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Upper Gwynedd Township
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE III

Districts; Zoning Map; Boundaries

§ 195-4 Classification of districts.

[Amended 3-22-1999 by Ord. No. 99-5; 5-24-1999 by Ord. No. 99-8; 7-28-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-11; 5-23-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-3; 3-24-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04; 2-27-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-01; 8-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-02]
For the purpose of this chapter, the Township is hereby divided into districts, which shall be designated as follows:
R-1
Residential
R-2
Residential
R-3
Residential
R-4
Residential
TH
Townhouse Residential
MH
Mobile Home Park
GA
Garden Apartments
VC
Village Commercial
VPR
Village Preservation Residential
PSR
Planned Single-Family Residential
OC
Office Center
BP
Business Professional
C
Commercial
SC
Shopping Center
IN
Institutional
LI
Limited Industrial
I
Industrial
FP
Floodplain
AP
Agricultural Preservation
B
Business
TOD
Transit-Oriented Overlay District
TOD-2
Transit-Oriented Overlay District-2
Sunneytown Pike In-Fill and Traffic Management Overlay District[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: This district was added to this list pursuant to Ord. No. 2018-012, adopted 12-17-2018, which added this new district. See§ 195-10.2.

§ 195-5 Zoning Map.

The boundaries of said districts shall be as shown upon the map attached to and made a part of this chapter, which shall be designated the Zoning Map.[1] Said map and all notations, references and other things shown thereon shall be made a part of this chapter, as if the matters and things shown by said map were all fully described herein.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in the office of the Township Secretary.

§ 195-6 District boundaries.

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts, as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A. 
The district boundaries, unless otherwise shown, are the street lines or railroad right-of-way lines, or extensions thereof.
B. 
Where the district boundaries are not shown to be street lines, the boundaries shall be construed to be property lines or indicated dimensions from street lines.
C. 
When a district boundary line passes through a parcel of land with no indication of distance, the scale of the map shall determine the location of such line.

§ 195-7 (Reserved) [1]

[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 195-7, Extension of use over district line, was repealed 12-19-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-19

§ 195-8 Compliance required.

[Amended 4-24-2016 by Ord. No. 2017-03]
From and after the date when this chapter becomes effective, no building shall be erected, altered or used, and no land shall be used, save for a use or uses, together with use as accessory thereto, in conformity with the requirements of this chapter. The provisions of this chapter with respect to lot area, lot width, yard regulations, coverage regulations, height regulations, parking, and any and all other regulations or requirements of this chapter (with the exception of the Floodplain Conservation District) shall be inapplicable to any Upper Gwynedd Township-owned utility facility. Unless specifically excluded, Upper Gwynedd Township-owned utility facilities on any property shall be deemed to be a permitted use within any district.