Vernon City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
SECTION 2
DEFINITIONS
Sections
- 2.1 - Affordable Housing:
- 2.2 - Antenna:
- 2.3 - Applicant:
- 2.4 - Deleted.
- 2.5 - Deleted.
- 2.8 - Assisted Living Facility:
- 2.9 - Bed & Breakfast:
- 2.10 - Best Management Practices:
- 2.11 - Boarding Home:
- 2.12 - Building Area:
- 2.13 - Building Coverage:
- 2.14 - Building Height:
- 2.15 - Building Line:
- 2.16 - Camping Park:
- 2.16A - Cannabis:
- 2.16B - Cannabis Establishment:
- 2.16C - Cannabis Cultivator:
- 2.16D - Cannabis Micro-Cultivator:
- 2.16E - Cannabis Manufacturer:
- 2.16F - Cannabis Product Packager:
- 2.16G - Cannabis Retailer:
- 2.17A - Certification:
- 2.17B - Charitable Donation Bin:
- 2.18 - Co-Location:
- 2.19 - Commercial Educational Service or Facility:
- 2.20 - Commercial Recreational Facility:
- 2.21 - Commercial Wireless Telecommunication Facility:
- 2.22 - Commercial Wireless Telecommunication Services:
- 2.23 - Condominium, Residential:
- 2.24 - Cone of Depression:
- 2.25 - Convalescent and Nursing Homes:
- 2.26 - Conversion Condominium:
- 2.27 - Cooperative Unit:
- 2.28 - County Soil and Water Conservation District:
- 2.29 - All Day Care services shall be registered with the State and shall include:
- 2.30 - Developable Acreage:
- 2.31 - Development:
- 2.32 - Discharge:
- 2.33 - District:
- 2.34A - Disturbed Area:
- 2.34B - Dumpster:
- 2.35 - Dwelling:
- 2.36 - Dwelling Attached:
- 2.37 - Dwelling, Multi-family:
- 2.38 - Dwelling, Multiple Single-family Dwellings:
- 2.39 - Dwelling, Seasonal:
- 2.40 - Dwelling, Semi-detached:
- 2.41 - Dwelling, Single-family:
- 2.42 - Dwelling, Two-family:
- 2.43 - Dwelling Unit:
- 2.44 - Emergency Shelter for the Homeless:
- 2.45 - Erosion:
- 2.47 - Family:
- 2.48 - Floor Area:
- 2.49 - Frontage:
- 2.50 - Fur-bearing Animals:
- 2.51 - Garden Center:
- 2.52 - Grading:
- 2.53 - Greenhouse:
- 2.54 - Ground Water:
- 2.55 - Hazardous Material:
- 2.55A - Historic District (use districts):
- 2.55B - Historic District, Local:
- 2.55C - Historic District, National Register:
- 2.56 - Home Based Business:
- 2.57 - Hospital:
- 2.58 - Hotel:
- 2.59 - Household Pet:
- 2.60 - Impervious Surface:
- 2.61A - Inspection:
- 2.61B - Kennel:
- 2.62 - Landscaped Buffer Strip:
- 2.63 - Leachable Waste:
- 2.64 - Livestock:
- 2.65 - Lot or Parcel:
- 2.66 - Lot, Corner:
- 2.67 - Lot, Coverage:
- 2.68 - Lot, Depth:
- 2.69 - Lot Line:
- 2.70 - Lot Line, Front:
- 2.71 - Lot Line, Rear:
- 2.72 - Lot Line, Side:
- 2.73 - Lot, Rear:
- 2.74 - Lot Width:
- 2.74A - Town LID Manual:
- 2.75 - Massage:
- 2.76 - Massage Area or Establishment:
- 2.77 - Massage Therapist:
- 2.78 - Mining of Land:
- 2.79 - Mobile Home:
- 2.80 - Mobile Home Park:
- 2.81 - Mobile Home Site:
- 2.82 - Motel:
- 2.83 - Nursery:
- 2.84 - Open Space:
- 2.86A - Poultry:
- 2.86B - Portable Storage Container (Temporary):
- 2.88 - Professional Office:
- 2.89 - Public Institution:
- 2.90 - Public Utility Structure:
- 2.91 - Deleted.
