Caernarvon Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
Title; Purpose
§ 500-1 Title.
This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Caernarvon Township Zoning Ordinance of 2007."
§ 500-2 Purpose.
A.
This chapter is enacted to promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the residents of Caernarvon Township by encouraging the most appropriate use of land and buildings; preventing the overcrowding of land; avoiding undue congestion of population; providing for adequate light and air; conserving the value of land and buildings; securing safety from fire, panic, flood and other dangers; facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, school, and other public facilities.
B.
This chapter is enacted in accordance with the community development objectives as set forth in the Caernarvon Township Comprehensive Plan. These community development objectives are:
(1)
To provide for areas for a variety of residential uses, including single-family detached homes, two-family homes and multiple-family homes.
(2)
To limit strip commercial development within the Township, encouraging the development of concentrated commercial areas near residential areas.
(3)
To provide areas for industrial development which will be sufficiently large to permit a variety of industrial establishments.
(4)
To encourage each land use to locate in those areas which are most suitable for that particular land use.
(5)
To discourage development in those areas not suitable for development, such as floodplains, steep slopes and areas of high water table.
(6)
To encourage a pattern of orderly growth and compactness of development to facilitate the economical provision of utilities and services.
(7)
To encourage residential development in areas which may feasibly be provided with public sewer and water systems in the future.
(8)
To encourage residential development near existing or planned community facilities and commercial areas, when possible.
(9)
To discourage development in areas not suitable for on-site sewage disposal and which are not feasible to sewer in the near future.
(10)
To encourage the preservation of natural amenities, such as streams, stream valleys and wooded areas.
(11)
To encourage the preservation of the best farmland within the Township.
(12)
To preserve the quality of existing residential and commercial areas within the Township.
(13)
To assure the quality of future development which occurs within the Township by adopting subdivision regulations and providing adequate area, yard, height, and use regulations, performance standards and general regulations within this Chapter 500, Zoning.
(14)
To encourage the provision of a variety of recreational resources which will be available to all the residents of the Township.