Lower Salford Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
Classification of Districts
§ 164-6 Designation of districts.
[Amended 5-19-1982 by Ord. No. 82-6; 4-20-1988 by Ord. No. 88-2; 3-15-1989 by Ord. No. 89-2; 10-7-1992 by Ord. No. 92-7; 10-7-1992 by Ord. No. 92-8]
For the purposes of this chapter, the Township is hereby divided into 14 districts, which shall be designated as follows:
R-1A | Residence District |
R-1 | Residence District |
R-1 | Cluster District [Added 12-1-1993 by Ord. No. 93-15] |
R-2 | Residence District |
R-3 | Medium-Density Residence District |
R-4 | Medium-High-Density Mixed Dwelling District [Amended 8-21-1997 by Ord. No. 97-5] |
MHP | Mobile Home Park District |
R-5 | High-Density Mixed Dwelling District |
AO | Administrative Office District |
OLC | Office-Limited Commercial District |
RO | Residential-Office District [Added 6-7-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-4] |
C | Commercial District |
VC | Village Commercial District |
MU | Mixed-Use District |
I | Industrial District [Amended 12-4-1996 by Ord. No. 96-8] |
LPOD | Land Preservation Overlay District [Added 10-6-1999 by Ord. No. 99-12] |
OPASOD | Off-Premises Advertising Sign Overlay District [Added 6-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1] |
Floodplain Conservation District | |
§ 164-7 Zoning Map.
The boundaries of said districts shall be as shown upon the map attached to and made a part of this chapter, which shall be designated the "Zoning Map." Said map and all notations, references and other things shown thereon shall be made a part of this chapter as if the matters and things shown by said map were all fully described herein.[1]
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Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included at the end of this chapter.
§ 164-8 District boundaries.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts, as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A.
The district boundaries are the street lines, unless otherwise shown.
B.
Where the district boundaries are not shown to be street lines, the boundaries shall be construed to be property lines or dimensions from street lines.
C.
When a district boundary line passes through a parcel of land with no indication of distance, the scale of the map shall determine the location of such line.
§ 164-9 Federal- and state-owned property.
Whenever federal- or state-owned property or property owned by any federal or state agency or any political subdivision thereof is included in one or more zoning districts, it shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter only insofar as permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
§ 164-10 Conformance required.
From and after the effective date of this chapter, no building shall be erected, altered or used and no land shall be used save for a use or uses, together with uses accessory thereto, in conformity with the requirements of this chapter.