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Township of Worcester, PA
Montgomery County
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New Laws (7) Index
A. 
For the purpose of this chapter, the Township is hereby divided into classes of districts which shall be designated as follows:
[Amended 8-21-1996 by Ord. No. 150; 9-17-1997 by Ord. No. 159; 2-20-2002 by Ord. No. 185; 11-20-2013 by Ord. No. 245]
AGR
Agricultural District
R-AG-200
Residential-Agricultural District
R-AG-175
Residential-Agricultural District
R-175
Residential District
R-175-B
Residential District
R-150
Residential District[1]
R-100
Residential District
R-75
Residential District
AQRC
Age-Qualified Residential District
MR
Multi-Residential District
RO
Residential Office District
MHD
Mobile Home Development District
R-50
Residential Alternative District
C
Commercial District
SC
Shopping Center District
LI
Limited Industrial District
FP
Floodplain Conservation District
RPD
Rural Preservation District
LPD
Land Preservation District
IR
Industrial Research District
[1]
Editor's Note: The former R-125 Residential District, which was listed herein immediately following this district, was repealed 5-20-1998 by Ord. No. 163.
B. 
The locations and boundaries of such districts shall be shown upon the map attached to and hereby made a part of this chapter, which shall be designated the "Zoning Map of Worcester Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, of March 1998," a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and expressly incorporated herein and made a part hereof. All the notations, references and other data thereon shall be as much a part of this chapter as if fully described herein.[2]
[Amended 9-17-1997 by Ord. No. 159; 4-15-1998 by Ord. No. 162]
[2]
Editor's Note: Said map is on file in the Township offices. A Table of Zoning Map Amendments is included as an attachment to his chapter.
The boundaries between districts are, unless otherwise indicated, either the center lines of streets, lanes, watercourses and rights-of-way of power lines and other public utilities or such lines extended or lines parallel thereto. Where the boundaries of a single district are indicated as including directly opposite sides of a street, land, lake or watercourse or right-of-way of a power line, railroad or other public utility for any portion of its length, the district so indicated shall be construed to apply to the entire bed at such street, lane, lake or watercourse or right-of-way of such power line, railroad or other public utility lying within such portion of its length. Where uncertainty exists as to location of any said boundaries as shown on the Zoning Map,[1] the following rules shall apply:
A. 
Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately following the center line of a street, lane, lake or watercourse or right-of-way of a power line or other public utility, such center line shall be construed to be such boundary.
B. 
Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately following a lot line or other property line, such lot line or property line shall be construed to be such boundary.
C. 
Where a district boundary divides a lot or runs through undivided property, the location of such boundary, unless otherwise specified by figures on the Zoning Map,[2] shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing on said map.
[2]
Editor's Note: Said map is on file in the Township offices.
D. 
Where figures are shown on the Zoning Map[3] between a street and a district boundary, they shall indicate that the district boundary runs parallel to the street line at a distance therefrom equivalent to the number of feet so indicated, unless otherwise specified. Where scaled distances do not agree with such figures, the figures shall control.
[3]
Editor's Note: Said map is on file in the Township offices.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said map is on file in the Township offices. A Table of Zoning Map Amendments is included as an attachment to this chapter.
Wherever federal or state owned property 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 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.