To promote, protect and facilitate the public health, safety and general welfare; coordinated and practical community development and proper density of population; emergency management preparedness and operations; the provisions of adequate light and air, police protection, vehicle parking and loading space, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, recreational facilities, public grounds, the provision of a safe, reliable and adequate water supply for domestic, commercial, agricultural or industrial use; as well as preservation of the natural, scenic and historic values of the environment and preservation of forests, wetlands, aquifers and floodplains.

To prevent overcrowding of land, blight, danger and congestion in travel and transportation, loss of health, life or property from fire, flood, panic or other dangers in accordance with an overall program and with consideration for the character of the municipality, its various parts and the suitability of the various parts for particular uses and structures.

To provide standards to control the amount of open space and impervious surfaces within a development; to control the intensity of development in areas of sensitive natural resources or natural features in order to reduce or eliminate adverse environmental impacts.

To provide methods to implement Article I, § 27 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which decrees that the people have a right to clean air, pure water and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic values of the environment and to protect natural resources which are a part of the ecological system to which we are all bound and, therefore, are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come, and must be protected to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all the people.

To provide for the use of land for commerce, industry, institutions and residential housing of various dwelling types and reasonable overall community growth.

To regulate the growth of the Township.

To lessen the danger and congestion of traffic on the roads and highways.

To protect the Township's historic buildings and historic resources.

To give effect to policies and proposals of the Comprehensive Plan of Lower Southampton Township of current adoption.

To encourage practices that save energy, reduce harmful environmental impacts, reduce reliance on fossil fuels, and encourage "greener" practices in overall community development.

If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any provisions of this chapter to be invalid or ineffective in whole or in part, the effect of such decision shall be limited to those provisions which are expressly stated in the decision to be invalid or ineffective, and all other provisions of this chapter shall continue to be separately and fully effective.

If a court of competent jurisdiction finds the application of any provision or provisions of this chapter to any lot, building or structure, or tract of land, to be invalid or ineffective in whole or in part, the effect of such decision shall be limited to the person, property or situation immediately involved in the controversy, and the application of any such provision to other persons, property or situation shall not be affected.