The official title of this chapter is the "Lake
City Borough Zoning Ordinance." This chapter shall take effect on
January 20, 1997. This chapter repeals and replaces the former Borough
Zoning Ordinance which was adopted on January 1, 1980, as well as
all amendments made thereto.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held
to be minimum requirements, adopted for the promotion of the public
health, safety and general welfare. Whenever the requirements of this
chapter are at conflict with the requirements of any other lawfully
adopted rules, regulations or ordinances, the most restrictive, or
that imposing the higher standards, shall govern.
Should any section or provision of this chapter
be declared by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole,
or any part thereof other than the specific part so declared to be
unconstitutional or invalid.
This chapter is adopted and designed pursuant
to the authority vested in the borough by the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, PA Act No. 247 of 1968, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.
No structure shall be located, erected, constructed,
reconstructed, moved, altered, converted or enlarged, nor shall any
structure or land be used except in full compliance with all provisions
of this chapter and only after the lawful issuance of any permits,
certificates or approvals as are required by this chapter.
This chapter and zoning map are intended to
promote, protect and facilitate the public health, safety, morals,
general welfare, coordinated and practical community development,
proper density of population, civil defense, the provisions of adequate
light and air, police protection, vehicle parking and loading space,
transportation, water and sewage, schools, public grounds and other
public requirements, as well as preventing the overcrowding of land,
blight, danger and congestion in travel and transportation, loss of
health, life or property from fire, flood, panic or other dangers.
More specifically, these broad purposes are designed to clearly achieve
the objective of the Girard - Lake City Area Background Analysis and
Comprehensive Plan completed in 1979. The specific objectives upon
which this chapter have been based include the following:
A.
To support and encourage order and beauty in the development
of the borough's environment for the convenience and pleasure of present
citizens and future residents through sound land development practices
and the provision of adequate public utilities and facilities.
B.
To encourage future land and structure redevelopment
to have a logical and efficient pattern of future borough growth.
C.
To encourage future residential units to occur in
a harmonious arrangement within compact neighborhood areas.
D.
To protect strategic properties suitable for industrial
development for the establishment of manufacturing industries in the
borough.
E.
To guide commercial development in such a way so as
to minimize adverse influence on adjacent roads or land values; to
maintain and revitalize existing commercial areas, and to encourage
new diversified commercial facilities to locate in functionally designed
centers with safe and adequate highway access.
F.
To protect property values to the extent possible
to ensure suitable and attractive preservation of existing development
in the borough.
G.
To encourage development of integrated and cohesive
business and residential areas.
H.
To encourage developers to incorporate proper site
design and adequate parking facilities into existing parcels and future
subdivisions and land developments.
I.
To strengthen the basic tax base of the borough.
The provisions within this chapter are designed to fulfill the objectives cited in § 72-6. The degree of protection sought by the conditions and requirements of this chapter for the present and future residents and landowners in the borough is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes in the various zoning districts. This chapter does not imply that compliance with the minimum requirements or that land uses permitted within such districts will be free from inconvenience, conflicts, dangers, or damages. Therefore, this chapter shall not create liability on the part of individual members of the Borough Council or any officer, appointee or employee of the borough for any damages that may result from reliance on this chapter or any administrative decision lawfully made thereunder.
