Edgeworth City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
Preliminary Provisions
§ 130-1 Title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Edgeworth Zoning Ordinance," and the official Zoning Map referred to herein and adopted as part of this chapter shall be known as the "Edgeworth Zoning Map."[1]
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Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included at the end of this chapter.
§ 130-2 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is the promotion of the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the Borough by:
A.
Encouraging and facilitating the orderly, coordinated and practical development of the Borough.
(1)
Lessening the danger and congestion of traffic on the roads and highways and providing for adequate off-street parking and loading for all land uses.
(2)
Securing safety from fire, panic, flood and other dangers.
(3)
Providing for adequate light and air.
(4)
Promoting such distribution of population and classification and utilization of land as will facilitate and conserve adequate provision for transportation, water, drainage, sanitation, educational and other public facilities, recreation and protection of natural resources and the environment.
(5)
Identifying those ecologically fragile and sensitive portions of the Borough and regulating development thereof accordingly.
(6)
Establishing building lines and the locations of buildings or structures designed for appropriate uses within such lines to prevent overcrowding.
(7)
Dividing the Borough into zones and districts restricting and regulating the location, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of buildings, structures and land to conserve land, building and structure values, protect the tax base, secure economy in governmental expenditures and encourage variety and quality in land uses.
(8)
Providing housing opportunities consistent with the Borough's population growth and housing demand, present and future.
(9)
Providing for the regulation of nonconforming uses, buildings and structures.
(10)
Providing for the timely, equitable and efficient administration of the provisions, regulations and restrictions hereof.
§ 130-3 Statement of community development objectives.
Pursuant to § 606 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Code, Act of July 31, 1968, No. 247, P.L. 805, as amended,[1] the statement of community development objectives, which is to serve as the guideline for growth and development within the Borough affected by this chapter may be supplied by reference to the Comprehensive Plan. Because the Borough's community development objectives are set forth in the Edgeworth Comprehensive Plan, dated August 14, 1978, this chapter's statement of community development objectives is supplied by reference to that Comprehensive Plan.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
§ 130-4 Conflict with other provisions.
Except as otherwise provided, where a provision of this chapter is found to be in conflict with a provision of any land use ordinance or code, applicable health, building, housing, environmental or safety regulation or any other ordinance or resolution of the Borough existing on the effective date of this chapter or thereafter or any regulation issued under the authority of any such code, regulation, ordinance or resolution, the provision of the health, safety and welfare of the people shall prevail.