Avondale City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Classifications of Districts
§ 430-8 Establishment of districts.
A.
The Borough shall be divided into different districts, each with a specified purpose and intent to implement this chapter and the goals of the Borough Comprehensive Plan.
B.
Every parcel of land and every building or other structure in the Borough, except as otherwise provided by law or this chapter of the Borough Code, shall be subject to the provisions specified for the district in which it is located.
C.
A building may be erected, used or occupied, and a lot may be used or occupied only according to the explicit standards and criteria of the zoning district in which the building or lot is located, including all applicable Borough codes.
§ 430-9 Classes of districts.
A.
Base districts. For the purpose of this chapter of the Borough Code, all land area within the Borough of Avondale is hereby divided into one of the seven classes of districts which shall be designated as follows:
[Amended 11-17-2015 by Ord. No. 249]
R-1 Residential District |
R-2 Residential District |
R-3 Residential District |
FD Flexible Use District |
TC Town Center District |
C General Commercial District |
I Industrial District |
B.
Overlay district.
(1)
In addition to the base district provisions, certain land areas shall be subject to additional provisions contained in this chapter of the Borough Code. These areas shall be known as "Overlay Districts," regulated through the overlay district provisions, as well as the underlying base district provisions contained in this chapter. In addition to the above-mapped districts, the following five overlay districts comprising the Environmental Protection (EP) Overlay District shall be applied:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Carbonate Overlay District |
Flood Hazard Overlay District |
Wetland Protection Overlay District |
Steep Slope Overlay District |
Woodland Overlay District |
Airport Hazard Zone Overlay District |
(2)
In the event that the overlay district regulations, as defined by the appropriate section(s) of this chapter of the Borough Code, are found to be nonapplicable, the underlying or base district shall be applicable to said parcel.
§ 430-10 Zoning Map.
The location and boundaries of districts shall be as shown on the current map attached to and made a part of this chapter of the Borough Code. This map shall be known as the "Zoning Map of Avondale Borough."[1] Said current map and all notations, references, and data shown thereon are hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter, and shall be as much a part of this chapter as if all were fully described herein.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included as an attachment to this chapter.
§ 430-11 District boundaries.
The boundaries between districts are, unless otherwise indicated, either the center lines of streets, alleys, watercourses, rights-of-way of public utilities, or railroad rights-of-way. Where the boundaries of a single district are indicated as including directly opposite sides of a street, alley, lake, or watercourse, right-of-way of a public utility, or a railroad right-of-way, for any portion of its length, the district so indicated shall be construed to apply to the entire bed of such street, alley, watercourse, right-of-way of such public utility, or railroad right-of-way 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.
Where a boundary is indicated as approximately following the center-line of a street, alley, or watercourse, right-of-way of a public utility, or railroad right-of-way, such center-line shall be construed to be such boundary.
B.
Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately following a lot line or other property line, such lot line or property line shall be construed to be such boundary.
C.
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.
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 equivalent to the number of feet so indicated. Where scaled distances do not agree with such figures, the figures shall control.
§ 430-12 Boundary tolerances.
Where a district boundary line divides a lot held in single and separate ownership at the effective date of this chapter of the Borough Code, the use regulations applicable to the less restricted district shall extend over the portion of the lot in the more restricted district a distance of not more than 50 feet beyond the district boundary line.