Title 17 may be cited as the Yountville Zoning Ordinance or the Zoning Ordinance for the Town of Yountville.

The purpose of Title 17 is to promote, protect and preserve the health, safety, and general welfare of the public, and for the following more specified purposes:

Title 17 shall be an integrated, internally consistent, and compatible statement of policies for Yountville. It shall govern future development in companion with other regulating documents of the Town, including the Yountville General Plan.

This Zoning Ordinance applies to all land uses, structures, subdivisions, and development within the Town of Yountville.

The provisions of this Zoning Ordinance shall be minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, and general welfare. When this Zoning Ordinance provides for discretion on the part of a Town official or body, that discretion may be exercised to impose more stringent requirements than set forth in this Zoning Ordinance as may be necessary to promote orderly land use development and the purposes of this Zoning Ordinance and as allowed within State and Federal law.

A land use permit application that has been accepted by the Planning Officer as complete prior to the effective date of a change to the Zoning Ordinance affecting that application shall be processed according to the requirements in effect when the application was accepted as complete.

This Zoning Ordinance shall be administered by the Town Council, the Zoning and Design Review Board, the Planning Officer, and the Planning & Building Department.

The Planning Officer shall, consistent with this title and in accordance with its objectives, issue and adopt rules, regulations and interpretations that are necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this title. Such rules, regulations and interpretations shall be in writing and made part of the permanent public records of the Town. In addition, the Planning Officer and all other department officials and employees of the Town shall cooperate with one another to insure the proper administration of this title and rules, regulations, and interpretations relative to this title. The Planning Officer shall furnish this information to the departments, officers, employees, the Zoning and Design Review Board, and the Town Council in order to achieve the purposes of this title.

In the event Title 17 becomes inconsistent with the General Plan by reason of amendment, Title 17 shall be amended within a reasonable time to remain consistent with the General Plan.

If any article, section, sentence, clause, or phrase of Title 17 is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining portions of Title 17 shall not be affected.