This chapter is enacted in accordance with the
provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of
1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as amended, and is intended by its various provisions to permit, prohibit,
regulate, restrict and determine:
A. Uses of land, watercourses and other bodies of water.
B. The size, height, bulk, location, erection, construction,
repair, maintenance, alteration, razing, removal and use of structures.
C. Areas and dimensions of land and bodies of water to
be occupied by uses and structures, as well as areas, courtyards and
other open spaces and distances to be left unoccupied by uses and
structures.
D. The density of population and intensity of use.
This chapter is to serve as an instrument for
guiding and regulating the orderly growth, development and redevelopment
of the Township in accordance with the adopted Comprehensive Development
Plan of Nether Providence Township, as from time to time amended,
which contains the long-term objectives, principles and standards
deemed beneficial to the interests and welfare of the people. The
Township seeks to:
A. Instill order in the growth and development of the
Township.
B. Recognize land as a valuable resource and allocate
its uses judiciously so that it may be conserved, not wasted.
C. Maximize the opportunity for range of choice in residential
living arrangements.
D. Promote sound economic development to attain a stable
future tax base.
E. Minimize the conflict between residential and other
types of land use.
F. Develop sound financial planning.
G. Protect and conserve the unique and interesting natural
and historic areas which are important to the community and can offer
cultural opportunities and enrichment to the people of the Township
and the region.