(c) Offices for physicians, surgeons, dentists, architects, engineers.

(d) Restaurants or dining rooms forming part of an apartment house having not less than six apartments.

(e) Stables for the care of horses, cattle, mules or donkeys, not to exceed two in total number, and located at least 40 feet from the nearest structure used as a human habitation.

SECTION 7. Restrictions Upon Accessory Uses in "A" Zones. Permissible outbuildings, barns, stables and garages shall not be located in the "A" Zones nearer to any street than 50 feet in the case of an inside lot or 20 feet in case of a corner lot or through lot. Such restrictions as to location shall not apply to private garages so built as to be loIcated wholly within the main walls of a dwelling. Billboards and signs or structures designed primarily for advertising uses or purposes shall not be permissible in the "A" Zones either as accessory uses or otherwise, except that "for rent" or "for sale" signs and bulletin boards or signs indicating the name of the occupant or structure or the uses to which the premises are to be put shall be permissible as accessory uses; provided that no such sign or bulletin board shall exceed 8 square feet in area.

SECTION 8. Uses in "B" Zones. In the "B" Zones no building, structure or premises shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected or altered which is arranged or intended or designed to be used, except for the following purposes or

uses:

(a) Any use or purpose permitted in the "A" Zones.

(b) Retail stores for the sale of food products, wearing apparel, drugs, confectionery, tobacco and general merchandise for local neighborhood use. (c) Telephone central offices.

(h) Shops for personal service, such as barber shops, shoe shining and tailoring.

SECTION 9. Accessory Uses in "B" Zones. In the "B" Zones the same uses shall be permitted as accessory to the principal uses and purposes as are permitted in the "A" Zones and subject to the same restrictions, and, in addition thereto, such other accessory uses shall be permitted as are customarily incident to or customarily used in connection with the principal use to which the premises are devoted.

SECTION 10. Uses in "C" Zones. In the "C" Zones buildings, structures and premises shall only be located, built and used for uses or purposes permitted in the "B" Zones with the following qualifications:

(a) Uses or purposes permitted in the "D" Zones (as hereinafter mentioned) but not permitted in the "B" Zones shall not be permitted in the "C" Zones except upon the written consents of twothirds of all the owners of land, both in number and area involved, within a radius of 500 feet from the nearest lot line of the premises affected.

(b) Uses or purposes permitted in the "E" Zones (as hereinafter mentioned) but not permitted in the "D" Zones shall not be permitted in the "C" Zones except upon the written consents of two-thirds of all the owners of land, both in number and area involved, within a radius of 1,000 feet from the nearest lot line of the premises affected.

SECTION 11. Consents in "C" Zones. All written consents under Section 10 of this ordinance shall be filed with the Superintendent of the Bureau of Building Inspection in such form as he may prescribe, and the person on whose behalf the same are presented shall be responsible for securing the necessary signatures. If thereafter it appears that the requirements as to the number of signatures have not been complied with, then the premises shall no longer be used for any purpose other than those permitted in the "B" Zones, notwithstanding a pre

Accessory Uses in "B" Zones.

Uses in "C"
Zones.

Commercial uses in "C" Zones.

Industrial uses

in "C" Zones.

Consents for commercial or industrial uses in "C" Zones.

Uses in
"D" Zones.

Accessory
Uses in

"D" Zones.

vious issuance of a certificate of compliance, certificate of use, or building permit. In computing the percentage of consents required under Section 10 of this ordinance a majority in interest of land held jointly or in common or by entireties shall constitute one owner; no coal or other subterranean strata held separately from the surface and no property of any kind owned by the applicant shall be included; so much land within the prescribed radius as is already being used for the uses or purposes applied for shall be conclusively counted as consenting, and the City of Scranton and public service companies shall not be counted as owners except in cases where buildings are owned by them within the prescribed radius.

SECTION 12. Uses in "D" Zones. In the "D" Zones no building, structure or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used except for the following uses or purposes:

(a) Any use or purpose permitted in the "A" or "B" Zones.

