Type of Protective Zoning: Non-Oil & Gas Related Ordinances

There are protective ordinances you would not find within an "Oil & Gas" section of a township's rules but can still help to protect your community from the impacts of fracking.  

For example, ordinances that: prevent flooding, protect environmental features, or preserve natural resources, can all subsequently limit gas infrastructure's impact on residents.

Some of these non-oil and gas related ordinances are:

• Steep Slope & Grading Ordinances
  • Bedminster Township
  • Findlay Township (Steep Slopes Overlay District found here)
  • Cecil Township

• Farmland Soil Protections
  • Bedminster Township

• Riparian Buffer Ordinances
  • Bedminster Township
  • Sample Riparian Ordinance

• Stormwater Management
  • PennFuture's Stormwater Management Guide
  • Bedminster Township - Stormwater Management Ordinance

• Environmental Performance Standards
  • Bedminster Township

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