This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Zoning
Ordinance of Abbottstown Borough."
A.
Statutory authority. Section 601 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code,[1] (Act of 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as reenacted and amended)
provides that the Abbottstown Borough Council may enact and amend
a zoning ordinance to implement community development objectives established
by the Borough Council. The Eastern Adams Joint Comprehensive Plan
has been adopted by the Abbottstown Borough Council and establishes
specific policies and community development objectives that the Borough
Council seeks to implement through the adoption of the Abbottstown
Borough Zoning Ordinance.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10601.
B.
Applicability. This chapter requires that, within Abbottstown Borough,
in the County of Adams and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, no land,
body of water, or structure shall hereafter be used or occupied and
no structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed,
reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered unless in conformity
with all the regulations and procedures herein specified for the zoning
district in which such land, body of water, or structure is located.
A.
In accordance with the Eastern Adams Joint Comprehensive Plan adopted
by the Abbottstown Borough Council on May 17, 2012, there is hereby
established a new Comprehensive Zoning Plan for the Borough, which
is set forth in the text and map that constitute this chapter. The
Plan is adopted in the interest of protecting and promoting the public
health, safety, morals, and general welfare, and shall be deemed to
include the following objective, among others as may be stated in
the Eastern Adams Joint Comprehensive Plan.
B.
General purposes. The Abbottstown Borough Zoning Ordinance is designed
to promote, protect, and facilitate any or all of the following.
(1)
The public health, safety, morals, and general welfare.
(2)
Coordinated and practical community development and appropriate density
of population.
(3)
Emergency preparedness and operation.
(4)
Provision of adequate light and air.
(5)
Access to solar energy, police protection, vehicle parking and loading
spaces, transportation, water service, sewer service, schools, recreation
facilities, and public grounds.
(6)
Provision of a safe, reliable, and adequate water supply for domestic,
commercial, agricultural, and industrial use.
(7)
Preservation of the natural, scenic, and historic values in the environment
and the preservation of forests, wetlands, aquifers, and floodplains.
(8)
Prevention of overcrowding of land, blight, danger, and congestion
in travel and transportation.
(9)
Prevention of loss of health, life, or property from fire, panic,
or other dangers.
(10)
Provision for the residential use of land within Abbottstown
Borough for various dwelling unit types encompassing all basic forms
of housing including single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings,
multifamily dwellings, and mobile home parks.
(11)
Accommodation of reasonable overall community growth, including
population and employment growth and economic development.
C.
This chapter provides the legal basis and framework for future development
and redevelopment in Abbottstown Borough. Its provisions are guided
by the policies and community development objectives established in
the Eastern Adams Joint Comprehensive Plan.
