There is hereby established a Zoning Ordinance
for the Township, which plan is set forth in the text and map that
constitute this chapter. Said chapter is adopted in the interest of
protecting and promoting the public health, safety, morals, and general
welfare, and shall be deemed to include the following related and
specific community development goals and objectives, among others
as may be stated in the policy statements within the East Manchester
Township Comprehensive Plan:
A. To develop residential areas, which include several
types of uses, which complement one another but are carefully located
within the neighborhood to prevent conflicts among the different uses.
B. To provide adequate areas for commercial and industrial
uses in locations, which will cause a minimum of problems for all
concerned.
C. To locate urban development in a pattern which can
be easily serviced by various community facilities and utilities,
with adequate transportation facilities, and with considerations for
energy conservation.
D. To minimize the conflicts between the agricultural
and suburban sections of the Township by directing urbanization to
areas away from prime agricultural sections.
E. To encourage the retention of agriculture as a sound
economic activity.
F. To encourage the preservation of as much of the rural
character of the Township as possible, by conserving areas of woodland
and open space, especially in areas of floodplains and steep slopes.
G. To provide for the diverse housing needs of all existing
and future Township residents.
H. To provide for access to arterial highways which can
adequately carry anticipated through-traffic volumes and provide safe
access to major traffic generators, both in the Township and in areas
serving the Township. Access to these arterial highways should be
carefully controlled to prevent conflicts between local and arterial
traffic.
I. To provide a system of collector roads which can efficiently
carry local traffic between residential areas, and to and from arterial
highways, including but not limited to those shown on the Transportation
Plan contained in the Comprehensive Plan.
J. To insure the maintenance of the exclusively local
nature of residential streets, thereby keeping the residential areas
free of any but low speed, low volume local traffic.
K. To provide sufficient off-street parking to maximize
the use of high-cost roadways to carry vehicular traffic.
L. To provide for a balanced system of transportation
and transit facilities in order to minimize energy utilization and
to meet the different needs of people, business and industry.
M. To preserve adequate open space and recreation areas
in the Township to serve the growing needs for leisure time activities,
by encouraging partnerships with the school district and other facility
owners.
N. To provide adequate fire and police protection facilities
and other community facilities and services to assure the welfare
and safety of the residents in all parts of the Township.
O. To provide adequate stormwater management facilities
for the protection and preservation of existing and future water supplies,
both surface and subsurface, and the protection of private and public
property.