Collegeville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
General
§ 680-1 Short title and effective date.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Collegeville Borough Zoning Ordinance of 1948," as amended by comprehensive amendment enacted April 7, 2004, and may be referred to as "the Zoning Ordinance" or "this chapter" throughout this document. It shall become effective upon enactment.
§ 680-2 Declaration of legislative intent.
This chapter is enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, and the general welfare of the Borough. The chapter is in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan and is designed to lessen congestion on the roads and highways, to promote safety from fire, panic, and other danger, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue congestion of population, to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements, to conserve the value of buildings, and to encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the Borough.
§ 680-3 Statement of community development objectives.
This chapter is enacted in conformance with the requirements of the Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247,[1] as last amended. It is the intent of this chapter to implement the goals and objectives set forth in the Collegeville Borough Comprehensive Plan of 1972, which is hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter. In addition, the following specific objectives are intended to guide the Borough's future development:
A.
To guide the future growth and development of the Borough in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan and provide and encourage the following:
(1)
A diversity of residential housing, while regulating development in a pattern compatible with the Borough's street and road network and its ability to provide efficient municipal services for its residents.
(2)
Suitable buffering strips between nonresidential and residential sectors.
(3)
Coordinated and concentrated development plans rather than a proliferation of commercial and industrial uses.
(4)
Innovative plans of land development, especially plans which provide for the preservation of public open space and recreation areas.
(5)
Location of development where the movement of people and goods can best be accommodated by the Borough's street and road network, while preserving and protecting the open space that remains.
B.
To assure that new residential development will not place an undue burden on the school system or adversely affect the ability of the Borough to provide police and fire protection, sanitation control, road maintenance, and other necessary services and facilities.
C.
To require commercial and limited industrial development to conform to the following characteristics:
(1)
Sufficient off-street parking in relation to the use of and anticipated traffic from the structures erected.
(2)
Channeled vehicular ingress, egress, and access points to eliminate the creation of traffic hazards on streets and roads.
(3)
Appropriate safeguards to prevent or regulate proposed operations and enterprises which unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of neighboring properties or are detrimental to the natural environment and property values.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.