This chapter shall be known as the "Westmont Borough Zoning Ordinance," and the map referred to herein and made a part of this chapter shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance Map."[1]

Should any section or provision of this chapter be declared invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the chapter as a whole nor any part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid. Where a provision of this chapter is found to be in conflict with a provision of any building or housing code or in any applicable health regulations or in any other ordinance of Westmont Borough existing on the effective date of this chapter or in any regulation issued under the authority of such code or chapter, the provision which establishes the higher standard for the protection of health, safety and welfare shall prevail.

The purpose of this zoning chapter shall be designed to promote, protect and facilitate one or more of the following: the public health, safety, morals, general welfare, coordinated and practical community development, proper density of population, civil defense, disaster evacuation, airports and national defense facilities, the provisions of adequate light and air, police protection, vehicle parking and loading space, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, public grounds and other public requirements; as well as to prevent one or more of the following: overcrowding of land, blight, danger and congestion in travel and transportation, loss of health, life or property from fire, flood, panic or other dangers. This zoning chapter has been made in accordance with an overall program, 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 to facilitate the development of the Borough to fulfill the goals and objectives of the Westmont Borough Comprehensive Plan, dated October 1980, in developing the Borough primarily as a residential area with the preservation of natural beauty, supplemental nonresidential development and to relate any plan of land use development with local fiscal considerations.

This chapter, including the Zoning District Map, together with any succeeding amendments thereto, shall be on file and may be viewed by any interested party in the Westmont Borough office.