This chapter shall be known as the "Lower Allen Township Zoning
Ordinance of 2009."
This chapter is enacted and ordained under the grant of powers
by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Act 247,
the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, July 31, 1968, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
A.Â
This chapter is enacted for the following purposes:
(1)Â
To promote, protect and facilitate one or more of the following:
the public health, safety, morals, general welfare, coordinated and
practical community development, proper density of population, emergency
management, the provision of adequate light and air, police protection,
vehicle parking and loading space, transportation, water, sewerage,
schools, public grounds and other public requirements; and
(2)Â
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.
B.Â
This chapter is made in accordance with an overall program and with
consideration for the character of the Township, its various parts
and the suitability of the various parts for particular uses and structures.
This chapter shall promote and foster the community development
goals and objectives as contained in the Lower Allen Township Comprehensive
Plan Update, adopted August 28, 2006.
The provisions of this chapter, so far as they are the same
as those of ordinances in force immediately prior to the enactment
of this chapter, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances
and not as new enactments. The provisions of this chapter shall not
affect any act done or liability incurred, nor shall they affect any
suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted to enforce any right
or penalty or to punish any offense under the authority of any ordinance
repealed by this chapter.