- 2.92 - Redemption Center for Used Beverage Containers:
- 2.93 - Resident Facilities for Special Education:
- 2.94 - Restaurant:
- 2.95 - Retail Sales:
- 2.96 - Re-use, Adaptive:
- 2.98 - Sanitary Waste Water:
- 2.99 - School:
- 2.101 - Sediment:
- 2.102 - Seller of Alcoholic Beverages:
- 2.103 - Separating Distance:
- 2.104A - Server of Alcoholic Beverages:
- 2.104B - Shipping/Cargo Storage Container:
- 2.105 - Sign:
- 2.106 - Sign, Advertising:
- 2.107 - Sign, Face:
- 2.108 - Sign, Double Faced:
- 2.109 - Sign, Multiple Faced:
- 2.110 - Sign, Single Faced:
- 2.111 - Sign, Gross Area Of:
- 2.112 - Sign, Directional:
- 2.113 - Sign, Identification:
- 2.115 - Sign, Temporary:
- 2.116 - Soil:
- 2.117 - Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Plan:
- 2.118 - Solid Waste:
- 2.119 - Deleted.
- 2.120 - Street, Private:
- 2.121 - Street, Public:
- 2.122 - Structure or Building, Accessory:
- 2.123 - Structure or Building:
- 2.124 - Structure or Building, Nonconforming:
- 2.126 - Till:
- 2.127 - Tower:
- 2.128 - Tower Height:
- 2.129 - Toxic or Hazardous Materials:
- 2.130 - Upland:
- 2.131 - Use:
- 2.132 - Use, Accessory:
- 2.133 - Use, Nonconforming:
- 2.134 - Use, Permitted:
- 2.135 - Yard, Depth or Width of:
- 2.136 - Yards, Front:
- 2.137 - Yards, Rear:
- 2.138 - Yards, Required Front, Rear or Side:
- 2.139 - Yards, Side:
- 2.140 - Area and Yard Requirements:
SECTION 3
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- 3.1 - Compliance with Regulations:
- 3.2 - Accessory Uses:
- 3.3 - Accessory Building:
- 3.4 - Collection and Disposal of Storm Drainage:
- 3.5 - Common Wall:
- 3.6 - Debris Resulting from Catastrophe:
- 3.7 - Obstructions at Roadway Intersections:
- 3.8 - Private Roads and Parking Areas:
- 3.10 - Reduction of Lot Area or Dimensions:
- 3.11 - Required Lot Frontage on Public Streets:
- 3.12 - Storage of Trailers and Boats:
- 3.13 - Swimming Pools:
- 3.14 - Storage of Waste and Refuse:
- 3.15 - Surfacing:
- 3.16 - Radioactive Materials:
- 3.17 - Outdoor Motion Picture Theaters:
- 3.18 - Building Above or Below Center Line of Road:
- 3.19 - Roadside Selling:
- 3.20 - In all zones which permit single or two family dwellings,
- 3.21 - Vacancy Rate:
- 3.23 - Radio and Television Masts and Towers In Residential Zones:
- 3.24 - Burial of Materials:
- 3.25 - Sidewalks:
- 3.26 - Re-use, Adaptive:
- 3.27 - Drive-up Service Windows:
- 3.28 - Outdoor Wood Burning Furnaces:
- 3.29 - Home Based Businesses.
