Ordinances of Upper Saucon Township in Lehigh County.
Ordinances
ORDINANCE NO. 67-DDD - REDUCING SPEED LIMIT ON PORTION OF WEST HOPEWELL ROAD
ORDINANCE 42-U - SEWER LATERAL INSPECTION PROGRAM
An Ordinance requiring testing, inspection, repair, and replacement of sewer laterals and providing standards therefore, and providing remedies and penalties for non-compliance.
Ordinance No. 176 - Truck Prohibition on West Hopewell Road
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF UPPER SAUCON
TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, PROVIDING A
DEFINITION OF CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS AND MOTOR CARRIER
VEHICLES, PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS
AND MOTOR CARRIER VEHICLES ON A SEGMENT OF WEST HOPEWELL ROAD,
AND PROVIDING FOR SIGNS AND PENALTIES
Ordinance No. 175 - Truck Prohibition on East Valley Road
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF UPPER SAUCON
TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, PROVIDING A
DEFINITION OF CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS AND MOTOR CARRIER
VEHICLES, PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS
AND MOTOR CARRIER VEHICLES ON EAST VALLEY ROAD, AND
PROVIDING FOR SIGNS AND PENALTIES
Ordinance No. 174 - Open Space EIT Tax
An Ordinance imposing an additional .010% earned income tax to fund the Preservation of Open Space.
Ordinance No. 172 - Prohibiting the Use of Brake Retarders
Prohibiting the use of engine brake retarders on certain roads and highways in the Township.
Ordinance No. 171 - Fire Insurance Escrow Ordinance
An Ordinance providing for the transfer of insurance proceeds to the Township Treasurer in the event that Real Property suffers a loss due to a fire and the property is subject to delinquent taxes, assessments, penalties and user charges or in the event that costs have been incurred by the township to remove, repair or secure a building or other structure on the property and providing for penalties for violation and setting forth procedures and requirements pertaining to such insurance proceeds and tot he implementation of said legislation in the township.
Ordinance No. 170 - Prohibiting Trucks on Blue Church Road South between Beverly Hills Road and Mill Road
Ordinance No. 170 prohibits trucks on Blue Church Road South between Beverly Hills Road and Mill Road. The Ordinance was adopted at the Monday, February 8, 2021 Board of Supervisors meeting. In accordance with state law, the Ordinance goes into effect on February 13 or 5 days after passage.
Ordinance No. 68 - Sky Lanterns
Ordinance No. 168 prohibits the release of Sky Lanterns in the Township. This Ordinance was adopted at the Monday, September 28, 2020 Board of Supervisors meeting and will go into effect on October 3rd, 2020.
Ordinance No. 167 - Trash Collection Hours
Ordinance 42-R: Sewer Use Ordinance
Ordinance 81-A: Restricting the Times during which Commercial Construction Activities Can Take Place
Ordinance 91-A: Sanitary Sewer Standard Construction Document Specifications
Ordinance 91-A: Sanitary Sewer Standard Construction Document Specifications
Standard Construction Specification Drawings
Ordinance 108-C - Act 167 Stormwater Management Ordinance
Ordinance 164: Display Fireworks
- Ordinance 164 - Display Fireworks
- Application and Checklist for Fireworks Display UNDER REVISION. Please call the Township Administrative Offices for Questions.
