A Zoning Ordinance classifying, regulating and restricting the
height, number of stories, projections, location, size, bulk and use
of buildings and land; establishing districts and boundaries; designating
and regulating residential, business, industrial or other uses within
such districts and boundaries; providing for the administration and
enforcement of this Part 4; and providing penalties for the violation
thereof is hereby adopted.
This Part 4 shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance of the Borough
of Somerdale."
This Part 4 is enacted for the following purposes:
A. Lessening congestion on the highways.
B. Securing safety from fires, panic and other dangers.
C. Providing adequate light and air.
D. Preventing the overcrowding of land and buildings.
E. Avoiding undue concentration of population to promote the health,
safety, morals and general welfare of the Borough, thereby increasing
the safety and security of home and life.
F. Creating a more favorable environment in which to raise children.
G. Stabilizing and enhancing property and civic values.
H. Providing for a more uniformly just land use pattern.
The provisions of this Part 4 shall be held to be the minimum
requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, comfort,
convenience and general welfare. Where the provisions of this Part
4 impose greater restrictions than those of any statute, other ordinance
or regulation, the provisions of this Part 4 shall be controlling.
Where the provisions of any statute, other ordinance or regulation
impose greater restrictions than this Part 4, the provision of such
statute, other ordinance or regulation shall be controlling.
[Amended 7-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98:08]
Refer to §
162-40 for applicable definitions; all definitions of §
162-40 are incorporated herein as if set forth at length.