A. 
The Township is divided into different districts, each with a specified purpose and intent to implement the purpose and intent to implement the purpose of this chapter and the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan.
B. 
Whenever federal or state-owned property is included in one or more zoning districts, it shall be subject to the provision of this chapter to the maximum extent permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
C. 
Every parcel of land and every building or other structure in the Township, except as otherwise provided by law or by the ordinance, shall be subject to the provisions specified for the district in which it is located.
D. 
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied only for the uses permitted by right, accessory uses, or conditional uses which adhere to explicit standards and criteria and the uses permitted by special exception or variance, when approved, in the zoning district in which the building or lot is located. No other use shall be permitted unless the Township Council approves an amendment to this chapter either permitting another use in the zoning district or rezoning the lot to permit another use.
[Amended 5-8-1989 by Ord. No. 442; 2-23-1998 by Ord. No. 582; 1-23-2012 by Ord. No. 725; 11-9-2015 by Ord. No. 760]
For the purposes of this chapter, the Township of Middletown is hereby divided into 21 districts and four overlay districts as follows:
R-1A
Residence District
R-1
Residence District
R-2
Residence District
R-3
Residence District
R-4
Residence District
R-5
Residence District
PRC
Planned Retirement Community District
PRD
Planned Residential Development District (Overlay District)
I-1
Institutional District
I-2
Institutional District
I-3
Institutional District
OR-1
Outdoor Recreation District
OR-2
Outdoor Recreation District
OR-3
Outdoor and Indoor Recreation District
SU-1
Special Use District
SU-1-A
Mixed Use District
SU-2
Special Use District
B
General Business District
B-1
Neighborhood Shopping Center District
B-2
Major Shopping Center District
MCO
Mall Conversion Overlay Disrict
PBC
Planned Business Center District
O
Office District
OC-2
Office Campus 2 District
OC
Office Campus Overlay District
M
Manufacturing and Industrial District
FP
Floodplain Conservation District (Overlay District)
SS
Steep Slope Conservation District (Overlay District)
The boundaries of said districts shall be as shown on the maps attached to and made a part of this chapter, which shall be designated "Middletown Township Zoning Map," "Middletown Township Floodplain Conservation District Map" and "Middletown Township Steep Slope Conservation District Map." Said maps and all the notations, references and other data shown thereon are hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter and shall be as much a part of this chapter as if all were fully described herein.[1]
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Editor's Note: Said maps are available in the online version of the Township Code or in the Township offices.
A. 
In the case of the Floodplain Conservation District and the Steep Slope Conservation District, the rules for interpretation of district boundaries are contained in Articles XXIX and XXX. For all other districts, the boundaries between districts are, unless otherwise indicated, either the center lines of streets as indicated, either the center lines of streets as existing at the effective date of this chapter, or railroad rights-of-way or such lines projected or lines parallel thereto. Where dimensions are shown on the Zoning Map between a street and a district boundary line, they indicate that the district boundary line runs parallel to the center line of the street at a distance therefrom equivalent to the number of feet so indicated.
B. 
Where there is uncertainty as to the location of boundaries, the following rules shall apply:
(1) 
Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately following the center line of a street, right-of-way or watercourse, such center line shall be construed to be such boundary.
(2) 
Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately following a lot or other property line as of the effective date of this chapter, such lot or property line shall be construed to be such boundary.
(3) 
Where a district boundary divides a lot or runs through undivided property, the location of such boundary, unless specified by figures on the Zoning Map, shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing on said map.
(4) 
Where dimensions are shown on the Zoning Map, such dimensions shall be used even if scaled distances may not agree with the figures.
(5) 
Where physical features existing on the ground vary with those shown on the Zoning Map, or in other circumstances not covered by Subsection A or Subsection B(1) through (4), the Township Council shall interpret the district boundaries.
The depiction of any street, road, lane or alley on the Zoning Map or any reference to a street, road, lane or alley shall not constitute any acceptance of dedication of any such street, road, lane or alley if said street, road, lane or alley has not been otherwise accepted in accordance with law, nor shall the depiction of a street on the map be construed as a commitment to construct such a street if one does not already exist.