(h) Places of public entertainment, such as bowling alleys, pool rooms, shooting galleries.

(i) Billboards and signs and other structures designed primarily for advertising purposes and complying with other sections of this ordinance.

(j) Manufacturing establishments other than those for the working or preparing of metal, stone, coal, wood, or glass, and not including power houses, or structures for the generation of electricity, steam or gas.

SECTION 13. Accessory Uses in "D" Zones. In the "D" Zones used shall be permitted as accessory uses which are customary and incident to or cus

tomarily used in connection with the principal use to which the premises are devoted.

SECTION 14. Uses in “E” Zones. In the "E" Zones buildings, structures and premises may be built and used for any lawful use or purpose except the following, which are expressly forbidden:

(a)

Petroleum refining.

(b) Manufacture of cement, lime, gypsum or Plaster of Paris.

(c) Manufacture of chlorine or hydrochloric, nitric picric or sulphuric acid.

(d) Smelting of ores.

(e)

Manufacture of fertilizers, garbage, offal or dead animal incineration, reduction or storage, except where operated by the City.

(f) Slaughtetr houses, stock yards or abattoir. (g) Distillation of bones, fat rendering, or manufacture of glue, gelatine or snuff.

(h) Dumping ground for material liable to decay or giving off noxious or offensive odors.

Dumping of

Section 15. Dumping Grounds material not subject to decay or to the giving off of noxious or offensive odors may be permitted in the "A," "B," "C" and "D" Zones in the discretion of the Superintendent, provided that the surface of such dump shall not be raised to a height of more than five feet above the grade of the nearest highway. In the "C" Zones this height may be exceeded upon the written consents of neighboring property owners within a radius of 1,000 feet in the same manner as other industrial uses may be permitted in the "C" Zones. No permit for such dumping shall be required in the "E" Zones.

SECTION 16. Mining Uses. The subterranean workings of coal mines and structures therein shall not be affected by this ordinance, but all buildings, structures and dumps upon the surface and all other surface lands, although used in connection with mining operations shall be subject to the terms of this ordinance. Existing dumps used in connection with mining operations may be extended in any direction except that an extension of more than 150 feet in

Uses in "E"'
Zones.

Dumping
Grounds.

Mining Uses. Subterranean workings.

Dumps.

Drilling.

Stripping.

Fences.

Dwellings over public garages.

Billboards above roofs.

Uses contrary to covenants running with the land.

any one direction in the "A" or "B" Zones must be subject to the approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals.

Structures for drilling purposes may be erected and used in the "C" and "E" Zones, but shall not be erected or used in "A," "B" or "D" Zones except in the discretion of the Board of Zoning Appeals.

Mining operations conducted by means of stripping off the surface of the soil shall not be conducted in the "A," "B" or "D" Zones without the permission of the Board of Zoning Appeals in each case, which may be granted subject to such conditions as to the use of bituminous coal or other fuel, dumping of refuse and restoration of the premises as the Board may deem proper for the general welfare of the public particularly those in close proximity thereto.

SECTION 17.

Fences. No fence shall be erected in the "A" or "B" Zones of a greater height than six feet; provided that fences so constructed that the ratio of the solid portion of the fence to the open portion does not exceed one to four may be erected to a height not to exceed 712 feet.

SECTION 18. Dwellings Over Public Garages. No public garage shall have any rooms or apartments located above the same which are used, intended or designed for dwelling or residence purposes.

SECTION 19. Billboards Above Roofs. No billboard, sign or structure for advertising purposes shall be erected upon or above the roof of any building.

SECTION 20. Uses Contrary to Covenants Running With the Land. Where property in any zone is held subject to lawful covenants running with the land which impose restrictions upon the use of the premises or the size, height or character of structures thereon, additional to or more restricted than those contained elsewhere in this ordinance, all such uses or structures contrary to such covenants are hereby prohibited; provided that, in the opinion of the Superintendent, in each instance, such coven