Maroa City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
Title, Purpose and Intent
§ 290-1.1 Title.
This chapter shall be known, cited and referred to as the "City of Maroa Zoning Ordinance".
§ 290-1.2 Purpose and intent.
The City of Maroa Zoning Ordinance is adopted with the purpose of protecting and promoting the public health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare of the people. The fulfillment of this purpose is to be accomplished by seeking:
A.
To establish districts with an appropriate mix of permitted uses and adequate standards for the provision of light, air, privacy and open spaces.
B.
To zone all properties with a view to conserving the value of buildings and land and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the City.
C.
To lessen congestion on the public streets and to facilitate the provision of adequate transportation and of other public facilities and services such as water, sewerage, schools and parks.
D.
To avoid hazards to persons and damage to property from inappropriate development of land and provide for adequate drainage, erosion control and reduction of flood damage.
E.
To avoid undue concentration of population or activity, to prevent the overcrowding of land, thereby ensuring proper living and working conditions and preventing the development of blight and slums.
F.
To foster a more rational pattern and relationship of land uses between residential, business, commercial and industrial, for the mutual benefit of all.
G.
To provide for and preserve appropriate open space.
H.
To protect residential, business, commercial and industrial areas alike from harmful encroachment by incompatible uses and to ensure that land allocated to a class of uses shall not be usurped by other inappropriate uses.
I.
To isolate or control the location of unavoidable nuisance-producing uses.
J.
To facilitate the preservation of sites, areas and structures of historical, architectural and aesthetic importance.
K.
To establish reasonable standards to which buildings and structures shall conform and to encourage reasonable flexibility or development design through appropriate innovation.
L.
To provide for the regulation of nonconforming buildings, structures and uses.
M.
To prevent additions to, and alterations or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures which would not comply with the restrictions and limitations imposed herein.
N.
To define the powers and duties of the administrative and enforcement officers and bodies.
O.
To prescribe penalties for any violation of the provisions of this chapter or of any amendment thereto.
P.
To implement the objectives of the City Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
§ 290-1.3 Severability.
Should any section or provision of this chapter be declared by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
§ 290-1.4 Provisions are nonaccumulative.
This chapter is nonaccumulative in nature. Zoning district requirements do not accumulate from one district to another unless expressly stated.
§ 290-1.5 Interpretation of use lists.
The Zoning Administrator may allow a land use to be considered as a permitted or special use which, though not contained by name in a zoning district list of permitted or special uses, is deemed to be similar in nature and clearly compatible with the listed uses. The Zoning Administrator shall consult the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code to determine similarity or compatibility. However, such non-listed uses shall not be considered for review and approval until the application for such use has been reviewed by the City Attorney. All non-listed uses which are tentatively approved by the Zoning Administrator shall be added to the appropriate use list by ordinance at the time of periodic updating and revision.
§ 290-1.6 Relationship to City Code.
The City of Maroa Zoning Ordinance shall be considered an integral part of the City Code of Maroa. All applications for permits under the terms of this chapter shall be subject to all the provisions of all other pertinent City regulations.