Sodaville City Zoning Code

This Ordinance is enacted to: 

A. Implement the goals and policies of the City of Sodaville Comprehensive Plan

B. To preserve, maintain and enhance the character of the City; 

C. To prevent unsafe concentrations of dwellings; 

D. Insure the orderly and efficient development of lands and uses within the City; and, 

E. Promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of the community.

A. Conformance Required.  The use of all land, as well as the construction, reconstruction, enlargement, structural alteration, movement, use, or occupation of any structure within the City of Sodaville shall conform to the requirements of this Ordinance.

B. Permits Required.  No building or structure subject to any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be erected, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged or altered unless all applicable structural, manufactured home, and similar permits have been issued by the Linn County Planning and Building Department, and unless all required sub-surface sewage disposal permits have been issued by the Linn County Environmental Health Program.  Prior to submittal of the permits to Linn County, the Zoning Official shall certify on the face of the County permit that the permit complies with the provisions of this Ordinance and any other applicable City Ordinances.

C. Permit Submittals. Applications for building permits shall be accompanied by a plot plan showing existing and proposed structures, wells and septic tank and drainfield locations.

The Zoning Official shall have the power and duty to enforce the provisions of this ordinance.  A violation of this ordinance shall be enforced pursuant to the City of Sodaville Enforcement Ordinance. 

The provisions of this Ordinance shall be interpreted as minimum requirements.  When this Ordinance imposes a greater restriction than is required by other provisions of law, or by other regulations, resolutions, easements, covenants or agreements between parties, the provisions of this Ordinance shall control.

Should any section, clause or provision of this ordinance be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or of the remaining sections.  Each section, clause and phrase is declared severable.

City of Sodaville Ordinance 43, Ordinance 98 all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.