Fallowfield Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE II
Purpose and Objectives
§ 400-3 Purpose.
This chapter has been developed for the purpose of lessening congestion on roads and highways; to secure safety from fire, panic and other danger; to promote safety from fire, panic and other danger; to promote health, morals and the general welfare; 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, sewage, schools, parks and other requirements and facilities; to provide for a reasonable mix of land uses and dwelling types; to preserve scenic and historic values, prime agricultural land, natural areas, aquifers and floodplains and to accommodate reasonable overall community growth.
§ 400-4 Community development objectives.
[Amended 1-27-2016 by Ord. No. 224]
This chapter has been developed to assist in furthering the long-range community development objectives of Fallowfield Township as outlined in the Fallowfield Township Comprehensive Plan of 1999 and subsequent reviews and evaluations of the material documented therein. Considerations have included land use changes since 1999, regional development trends, the status of community infrastructure, local housing conditions, population factors and other pertinent local and area-wide studies and documentation. Specifically, the local community development objectives are related to the following elements:
A.
Creation and maintenance of orderly development patterns, and the coordination of inter-relationships between living and working areas of the community to provide for functionally distinguishable but complementary districts, as delineated in the various components of the Comprehensive Plan and subsequent studies.
B.
Maintenance and improvement of the aesthetic quality and significant open space features throughout the Township to protect and preserve the rural character of the Township.
C.
Protection of the natural environmental quality and significant open space features throughout the Township.
D.
Preservation of viable agricultural pursuits and areas devoted to such purposes.
E.
Protection of the residential character of the community consistent with local needs for a variety of housing types and densities and ability of the community to expand in an orderly manner.
F.
Preservation of property values and encouragement of the highest and best use of developable land areas.
G.
Maintenance and expansion of the municipal economic base.
H.
Development of accessways, utility systems, municipal services and community facilities consistent with local needs.
I.
Coordination and cooperation with area and regional development programs and trends that are consistent with the type and quality of growth necessary to achieve the community development objectives of the Township.
J.
To guide more intensive residential and nonresidential growth to areas where future sanitary sewer service is proposed or provided.