Exeter Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
Title, Interpretation and Application
§ 390-1 Title.
This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as "The Exeter Township Zoning Ordinance of 2010."
§ 390-2 Purpose.
A.
This chapter is enacted to implement the Exeter Township Comprehensive Plan and to promote the public health and safety and the general welfare of the residents and occupants of the Township by encouraging the most appropriate use of land and buildings; preventing the overcrowding of land; avoiding undue congestion of population; providing for adequate light and air; conserving the value of land and buildings; securing safety from fire, panic, flood and other dangers; facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, school and other public facilities; encouraging the harmonious and orderly development of land; lessening congestion of the roads and highways; and providing minimum standards applicable thereto which may from time to time be supplemented and/or amended as provided by law.
B.
This chapter is enacted in accordance with the community development objectives as set forth in the Joint Comprehensive Plan for Amity Township, Exeter Township and St. Lawrence Borough dated October 2005. Those objectives are incorporated herein by reference.
§ 390-3 Interpretation.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health and safety and the general welfare of the residents and occupants of the Township. Where the provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than those of any other Township statute, ordinance or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall govern. Where the provisions of any other Township statute, ordinance or regulations impose greater restrictions than this chapter, the provisions of such other Township statute, ordinance or regulation shall govern unless otherwise stated in this chapter.
§ 390-4 Applicability.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
Except as hereinafter provided, no building, structure, land or parts thereof in Exeter Township shall be used or occupied, erected, constructed, assembled, moved, enlarged, removed, reconstructed or structurally altered unless in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. Buildings, structures, land and uses owned or occupied by the Township as defined in this chapter are not subject to the regulations of this chapter regarding area, yard, height, building coverage or lot coverage, and are likewise not subject to the regulations set forth herein regarding permitting and approvals. The use of land by the Township is not subject to the regulations of this chapter.