An ordinance regulating the location, height, bulk, erection,
construction, reconstruction, alteration, razing, removal and size
of structures; the percentage of lot which may be occupied; the size
of yards, courts and other open spaces; the density and distribution
of population; the intensity of use of land or bodies of water for
trade, industry, residence, recreation, public activities or other
purposes, in all portions of the Borough of Wilson.
This chapter shall be known and cited as the "2011 Zoning Ordinance
of the Borough of Wilson, Pennsylvania."
No building, sign or other structure or land shall be used or
occupied and no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected,
constructed, reconstructed, moved, enlarged or structurally altered
unless in conformity with the regulations of this chapter. However,
this chapter shall not require any change to any building, structure
or use legally existing at the effective date of this chapter, or
any amendment thereto; or to any building, structure or use planned
and construction started in compliance with existing laws prior to
the effective date of this chapter, or any amendment thereto, and
completed within a one-year period after the effective date of this
chapter, or any amendment thereto, except as otherwise provided herein.
The regulations and provisions of this chapter shall apply to
and affect the incorporated limits of the Borough of Wilson, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania.
This chapter is enacted to implement the objectives for the
Comprehensive Plan for the Borough of Wilson in accordance with the
provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code Act of
1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as reenacted and amended for the following purposes:
A. To promote, protect and facilitate the public health, safety, morals,
general welfare, coordinated and practical development of the Borough,
the proper density of population, emergency management preparedness
and operations, the provision of adequate light and air, access to
incident solar energy, protection of persons and property, the maintenance
and improvement of the aesthetic qualities of the Borough, vehicle
parking and loading space, transportation, water, sewage, schools,
public grounds and other public requirements and the protection of
the environment.
B. To prevent the overcrowding of land, blight, danger and congestion
in travel and transportation, loss of health, life or property from
fire, flood, panic or other dangers and to give consideration to the
character of the Borough, its various parts and the suitability of
the various parts for particular uses and structures.
C. To provide for the use of land within the municipality for residential
housing of various dwelling types and to accommodate reasonable overall
community growth, including population and employment growth, and
opportunities for development of a variety of residential dwelling
types and nonresidential uses.
This chapter and Zoning Map are intended to promote the following
community development objectives for the Comprehensive Plan of the
Borough of Wilson as set forth below:
A. To maintain and enhance the Borough of Wilson's image as a desirable
residential community suited to enhance and foster family growth and
development and to serve all age groups.
B. To encourage residential growth and the related development of desirable
commercial and industrial developments to stabilize the Borough's
tax base and overall economy.
C. To provide for appropriate residential densities and housing types,
satisfying many age groups, income levels, family sizes and individual
preferences.
D. To provide adequate recreational areas to serve residents and to
establish a park-like environment throughout the Borough.
E. To provide necessary and desirable services and community facilities
and schools to satisfy the needs and demands of present and future
residents of the Borough.
F. To reduce traffic congestion in the Borough and to provide adequate
parking space to serve all residential and other uses in the Borough.
G. To encourage neighborhood conservation and rehabilitation and preservation
of historic structures.
H. To eliminate undesirable, uneconomical and unattractive mixtures
of land uses.
I. To promote sound standards of development, to maximize stability
of property values and to encourage desirable economic activities.
J. To provide a street system capable of circulating people and goods
within and through the Borough safely and efficiently.
The Borough of Wilson Zoning Ordinance No. 645, adopted on March
28, 1994, and all amendments thereto, are hereby completely repealed
and replaced by this chapter. All other existing ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict with this chapter, to the extent of such
conflict and no further, are hereby repealed.