For the purpose of this Ordinance, the Village of Lawton is hereby divided into the following districts:

A.

AG Agricultural District. The AG Agricultural District is intended to provide land area for current horticultural activities which are compatible with adjacent land uses, particularly the vineyards. The District is designed to acknowledge the limits of the Village's infrastructure and to direct focus on infill and village-supportive development.

B.

LDR Low-Density Residential. The LDR zone district is primarily characterized by existing single-unit detached structures that are located on parcels in a range of sizes. New housing development in this district will be in keeping with Lawton's small-town character and designed as an extension of the existing built community, connected to public utilities, and laid out in a consistent grid pattern.

C.

MDR Mixed-Density Residential. The MDR zone district is intended to preserve and promote a variety of housing opportunities while also maintaining the desired physical characteristics of the Village's mixed-density neighborhoods, which are important to support the health of the businesses and school district, designed in a variety of configurations to accommodate the wide range of household needs and stages of life for village residents, including senior living, cottage courts, townhouses, duplexes, and accessory dwelling units.

D.

CBD Central Business District. The CBD zone district is intended to accommodate various types of retail, restaurant, entertainment, service, and office establishments. It can also include upper-level residential uses. Placemaking elements, such as storefront windows and outdoor seating are important to add to the vitality of the district. This district should be the most walkable of all of the zone districts with small lot sizes and a distinct sense of place.

E.

GBD General Business District. The GBD zone district is intended to serve the shopping needs of the residents of the greater Village of Lawton area as well as the passing motorist. It is characterized by businesses with larger lots and bigger buildings on major thoroughfare locations. Development in this district is generally more destination-oriented; with a greater dependence upon motor vehicles. In addition to commercial development, some light industrial uses may be acceptable in appropriate locations.

F.

I Industrial District. The I zone district is designed to accommodate wholesale activities, warehousing, technology, research, and industrial operations whose external physical effects are restricted to the area of the district. The district is so structured as to permit the manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, assembly, and/or treatment of finished or semi-finished products from previously prepared material. It is understood office uses and limited commercial uses may be acceptable in this district.

G.

PUD Planned Unit District. The PUD zone district is reserved for unique development projects that require greater flexibility than what is found in a typical zone district in order to meet the Purpose and Intent of the Master Plan, reinforce the health and vibrancy of the downtown, support walkability, protect the natural environment.

The boundaries of these districts are hereby established as shown on the Zoning Map, Village of Lawton Zoning Ordinance, which accompanies this Ordinance, and which map with all notations, references, and other information shown thereon shall be as much a part of the Ordinance as is fully described herein.

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:

A.

Boundaries as approximately following center lines of streets, highways, or alleys, shall be construed to follow such center lines.

B.

Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.

C.

Boundaries indicated as approximately following village limits shall be construed as following Village limits.

D.

Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway between the main tracks.

E.

Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed to follow such shorelines, and in the event of change in the shoreline shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline; boundaries indicated as approximately following the center line of streams, rivers, or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such center lines.

F.

Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in Sec. 4.03 above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the official Zoning Map shall be determined by the scale of the map.

G.

Where physical or natural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the official Zoning Map the Board of Appeals shall interpret the district boundaries.

Whenever any area is annexed to the Village of Lawton, it shall immediately upon such annexation, be automatically classified as an LDR District until a Zoning Map for said area has been adopted by the Village Council. The Planning Commission shall recommend the appropriate zoning districts for such area within six (6) months after the area is annexed.

Whenever any street, alley or other public way, within the Village Council shall be vacated, such street, alley or other public way or portion thereof, shall automatically be classified in the same zone district as the property to which it is adjacent.

All buildings and uses in any district shall conform to the requirements of the Schedule of Regulations.