(A)

The purpose of this chapter is to establish comprehensive controls for the development of land in the Town based on or consistent with its comprehensive development plan and enacted in order to protect, promote and improve the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of its inhabitants.

(B)

The objectives of this chapter are to provide for efficiency and economy in the process of development, for the appropriate and best use of land, for preservation, protection, development and conservation of the natural resources of land, water, and air, for convenience of traffic and circulation of people and goods, for the use and occupancy of buildings, for healthful and convenient distribution of population, for adequate public utilities and facilities, for promotion of the civic amenities of beauty and visual interest, for promotion of planned unit developments as a means of achieving better land use and design, and for development in accord with the comprehensive development plan.

(C)

To accomplish these purposes, the Town Commission shall divide the entire Town into Districts of such number and shape as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and within these Districts may regulate, determine and establish:

(1)

Height, number of stories, size, bulk, location, erection, construction, addition, repair, reconstruction, and alteration of structures;

(2)

Use of buildings for trade, professional, residential and other purposes;

(3)

Use of land and water for trade, professional, residential and other purposes;

(4)

Size of yards and other open spaces;

(5)

Percentage of lot that may be occupied;

(6)

Density of population;

(7)

Conditions under which various classes of nonconformities may continue, including authority to set fair and reasonable amortization schedules for the elimination of nonconforming uses and/or buildings;

(8)

Use, type and size of structures in those areas subject to seasonable or periodic flooding and/or storm damage so that danger to life and property in such areas will be minimized; and

(9)

Performance standards for use of property and location of structures thereon.

(D)

All such regulations shall be uniform throughout each District, but the regulations in one (1) District may differ from those in other Districts. In or for each District designated for the location of trades, callings, commercial enterprises, residences or buildings designed for specific use, regulations may specify those uses that shall be excluded or subjected to reasonable requirements of a special nature.

('81 Code, § 1.20) (Ord. 97, passed 4-26-76; Am. Ord. 148, passed 5-26-87; Am. Ord. 212, passed 2-25-03)