A.
For the purpose of this chapter, the Township of Bethlehem
is hereby divided into the following types of zoning districts:
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RR
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Rural Residential District
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LDR
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Low-Density Residential District
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MDR
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Medium-Density Residential District
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MHDR
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Medium-High-Density Residential District
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NC
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Neighborhood Commercial District
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GC
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General Commercial District
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PC
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Planned Commercial District
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OB
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Office/Business District
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GI
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General Industrial District
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LI
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Office/Light Industrial Campus District
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AG
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Agricultural District
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CR
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Conservation and Recreation District
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IN
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Institutional Overlay District
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LI(P)
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Office/Light Industrial Campus (Phased) District
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Smart Growth Districts and Overlay Districts
[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04] | ||
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Neighborhood Enhancement Overlay District
[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04] | ||
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Commercial Enhancement Overlay District
[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04] | ||
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Conservation Design Overlay District
[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04] | ||
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Town Center District
[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04] | ||
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Hospital Health Care Village District
[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04] | ||
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Mixed-Use Village Overlay District
[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04] | ||
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Streetscape Enhancement Overlay District
[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04] | ||
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HM
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Highway Maintenance District
[Added 8-7-2006 by Ord. No. 06-06] | |
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GU
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Gaming Uses Overlay District
[Added 3-5-2007 by Ord. No. 01-07] |
B.
For the purposes of this chapter, the zoning districts named in Subsection A shall be of the number, size, shape and location shown on the Official Zoning Map.
A.
Unless otherwise provided by law or specifically in this chapter (including § 275-5B) no land or building or structure shall be used or occupied except for a use specifically listed in this chapter as permitted in the zoning district within which the land or building or structure is located.
B.
The regulations set by this chapter shall apply uniformly
to each class or kind of structure or land, except as provided for
in this chapter.
C.
No building, structure or land shall hereafter be
erected, used, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered
and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be used
or occupied unless it is in conformity with the regulations herein
specified for the use and district in which it is located.
D.
No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of
this chapter shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum
requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective
date of this chapter shall meet at least the minimum requirements
established by this chapter.
E.
Any territory which may hereafter be annexed to the
Township shall be classified as the zoning district of the Township
most similar to the zoning of such territory before annexation (as
determined by the Zoning Hearing Board) until otherwise classified.
B.
The Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the
signature of the President of the Board of Commissioners attested
by the Township Manager and shall bear the adoption date of this chapter
and the words "Official Zoning Map."
C.
Changes of any nature to the Official Zoning Map shall
only be made in conformity with the amendment procedures set forth
in this chapter. All changes should be noted by date with a brief
description of the nature of the change.
D.
Regardless of the existence of purported copies of
the Official Zoning Map which may, from time to time, be made or published,
the Official Zoning Map shall be located in the Township office and
shall be the final authority on boundaries and districts.
E.
If the Official Zoning Map becomes damaged, destroyed,
lost or difficult to interpret because of changes and additions, the
Board of Commissioners may, by resolution, adopt a new Official Zoning
Map which shall supersede the prior Official Zoning Map.
F.
The new Official Zoning Map may correct drafting or
other errors or omissions in the prior Official Zoning Map, but no
such correction shall include an amendment thereof, unless the amendment
has been duly advertised and adopted.
G.
Unless the prior Official Zoning Map has been lost
or has been totally destroyed, the prior map or any part or parts
thereof remaining shall be preserved together with all available records
pertaining to its adoption or amendment.
Where uncertainty exists as to boundaries of
any district as shown on said map, the following rules shall apply:
A.
District boundary lines are intended to follow or
be parallel to the center line of street rights-of-way, streams and
railroads and lot lines as they existed on a recorded deed or plan
of record in the County Recorder of Deeds' office at the time of the
adoption of this chapter, unless such district boundary lines are
fixed by dimensions as shown on the Zoning Map.
B.
Where a district boundary is not fixed by dimensions
and where it approximately follows lot lines, such lot lines shall
be construed to follow such boundaries unless specifically shown otherwise.
C.
In unsubdivided land or where a district boundary
divides a lot, the location of such boundary, unless the same is indicated
by dimensions, shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing
on the maps.
A.
Intent. To continue the objective of compatible land
uses across municipal boundaries.
B.
This chapter requires additional setbacks and the
provision of buffer yards when certain uses would abut an existing
dwelling or a residential zoning district.
C.
These same setback and buffer yard provisions shall
be provided for uses proposed within Bethlehem Township if an abutting
existing residence or abutting principally residential zoning district
is located in an abutting municipality.
