The title of this ordinance is "An ordinance repealing the Uwchlan Township Zoning Ordinance of 1994, as amended, replacing said ordinance with 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 as well as courts, yards, and other open spaces and distances to be left unoccupied by uses and structures; regulating the density of population and intensity of use; regulating the location and size of signs; creating zoning districts and establishing the boundaries thereof; continuing the office of Zoning Officer; continuing a Zoning Hearing Board; and providing for the administration, amendment, and enforcement of the ordinance, including the imposition of penalties."

This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "Uwchlan Township Zoning Ordinance of 1994."

This Zoning Ordinance has been prepared in accordance with the Township Comprehensive Plan, as amended, and with consideration for the character of the Municipality, its various parts, and the suitability of the various parts for particular uses and structures, and is enacted for the following purposes:

In interpreting and applying the provisions of this ordinance, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of health, safety, morals, and the general welfare of the Township and its citizens. It is not intended by this ordinance to interfere with or abrogate or annul any rules or regulations previously adopted or permits previously issued by the Township which are not in conflict with any provision of this ordinance, nor is it intended by this ordinance to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easements, covenants, building restrictions, or other agreements between parties; provided, however, that where this ordinance 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 imposes or required by such ordinance, rules, regulations or permits, or by easements, covenants, building restrictions or agreements, the provisions of this ordinance shall control.

No uses shall be permitted in any district which directly violate any Township ordinances.

All development shall be subject to the provisions and requirements delineated in the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, as amended.

If any article, section, subsection, provision, regulation, limitation, restriction, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this Zoning Ordinance 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 Ordinance as a whole, or any other article, section, subsection, provision, regulation, limitation, restriction, sentence, clause, phrase, word or remaining portion of the Zoning Ordinance. The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Uwchlan, Chester County, Pennsylvania, hereby declares that it would have adopted the Zoning Ordinance 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.

Inconsistent ordinances. Any ordinance or part of any ordinance, including the Uwchlan Township Zoning Ordinance of 1977, inconsistent herewith, and any amendments thereof, are hereby expressly repealed.