Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Borough of Edwardsville, Pennsylvania

Borough of Edwardsville’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent

  All land inside Edwardsville borough, Luzerne County, PA

  • Ordinance is the 2015 zoning ordinance prepared by Varaly Associates; the borough's own zoning officer/code enforcement administers it
  • Zoning permit application and zoning appeal application are posted on the borough's permits page

  “zoning map and ordinance zoning map (pdf) download zoning ordinance (pdf) download”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Edwardsville borough zoning districts (R-1, R-2, R-3, C-2, C-3, I-1 per the dimensional table)

  • Official zoning map and ordinance PDFs are posted on the borough Code page

  “zoning map and ordinance zoning map (pdf) download zoning ordinance (pdf) download”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  R-1 district (first column of the Section 503 table), inside Edwardsville borough; table text is garbled in extraction

  • Any lot not served by public sewer and water needs at least one acre
  • Other districts have different sizes (R-2 single-family appears to be 5,000 sf); detail left as follow-up

  R-1 minimum lot size: >= 6000 sq ft (one acre if not served by public sewer and water) · minimum lot size without public sewer and water: >= 1 acre

  “any lot not service by public sewer and water shall require a minimum lot size of not less than one (1) acre.”

• Mandatory utility hookupConditional

  Proposed uses and development inside Edwardsville borough

  • Sewage service must be consistent with the borough's Act 537 plan, including mandatory connection to public sewers
  • No distance or availability threshold stated in this section
  • Lots without public sewer and water need at least one acre

  “the provision of sewage service to any proposed use and/or development of property shall be consistent with the borough's act 537 sewage facility plan, including but not limited to mandatory connection to public sewers.”

• Driveway accessLimited

  Driveways serving properties inside Edwardsville borough

  • Residential driveway maximum 20 feet wide at the street line; 30 feet in other districts
  • PennDOT rules govern state roads
  • Whether a driveway permit is required was not confirmed

  minimum single-family driveway width: >= 9 feet

  “the width of a driveway intended to provide access to or from a property shall comply with the following: a. a minimum of nine (9) feet for all single family dwellings.”

• Building in a floodplainRequired

  Improvements to structures or land in the FEMA-mapped 100-year floodplain inside Edwardsville borough

  • Must comply with both the zoning ordinance and the borough flood plain management ordinance (not reviewed)

  “any improvements to structures or land located within a 100 flood plain as established by the most recent mapping provided by fema shall be in compliance with all applicable and governing provisions and regulations of both this ordinance and the borough of edwardsville flood plain management ordinance”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Borough of Edwardsville or Luzerne County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits inside Edwardsville borough
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemptions inside Edwardsville borough
• Building code adopted — Building code inside Edwardsville borough
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Edwardsville borough
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy certificates inside Edwardsville borough

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.