[An Overview to using this title is included as an attachment
to this title.]
[Ord. No. 1-2020, 21, passed 6-22-2020[1]]
A new zoning chapter a) dividing the City of Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pennsylvania, into zoning districts with varying regulations;
b) permitting, prohibiting and regulating the uses of land, watercourses
and other bodies of water, the size, height, bulk, location, erection,
construction, expansion, razing, removal and use of structures, the
areas and dimensions of land and water to be occupied by uses and
structures, as well as open areas to be left unoccupied; c) establishing
the maximum density and intensity of uses; d) providing for the administration
and enforcement of this title in accordance with the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code (MPC),[2] as amended, including provisions for special exception
uses and variances to be administered by a Zoning Hearing Board; and
e) establishing provisions for the protection of certain natural features.
[Ord. No. 1-2020, 21, passed 6-22-2020]
This title shall be known and be cited as the "City of Lebanon
Zoning Ordinance of 2020."
[Ord. No. 1-2020, 21, passed 6-22-2020]
It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that if a
court of competent jurisdiction declares any provisions of this title
to be invalid or ineffective in whole or in part, the effect of such
decision shall be limited to those provisions which are expressly
stated in the decision to be invalid or ineffective, and all other
provisions of this title shall continue to be separately and fully
effective. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed
this title and each section or part thereof, other than any part declared
invalid, if it had advance knowledge that any part would be declared
invalid. If the entire title should be declared invalid, then the
City of Lebanon zoning ordinance that was in effect immediately prior
to the enactment of this new title shall automatically be reinstated
as the zoning ordinance for the City of Lebanon.
[Ord. No. 1-2020, 21, passed 6-22-2020]
Allegations that this title or any amendment was enacted in
a procedurally defective manner shall be appealed as provided in state
law.
[Ord. No. 1-2020, 21, passed 6-22-2020]
The preexisting City of Lebanon zoning ordinance, as amended,
is hereby repealed, in addition to the repeal of any other subsections
of City ordinances or resolutions or parts thereof that were adopted
prior to this title that are clearly in direct conflict with this
title.
[Ord. No. 1-2020, 21, passed 6-22-2020]
Under the authority conferred by the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, as amended, the City Council of the City of Lebanon
hereby enacts and ordains into an ordinance the attached document
this date of June 22, 2020. This title shall become effective on June
22, 2020.
