Wrightsville City Zoning Code
PART 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 27-101 Short Title.
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Wrightsville Borough Zoning Ordinance."
§ 27-102 Purpose.
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1.
The regulations of this chapter have been promulgated with the purpose of promoting, protecting, and facilitating:
A.
Harmonious community development.
B.
Proper density of population.
C.
Adequate water and sewerage.
D.
Adequate schools, parks, and other public grounds and buildings.
E.
Adequate light and air.
F.
Adequate transportation, parking and loading space.
G.
The public health, safety, morals and general welfare.
§ 27-103 Community Development Objectives.
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This chapter is enacted as a component of the overall plan for the orderly growth and harmonious development of Wrightsville Borough. As such, this chapter is based upon the expressed or implied community development objectives provided for in the Wrightsville Borough Comprehensive Plan.
§ 27-104 Interpretation.
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1.
In the interpretation of the regulations and provisions of this chapter, the regulations and provisions of this chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements and standards adopted for the protection and promotion of the public health, safety, morals and general welfare.
2.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul or in any way affect the existing provisions and requirements of other ordinances or the existing provisions or requirements of the laws, rules and regulations prescribed by the state and federal governments or any of their respective regulatory agencies or existing private restrictions placed upon property or restrictive covenants running with the land and imposed by deed or other private agreement. In cases where the laws of the state or federal governments or any of their respective regulatory agencies impose a greater restriction or a stricter requirement upon lands, buildings, structures, uses or other features than is imposed by this chapter, or in cases where private restrictions or private covenants running with the land impose a greater restriction or a stricter requirement upon lands, buildings, structures, uses or other features than is imposed by this chapter, such laws, rules, regulations, private restrictions or private covenants shall control. However, where this chapter imposes a greater restriction or a stricter requirement, this chapter shall control.
§ 27-105 Application.
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Except as hereinafter provided, no building, structure, land or parts thereof in the Borough shall be used or occupied, erected, constructed, assembled, moved, enlarged, removed, reconstructed or structurally altered unless in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
§ 27-106 Authority.
§ 27-107 Uses Not Provided For.
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Whenever a use is not specifically permitted in a zoning district under this chapter, it is prohibited in that zoning district. Any use not specifically permitted in any zoning district shall be allowed by special exception in a zoning district where similar uses are allowed, provided that the applicant can demonstrate to the Zoning Hearing Board that the proposed use will not constitute a public or private nuisance and will not generate any physical, environmental, social, or safety impacts greater than those generated by other permitted uses in the zoning district. In the granting of such special exception, the Zoning Hearing Board may attach reasonable conditions to ensure the compatibility of the use with the zoning district.