9-1-1: SHORT TITLE:

This title shall be known as the ZONING ORDINANCE OF BEAVER COUNTY and may be so cited and pleaded. (2004 Code § 10.02.010)

9-1-2: PURPOSE:

This title is designed and enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the county, including, among other things, the lessening of congestion of the streets or roads, securing safety from fire and other dangers, providing adequate light and air, classifying land uses and distributing land development and protection of the tax base, securing economy in governmental expenditures, fostering the agricultural and other industries, and the protection of urban development. (2004 Code § 10.02.020)

9-1-3: INTERPRETATION:

In interpreting and applying the provisions of this title, the requirements contained herein are declared to be the minimum requirements for the purposes set forth. (2004 Code § 10.02.030)

9-1-4: CONFLICT:

This title shall not nullify the more restrictive provisions, covenants, agreements, ordinances or laws that affect land or land use under this title, but shall prevail notwithstanding such provisions which are less restrictive. (2004 Code § 10.02.040)

9-1-5: EFFECT ON PREVIOUS ORDINANCES AND MAPS:

The existing zoning ordinances covering zoning, including the maps heretofore adopted and made a part of said ordinances, are hereby superseded and amended to read as set forth herein; provided, however, that this title, including the map attached to the ordinance codified herein and on file in the county office, shall be deemed a continuation of previous ordinances and not a new enactment, insofar as the substance of revisions of previous ordinances is included in this title, whether in the same or indifferent language; and this title shall be so interpreted upon all questions of construction relating to tenure of officers and boards established by previous ordinances and to questions of conforming or nonconforming uses and buildings, and to questions as to the dates upon which such uses or buildings became conforming or nonconforming. (2004 Code § 10.02.050; amd. 2015 Code)