For the purposes of this chapter, North Coventry Township is hereby divided into the following base districts and overlay districts, which shall be designated as follows:
A. 
Base districts. All land in the Township is divided into base zoning districts. These districts set limits and requirements for all land uses within their boundaries.
RC
Resource Conservation District
RR
Rural Residential District
R-1
Residential District
V-1
Village District (Cedarville)
V-2
Village District (Kenilworth)
TC-1
Town Center Residential District
TC-2
Town Center Mixed Use District
C-1
Commercial District
C-2
Commercial Parking District
C-3
Planned Commercial District
C-4
Neighborhood Commercial District
I-1
Administrative and Research Industrial District
I-2
Industrial District
B. 
Overlay districts. Overlay districts apply regulations to specific areas in addition to those regulations of the underlying base district.
Flood Plain Conservation District
Natural Resource Conservation District
Interchange District
Scenic Preservation District
Historic Preservation District
Ridgeline Protection District
Communications Towers, Antenna and Equipment District
[Added 5-23-2005]
Well Head Protection Overlay District.
[Added 3-10-2008]
Water Budget Impact Zone Overlay District.
[Added 3-10-2008]
[Amended 5-23-2005; 3-10-2008; 7-28-2025 by Ord. No. 03-2025]
A. 
Base districts. The boundaries of all base districts shall be shown on the map made part of this chapter; this map shall be known as the "Zoning Map of North Coventry Township." Said map and all notations, references and data shown thereon are hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter, and shall be as much a part hereof as if all were fully described herein. Whenever an amendment of this chapter involving a change of district boundaries is approved by the Board of Supervisors, said change shall be recorded on the master Zoning Map of North Coventry Township as maintained at the Township offices and and included in this chapter, which is updated from time to time.
B. 
Overlay districts. The Flood Plain Conservation District, Natural Resource Conservation District, Interchange District, Scenic Preservation District, Historic Preservation District, Ridgeline Protection District, Communication Towers, Antenna and Equipment Overlay District, Well Head Protection Overlay District and Water Budget Impact Zone Overlay District shall be treated as overlay districts to the otherwise applicable base zoning district. The location of and provisions applicable to overlay districts are described in Article IX of Chapter 370.
A. 
The rules and interpretation of overlay district boundaries shall be as set forth in the following chapter sections:
(1) 
Flood Plain Conservation District - Article IX, § 370-28.
(2) 
Natural Resource Conservation District - Article IX, § 370-29.
(3) 
Interchange District - Article IX, § 370-30.
(4) 
Scenic Preservation District - Article IX, § 370-31.
(5) 
Historic Preservation District - Article IX, § 370-32.
(6) 
Ridgeline Protection District - Article IX, § 370-33.
(7) 
Communications Towers, Antenna and Equipment District - Article IX, § 370-34.
[Added 5-23-2005]
(8) 
Well Head Protection Overlay District - Article IX, § 370-34.1.
[Added 3-10-2008]
(9) 
Water Budget Impact Zone Overlay District - Article IX, § 370-34.2.
[Added 3-10-2008]
B. 
Boundary lines shall, unless otherwise indicated, follow property lines or the center lines of streets, watercourses, ponds or lakes, or rights-of-way of power lines and other public utilities, or such lines extended, or lines parallel or perpendicular thereto. Where uncertainty exists as to the location of any said boundary as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
(1) 
Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately following the center line of a street, lane, or lake or watercourse, or right-of-way of a power line, railroad or other public utility, such center line shall be construed to be such boundary.
(2) 
Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately following a lot or other property line, such lot or property line shall be construed to be such boundary.
(3) 
Where a district boundary divides a lot or runs through undivided property, the location of such boundary, unless otherwise specified by dimensions on the Zoning Map, shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing on said map.
(4) 
Where dimensions are shown on the Zoning Map between a street or watercourse and a district boundary, they shall indicate that the district boundary runs parallel to the center line of the street or watercourse at a distance therefrom equivalent to the number of feet so indicated, unless otherwise specified. Where scaled distances do not agree with such dimensions, the dimensions shall control.
Where a lot is divided by a district boundary line, other than a boundary line of the Flood Plain Conservation District, the uses permitted in the less restrictive district may extend into that portion of said lot in the more restrictive to either the nearest lot line or a distance of 50 feet, whichever is less. In no case shall a use be allowed to extend into the more restrictive district unless full use is made of the less restricted area before extension. Any extension of a use into the more restrictive district must meet the area and bulk requirements of the more restrictive district. In no case shall the uses and area and bulk requirements permitted in an abutting district be extended for any distance into a Flood Plain Conservation District.