Whitemarsh Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Enumeration and Boundaries of Districts; Maps; Applicability
§ 116-12 Enumeration of districts.
A.
For the purpose of this chapter, the Township is hereby divided into districts, which shall be designated as follows:
[Amended 10-21-1982 by Ord. No. 442; 2-28-2002 by Ord. No. 747; 5-16-2002 by Ord. No. 755; 3-24-2003 by Ord. No. 768; 12-13-2007 by Ord. No. 845; 1-28-2010 by Ord. No. 893; 3-28-2013 by Ord. No. 925]
AAAA | Residential District | ||
AAA | Residential District | ||
AA | Residential District | ||
A | Residential District | ||
B | Residential District | ||
C | Neighborhood Preservation | ||
AR | Administration and Research | ||
CR | Commercial Retail Districts | ||
Class H | |||
Class L | |||
APT | Apartment House Districts | ||
APT HR | |||
APT LR | |||
FL PL | Floodplain Conservation Overlay District | ||
LIM and LIM-X | Limited and Limited-X Districts | ||
HVY | Heavy Industrial Districts | ||
CLI and CLI-X | Campus Limited Industrial Districts | ||
AD | Attached Dwelling | ||
MHP | Mobile Home Park | ||
CCRC | Continuing-Care Retirement Community District | ||
INST | Institutional Overlay District | ||
REC | Recreational Overlay District | ||
EX | Extraction District | ||
RCCD | Riparian Corridor Conservation Overlay District | ||
RDD | Riverfront Development Overlay District | ||
VC | Village Commercial District | ||
B.
Such districts are herein enumerated and ratified and confirmed as located on the Zoning Maps.
§ 116-13 Zoning Map.
[Amended 3-27-2003 by Ord. No. 769]
The boundaries of said districts shall be as shown upon the digitized map attached hereto and made part of this chapter, said map entitled "Zoning Map, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania," prepared by CKS Engineers, Inc., dated November 2002, or the most recent revision thereof, 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 fully described herein.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included in a pocket at the end of this volume.
§ 116-14 Interpretation of boundaries.
[Amended 3-28-2013 by Ord. No. 925]
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts, as shown on the Zoning Map, the following shall apply:
A.
The district boundaries are the center line of roads unless otherwise shown.
B.
Where the district boundaries are not shown to be the center line of roads, the boundaries shall be construed to be property lines or dimensions from the legal rights-of-way of streets or roads or from the edge of expressway or railroad rights-of-way, whichever is applicable.
§ 116-15 Applicability to property owned or used by governmental agencies or for governmental purposes.
A.
Whenever federal- or state-owned property or property owned by any federal or state agency or any political subdivision thereof is included in one or more zoning districts, 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 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to land and buildings owned and used for the performance of the governmental functions of the Township of Whitemarsh.