The Smart Growth Districts and Overlay Districts
are intended to help implement the following smart growth principles:
A. Compatible mixed land use.
C. A range of housing opportunities and choices.
D. Walkable neighborhoods and nonresidential development.
E. Distinctive, attractive development with a strong
sense of place.
F. Open space and preservation of natural beauty and
critical environmental areas.
G. Development that strengthens and ties into existing
land use.
I. Tools to allow for predictable, fair and cost-effective
development decisions.
J. Community and stakeholder collaboration in development
decisions.
The legislative authority for the Smart Growth
Overlay Districts is based upon Section 605, Classifications, of the
Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code. Section 605 enables additional classifications within
districts for the regulation or restriction of uses and structures
at, along or near: major thoroughfares, transportation arteries and
expressways, public grounds, places having unique historic or patriotic
interest or value, and places having a special character affected
by their surroundings.
The following Smart Growth Districts and Overlay
Districts are hereby established:
A. Neighborhood Enhancement Overlay District.
B. Commercial Enhancement Overlay District.
C. Conservation Design Overlay District.
E. Hospital Health Care Village District.
F. Mixed-Use Village Overlay Districts.
G. Streetscape Enhancement Overlay District.