General. For the purposes of this chapter and to implement the Future Land Use Plan of the West Manheim Township Comprehensive Plan, West Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania, is hereby divided into the designated growth area and the Farming Zoning District.

Designated growth area (DGA). The designated growth area is intended to accommodate the majority of the growth and development with a full range of land uses such as residential, commercial, and industrial needs. This area is currently served or planned to be served with public utilities, including water and sewer. The expansion of public utilities to vacant land currently not serviced with utilities is strongly encouraged in the DGA.

Farming Zoning District. The Farming Zoning District is intended to be developed with a limited range of land uses including residential (at densities greater than one unit per acre), natural resource lands, villages, and agricultural resource lands. This area is currently not served or is not planned to be served with public utilities, including water and sewer. The extension of public utilities to vacant land within the Farming Zoning District is strongly discouraged except as necessary to alleviate unsafe conditions, such as failing septic systems or contaminated wells.

General. For the purposes of this chapter, West Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania, is hereby divided into the following zoning districts based upon the DGA and the Farming Zoning District.

Designated growth area zoning districts. The DGA zoning districts include the following:

Farming Zoning District.

Zoning overlay districts. The following zoning overlay districts include land within both the DGA and Farming Zoning District and encompass one or more underlying zoning districts. These zoning overlay districts impose additional requirements above that required by the underlying zone:

Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to follow such center lines.

Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.

Boundaries indicated as approximately following municipality limits shall be construed as following municipality limits.

Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway, between the main tracks.

Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streams, rivers or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such center lines.

Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in Subsections A through E shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the Official Zoning Map shall be determined by the scale of the map.

Where a zoning district boundary or a municipal boundary divides a lot, the minimum lot area shall be regulated by the zoning district or the municipality in which the principal use(s) are located, unless otherwise provided by applicable case law. The land area within each zoning district or municipality shall be regulated by the use regulations and other applicable regulations of each zoning district or municipality.

Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the Official Zoning Map or in circumstances not covered by Subsections A through G, the Zoning Officer shall interpret the district boundaries.