R-R Resort and Recreation District. The purpose of this district is to provide for commercial developments consisting of a combination of transient and permanent housing accommodations and commercial indoor and outdoor recreational and entertainment uses which serve as a destination for vacationers and those attending conferences or conventions as well as those partaking of these activities for a shorter duration.

R-C Rural Conservation District. This district contains much of the farmland within the Township as well as steep slopes covered with woodland. The purpose of this district to maintain the rural character of this sparsely developed area predominantly in farmland and woodland, to encourage the preservation of the agricultural and woodland resources of the Township, and to discourage intensive development in those areas which have severe limitations for on-lot sewage treatment and will not be served by a sanitary sewer system in the near future and those areas which have limitations to building because of such factors as steep slope and shallow depth to bedrock. It is also the intent of this district to encourage the preservation of the upper watershed areas of a number of watercourses and the floodplains which adjoin the watercourses, thus protecting stream quality and minimizing adverse effects of increased stormwater runoff and erosion and sedimentation which could occur if intensive development of the wooded slopes above the watercourses took place.

R-1 Low Density Residential District. The purpose of this district is to provide an area for low density residential development, agricultural activities, and certain other limited nonresidential activities.

R-2 Medium/High Density Residential District. The purpose of this district is to provide an area for residential development at low to medium densities, depending upon the availability of public or community sewer and/or water facilities. Lot sizes may be decreased and a variety of residential uses constructed and limited nonresidential uses when public or community sewer and water facilities are available.

V-C Village Center District. The purpose of this district is to provide for residential and light commercial development. The intent of this district is to provide for and allow compatible residential and light commercial uses to coexist.

I Industrial District. It is the purpose of this district to provide an area in which a variety of industrial uses may be located.

AH Airport Hazard Overlay District. The purposes of this overlay district are to create an area that considers safety issues around the Slatington and Beltzville Airports, and any other airport delineated by the FAA, regulate and restrict the heights of constructed structures and objects of natural growth, create appropriate zones, establishing the boundaries thereof and providing for changes in the restrictions and boundaries of such zones, create the permitting process for use within said zones and provide for enforcement, assessment of violation penalties, an appeals process, and judicial review (see § 450-29).

AT Appalachian Trail Overlay District. In accordance with Pennsylvania Act 24 of 2008,[1] an Appalachian Trail protection area is hereby created. In order to protect the Appalachian Trail and its scenic views, a 250-foot buffer area on each side of the trail, as measured from the center line of the Appalachian Trail, is created as a protection zone. No future development shall occur within this area.

In the event that the Official Zoning Map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost, or difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of change and additions, the Township Board of Supervisors may by resolution adopt a new Official Zoning Map which shall supersede the prior Official Zoning Map. The new Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the Chairman of the Township Board of Supervisors, attested by the Township Secretary and bearing the Seal of the Township under the following words: "This is to certify that this is the Official Zoning Map, adopted March 10, 2015, as part of Ordinance No. 152 of the Township of Lower Towamensing, Carbon County, Pennsylvania."

Unless the prior Official Zoning Map has been lost or has been totally destroyed, the prior map or any significant parts thereof remaining shall be preserved together with all available records pertaining to its adoption or amendment.