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Township of West Manchester, PA
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2024-01-25
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 150 Zoning
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Article I General Provisions
Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1
General Provisions
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Manager, Township
Ch 7
Agreements
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Appearance Tickets
Ch 12
Attorneys' Fees and Lien Enforcement Collection
Ch 13
Authorities, Municipal
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Fire Companies
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Fire Department
Ch 25
Planning Commission
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Retirement Benefits
Ch 33
Salaries and Compensation
Ch 36
Tax Collector
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 42
Access Drives
Ch 45
Alarm Systems
Ch 55
Brush, Grass and Weeds
Ch 59
Buildings, Dangerous
Ch 63
Burning, Outdoor
Ch 67
Curfew
Ch 69
Dogs, Cats and Other Animals
Ch 71
Fireworks
Ch 73
Fire Insurance Escrow
Ch 75
Floodplain Management
Ch 79
Garage Sales
Ch 80
Noise
Ch 87
Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 91
Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 95
Plumbing
Ch 97
Recreational Vehicles and Boats
Ch 99
Recycling
Ch 100
Refuse Collection
Ch 105
Sewage Disposal
Ch 109
Sewers
Ch 112
Storm Sewers
Ch 113
Stormwater Management
Ch 117
Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 121
Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 125
Taxation
Ch 126
Tax Increment Financing District, West Manchester Mall
Ch 129
Tenant Registration
Ch 133
Transient Retail Merchants
Ch 136
Uniform Building Code
Ch 139
Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 143
Vehicles, Junked or Abandoned
Ch 146
Water
Ch 150
Zoning
Ch 150 Art I
General Provisions
§ 150-1
Title.
§ 150-2
Purpose.
§ 150-3
Community development objectives.
Appendix
Ch A154
(Reserved)
Ch A155
Plumbing Code Amendments
Disposition List
Ch DL
Disposition List
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Article I
General Provisions
§ 150-1
Title.
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§ 150-2
Purpose.
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§ 150-3
Community development objectives.
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§ 150-1
Title.
This chapter shall be known as the "West Manchester Township Zoning Ordinance."
§ 150-2
Purpose.
A.
The regulations in this chapter have been promulgated with the purpose of promoting, protecting and facilitating:
(1)
Coordinated and practical community development.
(2)
Proper density of population.
(3)
Adequate water and sewerage.
(4)
Adequate schools, parks and other public grounds and buildings.
(5)
Adequate light and air.
(6)
Adequate transportation, parking and loading space.
(7)
The public health, safety and general welfare.
B.
The regulations are also designed to prevent:
(1)
Overcrowding of land.
(2)
Blight.
(3)
Danger and congestion in travel and transportation.
(4)
Injury or loss of health, life or property from fire, flood, subsidence, panic or other dangers.
§ 150-3
Community development objectives.
A.
This chapter is enacted as part of the overall plan for the orderly growth and development of West Manchester Township. As such, this chapter is based upon the following expressed or implied community development objectives:
[Amended
6-28-2001
by
Ord. No. 01-03
]
(1)
To preserve valuable and productive farmland.
(2)
To provide for different housing types through specifying several required lot sizes.
(3)
To prevent nonresidential uses within residential neighborhoods.
(4)
To allow for future expansion within existing residential neighborhoods.
(5)
To provide for continued use and expansion of existing industries, both light and heavy.
(6)
To allow small-scale retail and other commercial uses along portions of Carlisle Road and West Market Street.
(7)
To permit regional shopping centers and malls around major interchanges with Route 30.
(8)
To encourage continued use of open spaces and recreational facilities and to further allow clustered groupings of townhouses amidst golf courses.
(9)
To allow for the continued use of quarries within the Township.
(10)
To strengthen regulations that protect residential neighborhoods from adjoining commercial and industrial development.
(11)
To minimize traffic congestion by limiting the number and location of driveways and strengthening parking and loading requirements.
(12)
To enhance the appearance of the Township by strengthening landscaping and sign requirements.
B.
In revising the Official Zoning Map, the Township Supervisors used the following objectives:
(1)
To acknowledge existing uses.
(2)
To place uses requiring public facilities in areas where these facilities exist or are likely to be provided.
(3)
To locate uses that generate a lot of traffic around major highways and intersections.
(4)
To separate and buffer incompatible uses.
(5)
To allow for reasonable and controlled growth within West Manchester Township.