This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Nockamixon
Township Zoning Ordinance."
An ordinance regulating the height, bulk, erection, construction,
alteration, razing, removal and size of structures; the percentage
of lot which may be occupied; the size of yards, courts and other
open spaces; the density and distribution of population; the intensity
of use of land or bodies of water for trade, industry, residence,
recreation, public activities or other purposes and the uses of land
for agriculture, water supply, conservation or other purposes, in
all portions of Nockamixon Township.
This chapter is enacted in accordance with Section 601 of the
Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (Act 247), as amended, for the following purposes:
A. To promote the health, safety, morals and the general welfare of
the Township.
B. To promote, protect and facilitate coordinated community development.
C. To lessen congestion on the roads and highways.
D. To secure safety from flood, fire, panic and other danger.
E. To provide adequate light and air.
F. To prevent the overcrowding of land and to avoid undue congestion
of population.
G. To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water supply,
sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements.
H. To conserve the value of buildings.
I. To encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the Township.
J. To provide for the protection and preservation of natural resources
and agricultural land and activities within the Township.
K. To encourage the preservation of the natural, scenic and historic
values in the environment and preservation of forests, wetlands, aquifers
and floodplains.
L. To accommodate reasonable community growth and opportunities for
the development of a variety of residential dwelling types and nonresidential
uses.
This chapter provides a legal basis and framework for future
community development and is based on the duly adopted Goals and Objectives
as contained in the Comprehensive Plan of Nockamixon Township.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul
or interfere with any existing ordinance or enactment or with any
rule, regulation or permit previously adopted or issued thereunder,
except insofar as the same may be inconsistent or in conflict with
any of the provisions of this chapter, provided that where this chapter
imposes greater restrictions upon the use of buildings or land or
upon the height and bulk of buildings or prescribes larger open spaces
than are required by the provisions of such ordinance, enactment,
rule, regulation or permit, then the provisions of this chapter shall
control.
This chapter requires that within the Township of Nockamixon
in the County of Bucks and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, no land,
body of water or structure shall hereafter be used or occupied and
no structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed,
reconstructed, moved or structurally altered unless in conformity
with all the regulations and procedures herein specified.