This title shall be known as the "Franklin County Development Regulations—Zoning."

(Ord. 7-2005 Ch. 1 (part), 2005)

The purpose of this title is to implement the comprehensive plan(s) for the unincorporated portions of Franklin County and the unincorporated lands within designated urban growth areas. This title is to also further the purpose of promoting the health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the unincorporated portions of Franklin County, and:

A.

To encourage and facilitate the orderly growth and development;

B.

To provide adequate open space for light and air, to prevent overcrowding of the land, and to lessen congestion on the streets;

C.

To secure economy in municipal expenditures, to facilitate adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewer, schools, parks, and other public facilities and services;

D.

To increase the security of home life and preserve and create a more favorable environment for citizens and visitors of Franklin County;

E.

To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers;

F.

To stabilize and improve property values;

G.

To enhance the economic and cultural well-being of the inhabitants;

H.

To promote the development of a more wholesome, serviceable and attractive county resulting from an orderly, planned use of resources.

(Ord. 7-2005 § 1.1.0, 2005)

If any word, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this title or its application to any person or circumstance shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this title or its application to other persons or circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to the word, clause, sentence, paragraph, persons or circumstances, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered.

(Ord. 7-2005 § 1.2.0, 2005)

The ordinance codified in this title is enacted and administered by Franklin County for lands and uses within the urban growth areas as well as lands outside of the urban growth areas in the unincorporated portions of Franklin County.

(Ord. 7-2005 § 1.3.0, 2005)