West Vincent Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Establishment of Districts
§ 390-9 Classes of districts.
For the purpose of this chapter, the Township of West Vincent is hereby divided into nine base districts and 13 overlay districts, which shall be designated as follows:
Base Districts | |
|---|---|
RC | Rural Conservation District (Article IV) |
R-3 | Residential District (Article V) |
R-2 | Residential District (Article VI) |
RM | Residential Mix District (Article VII) |
KV | Kimberton Village District (Article VIII) |
BV | Birchrunville Village District (Article X) |
PC/LI | Planned Commercial/Limited Industrial District (Article XI) |
LVCC | Ludwigs Village Center Commercial District (Article XII) |
M | Municipal District (Article XV) |
Overlay Districts | |
|---|---|
MHP | Mobile Home Park Overlay District (Article IX) |
VCR | Village Center Residential Overlay District (Article XIII) |
RT100 | Route 100 Overlay District (Article XIV) |
FPC | Floodplain Conservation Overlay District (Article XVI) |
SSC | Steep Slope Conservation Overlay District (Article XVII) |
PRD | Planned Residential Development Overlay District (Article XVIII) |
UDA | Unified Development Area Overlay District (Article XIX) |
WRP | Water Resource Protection Overlay District (Article XXIV) |
HP | Historic Preservation Overlay District (Article XXV) |
TDR | transferable development rights Overlay District (Article XXVI) |
GPA | |
GPB | |
GPC | |
§ 390-10 Zoning Map.
The boundaries of all base districts shall be shown upon the Zoning Map made a part of this chapter. The Zoning Map, and all notations, references, and other data shown thereon, are hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter as if they were fully described herein. The Mobile Home Park District, Village Center Residential District, Planned Residential Development District, Steep Slope Conservation District, Floodplain Conservation District, Water Resource Protection District, Historic Preservation District, transferable development rights District, Route 100 Overlay District, and Groundwater Protection Districts shall be treated as overlay districts to the otherwise applicable base zone, provisions for which are included therein.
§ 390-11 Interpretation of district boundaries.
A.
In the case of the Floodplain Conservation District, rules for interpretation of district boundaries are contained in Article XVI, § 390-85. In the case of the Steep Slope Conservation District, rules for interpretation of district boundaries are contained in Article XVII, § 390-97. In the case of the Water Resource Protection District, rules for interpretation of district boundaries are contained in Article XXIV, including §§ 390-179, 390-180, 390-181 and 390-182. In the case of the Groundwater Protection Districts, rules for interpretation of district boundaries are contained in the Township Well Ordinance (Chapter 368, Article I, of the Code). For all other districts, boundary lines shall, unless otherwise indicated, follow property lines or the center lines of streets, watercourses, ponds and lakes, or such lines extended, or lines parallel thereto. The following additional rules shall apply to the interpretation of the location of any boundary on the Zoning Map:
(1)
Where boundaries of a single district are indicated as including directly opposite sides of a street, watercourse, pond, lake or right-of-way of a power line, other public utility, or any portion of its length, the district so indicated shall be construed to apply to the entire width of such street, watercourse, pond, lake or right-of-way of such power line or other public utility lying within such portion of the district.
(2)
Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately following a lot or other property line, such lot or property line shall be construed to be such boundary.
(3)
Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately following the center line of a street, watercourse, pond or lake, such center line shall be construed to be such boundary.
(4)
Where a district boundary divides a lot or runs through undivided property, the location of such boundary, unless otherwise specified by figures on the Zoning Map, shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing on the said Map.
(5)
Where figures are shown on the Zoning Map between a street and district boundary, they shall indicate that the district boundary runs parallel to the street line at a distance therefrom equivalent to the number of feet so indicated, unless otherwise specified. Where scaled distances do not agree with such figures, the figures shall control.
B.
In the case of any uncertainty or where any question or disagreement may develop through interpretation by the Zoning Officer concerning the exact location of any district boundary line, the Zoning Hearing Board shall interpret the intent of the Zoning Map as to the location of district boundaries per procedures established in Article XXIX of this chapter. Applicants for such a hearing shall not be subject to hearing fees for hearings made necessary by uncertainty on the part of the Zoning Officer.
§ 390-12 District boundary tolerances.
Where a district boundary line divides a lot held in single and separate ownership as of the effective date of the West Vincent Township Zoning Ordinance of 2003 (such effective date being June 9, 2003), the use regulations applicable to either district may, at the landowner's election, extend over the portion of the lot a distance of 25 feet beyond the district boundary line.
§ 390-13 Federal and state property.
Whenever federal or state-owned property is located in the Township, it shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter only insofar as permitted by the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.