Greentown City Zoning Code
DISTRICTS
§ 156.020 ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS.
For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general public welfare, the town is hereby divided into the following types of districts.
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A | Agricultural, to include areas where agricultural production and operations are expected |
B1 | General business district, to include areas which are appropriate for all kinds of business such as the general exchange of merchandise, goods or services associated with retail businesses |
B2 | Local business district, to include areas that are close to residential areas and appropriate to meeting their shopping and service needs |
C1 | Commercial and wholesale district, to include areas for warehousing and bulk-storage facilities in addition to commercial businesses |
FP | Floodplain district, established to include lowland areas adjacent to lakes and ponds and areas which are within the floodplains of rivers or creeks and are subject to inundation and damage from floodwaters up to the regulatory flood elevation |
I | Industrial district, to include areas for light and heavy industrial uses |
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R1 | Residential district, to include areas of low-density single-family residences with a density of two and one-half dwelling units or less per gross acre |
R2 | Residential district, to include areas for medium-density single-family residences with a density of four dwelling units or less per gross acre |
R3 | Residential district, to include areas for high-density single-family, two-family and multi-family residential developments with a density of eight dwelling units or less per gross acre |
R4 | Residential district, to include areas for high-density single-family, two-family and multi-family residential developments with a density of eight dwelling units or more per gross acre |
(Ord. 2002-5, passed 7-2-2002)
§ 156.021 BOUNDARIES, GENERAL.
(A) (1) The boundaries of the districts established by § 156.020 of this chapter are as shown on the zone map, which is a part of this chapter and hereafter known as the official zoning map for the town. Said official zoning map shall be kept in the custody of the Utility Office.
(2) Except as provided by § 156.022 of this chapter, such boundaries and the official zoning map shall be changed only by amendment to the official zoning map. Upon such amendment and within five days of passage of such amendment, the town shall certify a copy of such amendment to the Administrator, who shall immediately change the official zoning map in accordance with such amendment.
(B) When the exact boundaries of a district are uncertain, they shall be determined by use of the scale of the zoning map. When the map is caused to be changed by amendment, the change shall be to the center of any and all abutting rights-of-way.
(C) If the boundary line of a district divides a lot having frontage on a street so that the front part of the lot lies in one district and the rest of the lot lies in another, then use requirements and restrictions that apply to the front of the lot apply to the entire lot.
(Ord. 2002-5, passed 7-2-2002)
§ 156.022 BOUNDARIES, FLOODPLAIN DISTRICTS.
(A) The boundary of an FP district may be changed if the state’s Natural Resources Commission, after investigating the land involved, determines that the requested change would not endanger the public welfare and the elevation of such land is at or above the elevation of the regulatory flood.
(2) Such determination shall be made in writing upon the request of the applicant, who shall provide the state’s Natural Resources Commission with a scale drawing identifying the location, dimensions and elevations related to the acceptable vertical datum.
(B) (1) If the land within the boundary of an FP district is certified by a registered land surveyor or registered professional engineer as having an elevation at or above the regulatory flood elevation as determined by the state’s Natural Resources Commission, then that area of land so certified will be removed from the FP designation and become zoned the same as are the adjacent areas on the zoning map. Should the adjacent areas contain more than one zoning district, then the line dividing those existing districts shall be extended through the land so removed from the FP district.
(2) Should an area certified as having a natural ground elevation at or above that of the regulatory flood be adjacent to no district other than FP district, that is, be surrounded by floodplain, then it will be designated A, Agriculture, until or unless the legislative body alters that designation by ordinance. However, in no case shall an area derive A zoning from its adjacency to land removed by certification from the FP district if the area also abuts another zoning classification; in such cases, it shall derive its zoning from said adjacent district.
(C) Buildings permitted on lands within 100 feet of the FP district shall be required to comply with the flood protection grade as established by the state’s Natural Resources Commission.
(D) All lands within the floodplain having an elevation below that elevation determined by the state’s Natural Resources Commission to be the regulatory flood elevation for that location shall be in the FP district.
(Ord. 2002-5, passed 7-2-2002)
§ 156.023 SUBDIVISIONS, CLUSTER DEVELOPMENTS, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS, CONDOMINIUMS AND ZERO LOT LINE DEVELOPMENTS.
(A) (1) The subdivision of land pursuant to the requirements of the town’s subdivision control ordinance shall be permitted in districts A, FP, R1, R2, R3, R4, B1, B2, C1 and I. The intended principal use of each of the lots within a proposed subdivision shall govern the specific district appropriate for the land to be subdivided as per § 156.035 of this chapter.
(2) The following classifications of subdivisions shall only be permitted in R1, R2, R3 or R4 districts:
(a) Major subdivisions intended entirely for residential use; and
(b) Any portions of major subdivisions intended for residential use.
(B) (1) As per § 156.107 of this chapter, planned unit developments shall be permitted only in districts PDRS, PDNR and PDMX.
(2) In order to provide greater design flexibility and encourage innovative land development techniques and a more efficient use of land, the design and development of uses within these districts may deviate from the standards prescribed by the town’s subdivision control ordinance and §§ 156.050 through 156.055 and 156.070 through 156.075 of this chapter.
(3) Condominiums as defined and regulated in the Horizontal Property Law, I.C. 32-25 et seq., cluster developments and zero lot line developments shall be considered to be planned unit developments for zoning purposes and shall consequently be permitted only in PD districts.
(Ord. 2002-5, passed 7-2-2002)
§ 156.024 EFFECT OF ANNEXATION.
All land or territory which may hereinafter be annexed into the town shall be considered to be in the R1 single-family district until or unless otherwise classified by the annexation ordinance.
(Ord. 2002-5, passed 7-2-2002)