Falls Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Zoning Districts
§ 209-6 Designation of Districts.
For the purposes of this chapter, the Township of Falls is hereby divided into 26 classes of districts, each type being of such number, shape, kind, area and of such common unity, purpose and adaptability of use as are deemed to be suitable to carry out the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan for Falls Township. Every parcel of land and every building or other structure in the Township, except as otherwise provided by law or by ordinance, shall be subject to the regulations, restrictions and requirements specified for the district in which it is located.
OSP Open Space Preservation
NCR Neighborhood Conservation Residential
IN Institutional
LR Low-Density Residential
LMR Low-Medium Density Residential
MR Medium-Density Residential
MHR Medium-High-Density Residential
HR High-Density Residential
HR-TH High-Density Townhouse Residential
AQ Age Qualified
MHC Manufactured Home Community
HD Historical
HC Highway Commercial
SC Shopping Center Commercial
NC Neighborhood Commercial
CR Commercial Recreation
FM Farming and Mining
LI Light Industrial
HI Heavy Industrial
PIP Planned Industrial Park
MPM Materials Processing and Manufacturing
SL Sanitary Landfill
OIP Office Industrial Park
RR Resource Recovery
HI-A Heavy Industrial A District
RD Riverfront
§ 209-7 Zoning Map.
The boundaries of said districts shall be shown on the map attached to and made part of this chapter, which map shall be known as the "Zoning Map of the Township of Falls." Said map and all notations, references and data shown thereon are hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter and shall be as much a part of this chapter as if all were fully described herein.
§ 209-8 Interpretation of district boundaries.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the districts as indicated on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A.
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately coinciding with the center lines, of streets, highways or railroad lines, such center lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
B.
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they shall approximately coincide with lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be said boundaries.
C.
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to center lines of streets or highways, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the Zoning Map, measured from the street right-of-way line even if the center line of that street is used for the location of zoning district line.
D.
The exact location of any disputed zoning district boundary line shall be determined by the Zoning Hearing Board.
E.
The zoning standards, controls and designations apply to every structure, lot and use within each district, and the district lines extend vertically on both directions from ground level.
§ 209-9 Lots in two districts.
Where a district boundary line divides a lot held in single and separate ownership at the effective date of this chapter and said boundary line divides the lot other than by following a stream or street, the use regulations applicable to either district may be extended not more than 50 feet into the adjacent district. A use permitted in the zoning district so extended shall thereafter be a permitted use in the extended area. A zoning district line, however, shall be altered only once by utilizing this section of the chapter. Afterwards, the lot shall be governed by the regulations of the zoning district in which it is located after the zoning district boundary line adjustment.
§ 209-10 Districts divided by vacated streets.
Where a vacated street is bounded on either side by a different zoning district, the former center line of the vacated right-of-way shall be considered the zoning district boundary line.