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LANCASTER TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ZONING ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 89 November 17, 2008 Article I AUTHORITY, SHORT TITLE, PURPOSE, AND OBJECTIVES. 1 Section 101. Authority. 1 Section 102. Short Title. 1 Section 103. Purpose. 1 Section 104. Statement of Community Development Objectives. 2 Article II ZONING AND OVERLAY DISTRICTS, MAPS, AND BOUNDARIES. 3 Section 201. Zoning and Overlay Districts. 3 Section 202. Official Zoning Map. 3 Section 203. Zoning and Overlay District Boundaries. 3 Article III INTERPRETATIONS AND DEFINITIONS. 4 Section 301. Interpretations. 4 Section 302. Definitions. 4 Article IV GENERAL PROVISIONS. 18 Section 401. General Restrictions. 18 Section 402. Yard Restrictions. 18 Section 403. Building Restrictions. 18 Section 404. Buildings Requiring Site Plan Approval. 18 Section 405. Public Utilities. 19 Section 406. Off-Street Parking Requirements. 19 Article V ZONING AND OVERLAY DISTRICT REGULATIONS. 26 Section 501. General Regulations. 26 Section 502. Rural Residential (R-1) District. 26 Section 503. Medium Density Residential (R-2) District. 27 Section 504. Village (V) District. 30 Section 505. Mixed Use (MU) District. 32 Section 506. Industrial (I) District. 34 Section 507. Conservation (CN) District. 37 Section 508. Overlay Districts. 38 Section 509. Planned Residential Development (PRD) Overlay District. 38 Section 510. Access Management and Design (AD) Overlay District. 53 Article VI PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES AND CONDITIONAL USES BY ZONING DISTRICT. 55 Section 601. Authorized Uses. 55 Article VII SIGNS. 59 Section 701. General Regulations. 59 Section 702. R-1, R-2, CN, and PRD District Requirements. 59 Section 703. V, MU, and I District Requirements. 60 Section 704. AD District Requirements. 63 Article VIII NON-CONFORMING USES. 64 Section 801. Continuation of Existing Nonconforming Uses. 64 Section 802. Expansion of Nonconforming Us