A.Â
This chapter has been adopted in part to assist in
carrying out the community development objectives of the Borough of
Old Forge for promoting, protecting and facilitating the public health,
safety and general welfare of Old Forge Borough residents.
B.Â
The overall community development objectives of the
Borough aim to:
(1)Â
Create a functional environment for each type of use
of land, including residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural
and public uses, whether major or minor. This requires providing adequate
community facilities and utilities, as well as prohibiting and eliminating
incompatible uses.
(2)Â
Encourage concentrations of development where it is
physically and financially feasible to provide appropriate municipal
services, and to keep development to a minimum in areas where such
services cannot practically be provided.
(3)Â
Determine the most appropriate use for sites where
there may be competition for land. Factors considered in such determination
include the character and compatibility of adjoining development,
the availability of facilities and services and the need for each
use within the Borough.
(4)Â
Reserve suitable sites and create a desirable environment
for industrial and other business activity which will serve to attract
business firms to the community.
(5)Â
Encourage a development pattern which will result
in a sound tax base in order to permit the Borough to provide the
services and facilities which are essential amenities of residential,
commercial and industrial areas.
(6)Â
Encourage the conservation of our natural resources,
including particularly our overall water supply through minimal disturbance
of our aquifers.
(7)Â
Encourage the development of land in an energy-efficient
manner, including the use of renewable energy such as solar, water
and wind.
The residential development objectives of the
Borough are to:
A.Â
Create attractive residential areas free from adverse
environmental influences.
B.Â
Regulate residential densities to prevent overcrowding,
to provide adequate privacy and open space and to maintain the neighborhood-based
character of the community.
C.Â
Exclude incompatible land uses from residential areas.
D.Â
Provide for essential services and facilities.
The commercial development objectives of the
Borough are to:
A.Â
Establish sufficiently large areas for commercial
development to permit concentrations of businesses in well-defined
locations as opposed to scattered interspersing of such facilities
throughout the Borough.
B.Â
Provide for the revitalization of the Borough's Main
Street Commercial District.
C.Â
Provide for highway-oriented commercial uses such
as automobile service establishments, drive-in eating and drinking
places, motels, etc., in appropriate locations.
D.Â
Regulate such highway commercial uses in order to
preclude the inherent disadvantages of this form of development.
E.Â
Provide development standards to improve the aesthetic
appearance of highway commercial development.
The industrial development objectives of the
Borough are to:
A.Â
Reserve areas of flat land with access to utilities
and transportation.
B.Â
Locate sites and establish operating standards for
their use to prevent any adverse influences on other areas of the
community.
C.Â
Separate light and heavy industrial activities so
that functional environments will be created to serve the various
forms of development.
The special use development objectives of the
Borough are to:
