This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as "The Westtown Township Zoning Ordinance of 1991." It shall take
effect five days after enactment.
This chapter is enacted for the purpose of promoting
the health, safety, general welfare, and coordinated and practical
community development of the Township; is in accordance with the Westtown
Township Comprehensive Plan; and is designed to lessen congestion
on the roads and highways, to secure safety from fire, panic and other
dangers, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding
of land, to avoid undue congestion of population, to facilitate the
adequate provision of transportation, vehicle parking, water, sewage
facilities, schools, parks and other public requirements, to conserve
the value of buildings, and to encourage the most appropriate use
of land throughout the Township.
In interpreting and applying the provisions
of this chapter, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements
for the promotion of the health, safety, and general welfare of the
Township. The use and development of all land, and the construction
of every building or portion thereof, will be subject to the regulations
contained herein.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal,
abrogate, annul, or interfere with any existing ordinance or enactment,
or with any rule, regulation, or permit adopted or issued thereunder,
except insofar as the same may be inconsistent or in conflict with
any of the provisions of this chapter, provided that, where this chapter
imposes greater restrictions upon the use of buildings or land, or
upon the height and bulk of buildings, or prescribes larger open spaces
than are required by the provision of such ordinance, enactment, rule,
regulation, or permit, then the provisions of this chapter shall control.