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Township of Upper Pottsgrove, PA
Montgomery County
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A. 
For the purpose of this chapter, the Township of Upper Pottsgrove is hereby divided into classes of districts which shall be designated as follows:
(1) 
SS Steep Slope Conservation District.
(2) 
FP Floodplain Conservation District.
(3) 
R-1 Residential District.
(4) 
R-2 Residential District.
(5) 
R-3 Residential District.
(6) 
R-4 Residential District.
(7) 
CL Cluster Development District.
(8) 
RO Retail Office District.
[Amended 10-19-2009 by Ord. No. 438[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance changed the name of the former CO Commercial Office District to RO Retail Office District.
(9) 
LI Limited Industrial District.
(10) 
R-80 Low-Density Residential District.
[Added 3-29-2004 by Ord. No. 369]
(11) 
(Reserved)[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(11), AQ Age-Qualified Overlay District, was repealed 4-4-2022 by Ord. No. 518.
(12) 
Riparian Corridor Conservation District.
[Added 4-7-2008 by Ord. No. 423]
B. 
Such districts are hereinafter enumerated, established in the text of this chapter, and confirmed on the Zoning Map.
[Amended 3-8-1993 by Ord. No. 243; 2-21-2000 by Ord. No. 304]
The boundaries of said districts shall be as shown upon the map on file in the Township office, which shall be designated the Zoning Map. The said map and all notations, references and other things shown thereon shall be made a part of this chapter, as if the matter and things shown by said map were all fully described herein.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of the Township Zoning Map is included in a pocket at the end of this Code.
[Amended 11-26-1990 by Ord. No. 218]
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts, as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A. 
The boundaries between districts are, unless otherwise indicated, either the center lines of roads or rights-of-way of railroads and/or public utilities, or such lines extended, or lines parallel thereto. Where figures are shown on the Zoning Map between a road and a district boundary line, they indicate that the district boundary line runs parallel to the road center line at a distance therefrom equivalent to the number of feet so indicated. Boundary lines may also be shown and referenced to an ordinance describing such lines in detail.
B. 
In undivided property, the district boundary lines on the Zoning Map shall be determined by use of the scale of the Map.
C. 
When a district boundary line divides a lot held in single and separate ownership at the effective date of this chapter, the regulations as to the use in the less restricted district shall extend over the portion of the lot in the more restricted district a distance of not more than 50 feet beyond the district boundary line, provided that in the case of a lot, other than a corner lot, the regulations as to the use in a less restricted district may extend a distance of more than 50 feet beyond the district boundary line, when authorized as a special exception.
Whenever federal or state owned property or property owned by any federal or state agency or any political subdivision thereof is included in one or more zoning districts, it shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter, only insofar as permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.