The official title of this chapter is "Mount Pleasant Township
Zoning Ordinance."
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon adoption by
the Board of Supervisors.
This chapter is adopted by virtue of the authority granted to
the Township by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968, as amended by Action
170 of 1988 (53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as may be amended
from time to time).
Community development objectives are set forth in the Cross
Creek Region Comprehensive Plan Update adopted by the Board of Supervisors
on February 26, 2003 and the Mount Pleasant Comprehensive Plan Update
adopted by the Board of Supervisors on May 25, 2016. In addition to
the specific objectives stated in the Cross Creek Region Comprehensive
Plan Update and the Mount Pleasant Comprehensive Plan Update, the
general community development objectives on which this chapter are
based are:
A. To promote the interest of public health, safety, morals and the
general welfare;
B. To secure safety from fire and to provide adequate open spaces for
light and air;
C. To conserve and stabilize property values;
D. To preserve woodlands, open space, recreational, agricultural and
environmentally sensitive lands from conflict with urban development;
E. To facilitate the economic provision of adequate transportation,
water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements;
F. To prevent 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;
G. To promote stormwater management, soil and water conservation;
H. To set forth population density controls;
I. To promote coordinated and practical community development; and
J. To promote the utilization of renewable energy sources.
No structure shall be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed,
moved, altered, converted or enlarged nor shall any structure or land
be used or designed to be used except in full compliance with all
the provisions of this chapter and after the lawful issuance of all
permits and certificates required by this chapter.
If any of the provisions of this chapter or the application
of any provision to particular circumstances is held to be invalid,
the remainder of the chapter or the application of such provision
to other circumstances shall not be affected.