Eddystone City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
§ 295-1 Title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Borough of Eddystone Zoning Ordinance of 1995."
§ 295-2 Purposes.
The zoning regulations and districts set forth in this chapter are designed to achieve the following purposes, as stated in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968,[1] as amended by Act 170 of 1988:
A.
To promote, protect and facilitate any or all of the following: the public health, safety, morals and general welfare; coordinated and practical community development and proper density of population; guidance, protection and improvement of amenity, convenience, future governmental processes and functions; guidance on uses of land and structures, type and location of streets, roadways, public grounds and facilities; the provision of adequate light, water and air, access to incident solar energy, police and fire protection, transportation, sewerage and schools; and preservation of the natural, scenic and historic values in the environment.
B.
To prevent one or more of the following: overcrowding of land; blight; danger and congestion in travel and transportation; or loss of health, life or property from fire, flood, panic or other dangers.
C.
To provide for the use of land within the Borough for residential housing of various dwelling types and a reasonable range of multifamily dwellings in various arrangements.
D.
To accommodate reasonable overall community growth, including population and employment growth, and opportunities for development of a variety of residential dwelling types and nonresidential uses.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
§ 295-3 Community development objectives.
The zoning regulations and districts set forth in this chapter are based on the goals and objectives which are stated in the Eddystone Comprehensive Plan of 1982. This chapter is intended to implement the principles and policies to guide and regulate the orderly growth and development of the Borough of Eddystone.
§ 295-4 Interpretation.
In the interpretation and application of the provisions of this chapter, said provisions shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion and protection of the public health, welfare and safety. Where the provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than those of any other ordinance or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. When the provisions of any statute, other ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions than this chapter, the provisions of such statute, ordinance or regulation shall be controlling. In interpreting the language of this chapter to determine the extent of the restriction upon the use of the property, the language shall be interpreted, where doubt exists as to the intended meaning of the language, in favor of the property owner and against any implied extension of the restriction.