in slope within 25 feet of the point at which the driveway intersects the street right-of-way. The height of the bank must not exceed three feet within 10 feet of the street.

(1) Clear sight triangles. Proper sight clearance must be maintained at all street and driveway intersections in accordance with § 310-27D of this chapter.

E. Construction. Driveways shall be constructed as follows:

(1) Entrance to the street shall be an angle of 75° to 105° with the intersecting street.
(2) All driveways shall be paved with concrete, brick, paving blocks or bituminous paving material.
(3) All curb cuts shall be properly constructed to the satisfaction of the Township Engineer when curbing is provided. If curbing is not provided, then an adequate drainpipe shall be installed under a driveway where it crosses a street gutter or drainage ditch, as determined by the Township Engineer.
(4) Each driveway shall be designed and constructed with adequate provisions for drainage.
(5) No driveway shall be constructed within three feet of any building unless a raised curb is provided.

(1) In any parking lot containing 30 or more parking spaces, (excluding a parking garage), 5% of the total area of the parking lot shall be devoted to interior landscaping. Such interior landscaping shall be used at the end of parking space rows to break up rows of parking spaces and to help visually define travel lanes within the parking lot. No more than 20 parking spaces shall be placed in a row without the use of a landscaped island.
(2) Landscaping areas situated outside of the physical confines of the parking lot, such as peripheral areas and areas around buildings, shall not constitute interior landscaping. For purposes of computing the total area of any parking lot, all areas within the perimeter of the parking lot shall be counted, including all parking and loading and unloading spaces, fire lanes, access and drive aisles, islands, and curbed areas.
(3) Perimeter plantings around parking lots shall also be provided. Perimeter landscaped areas shall be a minimum of five feet in width. A minimum of one deciduous or coniferous tree and two shrubs shall be provided for each 50 feet of parking lot perimeter provided. The balance of the perimeter shall be composed of ground cover, grass, perennials, and the like. Earthen berms and mounds are encouraged to screen the parking area from public streets or adjacent properties.
(4) Ground cover alone is not sufficient to meet the parking lot landscaping requirements. A mixed planting design of deciduous trees, shrubs, and ground cover shall be provided within the landscaped islands.
(5) The following design requirements shall be adhered to for all interior landscaping within parking lots.

(a) Landscaping shall be provided within curbed islands having a minimum width of 10 feet and a minimum area of 180 square feet for single depth islands and a minimum width of 10 feet and a minimum area of 360 square feet for islands with a depth equal to two parking spaces.
(b) Each landscaping island must be provided with a minimum of one deciduous tree plus one shrub per each 100 square feet of island area with the balance being composed of ground cover and perennials.
(c) Island plantings must be coordinated with the location and height of light standards and utility lines such that conflicts do not exist.
(d) Landscaping materials shall be protected from intrusion by cars by the use of curbing, bollards, wheel stops or similar devices.
(e) Plantings within landscaped islands shall be designated to provide adequate vehicular sight distance within the parking lot and for any access thereto.

A. In addition to all standards, norms, levels and safeguards listed hereafter, all amendments thereto and new or additional standards and regulations imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection shall be met and/or followed.
B. Noise. At no point on or beyond the boundary of any lot shall the sound pressure level resulting from any use or activity, whether open or enclosed, (except noise not directly under control of the property user, noises resulting from the construction and maintenance of buildings and facilities including site preparation, and the noises of safety signals, warning devices, railroads and automobile traffic) exceed the maximum permitted decibel levels for the designated octave band as set forth in Chapter 202, pertaining to maximum sound levels, of the Code of the Township of Spring Garden.
C. Odors. No continuous, frequent or repetitive emission of odors or odor-causing substances that would be offensive at or beyond any property line will be permitted. The existence of an odor shall be presumed when the concentration of the odor-causing substance or substances in the air at any point at or beyond the property line of the source exceeds the lowest concentration listed as the odor threshold for such substance or substances in Table III (Odor Thresholds) appearing in Chapter 5 of the "Air Pollution Abatement Manual," copyright 1952, by the Manufacturing Chemists Association, or as subsequently amended. Substances not cited in said table shall be deemed odorous when analysis by a competent technician demonstrates that a discernible odor is being emitted.
D. Offensive area. All areas for parking, recreation, service, utility equipment, waste receptacles and/or other elements which, because of their appearance, odor and/or noise, would be offensive to those occupying the lot or adjoining lots or those on the street shall be screened, landscaped or otherwise treated to eliminate the offensive condition.
E. Lighting and illumination.

