[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Ordinance of Beaver Borough."
[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
1. 
The regulations in this chapter are intended:
A. 
To promote, protect and facilitate any or all of the following: The public health, safety, morals, and the general welfare, coordinated and practical community development and proper density of population; emergency management preparedness and operations, the provisions of adequate light and air, police protection, vehicle parking and loading space, transportation, water, provisions of a safe, reliable and adequate water supply for domestic, commercial, agricultural or industrial use, and other public requirements; as well as preservation of the natural, scenic and historic values of the environment.
B. 
To prevent one or more of the following: overcrowding of land, blight, danger and congestion in travel and transportation, loss of health, life or property from fire, flood, panic or other dangers.
C. 
To provide for the use of land within the municipality for residential housing of various dwelling types encompassing all basic and a reasonable range of multi-family dwellings in various arrangements.
D. 
To accommodate reasonable overall community growth, including population and employment growth, and opportunities for development of a variety of residential dwelling types and nonresidential uses.
[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
The granting of a building/zoning permit or occupancy permit shall not constitute a representation or warranty of any kind by the Borough or any official or employee thereof as to the safety of any structure or use, or of the accuracy of any lot line or other boundary as may be shown in such permit, and shall create no liability or a cause of action against the Borough or any of its officials or employees for any damage that may result therefrom.
[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
In addition to the purposes outlined above, the regulations in this chapter are intended to promote achievement of the goals and objectives recognized and established in the most recent Comprehensive Plan adopted for Beaver Borough, September 27, 2001.
[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
No structure shall be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved, converted, or enlarged; nor shall any structure or land be used or designed to be used, except in full compliance with all the provisions of this chapter and after lawful issuance of all permits required by this chapter.
[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
The accompanying map hereby adopted in this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Map of Beaver Borough."
[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1; as amended by Ord. No. 856, 8/9/2022]
The Borough is divided into the districts stated in this chapter as shown by the boundaries on the Official Zoning Map. The district designations are as follows:
R-1
Low Density Residential District
R-2
Medium-High Density Residential District
P
Public District
RC-1
Retail Core District
RC-2
Retail Core Support District
GCW
Gateway Commercial West District
SC
Service Commercial District
GCE
Gateway Commercial East District
HO
Historic Overlay District
FP
Floodplain District
TND
Traditional Neighborhood Development Overlay District
[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
District boundaries shown within the lines of the streets, streams and transportation rights-of-way shall be deemed to follow the center lines. The vacation of streets shall not affect the location of such district boundaries. When the Zoning Officer cannot definitely determine the location of a district boundary by such fact that it clearly coincides with a property line, he shall refuse action and the Zoning Hearing Board shall interpret the location of the district boundary with reference to the scale of the Zoning Map and the purposes set forth in all relevant provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
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If, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as amended, changes are made in district boundaries or other matters portrayed on the Official Zoning Map, such changes shall be entered on the Official Zoning Map promptly after the amendment has been approved by Borough Council.
2. 
No changes of any nature shall be made in the Official Zoning Map or matter shown thereon except in conformity with the procedures set forth in this chapter or any state law, if applicable. All changes shall be noted on the Official Zoning Map by date with a brief description of the nature of the change.
[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
1. 
The Official Zoning Map, as designated by the Borough Council, shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of land and water areas in the Borough, regardless of unofficial copies which may have been published from time to time.
2. 
The location and boundaries of said zones are hereby established as shown on the Zoning Map of Beaver Borough, previously dated September 13, 1988, and currently revised, which is attached hereto and is hereby made a part of this chapter. Said map and all notations, references and designations shown thereon shall be, as such, a part of this chapter as if the same were all fully described and set forth herein.
[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
In the event that the Official Zoning Map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost, or difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of changes and additions, the Borough Council may, by resolution, adopt a new Official Zoning Map which shall supersede the prior Official Zoning Map. The new Official Zoning Map may correct drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior Official Zoning Map, but no such correction shall have the effect of amending the Official Zoning Map or subsequent amendment thereto. The new Official Zoning Map shall be identified by required signatures of the Borough Council, attested by the Secretary of that body, and bearing the following words: "This is to certify that this Official Zoning Map supersedes and replaces the Official Zoning Map adopted as part of the previous current Ordinance of Beaver Borough, Beaver County, Pennsylvania."
[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
The regulations in this chapter shall not apply to any existing or new municipal facilities of Beaver Borough. To serve the public convenience or general welfare, municipal uses may be located anywhere within the Borough.