This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Worcester Township Zoning Ordinance."
This chapter, enacted for the purpose of promoting
the health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the Township,
is in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan to secure safety from fire,
panic and other danger, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent
the overcrowding of the land, to avoid undue congestion of population,
to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewage,
schools, parks, and other public requirements, to conserve the value
of buildings, to encourage agriculture, conservation, recreation,
and other open space purposes and to encourage the most appropriate
use of land throughout the Township.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal,
abrogate, annul or interfere with any existing ordinances or enactment
or with any rule, regulation or permit adopted or issued thereunder,
except insofar as the same may be inconsistent or in conflict with
any of the provisions of this chapter, provided that where this chapter
imposes greater restrictions upon the use of buildings or land or
upon the height and bulk of buildings or prescribes larger open spaces
than are required by the provisions of such ordinances, enactment,
rule, regulation or permit, then the provisions of this chapter shall
control.