Livonia is hereby divided into the following types of districts
which shall be differentiated according to use and area and hereafter
used and developed for the purposes designated:
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NR
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Neighborhood Residential District
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ARC-3
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Agricultural Residential Conservation-3 District
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ARC-5
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Agricultural Residential Conservation-5 District
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MUHD
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Mixed Use Hamlet District
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MUD
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Mixed Use District
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GC
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Gateway Commercial District
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WD
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Waterfront Development District
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SC
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Shopping Center District
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I
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Industrial District
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C/LI
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Commercial/Limited Industrial District
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The above districts shall be located, bounded and described as shown on the Zoning Map of Livonia which has been designated the Official Map of the Town and Village, now on file in the Building and Zoning Department and, together with the boundaries and the designations therein, is made part of this chapter.
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Editor's Note: A copy of the Zoning Map is included at the end of this chapter.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A.
Distances shown on the Zoning Map are perpendicular or radial distances from street lines measured back to the zone boundary line, which lines in all cases, where distances are given, are parallel to the street line.
B.
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following
the center of streets or highways, street lines or highway right-of-way
lines, such center lines, street lines or highway right-of-way lines
shall be construed to be such boundaries.
C.
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they approximately
follow the lot line, such lot lines shall be construed to be said
boundaries.
D.
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to the center lines or street lines of streets or the center lines or right-of-way lines of highways, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the Zoning Map. If no distance is given, such dimension shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on said Zoning Map.
E.
Where the boundary of a district follows a railroad line or is parallel
thereto, such boundary shall be deemed to be located or shall be measured
from a point midway between the main tracks of said railroad line.
F.
Where the boundary of a district follows a stream, lake or other body of water, said boundary line shall be deemed to be at the limit of the jurisdiction of the Town of Livonia, unless otherwise designated. If no distance is given, the dimension shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on said Zoning Map.
G.
If an uncertainty still exists as to a boundary line following review
of the above items, then the Joint Zoning Board of Appeals shall determine
such boundary location.
[Amended 2-7-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
A.
Except
as herein provided, no building or land shall hereafter be used or
occupied, and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved
or altered, unless in conformity with the allowable uses and standards
for development set forth for each district by this chapter. All uses
not explicitly listed as permitted uses within the regulations governing
a given zoning district classification shall be deemed to be nonpermitted
uses.
B.
Except
as herein provided, no open space contiguous to any building shall
be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity
with the area requirements, off-street parking requirements, landscaping
requirements and all other regulations designated in this chapter
for the district in which such building or use is located. In the
event of any such unlawful encroachment or reduction, the relevant
building or use certificate of occupancy shall become void.
