This chapter is adopted by authority of and pursuant to the
provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of
the General Assembly No. 247, approved July 31, 1968, as reenacted
and amended December 21, 1988, by Act No. 170 (P.L. 1329).
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Jersey
Shore Borough Zoning Ordinance."
This chapter is designed, adopted, and enacted:
A. In consideration of the character of the municipality, its various
parts and the suitability of the various parts for particular uses
and structures.
B. To promote the public's health, safety, morals, and the general
welfare, encourage the most appropriate use of land, conserve and
stabilize the value of property; provide adequate open spaces for
light and air, prevent undue concentration of population, and lessen
congestion on streets and highways.
The community development objectives of this Zoning Ordinance
shall be the community goals and objectives identified in Chapter
2 through 5 of the Comprehensive Plan for the U.S. 220/Future I-99
Planning Area, adopted May 16, 2005 by Jersey Shore Borough.
In the interpretation and the application of the provisions
of this chapter, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements
for the promotion of the health, safety, morals and general welfare.
Any reference to this chapter, or any effective date of this chapter
shall, in all cases, refer to and include the most recent amendments
to this chapter.
Except as provided for elsewhere within this chapter:
A. No building, structure, or land shall be used or occupied and no
building or structure shall hereafter be located, converted of structurally
altered except in conformity with all regulations herein specified
for the district in which it is located.
B. No part of a yard, or other space, or off-street parking or loading
space required with any building for the purpose of complying with
this chapter, shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or
off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other
building.
C. No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this chapter shall
be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements established
by this chapter.
D. In cases of "mixed occupancy," the regulations for each use shall
apply to the portion of the building or land so used.
In all matters that are regulated by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, such laws shall control where their requirements
are in excess of this chapter. This chapter shall control in all cases
where the state requirements are less than herein contained.
This chapter serves to amend under the terms of Section 609
of the Municipalities Planning Code, Act of 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, the prior Jersey Shore Borough Zoning Ordinance Number
4-96, enacted and ordained by the Borough Council of Jersey Shore,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, on May 6, 1996, and any subsequent
amendments to that ordinance.