To protect and promote the safety, health and general welfare of West Goshen residents by:

To provide for development which will coordinate with other municipalities and which will enhance the living, working and shopping amenity by:

To promote, protect and facilitate any or all of the following: the public health, safety, morals and the general welfare; coordinated and practical community development and proper density of population; emergency management preparedness and operations; airports and national defense facilities; 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 and public grounds; the provision of safe, reliable and adequate water supply for domestic, commercial, agricultural or industrial use and other public requirements; as well as preservation of the natural scenic and historic values in the environment and preservation of forests, wetlands, aquifers and floodplains.

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

From and after the effective date of this chapter, the use of all land, including streets, and the use, height, area and yard requirements of every building or a portion of a building erected, altered with respect to height and area, added to or relocated, and every use within a building or use accessory thereto in West Goshen Township shall be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. Any lawful existing building or structure and any lawful existing use of a building or land not in conformity with the regulations herein prescribed shall be regarded as nonconforming but may be continued, extended or changed subject to the special regulations herein provided with respect to nonconforming buildings or uses under Article XV.

Every street located in the Township shall bear and be governed by the zoning classification of the zoning district, established in § 84-4 of this article, in which it is located, and the use restrictions applicable to the various zoning districts shall apply to the use of the streets located within such zoning district.

Types of districts. For the purpose of this chapter, the Township of West Goshen is hereby divided into types of districts, designated as follows:

Districts of annexed area. Any territory hereafter added to the Township shall be considered to be zoned R-3 Residential District until otherwise classified by action of the Township of West Goshen.

Lot sizes. No lot shall be so reduced that the area of the lot or the dimensions of the required open spaces shall be less than herein prescribed.

Adoption of 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. 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]

Boundaries of districts. District boundary lines are intended to coincide with lot lines, center lines of street rights-of-way, railroad rights-of-way and the beds of streams existing at the time of the adoption of this chapter, the corporate boundaries of the Township or as dimensioned on the Township's official Zoning Map. In the event of a dispute over the location of the boundary of any district, the Zoning Officer shall investigate and render a decision on the location of the district boundary line.

Lots held in single and separate ownership. Where a zoning district boundary line divides a lot which was held in single and separate ownership at the time of the adoption of this chapter, the regulations for the least restrictive district may extend into the more restrictive district a distance of not more than 50 feet measured from the district boundary line; provided, however, that in the case of a lot other than a corner lot, the regulations for the least restrictive district may extend into the more restrictive district a distance more than 50 feet beyond the district boundary line when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with the standards established in § 84-72O.