A.
The purpose of the regulations within this chapter
is to assure that new building sites are suitable for construction
purposes, and to provide for harmonious land development in Lawrence
Township, Clearfield County, by creating conditions favorable to the
health, safety, and general welfare of the residents of Lawrence Township.
This is accomplished through the regulations of this chapter, the
purposes of which include but are not limited to the following:
(1)
To guide the future growth and development of Lawrence
Township in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan of the Township.
(2)
To provide for adequate light, air, and privacy; to
secure safety from fire, flood, and other danger; and to prevent overcrowding
of the land and undue congestion of population.
(3)
To protect the character and social and economic stability
of Lawrence Township and to encourage the orderly and beneficial development
of the Township.
(4)
To protect and conserve the value of land throughout
the Township and the value of buildings and improvements upon the
land and to minimize the conflicts among the uses of land and buildings.
(5)
To guide public and private policy and action in order
to provide adequate and efficient transportation, water supply, sewerage,
schools, parks, playgrounds, recreation, and other public requirements
and facilities.
(6)
To provide the most beneficial relationship between
the uses of land and buildings and the circulation of traffic within
the Township, having particular regard to the avoidance of congestion
in the streets and highways, and the pedestrian traffic movements
appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings, and to provide
for the proper location and width of streets and building lines.
(7)
To establish reasonable standards of design and procedures
for subdivision and resubdivisions, in order to further the orderly
layout and use of land; and to ensure proper legal descriptions and
monumenting of subdivided land.
(8)
To ensure that public facilities are available and
will have a sufficient capacity to serve the proposed subdivision.
(9)
To prevent the pollution of air, streams, and ponds;
to assure the adequacy of drainage facilities; to safeguard the water
table; and to encourage the wise use and management of natural resources
in order to preserve the community and value of the land.
(10)
To preserve the natural beauty and topography
of Lawrence Township and to ensure appropriate development with regard
to these natural features.
(11)
To provide for open spaces through efficient
design and layout of the land.
(12)
To ensure that documents prepared as part of
a land ownership transfer fully and accurately describe the parcel
of land being subdivided, and the new parcels thus created.
B.
The regulations and procedures within this chapter
assure property owners that all plans will be considered and processed
based upon established public policy.
