A.
The purpose of the regulations within this chapter is to assure that
new building sites are suitable for construction purposes, and to
provide for harmonious land development in Clearfield Borough, Clearfield
County, by creating conditions favorable to the health, safety, and
general welfare of the residents of Clearfield Borough. This is accomplished
through the regulations of this chapter, the purposes of which includes,
but is not limited to, the following:
(1)
To guide the future growth and development of Clearfield Borough
in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan of the Borough.
(2)
To provide for adequate light, air, and privacy; to secure safety
from fire, flood, and other danger, and to prevent overcrowding of
the land and undue congestion of population.
(3)
To protect the character and social and economic stability of Clearfield
Borough and to encourage the orderly and beneficial development of
the Borough.
(4)
To protect and conserve the value of land throughout Clearfield Borough
and the value of buildings and improvements upon the land and to minimize
the conflicts among the uses of land and buildings.
(5)
To guide public and private policy and action in order to provide
adequate and efficient transportation, water supply, sewage, schools,
parks, playgrounds, recreation, and other public requirements and
facilities.
(6)
To provide the most beneficial relationship between the uses of land
and buildings and the circulation of traffic within Clearfield Borough,
having particular regard to the avoidance of congestion in the streets
and highways, and the pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to
the various uses of land and buildings, and to provide for the proper
location and width of streets and building lines.
(7)
To establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdivision
and resubdivisions, in order to further the orderly layout and use
of land; and to ensure proper legal descriptions and documenting of
subdivided land.
(8)
To ensure that public facilities are available and will have a sufficient
capacity to serve the proposed subdivision.
(9)
To prevent the pollution of air, streams, and ponds; to assure the
adequacy of drainage facilities; to safeguard the water table; and
to encourage the wise use and management of natural resources in order
to preserve the community and value of the land.
(10)
To preserve the natural beauty and topography of Clearfield
Borough and to ensure appropriate development with regard to these
natural features.
(11)
To provide for open spaces through efficient design and layout
of the land.
(12)
To ensure that documents prepared as part of a landownership
transfer fully and accurately describe the parcel of land being subdivided
and the new parcels thus created.
B.
The regulations and procedures within this chapter assure property
owners that all plans will be considered and processed based upon
established public policy.
