The Township is divided into the districts set forth by this
chapter and as shown by the district boundaries on the Official Zoning
District Map. The zoning districts are:
S-C
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Special Conservation District
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R-C
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Riverfront Conservation District
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R-1
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Rural Residential District
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R-2
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Suburban Residential District
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R-3
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Medium Density Residential District
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R-4
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Multifamily Residential District
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B-1
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Local Commercial District
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B-2
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Highway Commercial District
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M-1
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Light Industrial District
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Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of zoning districts
as shown on the Official Zoning District Map, the following rules
shall apply:
A. District boundaries indicated as appearing to follow the centerlines
of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to follow such centerlines;
B. District boundaries indicated as appearing to follow platted lot
lines shall be construed as following such lot lines;
C. District boundaries indicated as appearing to follow municipal boundaries
shall be construed as following municipal boundaries;
D. District boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be
construed to be midway between the main tracks;
E. District boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines
of streams, rivers or other bodies of water shall be construed to
follow centerlines, and in the event of change in the location of
streams, rivers and other bodies of water, shall be construed as moving
with the actual body of water and following the centerline.
F. Distances not specifically indicated on the Official Zoning District
Map shall be determined by the scale of the map.
The following regulations shall apply in all zoning districts:
A. In the S-C, R-C, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 Districts, any use not specifically
listed as an authorized use in the zoning district shall not be permitted
in that zoning district.
B. In the B-1, B-2 and M-1 Districts, any use not specifically listed
in the authorized uses for the zoning district shall not be permitted
in that zoning district, unless such use is authorized by the Zoning
Hearing Board as a use by special exception in accordance with the
applicable express standards and criteria for "Comparable Uses Not
Specifically Listed" specified in § 1403.12 of this chapter.
C. In all zoning districts where single-family dwellings or two-family
dwellings are an authorized use or are a legally nonconforming use,
the single-family dwelling or two-family dwelling shall be the only
principal structure on the lot.
D. In all zoning districts where authorized by this chapter, two or
more multifamily dwellings may occupy the same lot; two or more nonresidential
buildings may occupy the same lot; and two or more nonresidential
uses may occupy the same building, provided, in all cases, that all
applicable requirements for each of the structures or uses can be
met on the lot.
E. In all zoning districts, all accessory structures shall be located
on the same lot with the principal structure to which they are accessory.
Any accessory structure shall not be built unless or until the principal
structure it serves exists on the lot.