(1) Where a use involves exterior lighting, the lighting must be so located and shielded that any objectionable illumination or glare is directed away from adjacent and adjoining properties and public rights-of-way.
(2) All light sources, including signs, shall be shielded and directed as to prevent the lighting from creating a nuisance to and shining into the eyes of passing motorists.

(a) Lighting in overhead canopies shall be recessed so that the filaments shall not be exposed.

(3) Streetlighting, temporary decorative lighting less than 2,000 lumens, and emergency lighting used by police, fire-fighting and medical personnel shall be exempted from these regulations.
(4) Flickering and flashing lights or the use of strobe lighting is strictly prohibited.
(5) The installation or erection of any lighting that may be confused with warning signals, emergency signals or traffic signals shall be unlawful.
(6) Any lighting that produces glare shall not cause illumination in excess of 0.5 footcandle measured at the property line.
(7) Lighting levels shall be measured in footcandles. Measurement shall be taken with a direct-reading portable light meter or light-reading equipment recommended by the Township Engineer.

(a) Readings shall be taken by qualified personnel so that the light-reading meter has been exposed long enough to provide a constant reading. Measurements shall be made after dark with the light sources in question on, then with the same sources off. The difference between the two readings shall be compared to the maximum permitted illumination at the property line at ground level. This procedure eliminates the effects of moonlight and other ambient light.

(1) The storage, utilization or manufacture of solid materials or products ranging from free or active burning to intense burning is permitted only if said materials or products are stored, utilized or manufactured within a completely enclosed building having an incombustible exterior and protected throughout by an automatic fire-extinguishing system.
(2) All activities involving the use and/or storage and/or disposal of flammable or explosive material shall be provided with adequate safety and protective devices against hazards of fire and explosion, as well as with adequate fire-fighting and suppression equipment and devices standard to the industry involved.
(3) All site layouts and structures shall comply with the standards and requirements contained in the following, as adopted by Spring Garden Township:

(a) The BOCA National Fire Prevention Code, Eighth Edition, 1990, as amended or updated, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended by § 145-24 of Chapter 145, Article IV, of the Code of the Township of Spring Garden.
(b) Standards and recommended practices of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
(c) The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Labor and Industry, Fire and Panic Regulations.

(4) No structure and no activity within a site or structure shall pose a fire hazard to life or property. Access for firefighters and equipment shall be provided for every structure on the site.

G. Smoke. It shall be unlawful for any person to permit the emission of any smoke from any source whatever of a density described as No. 2 on the Ringlemann Chart, published by the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Mines.
H. Hazardous and toxic material use and storage.

(1) No emission that would be demonstrably injurious to human health, animals or plant life at or beyond the boundaries of any lot will be permitted. Where such an emission could result from an accident or equipment malfunction, adequate safeguards considered standard for safe utilization of the toxic and noxious matters involved shall be taken.
(2) No toxic substance or material shall be stored or maintained in violation of any state or federal law or regulation.
(3) Copies of all lists of hazardous substances, hazardous substance survey forms (HSSF), environmental hazard survey forms (EHSF) and material safety data sheets (MSDS), as each of said terms are defined in the Pennsylvania Worker and Community Right to Know Act, Act No. 150 of 1984, enacted October 5, 1984, shall be filed with the Spring Garden Township Fire Chief in accordance with Chapter 145, Article III, of the Code of the Township of Spring Garden.
(4) Hazardous materials shall consist of those chemicals or substances which are physical or health hazards, including combustible or flammable gases, liquids, solids; compressed gas; irritants; toxins, carcinogens, teratogens, and mutagens; cryogenic substances; oxidizers and corrosives; and pyrophoric and reactive materials.
(5) Residual and hazardous waste. The handling and disposal of residual or hazardous wastes shall be in accordance with standards and regulations established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Title 25 of the Pennsylvania Code, Chapters 260 through 285, and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Chapter I.

