Washington Grove City Zoning Code

This Article is adopted for the purpose of assisting in guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, comprehensive, adjusted, and systematic development of the Town, the coordination and adjustment of said development with public and private development of other parts of Montgomery County and the protection and promotion of the health, safety, morals, comfort, and other aspects of the general welfare of present and future inhabitants of the Town. In order to accomplish these ends it is further the purpose:

• to provide adequate light, air, and access;
• to prevent the overcrowding of land;
• to lessen congestion in the streets;
• to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers;
• to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, parks, and other public services;
• to protect property against blight and depreciation;
• to secure economy in governmental expenditures,
• to promote desirable living conditions and the stability of neighborhoods; and
• in general to encourage the most appropriate use of land, buildings, and other structures throughout the Town.

These general purposes include the more specific purposes set forth elsewhere in the Ordinances.

This Article may be cited as the Washington Grove Zoning Ordinance.