9374 Furnace Rd, Slatington, PA 18080

Blue Mountain Preservation District

The purpose of this district is to protect the Blue Mountain and its wooded base. This portion of the Township is recognized as having physical characteristics, including steep slopes, areas of high water table, and stony soils, which warrant such protection. Further, the district is to protect the aesthetic beauty of the Blue Mountain area, to conserve the unique and sensitive natural features and resources present in the Blue Mountain zone. The Blue Mountain is recognized in the report, A Natural Inventory of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania, as an exceptional natural feature. This zone represents the confluence of unique natural systems which include: steep slopes, woodlands, boulder fields, springs, streams, wetlands, aquifer recharge zones, raptor migratory paths, and black bear and other wildlife habitat. Woodlands, agricultural operations and wildlife habitat are to be conserved. In order to achieve this purpose, this Chapter does provide for very low densities appropriate to the zone and flexible design standards where a perpetual Blue Mountain easement is offered to an IRS 501 C 3 and 170 H qualified natural land Blue Mountain organization or the Township.