I. Radiation hazards. The handling of radioactive materials, the discharge of such materials into air and water and the disposal of radioactive wastes shall be in conformance with the applicable regulations of the Atomic Energy Commission.
J. Glare and heat. Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed within an enclosure so as to completely obscure such operation from view from any point along the property line, except during the period of construction of the facilities to be used and occupied. No heat from any use shall be sensed at any property line to the extent of raising the ambient temperature of air or materials more than 5° F. Any operation or activity that produces glare shall be conducted so that direct or indirect light from the source shall not cause illumination in excess of 0.5 footcandle measured at the property line.
K. Electromagnetic radiation. In the interest of maintaining an atmosphere fruitful to research, there shall be no electromagnetic interference that adversely affects at any point the operation of any equipment other than that belonging to the creator of such interference or that is not in conformance with the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission.
L. Ash, dust, fumes, vapors, gases and other forms of air pollution. No emission which can cause any damage to health, to animals or vegetation, or other forms of property, or which can cause any excessive soiling at any point, and in no event any emission from any chimney or otherwise of any solid or liquid particles in concentrations exceeding 0.3 grain per cubic foot of the conveying gas or air at any point shall be permitted. This shall be measured at the point of emission.

(1) The discharge of any substance into the atmosphere shall be in strict compliance with provisions of the Federal Clean Air Act and the Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act, as amended. In order to minimize overlapping regulations, the Township adopts these standards as its own. Therefore, all operations, activities and uses shall be in compliance with the standards contained in the following: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act, Title 25, Pa. Code, Chapters 121 through 143, and the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Subchapter C.

M. Vibration. No use shall cause or produce earthborne vibrations with an acceleration of more than 1/10 g or shall result in any combination of amplitudes and frequencies on any structure beyond the safe range established in the United States Bureau of Mines Bulletin No. 442, entitled "Seismic Effects of Quarry Blasting."

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing subsection, vibration created by blasting or other means such as construction equipment shall be restricted to between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

N. Water. No emission of polluters (as defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection) into a waterway or sewage system extending beyond the property line shall be permitted.

(1) All uses and activities shall meet all applicable requirements of the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, as amended; all other federal and state laws relating to the quality of surface water, stormwater runoff, and groundwater; and all applicable provisions in Chapter 265 of the Code of the Township of Spring Garden.

A. Lot drainage. Lots shall be laid out and graded to provide positive drainage away from new and existing buildings and on-site sewage disposal facilities.
B. Nearby existing facilities. Where adequate existing storm sewers are readily accessible, the developer must connect his stormwater management facilities to these existing storm sewers.
C. Open drainageways. When open drainageways are used for the disposal of stormwater, the Township shall review the design of such open drainageways in relation to the following:

(1) Safety. Steep banks and deep pools shall be avoided.
(2) Erosion. Adequate measures shall be taken, such as seeding, sodding, paving or other measures as necessary, to prevent the erosion of banks and the scouring of the channel.
(3) Stagnation. Design of open drainageways shall not create stagnant pools or swampy areas.

D. Approval. Drainage structures for areas of more than 1/2 mile square shall be subject to approval by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
E. Adjacent properties. In the design of storm drainage facilities, special consideration must be given to preventing excess runoff onto adjacent properties.
F. Stormwater management ordinance. All development is subject to regulations in the Spring Garden Township Stormwater Management Ordinance, Chapter 265 of the Code of the Township of Spring Garden.

A. The provisions of this subsection shall be applicable to natural slopes.
B. Performance standards.

(1) No site disturbance exceeding 10,000 square feet shall be allowed on slopes exceeding 25%.
(2) Mitigation techniques shall be utilized, including but not limited to terracing, retaining walls, tree wells, the establishment of ground covers and/or low-spreading shrubs, the use of erosion control fabric and the like.
(3) Stormwater runoff shall be managed in accordance with the Spring Garden Township Stormwater Management Ordinance.
(4) No vegetation shall be removed from land on steep slopes except as necessary for the following:

(a) The operation of permitted use in accordance with approved plans and best management practices.
(b) Woodland management operation.
(c) The replacement of plant material that is invasive, hazardous or unhealthy with indigenous and healthy landscape plant material.
(d) The construction of permitted facilities in accordance with approved plans.

A. Single-family, two-family, townhouse: 600 square feet per dwelling unit.
B. Multifamily apartment or multifamily conversion: 400 square feet per dwelling unit.
C. Bachelor apartment (one person): 300 square feet.

A. Every public or club outdoor swimming pool must conform to all applicable requirements of state law.
B. Except for setback and location requirements, all outdoor swimming pools, whether public, club or private, including an in-ground, aboveground or on-ground pool, hot tub or spa, shall comply with the Spring Garden Township Swimming Pool Ordinance, Chapter 279 of the Code of the Township of Spring Garden. Setback and location requirements shall comply with this chapter.
C. Farm ponds shall be excluded from the protective fence requirements of this section.