The Dalton Borough Zoning Ordinance of August 1990 (Ordinance
No. 3-1990), as amended, is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
as hereinafter set forth. This Zoning Ordinance is not intended to
and shall not be construed to affect or change any other ordinance,
code or regulation of the Borough of Dalton. If any other ordinance,
code or regulation of the Borough of Dalton is in conflict or inconsistent
with the requirements of this chapter, the most restrictive standards
and provisions shall apply.
This chapter is adopted in accordance with an overall land use
control 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. 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; density of population; civil defense
and disaster evacuation, airports, and national defense facilities;
the provisions of adequate light and air; police protection; vehicle
parking and loading space; transportation; historic resources; natural
resources, agricultural land and uses; the safe use of natural or
artificial bodies of water, boat docks and related facilities; reliable,
safe and adequate water supplies; safe and adequate sewerage disposal,
schools, public grounds and other public requirements and other purposes
set forth in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
B. To prevent one or more of the following: overcrowding of land, watercourses
and other bodies of water; blight; danger and congestion in travel
and transportation; loss of health, life or property from fire, flood,
panic or other dangers.
C. To preserve prime agriculture and farmland considering topography,
soil type and classification, and present use.
D. To provide for the use of land within the municipality for residential
housing of various dwelling types encompassing all basic forms of
housing, including single-family and two-family dwellings, and a reasonable
range of multifamily dwellings in various arrangements, mobile homes
and mobile home parks; provided, however, that no zoning ordinance
shall be deemed invalid for the failure to provide for any other specific
dwelling type.
E. 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.
In interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter
shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of
the public health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the Borough
and its citizens. It is not intended to interfere with or abrogate
or annul other rules, regulations or ordinances of the Borough except
that, where this chapter imposes a greater restriction upon the use
of buildings or premises or upon the height of a building, or requires
larger open spaces than are imposed by such other rules, regulations
or ordinances, the provisions of this chapter shall control.