The zoning districts shall be as follows:
A. A-1 Agricultural District: The purpose of the A-1 Agricultural District
is to provide for agriculture and low-density single-family residential
development in the more remote rural areas of the Township where public
sewers are not available and to preserve natural resources and limited
agricultural operations.
B. R-L Suburban Residential District: The purpose of the R-L Suburban
Residential District is to encourage low-density single-family developments
at moderate densities in locations in the Township where utilities
and transportation facilities exist or are anticipated in the future.
C. R-H Neighborhood Residential District: The purpose of the R-H Neighborhood
Residential District is to preserve established neighborhoods of higher
density housing in the Township and provide for the expansion of this
type of residential development in appropriate locations on the regional
highway network that are or will be served by public water and sewage.
D. MU Mixed-Use District: The purpose of the Mixed-Use District is to
promote a mix of compatible land uses, both residential and nonresidential,
within the same zoning district. Encouraging diverse but complementary
land uses, while supporting a variety of densities, allows the district
to function as a "work, live, play" area within the Township.
E. B-1 Highway Commercial District: The purpose of this district is
to provide opportunities for highway-oriented commercial development
that meets the general needs of the population within the market area
for shopping and services on properties located on arterial.
F. M-1 Light Industrial District: The purpose of the M-1 Light Industrial
District is to encourage development of light industrial uses in appropriate
locations in the Township, consistent with sound planning and environmental
controls.
Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts as
shown on the Official Zoning District Map, the following rules shall
apply:
A. Boundaries indicated as appearing to follow the center lines of streets,
highways or alleys shall be construed to follow such center lines.
B. Boundaries indicated as appearing to follow platted lot lines shall
be construed as following such lot lines.
C. Boundaries indicated as appearing to follow municipal limits shall
be construed as following municipal limits.
D. Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed
to be midway between the main tracks.
E. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines
of streams, rivers or other bodies of water shall be construed to
follow center lines, and in the event of change in the location of
streams, rivers and other bodies of water, shall be construed as moving
with the actual body of water and following the center line.
F. Distances not specifically indicated on the Official Zoning District
Map shall be determined by the scale of the map.
The following regulations shall apply in all zoning districts:
A. Whenever in any district established under this chapter, a use is
neither specifically permitted nor denied and an application is made
by a property owner to the Zoning Officer for such use, the Zoning
Officer shall refer the application to the Zoning Hearing Board which
shall have the authority to permit the use. The use may be permitted
as a special exception if it is similar to and compatible with permitted
uses, conditional uses or uses by special exception in the district,
and in no way is in conflict with the general purpose of this chapter.
B. Accessory uses or structures that are customarily accessory to principal
structures or uses that are authorized as conditional uses shall be
permitted as accessory uses by right.
C. In all zoning districts, where single-family dwellings either exist
or are proposed, they shall be the only principal structure on a lot.
D. In all zoning districts where authorized by this chapter, two or
more nonresidential buildings may occupy the same lot; and two or
more authorized nonresidential uses may occupy the same building,
provided, in all cases, that all applicable requirements for each
of the structures or uses can be met on the lot.
E. In all zoning districts, all accessory structures shall be located
on the same lot with the principal structure to which they are accessory.