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The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.98. In the township the population was spread out, with 20% under the age of 18, 63.1% from 18 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.6 years.
Agricultural zoning can specify many factors, such as the uses allowed, minimum lot size, the number of nonfarm dwellings allowed, or the size of a buffer separating farm and nonfarm properties. [2] Some jurisdictions further subdivide agricultural zones to distinguish industrial farming from uses like rural residence farms and retirement farms ...
[1] [2] In the United States, zoning includes various land use laws enforced through the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property. [3] Zoning laws in major cities originated with the Los Angeles zoning ordinances of 1904 [4] [5] and the New York City 1916 Zoning ...
Newfoundland (/ nj uː ˈ f aʊ n d l ə n d / new-FOWND-lənd) is a village in Dreher Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is most famously known as host to the Greene-Dreher-Sterling Fair every Labor Day weekend. [7] Newfoundland is also host to an annual fireman's picnic and parade every 4th of July weekend.
Under the framework of these ordinances, a centrally located parcel in each surveyed township – section sixteen – would be reserved for the support of schools, and once the territory became a state, the state would receive title to these reserved parcels (as well as land grants to support other public institutions).
Exclusionary zoning is the use of zoning ordinances to exclude certain types of land uses from a given community, especially to regulate racial and economic diversity. [1] In the United States, exclusionary zoning ordinances are standard in almost all communities.
Wayne County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.The county's population was 51,155 at the 2020 census. [1] The county seat is the Borough of Honesdale. [2] The county was formed from part of Northampton County on March 21, 1798, [3] and was named for the Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne. [2]
Generally, zoning is a constitutional exercise of a state's police power [4] to protect public health, safety, and welfare. Therefore, spot zoning (or any zoning enactment) would be unconstitutional to the extent that it contradicts or fails to advance a legitimate public purpose, such as promotion of community welfare or protection of other properties.