Lancaster County Zoning Map & Districts 2026

A district in which the principal uses of the land are restricted due to lack of available utilities, unsuitable soil types, steep slopes, or for the protection of prime agricultural lands.

A district where the principal use of the land is for large rural living tracts with an abundance of open space, agricultural lands, and a high degree of separation between buildings.

Established to protect the residential character of communities and neighborhoods in the rural area at a density of 1.0 dwelling unit per acre; promotes rural living, protects farmland, and maintains low density residential.

Established for rural crossroads that represent small nodes of commercial activity along rural highways, accommodating small-scale businesses such as gas stations, convenience stores, or restaurants serving daily needs of the surrounding rural population.

Accommodates manufactured homes in a variety of settings, including manufactured home parks, manufactured home subdivisions, and a single-lot mobile home district.

Established to maintain previously developed or approved single-family residential subdivisions and related facilities at a density of 1.5 dwelling units per acre; acts as a transitional district between rural living and urban development.

Established to maintain previously developed or approved single-family residential subdivisions and related facilities at a density of 2.5 dwelling units per acre; acts as a transitional district between rural and urban development.

Generally located adjacent to neighborhoods and provides opportunities for the provision of office and professional services that do not adversely impact the surrounding communities.

Generally located on thoroughfares and provides opportunities for neighborhood services that serve as an acceptable transition to generally auto-dependent neighborhoods.

Generally located on thoroughfares and provides opportunities for offices, services, and retail goods in proximity to auto-dependent, community neighborhoods; intended to accommodate existing auto-oriented development while encouraging transition to pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use areas.

Generally located on major thoroughfares and provides opportunities for offices, services, and retail goods to meet the surrounding region; accommodates the auto-oriented pattern of existing development until the transportation network is retrofitted for more urban patterns.

Intended to allow for the continued and future use, expansion, and new development of academic and religious campuses, governmental and health facilities, and public and private utility infrastructure while minimizing adverse impacts on neighboring residential areas.

Established to preserve and protect environmentally sensitive lands (e.g. floodways, wetlands) and properties already under public ownership or otherwise restricted for passive or active recreational use.

Established for activities that can be operated in a relatively clean and quiet manner and that will not be obnoxious to adjacent residential or business districts, including warehousing and wholesaling with limited public contact; designed to prohibit most heavy industry.

Established to accommodate industrial, manufacturing, or large-scale utility operations that may create some nuisance and are not compatible with residential, commercial, and service establishments.

Established for large-scale operations that extract and process mineral materials; may create nuisance not properly associated with residential, commercial, and service establishments.

Established to accommodate a variety of housing types in a neighborhood setting at a density of 4 dwelling units per acre for those desiring urban-sized, relatively high density neighborhoods within walking or biking distance from mixed-use centers.

Established to serve as a transitional district between rural and urban developments at a density of 8.0 dwelling units per acre, providing for multiple-family residential dwellings while discouraging detrimental effects to adjacent single-family areas.

Intended to provide mixed-use transitional areas immediately adjacent to or in close proximity of mixed-use centers that permit some limited commercial uses and a wide variety of housing types in pedestrian-scaled, residential-style structures.

A pedestrian-scaled, mixed-use district catering to the everyday needs of nearby neighborhoods; accommodates community-scale commercial, residential, office, and civic uses in vertically mixed-use and free-standing buildings, with retail at street level.

Established to promote mixed-use environments supported by artists, craftsman, and cultural activities, often in transitional areas previously occupied by industrial development; accommodates limited commercial, institutional, some light industrial, and a wide variety of residential uses.