This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Darby Township Zoning Ordinance of 2007."

This chapter is enacted for the following purposes: To promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of he inhabitants of Darby Township by lessening congestion in the streets, securing safety from fire, panic, and other dangers, providing adequate light and air, preventing the overcrowding of land, avoiding undue concentration of population, facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements, conserving the value of buildings, and encouraging the most appropriate use of land.

In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the Township.

It is not intended by this chapter to interfere with, or abrogate or annul the Darby Township Building Code, or any rules, regulations, permits or codes previously adopted, or issued thereunder, or the rules and regulations, or permits previously adopted, or issued thereunder, and not in conflict with any of the provisions of this chapter, provided that where this chapter imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or premises, or upon the height of a building, or requires larger open spaces than are imposed or required by such Code, rules and regulations, or permits, the provisions of this chapter shall control.

Should any section or provision of this chapter be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the chapter as a whole, or of any other part thereof.