This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Hatfield Township Zoning Ordinance of 1966," as amended.
This chapter is enacted for the purpose of promoting
the health, safety, morals, and the general welfare of the Township,
and is designed to lessen congestion on the roads and highways, and
to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers, to provide adequate
light and air, to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue
concentration of population, to facilitate the adequate provision
of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public
requirements, to conserve the value of buildings and to encourage
the most appropriate use of land throughout the Township; as well
as preservation of the natural scenic and historic values in the environment
and preservation of forests, wetlands, aquifers and floodplains.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal,
abrogate, annul or interfere with any existing ordinance or enactment,
or with any rule, regulation or permit adopted or issued thereunder
except insofar as the same may be inconsistent or in conflict with
any of the provisions of this chapter; provided, that where this chapter
imposes greater restrictions upon the use of building or land, or
upon the height, and bulk of buildings, or prescribes larger open
spaces than are required by the provisions of such ordinance, enactment,
rule, regulation or permit, the provisions of this chapter shall control.
Should any section or provision of this chapter
be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole
or any other part thereof, nor shall the effect of such decision apply
to any other person, property or situation other than those involved
in the immediate situation.