This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Borough of Media Zoning Ordinance of 1989."
The zoning regulations and districts set forth
in this chapter are designed to achieve the following purposes:
A.
To promote, protect and facilitate one or more of
the following: the public health, safety, morals, general welfare;
coordinated and practical community development; proper density of
population; civil defense, disaster evacuation, and national defense
facilities; the provision of adequate light and air; police protection,
vehicle parking and loading space, transportation, water, sewerage,
schools, public grounds and other public requirements; as well as
B.
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; and
C.
To advance the purposes and goals of the Borough as
set forth in the Media Borough Comprehensive Plan Update, adopted
September 18, 1986.
[Amended 1-15-2004 by Ord. No. 984; 7-19-2007 by Ord. No.
1031; 11-20-2008 by Ord. No. 1051; 10-21-2010 by Ord. No. 1077; 6-21-2012 by Ord. No. 1094]
For the purposes of this chapter the Borough
of Media is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:
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R-1 — Residential District
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R-2 — Residential District
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R-3 — Residential District
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R-4 — Residential District
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MERC — Municipal, Educational,
Recreational and Community Use District[1]
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O — Office District
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ROA — Retail-Office-Apartment
District
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HBO — Highway Business-Office
District
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I — Industrial District
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TND-1 — Traditional Neighborhood
Design Overlay District
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HR — Historic Resources Overlay District
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L ROA — Light Retail-Office-Apartment Overlay
District
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Steep Slope Conservation Overlay District
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Editor's Note: The ERC - Educational, Recreational
and Community Use District was renamed the MERC - Municipal, Educational,
Recreational and Community Use District 8-15-1996 by Ord. No. 903.
References to said district have been updated throughout this chapter.
A.
Minimum and uniform regulations. The regulations set
forth in this chapter within each district shall be minimum regulations
and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structures or land.
B.
Proposed uses and structures. In all zoning districts, after the effective date of this chapter, any new building or other structure or any tract of land shall be constructed, developed, and used only in accordance with the regulations specified herein, except where a variance has been authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with Article XVII of this chapter.
C.
Existing uses and structures. In all districts, after the effective date of this chapter, any existing building or other structure or any tract of land which is not in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located shall be deemed to be nonconforming and subject to the regulations of Article XVIII of this chapter.
The zoning district locations and boundaries
are those that exist on the legally adopted Official Zoning Map, a
copy of which is attached hereto and made a part of this Zoning Chapter.
The original Zoning Map shall be kept on file in the office of the
Borough Secretary. Whenever changes are made in the boundaries or
other matter included on the said Zoning Map, such changes in the
map shall be made within five days after the amendment has been approved
by Borough Council.
Where a district boundary line divides a lot
held in single and separate ownership at the effective date of this
chapter, the regulations of the less restricted district shall extend
over the portion of the lot in the more restricted district a distance
of not more than 25 feet from the district boundary.
[Amended 1-20-1994 by Ord. No. 870; 8-15-1996 by Ord. No. 903]
All structures, land areas and/or premises which
are located in areas identified as floodplain by the National Flood
Insurance Program are subject to the regulations of the Media Floodplain
Ordinance, as amended.[1]
Stormwater management in those portions of the
Borough within the Ridley Creek watershed shall conform to the standards
and criteria of the Ridley Creek Stormwater Management Plan, as regulated
by the Ridley Creek Stormwater Management Ordinance, as now in effect
or as later adopted.
In the interpretation and application of the
provisions of this chapter, the said provisions shall be held to be
the minimum requirements for the promotion and protection of the public
health, welfare and safety. In the case that this chapter is in conflict
with any other statute, ordinance or regulation, the more restrictive
statute, ordinance or regulation shall be controlling.
The existing zoning regulations, Ordinance No.
625 of 1973, as amended, are hereby repealed.
