[Ord. No. 8-9-2005, 8/9/2005,
§ 300]
1. The regulations set forth in this Part for each district shall be
minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind
of structure or land, except as may be hereinafter provided.
A. No building, structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied
and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected,
constructed, reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered except
in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified for the
district in which it is located.
B. No building or other structure shall hereafter be erected or altered
to:
(1)
Exceed the height or bulk;
(2)
Accommodate or house a greater number of persons or families;
(3)
Occupy a greater percentage of lot area;
(4)
Have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards
or other open space; than is required in this Part, or in any other
manner be contrary to this chapter.
C. No yard or lot existing at the time of adoption of this chapter shall
be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements herein
specified for the district in which it is located.
D. The commencement of any of the uses or activities listed in this Part (the District Regulations) shall require the issuance of a zoning permit from the Township Zoning Officer, except as may be exempted by §
27-1203, Subsection
1, of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 8-9-2005, 8/9/2005,
§ 301]
1. The specific use regulations and dimensional requirements pertaining to each district are contained on the charts that follow, namely §§
27-303 —
27-311.
2. Permissible uses and structures are presented in the first four columns of the chart for each district. Applications for activities listed in the columns titled permitted principal and permitted accessory uses and structures may be approved by the Zoning Officer upon finding that the proposed use meets this chapter requirements. Activities listed in the special exception uses and structures column must be reviewed and approved by the Township Zoning Hearing Board, and uses listed in the conditional uses and structures column must be reviewed and approved by the Township Supervisors. (See Appendix 27-D and Appendix 27-F of this chapter for an illustration of the special exception and condition use procedures, and §§
27-1002, Subsection 1D, and 27-1102, respectively, for specific details of the process.)
3. Specific lot, yard and open space requirements are presented in the final three columns of each district chart. Applications for uses which do not meet the dimensional requirements for the district in which they are to be located, may be submitted to the Township Zoning Hearing Board for variance consideration. (See Appendix 27-C of this chapter for an illustration of the variance procedure, and §
27-1002, Subsection 1C, for specific details of the process.)
4. The use regulations are also presented by category of use in the
table of uses which can be found in Appendix 27-A of this chapter
and general dimensional requirements are presented in the table of
dimensional requirements which can be found in Appendix 27-B.