Franklin Park Borough is hereby divided into districts of different
types, each type being of such number, shape, kind and area and of
such common unity of purpose and adaptability of use that is deemed
most suitable to carry out the objectives of this chapter and the
Comprehensive Plan.
For the purpose of this chapter, Franklin Park Borough is hereby
divided into districts, which shall be designated as follows:
A.
Residential districts:
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R-1
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Low-Density Residential
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R-2
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Medium-Density Residential
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R-3
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Multifamily Residential
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R-4
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High-Density Multifamily Residential
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B.
Mixed-use districts:
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M-1
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Low-Intensity Mixed-Use Residential and Commercial
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M-2
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Medium-Intensity Mixed-Use Residential, Commercial and Light
Industrial
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M-3
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High-Intensity Mixed-Use Residential, Commercial and Manufacturing
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C.
Overlays:
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Transition overlay
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Oil and Gas Recovery District Overlay
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The locations and boundaries of the areas classified within
each of these zoning districts and overlays are set forth on the Zoning
Map attached hereto and made a part hereof by this reference and adopted
at the time of enactment of this chapter. All notations, references,
explanatory matter and other information on the Zoning Map are adopted
and incorporated herein by this reference. The Zoning Map shall be
kept on file for public inspection in the business office of the Borough.
The zoning district and overlay boundaries shall be shown on
the Zoning Map with different-colored areas.
A.
Where district and overlay boundaries are indicated as approximately
coinciding with the center lines of streets, ways, alleys, highways,
railroad lines or streams, such center lines shall be construed to
be such boundaries.
B.
Where district and overlay boundaries are indicated as approximately
coinciding with plotted lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed
to be such boundaries, or where district and overlay boundaries are
indicated as extensions of plotted lot lines or connections of the
intersections of plotted lot lines, such lines shall be construed
to be such boundaries.
C.
Where district and overlay boundaries are indicated as approximately
parallel to center lines of streets, alleys, ways, highways, railroad
lines or streams, lot lines or other physical features, such district
and overlay boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto
and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the Zoning Map, provided
that distances not indicated specifically on the Zoning Map shall
be determined by measurement according to the scale of the Zoning
Map.
D.
In cases where district and overlay boundaries as shown on the
Zoning Map do not coincide or approximately coincide with streets,
ways, alleys, highways, railroad lines, streams, or plotted lot lines,
and no dimensions are shown on the Zoning Map, the location of such
boundary lines shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing
on the Zoning Map.
E.
Where physical or natural features existing on the ground are
at variance with the district and overlay boundaries as shown on the
Zoning Map or as interpreted pursuant to this section, the Zoning
Hearing Board, upon application, shall interpret the district and
overlay boundaries.
F.
Where any land within the municipal boundaries of the Borough
is unzoned and shown on the Zoning Map with the color white, such
as the land areas known as Interstate 79 and Interstate 279, the land
shall be interpreted as being within the immediately adjacent zoning
district with which the subject land shares the majority of its property
line.