Middleburg City Zoning Code
PART 1
PURPOSES AND SCOPE
§ 27-101 Development Objectives.
[Ord. 206, 2/4/1985]
1.
This chapter is enacted for the following purposes: to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Borough of Middleburg by lessening congestion in the roads and streets, securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers, providing adequate light and air, proper density of population, facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, flood control and other public requirements, conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land.
2.
Statement of Community Development Objectives. This chapter is designed to guide the development of the Borough of Middleburg in a manner consistent with law and the public interest in achieving and retaining the following general goals:
A.
To encourage innovations in residential development and renewal so that the growing demand for housing may be met by greater variety in type, design and layout of dwellings and by the conservation of open space ancillary to said dwellings so that greater opportunities for better housing and recreation may extend to all citizens and residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B.
To promote sound economic development in order to attain a stable future tax base.
C.
To minimize the conflict between residential and other types of land use.
D.
To develop sound financial planning.
E.
To recognize that the quality and character of future residential development, as well as other suburban development, is directly related to the improvement and the extension of various public utilities.
F.
To consider the highway system and its effects upon the Borough.
§ 27-102 Scope.
[Ord. 206, 2/4/1985]
From and after the effective date of this chapter, the use of all land and every building or portion of a building erected, altered with respect to height and area, added to or relocated and every use within a building or use accessory thereto in the Borough of Middleburg shall be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. Any existing building or structure and any existing use of building or land not in conformity with the regulations herein prescribed shall be regarded as nonconforming but may be continued, extended or changed subject to the special regulations hereby provided with respect to nonconforming buildings or uses.