This title shall be known and may be cited as the "Woodland Zoning Ordinance."

(Ord. 490 § 1.01, 1979)

The ordinance codified in this title is adopted as an official land use control for the city and is established to serve the public health, safety and general welfare and to provide the economic, social and aesthetic advantages resulting from an orderly planned use of land resources and represents one means of carrying out the general purposes set forth and defined in the comprehensive plan of the city, as provided for by Chapter 35 of the Laws of the State of Washington, 1935.

(Ord. 490 § 1.02, 1979)

This title shall consist of the text of the ordinance codified in this title and in addition thereto zoning maps identified by the appropriate signature of the mayor and city clerk-treasurer, and marked and designated as the maps of the zoning ordinance of Woodland, Washington, which are filed in the office of the city clerk-treasurer and the office of the auditors of Cowlitz County and Clark County, Washington. Said title and each and all of its terms are to be read and interpreted in the light of the commitments of said maps. For the purposes of administration and enforcement, the zoning maps in the office of the city clerk-treasurer shall be considered as official zoning maps. Any and all amendments of the official zoning map shall also be made on the zoning maps in the office of the city clerk-treasurer at the time an amendment is filed with the county auditors. If any conflict of maps and text should arise, the maps of the title shall prevail.

(Ord. 490 § 1.03, 1979)

The basic purposes of this title are:

A.

To classify uses and to regulate the location, design, and operation of such uses in such a manner as to group as nearly as possible those uses which are mutually compatible;

B.

To protect each group of uses from the intrusion of incompatible uses which would damage not only the public's general health, welfare, and safety, but also the security, value, and stability of the land and improvements thereon;

C.

To foster the greatest practical convenience and service to the citizens of the city;

D.

To regulate certain uses in the business, commercial, and industrial classifications when such uses are adjacent to more restrictive zones, i.e., residential;

E.

To enable the city to efficiently and economically plan, design, install, and operate public services and facilities;

F.

To require an orderly arrangement of essential services and facilities, especially to facilitate the circulation and movement of people and goods, including street layouts and off-street parking and loading areas;

G.

To establish the geographical location and boundaries of each zoning classification through the medium of a zoning map;

H.

To establish required minimum lot areas, yards, building heights, and open spaces as a means of providing a suitable environment for living, business, industry, and recreation; and

I.

To maintain reasonable population densities and intensities of land use for the general purpose of conserving and protecting the public health, safety, and general welfare.

(Ord. 490 § 3.01, 1979)

Articles and section headings contained in this title shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of any section of this title.

(Ord. 490 § 2.01, 1979)

When consistent with the text, words used in the present tense include the future; words used in the future tense include the present; words in the singular number include the plural and words in the plural number include the singular.

(Ord. 490 § 2.02, 1979)

In interpreting and applying the provisions of this title, the provisions shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare; therefore, when this title imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or premises, or requires larger open spaces than are imposed or required by other laws, resolutions, rules or regulations, the provisions of this title shall control.

(Ord. 490 § 20.01, 1979)