[Amended 1-6-1975 by Ord. No. 82; 3-9-1982 by Ord. No. 107; 4-9-1984 by Ord. No. 113; 9-12-1988 by Ord. No. 147; 4-13-1992 by Ord. No. 188; 7-12-1993 by Ord. No. 197; 12-12-1994 by Ord. No. 214; 10-9-1995 by Ord. No. 227; 1-4-1999 by Ord. No. 266; 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 336; 1-16-2006 by Ord. No. 335; 9-18-2006 by Ord. No. 340]
[Amended 4-12-2010 by Ord. No. 367; 11-19-2018 by Ord. No. 400]
A. 
For the purpose of this chapter, the Township is hereby divided into 13 districts, which shall be designated as follows:
RRR
Rural Resource Residential District
R-175
Residential District
R-130
Residential District
R-100
Residential District
R-50
Residential District
Mobile Home Developments
Mixed Residential District
VC
Village Commercial District
C
Commercial District
LI
Limited Industrial District
IN
Institutional District
RE
Recreation — Open Space District
OSR
Open Space Residential District
B. 
There is also the following overlay district:
[Added 5-17-2021 by Ord. No. 411]
NOD
Neighborhood Overlay District
The boundaries of said districts shall be as shown upon the map attached to and made a part of this chapter, which shall be designated the "Zoning Map." Said map, and all notations, references and other things shown thereon, shall be a part of this chapter as if fully described herein.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in the Township offices.
The boundaries between districts are, unless otherwise indicated, either the center lines of street, lanes, watercourses and rights-of-way of power lines and other public utilities, or such lines extended, or lines parallel thereto. Where the boundaries of a single district are indicated as including directly opposite sides of a street, lane, lake or watercourse for any portion of its length, the district so indicated shall be construed to apply to the entire bed of such street, lane, lake or watercourse lying within such portion of its length. Where uncertainty exists as to the location of any said boundaries as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A. 
Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately following the center line of a street, lane, lake or watercourse or right-of-way of a power line or other public utility, such center line shall be construed to be such boundary.
B. 
Where a district boundary is indicated as approximately following a lot line or other property line, such lot line or property line shall be construed to be such boundary.
C. 
Where a district boundary divides a lot or runs through undivided property, the location of such boundary, unless otherwise specified by figures on the Zoning Map, shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing on said map.
D. 
Where figures are shown on the Zoning Map between a street and a district boundary, they shall indicate that the district boundary runs parallel to the center line of the street at a distance therefrom equivalent to the number of feet so indicated, unless specified. Where scaled distance do not agree with such figures, the figures shall control.
Whenever federally 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 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
As of the effective date of this chapter all buildings (erected, altered or used) and all land shall be used in strict conformity with the requirements of this chapter.