[Amended 5-27-1957 by Ord. No. 45; 10-21-1957 by Ord. No.
48; 2-8-1958 by Ord. No. 50; 4-5-1958 by Ord. No. 51; 12-22-1959 by Ord. No. 78; 12-18-1961 by Ord. No. 110; 10-1-1962 by Ord. No.
119; 6-10-1974 by Ord. No. 74-325; 6-15-1987 by Ord. No.
87-516; 9-28-1995 by Ord. No. 95-635; 11-3-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-750; 9-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-826; 3-26-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-837; 5-17-2018 by Ord. No.
2018-855]
A. For the purposes of this chapter, the Township is hereby divided
into 31 classes of districts which shall be designated as follows:
AG
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Agricultural District
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R-A
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Recreational Area District
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R-1A
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Residential District
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R-1
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Residential District
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R-2A
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Residential District
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R-2
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Residential District
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G
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Residential District
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HR
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Residential District
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R-3
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Residential District
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R-3A
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Residential District
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R-3B
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Residential District
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U-R
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Residential District
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R-55A
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Residential District
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R-55B
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Residential District
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AR
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Administrative and Research District
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AR-1
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Administrative and Research District
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C-O
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Commercial Office District
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NC
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Neighborhood Commercial District
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LC
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Limited Commercial District
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GC
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General Commercial District
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SC
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Shopping Center District
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SM
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Suburban Metropolitan District
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SM-1
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Suburban Metropolitan District
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LI
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Limited Industrial District
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HI
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Heavy Industrial District
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FP
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Floodplain Conservation District
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GR
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Garden Apartments District
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SS
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Steep Slope District
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CDO
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Cluster Development Overlay
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KPMU
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King of Prussia Mixed-Use District
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NMU
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Neighborhood Mixed-Use District
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B. The locations and boundaries of such districts shall
be as shown upon the map attached hereto and made a part hereof, which
shall be designated as the "Upper Merion Zoning Map." Said map and
all the notations, references and other data shown thereon shall be
as much a part of this chapter as if fully described herein.
The boundaries between districts are, unless
otherwise indicated, either the center lines of streets, lanes, watercourses
and rights-of-way of power lines, railroads and other public utilities
or such lines extended or lines parallel thereto. Where the boundaries
of a single district are indicated as including directly opposite
sides of a street, lane, lake or watercourse or right-of-way of a
power line, railroad or other public utility for any portion of its
length, the district so indicated shall be construed to apply to the
entire bed of such street, lane, lake or watercourse or right-of-way
of such power line, railroad or other public utility lying within
such portion of its length. Where uncertainty exists as to the location
of any said boundaries as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules
shall apply:
A. Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately
following the center line of a street, lane, 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.
B. 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.
C. Where a district boundary divides a lot or runs through
undivided property, the location of such boundary, unless otherwise
specified by figures on the Zoning Map, shall be determined by the
use of the scale appearing on said map.
D. Where figures are shown on the Zoning Map between
a street and a district boundary, they shall indicate that the district
boundary runs parallel to the street line at a distance therefrom
equivalent to the number of feet so indicated, unless otherwise specified.
Where scaled distances do not agree with such figures, the figures
shall control.
Whenever federal or state-owned property is
included in one or more zoning districts, it shall be subject to the
provisions of this chapter only insofar as permitted by the Constitution
and laws of the United States of America and of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.