Guiding and encouraging the future development of the Township in accordance with comprehensive planning of land use and population density that represents the most beneficial and convenient relationships among the residential, commercial, industrial, environmental, and recreational areas within the Township, having regard to their suitability for the various uses appropriate to each of them and their potentiality for such uses as indicated by natural features such as topography and soil conditions, existing man-made conditions, and trends in population, in the direction and manner of use of land, in building development, and in economic activity, considering such conditions and trends both within the Township and with respect to the relationships of the Township to surrounding areas.

Preserving aquifers to maintain the quantity and quality of groundwater.

Protecting and conserving the integrity of significant natural features, such as watercourses, floodplains, steep slopes, and wetlands.

Preserving the unique expanse of contiguous forest which extends through the Township; an expanse which constitutes the single largest forest within Bucks and Montgomery Counties, as identified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Forestry.

Preserving woodlands, hedgerows, and other vegetation to moderate the effects of storms, absorb pollutants and noise, shelter wildlife, and provide a diverse natural environment.

Providing performance standards for development which respect the natural capacity of land and associated features to support it and which help maintain the desirable benefits of natural resources protection.

Protecting the character and the social and economic stability of each of such areas and encouraging their orderly and beneficial growth.

Maintaining natural and scenic vistas, especially from public areas such as roads and waterways.

Protecting and conserving the value of land and buildings throughout the Township, depending upon necessity or circumstances appropriate to the various zoning districts established herein.

Bringing about through proper timing the gradual conformity of land use to the Comprehensive Plan aforesaid, and minimizing conflicts among the uses of land and buildings.

Aiding in bringing about the most beneficial relation between land use and the circulation of traffic throughout the Township, having particular regard to traffic to and from the major roads, and to the avoidance of congestion on the roads and the provision of safe and convenient access appropriate to the various land uses.

Aiding in providing a guide for public policy and action in the efficient provision of public facilities and services, in the provision of safe and proper sanitary sewage disposal, and for private enterprise in building development, investment, and other economic activity relating to land use.