This Chapter is designed to provide a legal basis and framework for implementing development goals and objectives for the Town of Bloomsburg established by the Town Council. The Town's overall goal is to ensure consistent and coordinated management of growth and existing development in order to accomplish the following community-wide objectives which will:

In the event of conflicts between the provisions of this Chapter and any other ordinance or regulation, the more restrictive provisions shall apply.

In interpreting and applying this Chapter, its provisions shall be considered minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the health, safety, and general welfare of the public.

In interpreting the language of this Chapter to determine the extent of the restriction upon the use of property, the language shall be interpreted, where doubt exists as to the intended meaning of the language written and enacted by the Town of Bloomsburg, in favor of the landowner and/or developer and against any implied extension of the restriction.

Where any provision of this Chapter incorporates by reference the provisions of other chapters (or articles or sections thereof) of the Town of Bloomsburg Municipal Code, such referred to and incorporated by reference provisions shall be, for the purposes of this Chapter, deemed to be fully applicable to the activities and usages regulated by this Chapter in the same manner and to the same degree as if said referred-to and incorporated provisions of such other chapters (or articles or sections thereof) were set forth in at length herein in their entirety.

This Zoning Ordinance presents a straightforward set of regulatory provisions related to retaining cohesive form and function of lot development within the Town.

Many of the requirements for proposed development within the Town are summarized on the land use and dimensional tables within Part 3. These tables include key development relationships pertaining to permitted land uses, dimensional standards, and additional development information applicable to the property. As the relationship of buildings and streets is the foundation of the community, the way in which a lot presents its street wall as well as the way in which it is accessed by pedestrians and vehicles alike will enable the Town to maintain the development continuity of established development patterns. The other Parts of the Chapter provide additional provisions related to zoning and land use.

To navigate through this Chapter and determine the zoning parameters for any specific lot situated within the Town, an applicant should review and complete the following general steps:

Step 3: Certain land uses require additional criteria to be met as part of the Town's special exception approval process. To find out if your particular land use requires special exception approval, first check the land use tables included in § 27-303, which reference the section number where additional criteria for applicable land uses are located.