[Ord. 766, 5/16/1996, § 1.0]
This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Borough
of Elizabethtown Zoning Ordinance."
[Ord. 766, 5/16/1996, § 1.1]
This chapter is enacted and ordained under the grant of powers
by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Act 247,
the "Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code," July 31, 1968, as
amended.
[Ord. 766, 5/16/1996, § 1.2]
This chapter is enacted for the following purposes:
A.
To promote, protect and facilitate one or more of the following:
the public health, safety, morals, general welfare, coordinated and
practical community development, proper density of population, civil
defense, disaster evacuation, the provision of adequate light and
air, police protection, vehicle parking and loading space, transportation,
water, sewerage, schools, public grounds and other public requirements.
B.
To prevent one or more of the following: overcrowding of land, blight,
danger and congestion in travel and transportation, loss of health,
life or property from fire, flood, panic or other dangers. This chapter
is made in accordance with an overall program, and with consideration
for the character of the municipality, its various parts, and the
suitability of the various parts for particular uses and structures.
[Ord. 766, 5/16/1996, § 1.3]
It is the intent of this chapter to promote and to foster the
community development goals and objectives as contained in the Elizabethtown
Borough Comprehensive Plan, as amended.
