The title of this chapter is "An Ordinance To Limit and Restrict
to 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 the Uses of Land
in the Borough of Towanda 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 "Towanda
Borough Zoning Ordinance."
The intent of this chapter is to establish a precise and detailed
plan for the use of land in Towanda Borough 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 Ordinance is intended to:
A. Establish zoning districts: establish zoning districts and to regulate
therein the use of land and structures for agricultural, 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 lot area 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 and 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.