A.
For the purpose of this chapter, the Township is hereby
divided into districts, which shall be designated as follows:
[Amended 10-21-1982 by Ord. No. 442; 2-28-2002 by Ord. No. 747; 5-16-2002 by Ord. No. 755; 3-24-2003 by Ord. No. 768; 12-13-2007 by Ord. No.
845; 1-28-2010 by Ord. No. 893; 3-28-2013 by Ord. No.
925]
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AAAA
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Residential District
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AAA
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Residential District
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AA
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Residential District
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A
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Residential District
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B
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Residential District
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C
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Neighborhood Preservation
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AR
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Administration and Research
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CR
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Commercial Retail Districts
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Class H
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Class L
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APT
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Apartment House Districts
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APT HR
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APT LR
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FL PL
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Floodplain Conservation Overlay District
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LIM and LIM-X
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Limited and Limited-X Districts
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HVY
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Heavy Industrial Districts
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CLI and CLI-X
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Campus Limited Industrial Districts
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AD
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Attached Dwelling
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MHP
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Mobile Home Park
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CCRC
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Continuing-Care Retirement Community District
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INST
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Institutional Overlay District
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REC
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Recreational Overlay District
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EX
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Extraction District
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RCCD
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Riparian Corridor Conservation Overlay District
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RDD
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Riverfront Development Overlay District
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VC
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Village Commercial District
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B.
Such districts are herein enumerated and ratified
and confirmed as located on the Zoning Maps.
[Amended 3-27-2003 by Ord. No. 769]
The boundaries of said districts shall be as
shown upon the digitized map attached hereto and made part of this
chapter, said map entitled "Zoning Map, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania," prepared by CKS Engineers, Inc., dated November
2002, or the most recent revision thereof, which shall be designated
the "Zoning Map." Said map and all notations, references and other
things shown thereon shall be made a part of this chapter as if the
matters and things shown by said map were fully described herein.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included
in a pocket at the end of this volume.
[Amended 3-28-2013 by Ord. No. 925]
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the
boundaries of the various districts, as shown on the Zoning Map, the
following shall apply:
A.
The district boundaries are the center line of roads
unless otherwise shown.
B.
Where the district boundaries are not shown to be
the center line of roads, the boundaries shall be construed to be
property lines or dimensions from the legal rights-of-way of streets
or roads or from the edge of expressway or railroad rights-of-way,
whichever is applicable.
A.
Whenever federal- or state-owned property or property
owned by any federal or state agency or any political subdivision
thereof is included in one or more zoning districts, it shall be subject
to the provisions of this chapter only insofar as permitted by the
Constitution and laws of the United States of America and of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
B.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to
land and buildings owned and used for the performance of the governmental
functions of the Township of Whitemarsh.
