A.
The Municipality of Kingston has enacted this Zoning
Ordinance, of which this statement is a part, in accordance with the
Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code and various local goals
and objectives. The adoption and enforcement of these regulations
is intended to provide the municipality with procedures which will
assist in directing its growth and development in accordance with
local needs and desires.
B.
Pertinent local goals, which these regulations are
intended to bring to fruition, relate to such factors as land use,
population density, streets and traffic and other community facilities
and utilities, generally as defined in the Kingston Municipal Master
Plan.
C.
More specifically, it is intended to:
(1)
Create a pattern of land uses which are compatible
and harmonious, where a suitable environment may be created for residential,
commercial and industrial functions. The protection of our present
and future residential areas is a prime concern, as well as the reservation
and protection of lands which are considered desirable and suitable
for commercial and industrial uses, but not those industrial uses
which will emit nuisances which would have an adverse affect on any
part of the community.
(2)
Maintain a density of population which can feasibly
be served by the streets and other public facilities which presently
exist or can be reasonably provided by the municipality.
(3)
Direct the types of development and the intensity
of development in such a manner as will not place an unreasonable
burden on the capacity of local streets and other public facilities.
(4)
Preserve the character, appearance and integrity of
the community in keeping with the present pattern and character of
development.
(5)
Encourage the growth and development of the municipality,
including the expansion of commercial and manufacturing activities.
The chapter shall be known as "An Ordinance
to Limit and Restrict the Specified Districts or Zones and to Regulate
Therein, Buildings and Structures According to Their Construction
and the Nature and Extent of Their Use, and the Nature and Extent
of Uses of Land in the Municipality of Kingston and Providing for
the Administration and Enforcement of the Provisions Herein Contained
and Fixing Penalties for the Violation Thereof."
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Kingston Municipal Zoning Ordinance."
The intent of this chapter is to establish a
precise and detailed plan for the use of land in Municipality of Kingston
based on the municipality's Master Plan, including but not limited
to those aspects of the Master Plan relating to land use, density
of population, location and function of streets and other community
facilities and utilities. This chapter has been further enacted in
order to promote and protect the general health, welfare, safety and
convenience of the municipality.
This zoning chapter is intended to:
A.
Establish zoning districts. Establish zoning districts
and to regulate therein the use of land and structures for residential,
commercial, manufacturing and other purposes.
B.
Regulate buildings and population density. Regulate
the location, height, bulk and size of buildings and structures, the
size of yards and open spaces, the percentage of lots which may be
occupied by buildings and structures and the density of population.
Such regulations are deemed necessary to achieve
the following purposes:
A.
To promote, protect and facilitate one or more of
the following: the public health, safety, morals, general welfare,
coordinated and practical community development, desirable density
of population, civil defense, disaster evacuation, the provisions
of adequate light and air, police protection, vehicle parking and
loading space, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, public grounds
and other public requirements.
B.
To prevent one or more of the following: overcrowding
of land, blight, danger and congestion in travel and transportation,
loss of health, life or property from fire, flood, panic or other
dangers.
