For the purpose of this chapter, the Borough is hereby divided
into classes of districts which shall be designated as follows:
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R-1 Residential District
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R-2 Residential District
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TH Townhouse District
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GA Garden Apartment District
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RC Retirement Community District
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C Commercial District
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VC-1 Village Commercial-1 District
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VC-2 Village Commercial-2 District
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IN Institutional District
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REC Recreational District
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FP Floodplain Conservation District
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NRPS Natural Resource Protection Standards (Overlay)
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The locations and boundaries of such districts shall be as shown
upon the map, as amended, attached to and hereby made a part of this
chapter which shall be designated "Zoning Map of the Borough of Schwenksville"
hereinafter referred to as "Zoning Map." The said map, and all the
notations, references and other data thereon, shall be as much a part
of this chapter as is fully described herein.
The boundaries between districts are, unless otherwise indicated,
either the center lines of streets, lanes, watercourses, and rights-of-way
of power lines and other public utilities, or such lines extended,
or lines parallel thereto. Where the boundaries of a single district
are indicated as including directly opposite sides of a street, lane,
lake or watercourse, or right-of-way of a power line, or other public
utility, for any portion of its length, the district so indicated
shall be construed to apply to the entire bed of such street, lane,
lake or watercourse, or right-of-way of such power line, railroad,
or other public utility, lying within such portion of its length.
Where uncertainty exists as to the location of any said boundaries
as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A.Â
Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately following
the center line of a street, lane, lake or watercourse, or right-of-way
of a power line, or other public utility, such center line shall be
construed to be such boundary.
B.Â
Where a district boundary is indicted as approximately following
a lot line or other property line, such lot line shall be construed
to be such boundary.
C.Â
Where a district boundary divides a lot or runs through undivided
property, the location of such boundary, unless otherwise specified
by figures on the Zoning Map, shall be determined by the use of the
scale appearing on said map.
D.Â
Where figures are shown on the Zoning Map between a street and a
district boundary, they shall indicate that the district boundary
runs parallel to the street line at a distance therefrom equivalent
to the number of feet so indicated, unless specified. Where scaled
distances do not agree with such figures, the figures shall control.
Whenever federal- or state- owned property 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 United States of America and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
