The Township is hereby divided into the following
districts:
Airport zones
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Commercial zones: [Amended 4-8-1991 by Ord. No. 1729]
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C-1, Neighborhood Commercial
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C-2A, Local Commercial
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C-2, Regional/Community Commercial
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Floodplain and stormwater management zones
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Industrial zone: [Amended 12-18-1989 by Ord. No. 1657]
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I, Industrial
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Office park zone
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Open space zones:
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OS-1, Open Space — Residential/Agricultural
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OS-2, Open Space — Limited Industrial
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Residential zones: [Amended 12-18-1989 by Ord. No. 1657]
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R-1 to R-6
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The intended uses of the various zoning districts
are described as follows and shall be relied upon for interpretation
and administration of this chapter:
A. The airport zones are designed to insure and promote
the health, safety and welfare of the general public and property
in and about the Lehigh Valley International Airport, to protect the
users, facilities and services of the airport, to prevent hazardous
conditions to the users, facilities or services of the airport and
to eliminate, remove, mitigate, mark or light any existing hazard
which cannot be completely abated.
[Amended 8-8-2005 by Ord. No. 2578]
B. The commercial zones are intended to provide sufficient
area in appropriate locations for various forms and types of business
uses and development; to satisfy the needs of modern business development
by providing off-street parking, loading and unloading areas, safe
and efficient means of vehicle ingress and egress, and continuity
and homogeneity of business development; to encourage the development
of attractive, functional and economic forms of commercial buildings
under proper standards; to encourage the enhancement and beautification
of commercial areas and to minimize the effect of commercial areas
on adjoining residential areas.
[Amended 12-18-1989 by Ord. No. 1657]
C. The floodplain and stormwater management zones are
intended to prevent the loss of property and life, the creation of
health and safety hazards, the disruption of commerce and governmental
services, the extraordinary and unnecessary expenditure of public
funds for floor protection and relief, and the impairment of the tax
base by regulating uses, activities and development which, acting
alone or in combination with other existing or future uses, activities
and development, will cause increases in flood heights, velocities
and frequencies; restricting or prohibiting certain uses, activities
and development from locating within areas subject to flooding; requiring
all those uses, activities and developments that do occur in flood
prone areas to be protected and/or floodproofed against flooding and
flood damage; and protecting individuals from buying lands and structures
which are unsuited for intended purposes because of flood hazards.
D. The industrial zone is intended to provide suitable
space for industrial and commercial types of business and development
not ordinarily found nor desirable in neighborhood or regional/community
commercial districts, to satisfy the needs for this type of development
by providing for off-street parking and loading and unloading areas
in the course of the development of attractive functional and economic
forms of commercial and office uses as well as industrial development
and to minimize the effect of industrial commercial areas on the adjoining
residential areas, if any. The industrial zone is not intended to
contain residences. In the event that there is an existing single-family
detached or semidetached dwelling in an industrial zone, the expansion
of said building or the establishment of accessory uses for said dwellings
may be permitted provided the proposal is in compliance with the residential
zone closest to the dwelling, or if remote from a residential zone,
the minimum standards of an R-5 Residential District shall be followed.
[Amended 12-18-1989 by Ord. No. 1657]
E. The office park zone is designed to create a buffer
district between residential neighborhoods and commercial or industrial
zones in order to limit the adverse environmental effects nonresidential
areas have upon residential neighborhoods in the Township. In addition,
this zone is intended to alleviate intense traffic congestion which
is experienced in areas of high commercial retail use. This zone is
intended to provide sufficient area in appropriate locations for various
forms and types of professional services, banks, businesses, clinics
and other specified uses which would serve as a buffer to residential
zones.
[Amended 12-18-1989 by Ord. No. 1657]
F. The open space zones are designed to secure, promote
and provide suitable space and area for residential and industrial
uses while limiting the intensity of development to maintain sufficient
and adequate open space.
G. The residential zones are intended to provide sufficient
area in appropriate locations for residential uses and development
to meet the housing needs of the Township with due allowance for providing
a choice of sites and types of housing without sacrificing desirable
established residential patterns.
[Amended 12-18-1989 by Ord. No. 1657]