Avondale City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
Purpose, Interpretation, Short Title
§ 430-1 Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Avondale Borough Zoning Ordinance of 1963, as amended," and further identified as Chapter 430 of the Avondale Borough Code.
§ 430-2 When effective.
This chapter shall become effective five days following its official adoption.
§ 430-3 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Borough by:
A.
Implementing the recommendations of the Avondale Borough Comprehensive Plan (1994);
B.
Implementing the recommendations of the Avondale Borough Open Space, Recreation, and Environmental Resource Plan (1994);
C.
Securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers;
D.
Providing adequate light and air;
E.
Preventing the overcrowding of land;
F.
Avoiding undue concentration of population;
G.
Facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements; and
H.
Encouraging the most appropriate use of land.
§ 430-4 Community development objectives.
The following community development objectives represent the broad intent of this chapter and reflect the goals of the Avondale Borough Comprehensive Plan.
A.
Provide for development within the Borough that is compatible with the existing character of the community.
B.
Provide opportunities for suitable and compatible commercial, business and industrial activities within the scale of existing land use patterns, support services, transportation networks, and environmental concerns of the Borough.
C.
Provide opportunity for a variety of residential housing types within the natural and service constraints of the Borough.
D.
Protect the natural resources of the Borough.
§ 430-5 Interpretation.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter, they shall be held to be minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare. Where the provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than those of any statute, other ordinance, or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. Where the provisions of any statute, other ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions than this chapter, the provisions of such statute, ordinance, or regulation shall be controlling.