This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Official
Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Sewickley," and the map shall be
known and designated as the "Official Zoning Map of the Borough of
Sewickley."
This chapter is enacted and ordained under the grant of powers
by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Act 247,
the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC), July 31, 1968,
as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
This chapter is made in accordance with an overall program and
with consideration for the character of the Borough, its various parts,
and the suitability of the various parts for particular uses and structures.
This chapter is enacted for the following purposes:
A.
To promote, protect and facilitate one or more of the following:
public health, safety, morals, general welfare, coordinated and practical
community development, proper density of population, emergency preparedness,
disaster evacuation, the provision of adequate light and air, police
protection, vehicle parking and loading space, transportation, water,
sewerage, schools, public grounds and other public requirements.
B.
To provide uses, buildings and/or structures compatible with the
character of development or the permitted uses within the specified
zoning districts.
C.
To protect the character and maintain the stability of residential,
commercial, institutional, industrial and open space areas within
the Borough.
D.
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.
E.
To promote and to foster the community development goals and objectives,
including quality infill, redevelopment and/or adaptive reuse, as
identified in the Aleppo, Sewickley and Glen Osborne (ASO) Joint Comprehensive
Plan, as amended.
F.
To identify land uses within this chapter that shall be considered
mutually shared with all communities participating in the ASO Joint
Comprehensive Plan.
In interpreting and applying this chapter, its provisions shall
be held to be the minimum requirements for promotion of health, safety,
morals and general welfare of the Borough. Any use permitted subject
to the regulations prescribed by the provisions of this chapter shall
conform with all the regulations and is not intended to interfere
with, abrogate, annul, supersede or cancel any reservations contained
in deeds or other agreements, but if this chapter imposes more stringent
restrictions upon the use of buildings, structures and land than are
contained in the deeds or agreements, the provisions of this chapter
shall control.
The provisions, regulations, limitations and restrictions of
this chapter shall apply to all structures, buildings, uses, signs
and land and their accessory structures, buildings, uses and signs.
The requirements of this chapter are not applicable to temporary uses
permitted by and/or conducted by the Borough of Sewickley or its authorized
municipal authorities to be conducted on, upon or in Borough land
or structures.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul, other than enumerated in § 330-107 herein, or interfere with any existing ordinance or enactment or with any rule, regulation, or permit adopted or issued. If this chapter imposes greater restrictions upon the use of buildings or land, then the provisions of this chapter shall control.
Ordinance No. 1176, as amended, is hereby expressly repealed,
provided that nothing in this chapter 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
chapter.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
of this chapter shall be declared invalid for any reason, such decision
shall not affect the remaining portions of this chapter, which shall
remain in full force and effect, and for this purpose the provisions
of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable.
