This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Edgeworth Zoning Ordinance," and the official Zoning Map referred
to herein and adopted as part of this chapter shall be known as the
"Edgeworth Zoning Map."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included
at the end of this chapter.
The purpose of this chapter is the promotion
of the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the present
and future inhabitants of the Borough by:
A.
Encouraging and facilitating the orderly, coordinated
and practical development of the Borough.
(1)
Lessening the danger and congestion of traffic on
the roads and highways and providing for adequate off-street parking
and loading for all land uses.
(2)
Securing safety from fire, panic, flood and other
dangers.
(3)
Providing for adequate light and air.
(4)
Promoting such distribution of population and classification
and utilization of land as will facilitate and conserve adequate provision
for transportation, water, drainage, sanitation, educational and other
public facilities, recreation and protection of natural resources
and the environment.
(5)
Identifying those ecologically fragile and sensitive
portions of the Borough and regulating development thereof accordingly.
(6)
Establishing building lines and the locations of buildings
or structures designed for appropriate uses within such lines to prevent
overcrowding.
(7)
Dividing the Borough into zones and districts restricting
and regulating the location, construction, reconstruction, alteration
and use of buildings, structures and land to conserve land, building
and structure values, protect the tax base, secure economy in governmental
expenditures and encourage variety and quality in land uses.
(8)
Providing housing opportunities consistent with the
Borough's population growth and housing demand, present and future.
(9)
Providing for the regulation of nonconforming uses,
buildings and structures.
(10)
Providing for the timely, equitable and efficient
administration of the provisions, regulations and restrictions hereof.
Pursuant to § 606 of the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Code, Act of July 31, 1968, No. 247, P.L. 805, as amended,[1] the statement of community development objectives, which
is to serve as the guideline for growth and development within the
Borough affected by this chapter may be supplied by reference to the
Comprehensive Plan. Because the Borough's community development objectives
are set forth in the Edgeworth Comprehensive Plan, dated August 14,
1978, this chapter's statement of community development objectives
is supplied by reference to that Comprehensive Plan.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.
Except as otherwise provided, where a provision
of this chapter is found to be in conflict with a provision of any
land use ordinance or code, applicable health, building, housing,
environmental or safety regulation or any other ordinance or resolution
of the Borough existing on the effective date of this chapter or thereafter
or any regulation issued under the authority of any such code, regulation,
ordinance or resolution, the provision of the health, safety and welfare
of the people shall prevail.
