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Toppenish City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

04 - GENERAL PROVISIONS1


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State Law reference— For statutory provisions authorizing cities to enact zoning ordinances, see RCW 35.63.110.


17.04.010 - Title designated.

This title shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance of the city of Toppenish, Washington".

(Ord. A-580 § 1, 1964).

17.04.020 - Purpose of provisions.

The controls as set forth in this title are deemed necessary in order to encourage the most appropriate use of the land; to protect the social and economic stability of residential, commercial, industrial and other areas within the city, and to assure the orderly development of such areas; to obviate the menace to the public safety resulting from the improper location of buildings and the uses thereof, and the establishment of land uses along streets and highways in such a manner as to cause interference with existing and proposed traffic movement on said streets and highways; and to otherwise promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 35.63 RCW.

(Ord. A-580 § 2, 1964).