An Ordinance permitting, prohibiting, regulating, restricting, and determining the uses of land, watercourses, and other bodies of water; the size, height, bulk, location, erection, construction, repair, maintenance, alteration, razing, removal and use of structures; the areas and dimensions of land and bodies of water to be occupied by uses and structures as well as areas, courts, yards, and other open spaces and distances to be left unoccupied by uses and structures; the density of population and intensity of use; and providing for the administration of such Chapter.

(Ord. 87-8, 12/10/1987)

   This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Shamokin Dam Borough Zoning Chapter".

(Ord. 87-8, 12/10/1987)

   This Chapter is enacted for the following purposes:

   1.   To promote, protect and facilitate one or more of the following: the public health, safety, morals, general welfare, coordinated and practical community development, proper density of population, civil defense, disaster evacuation, airports, and national defense facilities, the provision of adequate light and air, police protection, vehicle parking and loading space, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, public grounds and other public requirements, as well as

   2.   To prevent one or more of the following: overcrowding of land, blight, danger and congestion in travel and transportation, loss of health, life or property from fire, flood, panic or other dangers, and

   3.   To preserve prime agriculture and farmland considering topography, soil type and classification, and present use.

(Ord. 87-8, 12/10/1987)

   In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Chapter, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of health, safety, morals, and the general welfare of the Borough and its citizens. It is not intended by this Chapter to interfere with or abrogate or annul any rules or regulations previously adopted or permits previously issued by the Borough which are not in conflict with any provisions of this Chapter, nor is it intended by this Chapter to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easements, covenants, building restrictions, or other agreements between parties; provided, however, that where this Chapter imposes a greater restriction upon the use of the buildings or premises or upon the height of the building, or requires a larger open space than is imposed or required by such ordinance, rules, regulations or permits, or by easements, covenants, building restrictions or agreements, the provisions of this Chapter shall control.

(Ord. 87-8, 12/10/1987)

   If any Part, section, subsection, provision, regulation, limitation, restriction, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in the Zoning Chapter is, for any reason, declared to be illegal, unconstitutional or invalid, by any Court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect or impair the validity of the Zoning Chapter as a whole, or any other article, section, subsection, provision, regulation, limitation, restriction, sentence, clause, phrase, word or remaining portion of the Zoning Chapter. The Borough Council of the Borough of Shamokin Dam, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, hereby declares that it would have adopted the Zoning Chapter and each article, section, subsection, provision, regulation, limitation, restriction, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more of the sections, subsections, provisions, regulations, limitations, restrictions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words may be declared illegal, unconstitutional or invalid.

(Ord. 87-8, 12/10/1987)

   Any resolution, ordinance, or part of any ordinance or resolution inconsistent herewith and any amendments thereof are hereby expressly repealed.

(Ord. 87-8, 12/10/1987)