Town of Bethany Beach, DE
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2024-01-16
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Volume II
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Part V: General Legislation — Building and Zoning
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Chapter 425 Zoning
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Article I Intent; Purpose; Construal of Provisions
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Assessments
- Ch 21 Drug and Alcohol Policy
- Ch 26 Elections
- Ch 32 Indemnification of Officers and Employees
- Ch 40 Manager
- Ch 45 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 51 Pension Program for Town Employees
- Ch 56 Personnel Policies
- Ch 60 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 72 Town Bandstand and Plaza
- Part II: General Legislation — Commercial
- Ch 85 (Reserved)
- Ch 102 Business Licensing
- Ch 110 Circuses, Carnivals and Exhibitions
- Ch 116 Coin-Operated Amusement Devices
- Ch 123 Commercial Activities and Concessionaires
- Ch 144 Geothermal Closed-Loop Heat Exchange Well Systems
- Part III: General Legislation — Public Conduct and Safety
- Ch 212 Aircraft
- Ch 217 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 223 Beach
- Ch 227 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 229 Boardwalk
- Ch 231 Boats, Personal Watercraft and Boat Trailers; Recreational Vehicles; Portable On-Demand Storage Units
- Ch 240 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 247 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 251 Fires, Open and Recreational; Outdoor Cooking
- Ch 256 Fireworks
- Ch 260 Gambling and Games of Chance
- Ch 275 Noise
- Ch 272 Marijuana
- Ch 282 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 298 Skateboards, Roller Skates and In-Line Skates
- Ch 301 Smoking, Outdoor
- Ch 309 Trailers and Camping
- Ch 316 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Part IV: General Legislation — Government Access
- Ch 349 Public Access to Records
- Ch 364 Taxation
- Ch 370 Tort Claims
- Ch 378 Voting and Voter Registration
- Volume II
- Part V: General Legislation — Building and Zoning
- Ch 395 Building Construction
- Ch 410 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 425 Zoning
- Ch 425 Art I Intent; Purpose; Construal of Provisions
- § 425-1 Intent; purpose; construal of provisions.
- Part VI: General Legislation — Land and Infrastructure
- Ch 440 Brush and Grass
- Ch 448 Erosion Control
- Ch 453 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 461 Houses, Numbering of
- Ch 475 Property Maintenance
- Ch 484 Solar Energy Systems
- Ch 486 Littering, Solid Waste, Recyclables and Yard Waste
- Ch 493 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 500 Swimming Pools and Spas
- Ch 507 Trees
- Ch 516 Water and Sewers
- Ch 525 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 530 Signs
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
This chapter is made in accordance with a Comprehensive
Plan and is designed to preserve, as far as can reasonably be done,
the present unique character of Bethany Beach as a family beach resort.
This chapter is designed to control congestion in the streets; to
increase safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health
and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent
the development of undesirable noise and other nuisances, as well
as the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population;
and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water,
sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements.
B.
This chapter considers the unique family character
of the Town of Bethany Beach and its suitability for particular uses
with a view to conservation of the specific value of the environment
of a family beach resort and encourages those uses of land throughout
the municipality that will adequately maintain that environment and
character.
C.
In view of these above purposes, this chapter will
be interpreted strictly. Variances are to be permitted only in those
specific situations wherein a serious and clearly patent injustice,
and not just a hardship, would result from the literal application
of these regulations. Where patent injustices do not exist, these
regulations will govern. When variances are necessary, they shall
be limited to the minimum modification capable of avoiding the serious,
patent injustice, and no more.