- 3.30 - Projections into Yards:
- 3.31 - Outdoor Dining:
SECTION 4
USE DISTRICTS
Sections
- 4.1 - RESIDENTIAL 10—SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
- 4.2 - RESIDENTIAL 15—SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
- 4.3 - RESIDENTIAL 22—SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
- 4.4 - RESIDENTIAL 27—SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
- 4.5 - RESIDENTIAL 40—SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
- 4.6 - RESIDENTIAL MHP—MOBILE HOME PARKS
- 4.7 - RESIDENTIAL PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (PRD)
- 4.7.1 - Area and Yard Requirements:
- 4.7.2 - Permitted Uses:
- 4.7.3 - Special Exceptions:
- 4.7.4 - Special Permits:
- 4.7.5 - Schedule for multi-family dwelling unit/area ratio:
- 4.7.6 - Livability Space Requirements:
- 4.7.7 - Minimum Protective Provisions:
- 4.7.8 - This section is designed to allow the construction of multi-family units in excess of applicable density limits in accordance with a contract entered into, and between a developer and the town to allow for the provision of affordable housing subject to the following criteria:
- 4.7.9 - Use Variances:
- 4.9 - COMMERCIAL
- 4.10 - INDUSTRIAL (I)
- 4.14 - SPECIAL FLOATING ZONE—INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
- 4.15 - HISTORIC DISTRICT—PLANNED NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
- 4.16 - HISTORIC DISTRICT—NEIGHBORHOOD R-10
- 4.17 - HISTORIC DISTRICT—RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL
- 4.18 - HISTORIC DISTRICT—RESTRICTED WATERSHED
- 4.19 - HISTORIC DISTRICT—INDUSTRIAL
- 4.20 - SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE—ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- 4.21 - PLANNED COMMERCIAL ZONE
- 4.21.1 - The Planned Commercial Zone (PCZ) has been designed in accordance with Town Master Plan, to regulate commercial and office space development along Route 83 (Talcottville Road) from its intersection with Wilshire Road to the area adjacent to Dart Hill Road. The intent of the regulations is to:
- 4.21.2 - Area and Yard Requirements:
- 4.21.3 - Permitted Uses:
- 4.21.4 - Special Exceptions:
- 4.21.5 - Special Permits:
- 4.21.6 - Protective Provisions:
- 4.21.7 - Use Variances:
- 4.22 - SPECIAL FLOATING ZONE—GARDEN ZONE (GZ)
- 4.22.1 - Area and Yard Requirements:
- 4.22.2 - Permitted Uses:
- 4.22.3 - Conditions:
- 4.22.4 - Inapplicability of certain general provisions:
- 4.22.5 - Procedure:
- 4.22.6 - Use Variances:
- 4.22.7 - A Site Plan showing the proposed improvements or development of the site must be submitted for approval to the Commission within a six (6) month period of time following the approval of the "Special Floating Zone" or the zoning approval will become null and void and the parcel of land will return to its original zoning classification.
- 4.22.8 - In addition to any other required permits or approvals, a Special Permit shall be required for any use or development in this zone when any of the following thresholds are met for any parcel or development.
- 4.23 - HISTORIC DISTRICT—DOWNTOWN BUSINESS & RESIDENTIAL (DBR)
- 4.24.1 - Purpose:
- 4.24.2 - Area and Yard Requirements:
- 4.24.3 - Permitted and Prohibited Uses:
- 4.24.4 - Special Permit/Site Plan:
- 4.24.5 - Use Variance:
- 4.24.6 - Fiscal and Public Benefits:
- 4.24.7 - Landscape Buffers:
- 4.25 - PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONE (PDZ): I-84 EXIT #67 AREA
- 4.26 - OPEN SPACE ZONE (OSZ)
- 4.27 - COMPREHENSIVE MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING ZONE
SECTION 5
AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
Sections
- 5.1 - Special Flood Hazard Areas:
- 5.2 - Prior to the issuance of any Certificate of Occupancy, building, and/or zoning permits for development in a special flood hazard area,
- 5.3 - The following minimum requirements apply in specific zones designated on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (F.I.R.M.):
- 5.4 - In riverine situations,
- 5.5 - The following floodway provisions shall apply:
- 5.6 - Permitted Uses:
- 5.7 - Special Permits:
- 5.8 - For the purposes of this section, the following definition shall apply:
- 5.9 - Standards for subdivision proposals.
SECTION 18
ACTIVITIES REQUIRING A CERTIFIED EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN
Sections
- 18.1 - A soil erosion and sediment control plan
- 18.2 - A single family dwelling that is not a part of subdivision
- 18.3 - Erosion and Sediment Control Plan:
- 18.4 - Issuance or Denial of Certification:
- 18.5 - Issuance or Denial of Certification:
- 18.6 - Conditions Relating to Soil Erosion and Sediment Control:
- 18.7 - Inspection:
SECTION 21
ARCHITECTURAL & DESIGN REVIEW REGULATIONS
Sections
- 21.1 - Intent:
- 21.2 - Criteria for Plan Evaluation:
- 21.3 - Standards:
- 21.4 - Landscaping and Site Treatment:
- 21.5 - Building Design:
- 21.6 - Lighting, Street Hardware and Miscellaneous Structures:
- 21.7 - Signs:
- 21.8 - Maintenance—Planning and Design Factors:
- 21.9 - Application Submission Requirements:
- 21.10 - Procedures: