To promote the safety, health, and morals, and the general welfare; coordinated and practical community development and proper density of population; emergency management preparedness and operations, the provisions of adequate light and air, access to incident solar energy, police protection, vehicle parking and loading space, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, recreational facilities, public grounds, the provision of a safe, reliable and adequate water supply for domestic, commercial, and industrial uses, and other public requirements; as well as preservation of the natural, scenic and historic values in the environment and preservation of forests, wetlands, and floodplains.

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.

To provide for the use of land for residential housing of various dwelling types encompassing all basic forms of housing, including single-family and two-family dwellings, a reasonable range of multifamily dwellings in various arrangements, and mobile homes and mobile home parks.

To accommodate reasonable overall community growth, including population and employment growth, and opportunities for development of a variety of residential dwelling types and nonresidential uses.

This chapter shall not apply to the uses, lands, and structures of the Township of Susquehanna.

This chapter shall not apply to the uses, lands, and structures of any municipal authority created solely by the Township of Susquehanna.