[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Catasauqua 2-2-2004 by Ord. No. 1165.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Animals — See Ch. 105.
Apartment licensing — See Ch.
108.
Uniform codes — See Ch. 130.
Fair housing — See Ch. 138.
Firearms — See Ch. 140.
Floodplain management — See Ch. 145.
Garage sales — See Ch. 160.
Hazardous materials — See Ch. 165.
Junkyards — See Ch. 170.
Noise — See Ch. 185.
Signs and billboards — See Ch. 215.
Solid waste — See Ch. 220.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 225.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 230.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 235.
Trees — See Ch. 245.
Abandoned vehicles — See Ch. 255.
[1]
Editor's Note: The prefatory provisions of
this ordinance stated as follows:
"1. Title. A new ordinance: a) dividing the
Borough of Catasauqua into districts with varying regulations; b)
permitting, prohibiting, regulating and determining the uses of land,
watercourses and other bodies of water, the size, height, bulk, location,
erection, construction, repair, expansion, razing, removal and use
of structures, the areas and dimensions of land and bodies of water
to be occupied by uses and structures, as well as yards and other
open areas to be left unoccupied; c) establishing the maximum density
and intensity of uses; d) providing for the administration and enforcement
of this ordinance in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, including provisions for special exceptions and variances
to be administered by a Zoning Hearing Board; and e) establishing
provisions for the protection of certain natural features.
"2. Short title. This ordinance shall be known
and be cited as the 'Catasauqua Borough Zoning Ordinance' of 2004.
"3. Severability. It is hereby declared to
be the legislative intent that if a court of competent jurisdiction
declares any provisions of this ordinance to be invalid or ineffective
in whole or in part, the effect of such decision shall be limited
to those provisions which are expressly stated in the decision to
be invalid or ineffective, and all other provisions of this ordinance
shall continue to be separately and fully effective. Borough Council
hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each
section or part thereof, other than any part declared invalid, if
it had advance knowledge that any part would be declared invalid.
"4. Procedural defects in enactment. Any procedural
challenge shall be filed in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code and other applicable law.
"5. Repealer. The preexisting Borough of Catasauqua
Zoning Ordinance, as amended, is hereby expressly repealed; provided,
further that nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to affect
any suit or proceeding pending in any court, or any rights acquired
or liability incurred, or any permit issued or approval granted or
any cause or causes of action arising prior to the enactment of this
ordinance. All ordinances and parts of ordinances and all resolutions
and parts of resolutions which are inconsistent herewith by virtue
of references to or incorporation of requirements contained in the
preexisting Zoning Ordinance as amended shall, as nearly as possible,
be construed to reference this ordinance.
"6. Enactment. Under the authority conferred
by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended, Borough
Council of Catasauqua Borough hereby enacts and ordains into an ordinance
the attached document this date of February 2, 2004. This ordinance
shall become effective immediately upon enactment."