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Lyme City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 3

Zoning Districts

§ 315-3.1 Classes of districts.

For purposes of these regulations, the Town of Lyme is divided into classes of districts listed below. Each district shall be designated by the letter abbreviation listed below, followed by a number indicating the minimum lot area, in thousands of square feet, required in such district.
A. 
Rural Districts (RU-40, RU-80, RU-120), as described in Article 4.
B. 
Waterfront Business Districts (WF-20), as described in Article 5.
C. 
Commercial Districts (C-40), as described in Article 6.
D. 
Floodplain Districts (FP), as described in Article 15.
E. 
Conservation District (CD), as defined in Article 2 and described in Article 14, which zone shall include all or parts of such districts to the extent they are located within said Conservation District.

§ 315-3.2 Zoning Map.

The boundaries of these districts are hereby established as shown on the Zoning Map of the Town of Lyme, dated June 1964 and filed in the office of the Town Clerk of Lyme on October 23, 1964, and amendments thereto, which map and amendments are hereby declared to be a part of these regulations.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Appendix B, Zoning Map, included as an attachment to this chapter.

§ 315-3.3 Interpretation.

The following general requirements are used in determining district boundaries:
A. 
Lots lying in more than one district. Where a lot lies in more than one district, the regulations governing one of such districts may be applied within such lot for a distance not exceeding 30 feet into the adjacent district, unless such lot lies partially in a Floodplain District, in which event the flood management standards as set forth in Article 15 shall apply to that portion of land lying in the Floodplain District.
B. 
Zoning of streets. When opposite sides of a street lie in different districts, the boundary shall be deemed the center of the street right-of-way.
C. 
Land under water. The boundary of each district shall include any land under any lake, cove, pond or stream lying therein, and shall also include any land which extends under navigable waters as far as the jurisdiction of the Town extends under other provisions of the law.
D. 
Conflict between zone requirements. Any requirement in any zone that is inconsistent with or conflicts with the requirements of flood management standards in Article 15 shall be resolved by using the requirements of the flood management standards so that the inconsistency or conflict is eliminated.