[Amended 7-18-2007 by Ord. No. 371; 10-3-2007 by Ord. No.
372; 1-21-2009 by Ord. No. 373]
For the purpose of this chapter, the Township
of Lower Makefield is hereby divided into the following classes of
districts, which shall be designated as follows:
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Residential - Resource Protection District (R-RP)
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Residential - Low-Density (R-1)
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Residential - Medium-Density (R-2)
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Residential - Single-Family High Density (R-3)
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Residential - Single-Family High Density Modified
(R-3M)
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Residential - Multiple-Family High Density (R-4)
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Commercial - Historic Commercial (H-C)
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Commercial - Neighborhood (C-1)
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Commercial - Highway Services (C-2)
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General Business/Industrial - General Business
and Industrial (C-3)
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Office/Research - Office/Research (O-R)
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Overlay - Radio and Telecommunications Facility
Overlay District (RTF)
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Overlay - Special Off-Premises Advertising Sign
Overlay District (SOPAS)
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Overlay - Amateur Radio Facility Overlay District (ARF)
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The boundaries of said districts shall be as
shown on the map attached to and made part of this chapter, which
map shall be known as the "Township of Lower Makefield Zoning Map."
Said map and all notations and references and data shown thereon are
hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter and shall be as
much a part of this chapter as if all were fully described herein.
A large-scale Zoning Map of the Township, showing all amendments thereto,
shall be available for public inspection at the Township Building
and shall be the Official Zoning Map.
Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries
of any district as shown on said map, the following rules shall apply.
A.
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately
coinciding with the center lines of streets, highways, railroad lines
or streams, such center lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
B.
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they
approximately coincide with lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed
to be said boundaries, or where district boundaries are extensions
of lot lines or connect the intersections of lot lines, such lines
shall be said district boundaries.
C.
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they
are approximately parallel to center lines of streets or highways,
such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto
and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the Zoning District
Map.
D.
In case any further uncertainty exists, the Zoning
Hearing Board shall interpret the intent of the map as to location
of district boundaries.
