This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Township
of Pine Zoning Ordinance." This chapter:
B.
Provides for administrative enforcement and amendment in accordance
with the provisions of the MPC.
C.
Includes regulations to permit, prohibit, regulate, restrict, and
determine:
(1)
Uses of land, watercourses, and other bodies of water.
(2)
Size, height, bulk, location, erection, construction, repair, maintenance,
alteration, razing, removal, and use of structures.
(3)
Areas and dimensions of land and bodies of water to be occupied by
uses and structures, as well as areas, courts, yards, and other open
spaces and distances to be left unoccupied by uses and structures.
(4)
Density of population and intensity of use.
(5)
Protection and preservation of natural and historic resources and
prime agricultural land and activities.
D.
For such purposes outlined above, divides the Township into zoning
districts.
E.
Repeals all ordinances or portions hereof, in conflict with this
chapter.
The purpose of this chapter includes the following:
A.
To promote, protect, and facilitate the following: the public health,
safety, morals, and the general welfare; coordinate 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, 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 Township for residential
housing of various dwelling types encompassing all basic forms of
housing, including single-family and attached single-family dwellings,
and a reasonable range of multifamily dwellings in various arrangements,
manufactured homes, and manufactured home parks; provided, however,
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 use.
A.
This chapter shall apply to all properties and uses located within
the corporate limits of the Township of Pine, Pennsylvania, hereinafter
referred to as the "Township."
B.
Township exemption. All uses, structures, buildings, and activities
owned and/or operated by the Township are exempt from the regulations
contained within this chapter.
A.
Applicability. In their interpretation and application, the provisions
of this chapter shall be considered minimum requirements, adopted
for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, and general
welfare. In the event of conflicts between the provisions of this
chapter and any other ordinance or regulation, the more restrictive
provisions shall apply.
B.
References. Where any provision of this chapter incorporates by reference
the provisions of other chapters (or articles or sections thereof)
of the Township Code, such referred-to and incorporated-by-reference
provisions shall be, for the purposes of this chapter, deemed to be
fully applicable to the activities and usages regulated by this chapter
in the same manner and to the same degree as if said referred-to and
incorporated provisions of such other chapters (or articles or sections
thereof) were set forth at length herein in their entirety.
C.
Interpretation of ordinance provisions. In interpreting the language
of this chapter to determine the extent of the restriction upon the
use of property, the language shall be interpreted, where doubt exists
as to the intended meaning of the language written and enacted by
the Board of Supervisors, in favor of the property owner and against
any implied extension of the restriction.
A.
This chapter is intended to guide future growth and development by
regulating land use within the Township for the improvement of the
health, safety, comfort, morals, and general welfare of its citizens.
This chapter has been enacted in consideration of the Township's
Comprehensive Plan.
A.
If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge any provision
of this chapter to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect any
other provisions of this chapter.
B.
If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge invalid the
application of any provision of this chapter to a particular property,
building, or structure, such judgment shall not affect the application
of the said provision to any other property, building, or structure.
A.
This chapter shall become effective from the date of its adoption.
Whenever used in this chapter, the term "effective date" shall mean
adoption date.
