Abbottstown City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
§ 204-1 Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Zoning Ordinance of Abbottstown Borough."
§ 204-2 Authority.
A.
Statutory authority. Section 601 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,[1] (Act of 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as reenacted and amended) provides that the Abbottstown Borough Council may enact and amend a zoning ordinance to implement community development objectives established by the Borough Council. The Eastern Adams Joint Comprehensive Plan has been adopted by the Abbottstown Borough Council and establishes specific policies and community development objectives that the Borough Council seeks to implement through the adoption of the Abbottstown Borough Zoning Ordinance.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10601.
B.
Applicability. This chapter requires that, within Abbottstown Borough, in the County of Adams 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 for the zoning district in which such land, body of water, or structure is located.
§ 204-3 Purpose and community development objectives.
A.
In accordance with the Eastern Adams Joint Comprehensive Plan adopted by the Abbottstown Borough Council on May 17, 2012, there is hereby established a new Comprehensive Zoning Plan for the Borough, which is set forth in the text and map that constitute this chapter. The Plan is adopted in the interest of protecting and promoting the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare, and shall be deemed to include the following objective, among others as may be stated in the Eastern Adams Joint Comprehensive Plan.
B.
General purposes. The Abbottstown Borough Zoning Ordinance is designed to promote, protect, and facilitate any or all of the following.
(1)
The public health, safety, morals, and general welfare.
(2)
Coordinated and practical community development and appropriate density of population.
(3)
Emergency preparedness and operation.
(4)
Provision of adequate light and air.
(5)
Access to solar energy, police protection, vehicle parking and loading spaces, transportation, water service, sewer service, schools, recreation facilities, and public grounds.
(6)
Provision of a safe, reliable, and adequate water supply for domestic, commercial, agricultural, and industrial use.
(7)
Preservation of the natural, scenic, and historic values in the environment and the preservation of forests, wetlands, aquifers, and floodplains.
(8)
Prevention of overcrowding of land, blight, danger, and congestion in travel and transportation.
(9)
Prevention of loss of health, life, or property from fire, panic, or other dangers.
(10)
Provision for the residential use of land within Abbottstown Borough for various dwelling unit types encompassing all basic forms of housing including single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, multifamily dwellings, and mobile home parks.
(11)
Accommodation of reasonable overall community growth, including population and employment growth and economic development.
C.
This chapter provides the legal basis and framework for future development and redevelopment in Abbottstown Borough. Its provisions are guided by the policies and community development objectives established in the Eastern Adams Joint Comprehensive Plan.