Residential areas.

Commercial areas.

Industrial areas.

Community facilities.

Streets and highways.

FD — Flood District. The purpose of this district is to prevent the loss of property and life, to prevent the creation of health and safety hazards, to prevent the disruption of commerce and governmental services and to render unnecessary the expenditure of public funds for flood relief and to prevent the impairment of the tax base by regulating land uses in the one-hundred-year floodplain. The Flood District is a special district which overlies and supersedes the rights granted to property owners in the other zoning districts established by this section. The Flood District is further divided into two zones: the Floodway Zone and the Flood Fringe Zone.

R-1 Residential District. The purpose and intent of this district is to retain the character of existing single-family residential areas and to maintain the existing low residential density by providing appropriate standards. Additional purposes for the establishment of this district are to exclude activities incompatible with residential development and to create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this chapter.

R-2 Residential District. The purpose and intent of this district is to retain the character and to maintain the existing medium residential density areas where single-family homes are permitted. Excluding activities incompatible with residential development and creating conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this chapter are additional reasons for the establishment of this district.

R-2A Residential District. The purpose and intent of this district is to retain the character of existing medium residential density areas where a variety of housing types exist, where the conversion of many single-family detached homes into apartments or nonresidential land uses has taken place, and where little developable land exists. To promote standards which will permit the continuation of existing, new and other compatible land uses and to create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this chapter.

R-3 Residential District. The purpose and intent of this district is to retain and maintain the character and density of residential areas where a variety of housing types are permitted. Additional purposes for the establishment of this district are to establish development standards which permit nonresidential development to become a harmonious and appropriate part of intensive residential areas and to create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this chapter.

R-4 Residential District. The purpose and intent of this district is to provide appropriate areas for multifamily development in order to broaden the Borough's housing base and, therefore, serve a greater variety of housing needs. Reasonable standards are provided to prevent overcrowding of land, to regulate the density of population, to avoid undue congestion in the streets and to allow for the harmonious development of apartments, townhouses and other uses which are compatible with higher density residential development. Creating conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this chapter is an additional reason for the establishment of this district.

C-1 Central Commercial District. The purpose and intent of this district is to provide attractive, compact areas for retail, office, service and professional service activities, to prevent uses which would detract from or be incompatible with retail and service uses, to provide for a walkable and livable central commercial area through incorporation and regulation of certain mixed residential and commercial use properties, to protect the character of adjacent residential areas through buffer requirements, to prevent the overcrowding of the land through the application of minimum area and yard requirements, and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this chapter.

C-2 Shopping Center District. The purpose and intent of this district is to provide areas for modern shopping centers, to protect adjacent residential areas through the application of buffer yards and screening requirements and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this chapter.

C-3 Neighborhood Commercial District. The purpose and intent of this district is to provide areas for freestanding commercial activities, to promote standards which allow the orderly conversion of land uses, to protect adjacent residential areas through the application of buffer yards and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this chapter.

C-4 Downtown District. The purpose of this district is to permit and encourage the redevelopment of this area to allow for small-scale office and retail uses, with off-street parking and pedestrian connections to nearby retail and residential areas.

CS-1 Community Service District. The purpose of this district is to provide for the orderly growth of community services within the Borough, to provide reasonable standards for development and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this chapter.

CS-2 Community Service Natural Lands Preservation District. The purpose of this district is to provide for the protection and preservation of natural lands for the benefit of all Borough residents.

L-I Light Industrial District. The purpose and intent of this district is to permit and encourage light industrial development that will be so located as to constitute an appropriate part of the physical development of the Borough, to provide minimum standards for the development and operation of light industry, to prohibit uses which would be incompatible with the uses permitted in the district and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this chapter.

I-1 Industrial District. The purpose and intent of this district is to permit and encourage industrial development that will be so located as to constitute an appropriate part of the physical development of the Borough, to provide minimum standards for the development and operation of industries, to prohibit uses which would be incompatible with the uses permitted in the district and to otherwise create conditions conducive to carrying out the broad purposes of this chapter.

I-2 Industrial/Technology District. The purpose of this district is to accommodate a mix of offices, flex space, parking, transit access and fabricating/assembly space for technology and biotechnology businesses and related offices. Size and use limits preclude large warehouse or storage facilities. No retail uses or warehousing uses are permitted.

NPEH — Non-Profit Elderly Housing District. The purpose and intent of this district is to encourage and enable the construction of multifamily dwellings for elderly and handicapped persons pursuant to § 202 of the National Housing Act, as amended, to be sponsored, owned and operated by charitable nonprofit corporations. NPEH districts shall be classified as residential districts for purposes of this chapter.

P-1 Professional District. The purpose and intent of this use district is to provide areas for commercial activities limited to business offices, medical offices, medical centers, and accessory professional/business activities while protecting adjacent residential use districts and areas from the more permissive uses of other commercial districts, and otherwise to create conditions conductive to carrying out the broad purposes of this chapter. Where not otherwise specified, P-1 Districts shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions otherwise provided for C-3 Commercial Districts under this chapter.

RN Riverview Neighborhood District. This district is established to foster the redevelopment of underutilized lands along the Delaware River into comprehensively planned, pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods. This is to be accomplished by promoting a variety of land uses, housing types and density, and by requiring skillful architectural and landscape design in creating buildings and green spaces. This district is also created to avoid the negative impacts of suburban sprawl by minimizing infrastructure costs, traffic congestion and environmental degradation.

Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately coinciding with the center lines of street or railroad rights-of-way, such center lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.

Where district boundaries are so indicated that they approximately coincide with lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be said boundaries.

Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to street or railroad rights-of-way, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the Zoning Map.

Where district boundaries divide a lot, the location of such boundaries shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the Zoning Map unless the boundaries are indicated by dimensions.

Because flood waters follow the precise topography of the land and because of the impracticality of showing precise topography on a small-scale map, the Flood Profiles which accompany the most recent Flood Insurance Study (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration) are hereby incorporated in this chapter and shall be considered controlling for the purpose of determining the extent of the Flood District on a particular parcel of land. Where interpretation is needed concerning the exact location of any boundary of the Flood District, the Zoning Hearing Board shall make the necessary determination after consulting with the Planning Commission and Borough Engineer.