Brunswick City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1240
General Provisions
1240.01 SHORT TITLE.
Title Six of Part Twelve - the Planning and Zoning Code shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Code of the City of Brunswick," or just the "Zoning Code."
1240.02 PURPOSE.
This Zoning Code of the City of Brunswick is enacted in accordance with an adopted Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare. This Zoning Code is enacted with the further purposes to promote orderly development, preserve property values, control density, enhance esthetics, and preserve Brunswick as a family-oriented community. To achieve these purposes, this Code:
(a) Establishes land use classifications and divides the City into districts;
(b) Imposes regulations, restrictions and prohibitions on the use and occupancy of real property;
(c) Limits the height, area and bulk of buildings and other structures;
(d) Provides for yards and other open areas around them;
(e) Establishes standards of performance and design; and
(f) Provides for the administration and enforcement hereof.
1240.03 PERMISSIVE CODE.
In the interpretation and application of the provisions of this Zoning Code, it shall be declared to be a permissive code. Any use not specifically permitted or otherwise provided for, is not permitted. The provisions of this Zoning Code, as most recently amended, shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare.
1240.04 SEPARABILITY.
It is hereby declared that if any provision or provisions of this Zoning Code or the application thereof to any zoning lot, building or other structure or tract of land, is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or ineffective in whole or in part, such decision shall be limited to the provision or provisions which are expressly stated in the decision to be invalid or ineffective or to the zoning lot, building or other structure or tract of land immediately involved in the controversy. All other provisions of this Zoning Code shall continue to be separate and fully effective, and the application of any such provision to other persons or situations shall not be affected.
1240.05 INTERPRETATION OF STANDARDS.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Code shall be held to be minimum, uniform standards. Wherever this Code imposes a greater restriction than is imposed or required by other provisions of law or by other rules or regulations or Ordinances, the provisions of this Code shall govern.