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Chadds Ford Township
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE III

Establishment of Zoning Districts

§ 135-10 Enumeration of districts.

A. 
For the purposes of this chapter, Chadds Ford Township is hereby divided into the following districts:
Article IV
R-1 District
Residence
Article V
R-2 District
Residence
Article VI
R-MA District
Residence-Multi-Family/Apartment Building
Article VII
PRD Overlay District
Planned Residential Development Overlay
Article VIII
B District
Business
Article IX
B-1 District
Business-1
Article X
PBC District
Planned Business Center
Article XI
PBC-1 District
Planned Business Center-1
Article XII
POC District
Planned Office Center
Article XIII
LI District
Light Industrial
Article XIV
LI-1 District
Light Industrial-1
Article XV
Reserved
Article XVI
MC District
Municipal Conservation
Article XVII
CC District
Cultural Campus
Article XVIII
Wireless Communications Facilities Overlay District
Article XIX
Floodplain Conservation Overlay District
Article XX
Historic Overlay District
Article XXI
BP Overlay District
Baltimore Pike
Article XXII
Steep Slope Conservation Overlay District

§ 135-11 District boundaries.

A. 
The boundary of said districts shall be shown upon the map which shall be designated the "Zoning Map." The said map and all notations, references and other things shown thereon shall be part of this chapter.
B. 
The boundaries between districts are, unless otherwise indicated, either the center lines of Streets or railroad Rights-of-Way, or such lines extended, or lines parallel thereto. Where figures are shown on the Zoning Map between a Street and a district boundary line, they indicate that the district boundary line runs parallel to the center line of the Street at a distance therefrom equivalent to the number of feet so indicated.
C. 
When a district boundary line divides a Lot held in a Single and Separate Ownership at the time of the adoption of this chapter, the following shall apply.
(1) 
The regulation as to the use in 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.
(2) 
The regulation as to the use in the more restricted district may extend over the portion of the Lot in the less restricted district, a distance of not more than 50 feet beyond the district boundary line.
(3) 
For the purposes of this chapter, the districts shall be considered to be restrictive in the following order, listed from most restrictive to least restrictive: MC, R-1, R-2, PRD, CC, R-MA, POC, PBC, PBC-1, LI, LI-1, B, and B-1.

§ 135-12 Order of overlay precedence.

If a Lot lies in more than one overlay district, any conflicts shall be interpreted in the following order of precedence: Floodplain, Steep Slope, Historic, Wireless Communications Facilities, Baltimore Pike.