[Amended 5-2-2002 by Ord. No. 468; 8-15-2002 by Ord. No. 470; 4-5-2003 by Ord. No. 478; 9-21-2006 by Ord. No. 556; 4-7-2011 by Ord. No. 598; 10-20-2011 by Ord. No.
602; 7-21-2016 by Ord. No. 641; 1-18-2018 by Ord. No. 652; 1-16-2020 by Ord. No. 662]
For the purpose of this chapter, the Township is hereby divided
into 22 districts, which shall be designated as follows:
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R-1
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Residential District
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R-2
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Residential District
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R-3
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Residential District
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R-4
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Residential District
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R-5
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Residential District
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MHP
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Mobile Home Park District
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VC
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Village Commercial District
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GC
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General Commercial District
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HC
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Highway Commercial District
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PBO
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Professional and Business Office District
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RPBD
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Ridge Pike Business District
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RPW
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Ridge Pike West District
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EVC
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Evansburg Village Commercial District
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MU
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Mixed-Use District
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I
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Industrial District
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IP
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Industrial Park District
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LI
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Limited Industrial District
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PFO
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Public Facilities and Open Space Overlay District
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INO
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Institutional Overlay District
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FCD
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Floodplain Conservation District
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SS
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Steep Slope Conservation District
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The boundaries of said districts shall be as
shown upon the map attached to and made part of this chapter, which
shall be designated the "Lower Providence Township Zoning Map." Said
map and all notations, references and other things shown thereon shall
be made a part of this chapter, as if the matters and things shown
by said map were all fully described herein.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the
boundaries of the various districts as shown on the Zoning Map,[1] the following shall apply:
A.
The district boundaries are the center line of the
road unless otherwise shown.
B.
Where the district boundaries are not shown to be
roads, the boundaries shall be construed to be property lines or dimensions
from streets or roads.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in
the Township offices.
Whenever federal- or state-owned property or
property owned by any federal or state agency or any political subdivision
thereof 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 of the United States of America and the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
[Amended 7-20-2017 by Ord. No. 644]
Where a zoning district boundary line divides
a lot held in single and separate ownership as of July 15, 1999, and
continuously to the date application is made to use the premises in
accordance with this provision, the use and other zoning regulations
applicable to the less restrictive district shall extend over the
portion of the lot in the more restrictive district a distance of
not more than 100 feet beyond the district boundary line. This extension
of the regulations into the more restricted district may be for a
distance of more than 100 feet beyond the district boundary line,
if the following are complied with:
A.
Such extension
is authorized as a conditional use;
B.
The requested extension and underlying development proposal meets all the applicable requirements of § 143-80 of this chapter as a conditional use;
C.
The appropriate
buffering between the zoning districts is placed along the extended
boundary line (the Board of Supervisors may impose additional conditions
controlling planting/placement of fencing, shrubbery, shade trees,
evergreen buffers, and/or planted berms to create a buffer beyond
the normal requirements of this chapter, if deemed necessary by the
Board); and
D.
The distance
of the extension does not exceed 200 feet.
