This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Perkasie
Borough Zoning Ordinance of 2012."
The purpose of this chapter is to promote, protect and facilitate
the public health, safety, morals and general welfare by:
A. Encouraging coordinated and practical community development.
B. Providing for proper density of population.
C. Securing public safety by providing for airports, civil defense,
national defense facilities, disaster evacuation and police protection.
D. Providing for adequate light and air, access to incident solar energy
and a safe, reliable and adequate water supply for domestic, commercial,
agricultural and industrial use.
E. Facilitating the adequate provision of sewerage, schools, public
grounds, transportation, parking and loading space and other public
requirements; as well as preservation of the natural, scenic and historic
values in the environment and preservation of forests, wetlands, aquifers
and floodplains.
F. Preventing blight and the overcrowding of land.
G. Avoiding danger and congestion in travel and transportation.
H. Avoiding loss of health, life or property from fire, flood, panic
or other dangers.
I. Giving reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character
of the Borough as a whole and of each district and its peculiar suitability
for particular uses and structures. To accommodate reasonable overall
community growth, including population and employment growth, and
opportunities for development of a variety of residential dwelling
types and nonresidential uses.
J. Giving effect to the policies, proposals and overall program of the
comprehensive or development plan for Perkasie Borough of current
adoption.
K. Providing for the use of land within the Borough for residential
housing of various dwelling types encompassing all basic forms of
housing, including single-family and two-family dwellings, and a reasonable
range of multifamily dwellings in various arrangements, mobile homes
and mobile home parks; provided, however, that this chapter shall
not be deemed invalid for the failure to provide for any other specific
dwelling type.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter,
they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion
of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare.
Where the provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than
those of any statute, ordinance or regulation, the provisions of this
chapter shall be controlling. Where the provisions of any statute,
ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions than this ordinance,
the provisions of such statute, chapter or regulation shall be controlling.
This chapter is designed to carry out the community development
objectives as stated in the Comprehensive Plan for the Borough of
Perkasie, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.