Ordinance No. 141-AA - Zoning Ordinance Amendment - Medical Related Facilities and Uses
Ordinance 140: Official Township Map
Ordinance 141: The Upper Saucon Township Zoning Ordinance of 2009
- Ordinance 141: The Upper Saucon Township Zoning Ordinance of 2009
- Zoning Map
- Ordinance 141-A (53 pgs.) - Miscellaneous amendments to entire Zoning Ordinance (10/4/10)
- Ordinance 141-B (24 pgs.) - Establishes Village Commercial (VC) Overlay Zone and miscellaneous amendments to entire Zoning Ordinance (10/4/10)
- Ordinance 141-C (3 pgs.) - Designates tract of land located at the corner of Route 378 and Colesville Road within “Old Saucon” parcels as Age Qualified Community (AQC) Overlay Zone (6/6/11)
- Ordinance 141-D (3 pgs.) - Designates “Traditions of America/Wedgewood Golf Club” parcels as Age Qualified Community (AQC) Overlay Zone (10/1/12)
- Ordinance 141-E (3 pgs.) - Designates 3-acre tract of land located at the corner of Route 378 and Colesville Road within “Old Saucon” commercial tract as Village Commercial (VC) Overlay Zone (12/19/11)
- Ordinance 141-F (4 pgs.) - Modifies definition of “Nursing, Rest and Retirement Homes” and permits use by right in the R-3 and Commercial Zones (4/8/13)
- Ordinance 141-G (3 pgs.) - Revises definition of “Family” for rental property purposes (9/9/13)
- Ordinance 141-H (5 pgs.) - Deletes certain operation and performance standards and amends individual lot grading plan requirements (7/14/14)
- Ordinance 141-I (6 pgs.) - Revises tree removal regulations (10/13/14)
- Ordinance 141-J - Allowing Transitional Care Facilities in Certain Zoning Districts
- Ordinance 141-K - Modifications to the Area and Design Requirements in the R-2 Zone
- Ordinance 141-L - Designates “Traditions of America/Locust Valley Golf Course" parcels as Age Qualified Community (AQC) Overlay Zone (10/10/16)
- Ordinance 141-N - Designates Copperhead Grill parcel and adjacent parcel as Village Commercial Overlay Zone
- Ordinance 141-M - Zoning Ordinance Amendments
- Ordinance 141-O - Changes the Zoning of a portion of the property at 6581 N. Main St. from R-2 to C
- Ordinance 141-P - Eliminates Age-Qualified Community and makes enhancements to Conservation Design
- Ordinance 141-Q - An ordinance to add a new section 232 “Enterprise Overlay Zone,” to create a corporate campus use as a permitted use in the Enterprise Overlay Zone, to add a new section 493 to create regulations for the corporate campus use and to add and modify certain definitions germane to the corporate campus use; and further to amend the official zoning map to designate a section of the Enterprise (e) zone as including the Enterprise Overlay Zone (EOZ).” (02/12/2018)
- Ordinance 141-Q Map (02/12/2018)
- Ordinance 141-R Forestry Uses (07/14/2020)
- Ordinance 141-S Truck or Motor Freight Terminals
- Ordinance 141-T Truck Terminals
- Ordinance 141-U "Zone Provisions" Conservation Design Buffer Overlay
- Ordinance 141-V - Amending the Official Zoning Map
- Ordinance No 141-W - Keeping Chickens in R-1 & R-2 Zoning Districts
- Ordinance 141-X - Forestry Uses and Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
- Ordinance No 141-Y - Approved Types of Trees, Shrubs & Ground Covers
- Ordinance No 141-Z Chickens and Applicability of Zoning Ord to Twp
Ordinance 145: The Upper Saucon Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO) of 2011
Ordinance 145 is a comprehensive amendment of the Upper Saucon Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO), titled “Upper Saucon Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of 2011”; it replaces the existing SALDO, which dates to 1975. This is largely a procedural document that outlines the process a developer must follow to engage in subdivision and land development activities in the Township; it references other Township ordinances and documents (such as the Zoning Ordinance, stormwater ordinance, standard construction documents, municipal authority specifications, etc.) for the standards themselves.
Ordinance 146: Inspection and Certificate of Occupancy Requirements
Ordinance #152 - All Terrain Vehicles
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF UPPER SAUCON, LEHIGH COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA, REGULATING THE OPERATION OF ALL-TERRAIN AND OFF-ROAD
VEHICLES WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF UPPER SAUCON TOWNSHIP.
Ordinance 153: Standard Construction Document Specifications
Ordinance 154: Installation, Operation, and Maintenance of Grease Interceptors
To preclude the introduction of fats, oils and greases (FOG) into the Township sanitary sewer system
