It is the responsibility of each landowner to
ensure that no land or structure in any zoning district shall be used
or occupied in any manner that creates any of the following uses,
activities or conditions:
A. Communicable disease hazards, including activities
that encourage the breeding of disease-prone insects and rodents.
B. Activity that would create physically dangerous conditions,
especially creation of hazards that would be easily accessible by
small children.
C. Activity that would prevent a neighboring landowner
of ordinary sensibilities from making reasonable use of their property.
D. Activity that would be a significant hazard to the public health and safety because of serious explosive, fire, biological or toxic hazards. See §
275-139.
E. Activity that would seriously threaten or cause serious
pollution to groundwater.
F. Activity that would seriously threaten a biogenetic
hazard to humans.
For the one-hundred-year floodplain, the requirements of Chapter
135, Floodplain Management, as amended, shall apply.
Any activity which involves the storage of gases,
liquids, solids and/or hazardous substances shall comply with current
federal, state and Township laws, rules, regulations and ordinances
as a condition of approval under this chapter.
The permanent stripping and removal of topsoil
from any lot is prohibited, except on portions of a lot for which
approval has been received to construct a building or paving. This
shall not restrict the temporary stockpiling of topsoil during construction,
nor routine crop farming practices.