Honesdale City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
§ 210-1 Title and short title.
The title of this chapter is "An Ordinance establishing regulations and restrictions for, among other purposes, the location and use of lots, land, buildings, and other structures; the height, number of stories, and size or bulk of buildings and structures; the density of population; off-street parking and signs in Honesdale Borough, Wayne County, Pennsylvania." This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Honesdale Borough Zoning Ordinance."
§ 210-2 Purpose.
§ 210-3 Community development objectives.
The Community development objectives of this chapter include those goals and objectives for Honesdale Borough as expressed in the Honesdale Borough Comprehensive Plan, as well as the following specific objectives:
A.
Guiding land use so as to put intensive uses in those areas of the Borough which can safely and best accommodate them.
B.
Maintaining safe means of circulation through the Borough.
C.
Maintaining good housing conditions.
D.
Protecting the community to as great a degree as practical from natural or man-made disasters or other dangers.
E.
Ensuring all development is done with proper regard for health, safety and welfare concerns of the Borough, and necessary improvements can or will be made to accommodate the activities which will result.
§ 210-4 Interpretation.
A.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, and/or general welfare of the residents and inhabitants of the Borough.
B.
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 written and enacted by the governing body, in favor of the property owner and against any implied extension of the restriction.