[Ord. 565, 11/17/1986]
The long title of this Ordinance is as follows: “An Ordinance
Repealing Parts of the Selinsgrove Zoning Ordinance of 1967, as amended,
Replacing Said Ordinance With an Ordinance Permitting, Prohibiting,
Regulating, Restricting, and Determining the Uses of Land, Watercourses,
and Other Bodies of Water; the Size, Height, Bulk, Location, Erection,
Construction, Repair, Maintenance, Alteration, Razing, Removal and
Use of Structures as Well as Courts, Yards, and Other Open Spaces
and Distances to Be Left Unoccupied by Uses and Structures; the Density
of Population and Intensity of Use; the Location and Size of Signs;
Creating Zoning Districts and Establishing the Boundaries Thereof;
Continuing the Office of Zoning Officer; Continuing a Zoning Hearing
Board; and Providing for the Administration, Amendment, and Enforcement
of the Ordinance, Including the Imposition of Penalties.”
[Ord. 565, 11/17/1986]
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Selinsgrove
Borough Zoning Ordinance.”
[Ord. 565, 11/17/1986; as amended by Ord. 648, 8/7/1995]
1. This
Chapter has been prepared in accordance with the Borough Comprehensive
Plan and with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S.
§10101 et seq., and with consideration for the
character of the Borough, its various parts and the suitability of
its various parts for particular uses and structures and is enacted
for the following purposes:
A. To promote,
protect and facilitate any or all of the following: the public health,
safety, morals and general welfare; coordinated and practical community
development and proper density of population; emergency management
preparedness and operations, airports and national defense facilities;
the provisions of adequate light and air; access to incident solar
energy; police protection; vehicle parking and loading space; transportation;
water; sewerage; schools; recreational facilities; public grounds;
the provision of a safe, reliable and adequate water supply for domestic,
commercial, agricultural or industrial use; and other public requirements;
as well as preservation of the natural, scenic and historic values
in the environment and preservation of forests, wetlands, aquifers
and floodplains.
B. To prevent
one or more of the following: overcrowding of land; blight; danger
and congestion in travel and transportation; and the loss of health,
life or property from fire, flood, panic or other dangers.
C. To preserve
prime agriculture and farmland considering topography, soil type and
classification, and present use.
D. To provide
for the use of land within the Borough for residential housing of
various dwelling types encompassing all basic forms of housing, including
single-family and two-family dwellings, a reasonable range of multi-family
dwellings in various arrangements, mobile homes and mobile home parks,
provided that this Chapter shall not be deemed invalid for the failure
to provide for any other specific dwelling type.
E. To accommodate
reasonable overall community growth, including population and employment
growth and opportunities for development of a variety of residential
dwelling types and nonresidential uses.
F. To provide,
through a comprehensive planning process, a basis upon which to make
pertinent decisions about such issues as natural resources, environmental
qualities, housing, transportation, community facilities and services
and the economy.
[Ord. 565, 11/17/1986]
The statement of community development objectives is hereby
supplied by reference to Part II of the Selinsgrove Borough Comprehensive
Plan (1975), entitled “Statement of Purpose, Goals, and Objectives,”
on six pages of that document.
[Ord. 565, 11/17/1986]
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Chapter,
they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion
of health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the Borough and
its citizens. It is not intended by this Chapter to interfere with
or abrogate or annul any rules or regulations previously adopted or
permits previously issued by the Borough which are not in conflict
with and provisions of this Chapter, nor is it intended by this Chapter
to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easement, covenants, building
restrictions or any other agreements between parties; provided, however,
that where this Chapter imposes a greater restriction upon the use
of the buildings or premises or upon the height of the building or
requires a larger open space than is imposed or required by such ordinance,
rules, regulations or permits or by easements, covenants, building
restrictions or agreements, the provisions of this Chapter shall control.
[Ord. 565, 11/17/1986]
No uses shall be permitted in any district which directly violate
any Borough ordinance.