Dayton City Code Chapter 1000 is broken into 2 sections, Section 1001, Zoning, and Section 1002, Subdivision. Section 1001, Zoning, includes provisions for the purpose, scope and interpretation, and rules and definitions of this section. In addition, Section 1001 provides for classifications of districts including 2 special protection districts, 11 residential districts, 10 non-residential districts, and 4 overlay districts. Section 1001 also sets out the allowable uses and zoning requirements for the various districts, along with zoning requirements for each district. The section includes provisions for the Critical Rivers Area and Shoreland Management Controls. It also includes subsections on conditional use permits, Planned Unit Development, and mobile home park development. Finally, the section provides general regulations, including performance standards, street regulations and off-street parking and loading regulations, administration and fee provisions and non-conforming uses.

   Section 1002, Subdivision, includes provisions for purpose, application and definitions. This section primarily sets out the procedures and data required for the filing of preliminary plats and final plats. In addition, the section provides for design standards, including general requirements, streets and alleys, blocks, lots, easements and dedication of lands for public purposes, basic required improvements, required of new subdivisions. This section also addresses the issue of registered land surveys and conveyance by metes and bounds, variances, building permits, the signing and recording of the final plat, and violations of this section.

   A printed copy of this Chapter 1000 is available for inspection by any person during the regular office hours at the office of the City Clerk, City of Dayton.

   The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the community and its people through the establishment of minimum regulations in regard to location, erection, construction, alteration and use of structures and land. These regulations are established to assist the City in 1) implementing its Comprehensive Plan, 2) protecting and enhancing the natural environment and resources that currently exist within the City, 3) ensuring orderly and quality development and redevelopment, 4) protecting the quality and diversity of the City’s tax base, 5) protecting the quality of residential neighborhoods, 6) providing opportunities for an affordable and diverse housing supply, 7) managing traffic, 8) ensuring compatibility between different land uses, and 9) regulating businesses that may have adverse secondary effects on the quality of life of Dayton residents. These regulations are also established to provide for administration of this chapter, to provide for amendments; to prescribe penalties for violation of such regulations: and to define powers and duties of the City staff, the Zoning Board of Adjustment and Appeals, the Planning Commission and the City Council in relation to the Zoning Ordinance.

(Prior Code, § 1001.01) (Am. Ord. 2010-18, passed 9-28-2010)