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Jackson Township Lebanon County
City Zoning Code

PART 4

APPLICATION OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS

§ 27-401 Minimum Regulations.

[Ord. 8, 4/3/1972, Art. IV]
The regulations set by this Chapter 27 within each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, and particularly, except as hereinafter provided.

§ 27-402 Specific Regulations.

[Ord. 8, 4/3/1972, § 4.1]
No building, structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered except in conformity with all the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.

§ 27-403 Erecting and Altering.

[Ord. 8, 4/3/1972, § 4.2]
No building or other structure shall hereafter be erected or altered:
A. 
To exceed the height or bulk;
B. 
To accommodate or house a greater number of families;
C. 
To occupy a greater percentage of lot area;
D. 
To have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, or other open spaces than herein required, or in any other manner contrary to the provisions of this Chapter 27.

§ 27-404 Compliance.

[Ord. 8, 4/3/1972, § 4.3]
No part of a yard, or other open space, or off-street parking or loading space required about or in connection with any building for the purpose of complying with this Chapter 27 shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.

§ 27-405 Reduction of Dimension of Yards and Lots.

[Ord. 8, 4/3/1972, § 4.4]
No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this Chapter 27 shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this Chapter 27 shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this Chapter 27.

§ 27-406 Dispute of Districts.

[Ord. 8, 4/3/1972, § 4.5; by Ord. 6/4/1984, 6/4/1984, § 4.05]
When a specific use is neither permitted nor prohibited in the schedule of district regulations, the Zoning Hearing Board shall make a determination, as an administrative review, as to the similarity or compatibility of the use in question to the permitted uses in the district, basing the decision on the overall intent stipulated for this district.

§ 27-407 Overlapping Districts.

[Ord. 6/4/1984, 6/4/1984, § 4.06]
Where a district boundary line divides a lot, which was a lot of record at the time of adoption of this Chapter 27, the Zoning Administrator may permit the extension of the requirements of the less restrictive district no more than 30 feet into the remaining portion of the lot located in a more restrictive district.

§ 27-408 Annexation of Territory.

[Ord. 8, 3/4/1972, § 4.5; as amended by Ord. 6/4/1984, 6/4/1984, § 4.07]
All territory which may hereafter be annexed to the Township shall be considered to be in the (A) Agricultural District until otherwise classified.