Newburgh City Zoning Code
STATEMENT OF
INTENT
§ 157.001 PURPOSE.
(A) This chapter is intended to implement the Comprehensive Master Plan for the town and to promote public health, safety, convenience and general community well-being by uniformly establishing growth and development standards which are consistent with community adopted land use and development goals.
(B) Specifically, this chapter is designed to protect community character and enhance the integrity of the town core area of the town, accommodate future growth and development in ways which minimize traffic congestion; service delivery and advance community economic and social well-being in a manner consistent with improving the overall quality of life for residents.
(Ord. 1997-1, § 130.1(A), passed 1-22-1997)
§ 157.002 METHOD OF APPROACH.
This chapter, consistent with I.C. 36-7-4-601, 600 series, which permits the adoption of a zoning ordinance to regulate land use in the planning jurisdiction and to embrace growth and development policies which promote public health, safety, comfort, morals, convenience and general welfare, allows the planning jurisdiction to be divided into one or more land use districts or zoning districts to regulate the manner in which real property is improved, developed, maintained and used. This chapter defines the land use districts hereinafter called zoning districts and establishes for each zoning district standards for development in terms of lot size; arrangement of buildings and improvements; building size, mass and function; the residential and commercial use of the property; access requirements; and sets other conditions of development essential to carry the growth and development policies adopted in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and to provide suitable and uniform procedures for securing development approvals throughout the planning jurisdiction.
(Ord. 1997-1, § 130.1(B), passed 1-22-1997)
§ 157.003 OFFICE ZONING MAP.
In order to delimit zoning district boundaries this chapter provides for an official zoning map to be made an integral part of this chapter by reference.
(Ord. 1997-1, § 130.1(C), passed 1-22-1997)
§ 157.004 SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS.
In order to accommodate special or unusual development conditions and problems, or unique geographic, physical, natural or built environmental circumstances, this chapter identifies “overlay” zones in which special development approval procedures must be followed.
(Ord. 1997-1, § 130.1(D), passed 1-22-1997; Ord. 2001-14, passed 8-22-2001)
§ 157.005 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
This chapter also provides for development of large tracts of undeveloped land with development approval procedures which encourage flexible site design, building arrangements, development phasing and use but which are consistent and complimentary to overall development standards for the community.
(Ord. 1997-1, § 130.1(E), passed 1-22-1997)
§ 157.006 DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL PROCEDURES.
This chapter sets forth the procedures for seeking development approval and establishes procedures for public notification and development petition review.
(Ord. 1997-1, § 130.1(F), passed 1-22-1997)
§ 157.007 ENFORCEMENT ROLES AND PROCEDURES.
This chapter is intended to establish the roles and responsibilities for the enforcement, alteration, amendment and development review procedures to be followed by the Town Planning Commission, the Town Advisory Board of Zoning Appeals, any professional staff positions, and by any advisory bodies established under this chapter for the purposes of implementing one or more sections of this chapter.
(Ord. 1997-1, § 130.1(G), passed 1-22-1997)