This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Borough of Eddystone Zoning Ordinance of 1995."
The zoning regulations and districts set forth
in this chapter are designed to achieve the following purposes, as
stated in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of
1968, as amended by Act 170 of 1988:
A. To promote, protect and facilitate any or all of the
following: the public health, safety, morals and general welfare;
coordinated and practical community development and proper density
of population; guidance, protection and improvement of amenity, convenience,
future governmental processes and functions; guidance on uses of land
and structures, type and location of streets, roadways, public grounds
and facilities; the provision of adequate light, water and air, access
to incident solar energy, police and fire protection, transportation,
sewerage and schools; and preservation of the natural, scenic and
historic values in the environment.
B. To prevent one or more of the following: overcrowding
of land; blight; danger and congestion in travel and transportation;
or loss of health, life or property from fire, flood, panic or other
dangers.
C. To provide for the use of land within the Borough
for residential housing of various dwelling types and a reasonable
range of multifamily dwellings in various arrangements.
D. To accommodate reasonable overall community growth,
including population and employment growth, and opportunities for
development of a variety of residential dwelling types and nonresidential
uses.
The zoning regulations and districts set forth
in this chapter are based on the goals and objectives which are stated
in the Eddystone Comprehensive Plan of 1982. This chapter is intended
to implement the principles and policies to guide and regulate the
orderly growth and development of the Borough of Eddystone.
In the interpretation and application of the
provisions of this chapter, said provisions shall be held to be the
minimum requirements for the promotion and protection of the public
health, welfare and safety. Where the provisions of this chapter impose
greater restrictions than those of any other ordinance or regulation,
the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. When the provisions
of any statute, other ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions
than this chapter, the provisions of such statute, ordinance or regulation
shall be controlling. In interpreting the language of this chapter
to determine the extent of the restriction upon the use of the property,
the language shall be interpreted, where doubt exists as to the intended
meaning of the language, in favor of the property owner and against
any implied extension of the restriction.