The Punxsutawney Borough Council identifies the following legislative findings with respect to land use, density of population, location and function of roads, and other community facilities and utilities, and other factors that the Council believes relevant in establishing community development objectives for the future development of the Borough. It is the purpose of this chapter to reflect the objectives of the Borough, to establish such other objectives as may be deemed necessary, and to provide the means and regulations whereby these objectives may be attained. The overall approach of this chapter is to ensure orderly, appropriate and compatible growth that will result in well-planned and efficient development and redevelopment of Punxsutawney Borough.
A. 
Provide for an adequate supply, balance and location of land uses appropriate for the infrastructure and community needs of the Borough but flexible enough to sustain orderly development.
B. 
Encourage and reinforce renewal activities, mixed uses and traditional neighborhood development, preservation and reuse of historic structures and in-fill development while preserving certain community physical, environmental and historic assets.
C. 
Encourage development within, adjacent and comparable to existing development that avoids linear development, thereby enabling the most-efficient and -economic provision of basic community facilities and public utilities; encourage reuse and rehabilitation of presently vacant structures; and prioritize the reuse of existing vacant land served by existing infrastructure.
D. 
Protect the integrity of older dwelling units and other historic buildings.
E. 
Protect the integrity of a mixed commercial/residential central business district and abutting East Mahoning Street business area by providing for uses and dimensional requirements that reinforce them.
F. 
Provide for appropriate highway-oriented commercial development in areas where vehicle access is facilitated.
G. 
Minimize the potential for conflict between traditional residential areas and neighborhoods and commercial/industrial development that exists within the Borough.
H. 
Encourage well-planned future in-fill development and new development of presently vacant parcels.
I. 
Encourage development in concert with natural resource features and environmentally sensitive land.
J. 
Provide adequate community facilities and community infrastructure, ensuring a safe, sanitary and attractive environment for community life and growth.
K. 
Encourage the redevelopment of downtown business areas and vacant industrial sites/facilities in the community.
L. 
Encourage "growth center," clustered and nonlinear development and mixed-use development.
M. 
Preserve viewsheds, streams and creeks, one-hundred-year floodplains and wetland areas, and areas identified as being of local and regional significance, including trails.