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Lower Chichester Township
City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1266

Districts Generally and Zoning Map

1266.01 ZONING DISTRICTS.

   For the purpose of this Zoning Code, the Township is hereby divided into eight separate and definite districts to be designated as follows:
   (a)   Residence Districts.
      (1)   R1 Low Density Residence District
      (2)   R2 Medium Density Residence District
      (3)   R3 High Density Residence District
   (b)   Commercial and Industrial Districts.
      (1)   GC General Commercial District
      (2)   GI General Industrial District
      (3)   LI Limited Industrial District
      (4)   IP Industrial Park District
      (5)   BP Business Park District
(Ord. 404.  Passed 3-25-68; Ord. 75-3.  Passed 7-14-75; Ord. 91-7.  Passed 11-25-91.)

1266.02 ZONING MAP.

   The boundaries of the Districts established in Section 1264.01 shall be as shown upon the map attached to and made a part of this Zoning Code, which shall be known as the "Zoning Map."  The Zoning Map and all notations, references and other data shown thereon are hereby incorporated by reference into this Zoning Code and shall be as much a part of this Zoning Code as if all were fully described herein.
(Ord. 404.  Passed 3-25-68.)

1266.03 BOUNDARIES.

   (a)   Unless otherwise indicated, the boundaries between districts shall be either the centerlines of streets, such lines extended, or lines parallel thereto.  Where figures are shown on the Zoning Map between a street and a district boundary line, they indicate that the district boundary line runs parallel to the street line at a distance therefrom equivalent to the number of feet so indicated.
   (b)   When a district boundary line divides a lot held in single and separate ownership on the effective date of this section (Ordinance 404, passed March 25, 1968), the regulations as to the use in the less restricted district shall extend over the portion of the lot in the more restricted district a distance of not more than fifty feet beyond the district boundary line, provided that the regulations as to the use in a less restricted district may extend a distance more than fifty feet beyond the district boundary line when authorized as a special exception.
(Ord. 404.  Passed 3-25-68.)