In order to carry out the stated purpose of
this chapter, the Borough is hereby divided into zoning districts,
designated as follows:
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Full Name
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Short Name
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Low-Density R-1 Residential District
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R-1
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Moderate-Density R-2 Residential District
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R-2
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Neighborhood R-3 Residential District
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R-3
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Special Use SU District
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SU
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General Commercial C-1 District
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C-1
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Mixed-Use C-2 District
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C-2
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Flood Hazard Overlay District
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FHO
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Conservation Overlay CO District
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CO
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The locations and boundaries of each of these
zoning districts are set forth on the Zoning Map attached hereto and
made a part hereof by this reference and adopted at the time of enactment
of this chapter.[1] All notations, references, explanatory matter and other
information on the Zoning Map are adopted and incorporated herein
by this reference. The Zoning Map shall be kept on file for public
inspection in the business office of the Borough.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included
at the end of this chapter.
The zoning district boundaries shall be shown
on the Zoning Map with heavy solid lines and placement of the short
names of the respective zoning districts within such boundaries to
indicate the areas located within the various zoning districts. Where
uncertainty exists as to the precise location or extent of any zoning
district, the following shall apply:
A.
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximate,
coinciding with the center lines of streets, ways, alleys, highways,
railroad lines, or streams, such center lines shall be construed to
be such boundaries.
B.
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately
coinciding with recorded lot boundary lines, such lot lines shall
be construed to be such boundaries, or where district boundaries are
indicated as extensions of recorded lot boundary lines, such lines
shall be construed to be such boundaries.
C.
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately
parallel to center lines of streets, alleys, ways, highway, railroad
lines, streams, lot lines or other physical features, such district
boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such
distance therefrom as indicated on the Zoning Map, provided that distances
not indicated specifically on the Zoning Map shall be determined by
measurement according to the scale of the Zoning Map.
D.
Where physical or cultural features existing on the
ground are at variance with the district boundaries as shown on the
Zoning Map or as interpreted pursuant to this section, the Zoning
Hearing Board, upon application, shall interpret the district boundaries.
A.
Low-Density R-1 Residential District (R-1). The purpose
of this district is to preserve the natural features and resources
of certain areas of the Borough with low-density residential development
suited to the rural-suburban character of these neighborhoods.
B.
Moderate-Density R-2 Residential District (R-2). The
purpose of this district is to combine the preservation of natural
features and resources with low-density residential development suited
to the natural conditions and the rural-suburban character of these
portions of the Borough.
C.
Neighborhood R-3 Residential District (R-3). It is
the purpose of this district to allow for a somewhat greater population
density than the Low-Density and Moderate-Density Residential Districts
(R-1 and R-2), with a continuing emphasis on preservation and protection
of natural resources and the environment as well as compatibility
with existing development.
D.
Special Use SU District (SU). It is the purpose of
this district to provide for a variety of residential dwelling options
at a reduced intensity of development in order to conserve environmentally
sensitive land.
E.
General Commercial C-1 District (C-1). It is the purpose
of this district, in keeping with the existing character of the area,
to encourage quality commercial and certain industrial development,
which development will relate to the adjacent residential areas in
a positive way, pursuant to performance standards proscribing or regulating
adverse impacts.
F.
Mixed Use C-2 District. It is the purpose of this
district, by allowing a mixture of light commercial and residential
uses, to permit only that development which is in harmony with contiguous
residential areas.
G.
Flood Hazard Overlay District (FHO). The purpose of
this overlay district, pursuant to the provisions of the Floodplain
Management Act of 1968, 32 P.S. § 679.101 et seq., and as
a prerequisite to participation in the National Flood Insurance Program,
is to limit use or development of floodplain areas, designated as
an overlay district on the applicable map of the floodplain prepared
by the United State Army Corps of Engineers in connection with such
program, is regulated under these provisions.
H.
Conservation Overlay CO District (CO). The purposes
of this overlay district is to promote the public health, safety and
welfare through the protection of steep slope areas and by encouraging
the provision of open space located and designed so as to retain certain
rural qualities during the physical development of the Borough, to
permit only those uses of steep slope areas which are compatible with
the conservation of natural conditions and which maintain stable soil
conditions by minimizing disturbances to vegetative ground covers,
to limit soil erosion and the resultant destruction of the land, to
maintain the ecological integrity and habitat value of steeply sloped
areas, i.e., indigenous vegetation and wildlife, which could be adversely
affected by otherwise permitted disturbances, and to allow the continuing
replenishment of groundwater resources and the maintenance of springs.
