This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Borough
of Blawnox Zoning Ordinance" and the district map shall be known and
may be cited as the "Borough of Blawnox Zoning Map."
The fundamental purpose of this chapter is to promote the safety,
health, morals, convenience and general welfare; to encourage the
most appropriate use of land throughout the Borough; to conserve and
stabilize the value of property; to prevent overcrowding of land and
buildings; to avoid undue concentration of population; to lessen congestion
in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers;
to provide adequate open spaces for light and air; to facilitate adequate
provision of streets and highways, water, sewerage, drainage and other
public facilities; to conserve life, property and natural resources;
and to conserve the expenditure of funds earmarked for public improvements.
All existing ordinances or parts of ordinances which are contrary
to or conflict with the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed
to the extent necessary to give this chapter full force and effect.
Should any section or provision of this chapter be declared
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision
shall not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole or any part
thereof, and the parts or sections remaining shall remain in effect
as though the part of the section declared unconstitutional had never
been a part thereof.