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Taos City Zoning Code

§ 16.16.230.9

TND district zoning.

A. 
Transect zones.
The TND district includes transect zones. Transects zones are zoning classifications that control the use and development of property in accordance with the standards of this section and sections 16.16.230.10, 16.16.230.11, and 16.16.230.12 of this chapter. There are five (5) transect zones in the TND district. They are T-1, T-2, T-3, T-4, and T-5. The T-5 transect zone includes two (2) categories. They are T-5a and T-5b.
B. 
Civic zones.
1. 
Civic space.
a. 
Civic spaces shall be planned and designed as described in section 16.16.230.11, table 11 of this chapter, their type determined by the surrounding or adjacent transect zone in conjunction with the traditional neighborhood plan.
b. 
Civic spaces shall be permitted by town council discretionary warrant.
2. 
Civic buildings.
a. 
Civic buildings shall not be subject to the requirements of section 16.16.230.10 of this chapter. The particulars of their design shall be determined by town council discretionary warrant and in accordance with the architectural standards of this code.
C. 
Special districts.
Areas that, by their intrinsic size, function, or configuration, cannot conform to the requirements of any transect zone or combination of transect zones may be designated as special districts in the process of preparing or amending a traditional neighborhood plan and the corresponding regulating map or maps. Development within an approved special district shall be by conditional use permit. The application for conditional use permit shall contain the information required by subsections 16.16.230.10.A.2 and A.3 of this chapter as well as any additional information required by the code administrator to aid in analysis of the consistency of the use permit development application with the provisions of the approved special district.
D. 
Thoroughfare standards.
All new thoroughfares shall conform to the requirements of section 16.16.230.11, table 2C of this chapter. All new thoroughfares shall terminate at other thoroughfares forming a network. Dead end thoroughfares are not permitted. The standards for thoroughfares within a special district shall be determined by conditional use permit.
E. 
Nonconformities.
Nonconformities of use and structure shall be subject to this code.
(Ordinance 09-01 adopted 2009)