Wayne City Zoning Code

 

   The areas establishing Wayne’s zoning districts and the boundaries of the districts are hereby established as shown on the Zoning Map, which accompanies this Zoning Code, and which the Zoning Map with all notations, references, and other information shown thereon is as much a part of this Code as if fully described herein. The Zoning Map must be certified as the official copy by the City Clerk and kept on display at City Hall. Maps and descriptions accompanying enacted amendments must be displayed adjacent to the official copy until such time as the official copy is corrected. When so ordered by resolution of Council, the official copy must be corrected to show all amendments.

(Ord. 2023-01. Passed 2-7-23.)

   Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of a district on the Zoning Map, the following rules apply:

   (a)   Boundaries following the centerlines of streets, highways, or alleys, are construed as following such centerlines.

   (b)   Boundaries following platted or unplatted lot lines are construed as following such lot lines.

   (c)   Boundaries following section lines, or the lines of customary fractional division of sections, are construed as following such lines.

   (d)   Boundaries following the boundaries of the City are construed as following such boundaries.

   (e)   Boundaries following railroad lines are construed to be midway between the right-of-way lines.

   (f)   Boundaries parallel to, extensions of, or perpendicular to, features indicated in the above subsection (a) through (e) are so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the Zoning Map are determined by the scale of the map.

   (g)   In other circumstances not clearly covered above by subsections (a) through (f), the Community Development and Planning Director determines the boundaries by applying the criteria for such determination for subsections (a) through (f), or by any other criteria as determined appropriate to construe the boundaries of the district in a reasonable and harmonious manner.

(Ord. 2023-01. Passed 2-7-23.)

   Whenever any park, common area, outlot, street, alley, or other public way within the City is vacated, such property (or portion thereof) is automatically classified in the district of the adjoining property on either side of such vacated property. In the event such vacated property is a district boundary between two or more different districts, the new district boundary is the former centerline of such vacated property.

(Ord. 2023-01. Passed 2-7-23.)

   Whenever land is annexed to the City, such land is automatically zoned the R1A, One-Family Residential District and will remain as the R1A District until changed by the adoption of a Zoning Map amendment by City Council.

(Ord. 2023-01. Passed 2-7-23.)

   Essential services are permitted in all zoning districts and subject to the standards of this Zoning Code and permitted to receive waivers from requirements upon demonstration to the Community Development and Planning Director that the Zoning Code standard in question would inhibit the provision of the essential service to Wayne residents. However, buildings, towers, and substations (such as wastewater treatment facilities, telephone repeater stations, gas, or electric regulator stations, and the like) are not eligible for waivers and limited to the zoning district which they are located within.

(Ord. 2023-01. Passed 2-7-23.)

 

 

(Ord. 2023-01. Passed 2-7-23.)