The chapter shall be known as "An Ordinance
to Limit and Restrict the Specified Districts or Zones and to Regulate
Therein, Buildings and Structures According to Their Construction
and the Nature and Extent of Their Use, and the Nature and Extent
of Uses of Land in the Municipality of Kingston and Providing for
the Administration and Enforcement of the Provisions Herein Contained
and Fixing Penalties for the Violation Thereof."
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Kingston Municipal Zoning Ordinance."
The intent of this chapter is to establish a
precise and detailed plan for the use of land in Municipality of Kingston
based on the municipality's Master Plan, including but not limited
to those aspects of the Master Plan relating to land use, density
of population, location and function of streets and other community
facilities and utilities. This chapter has been further enacted in
order to promote and protect the general health, welfare, safety and
convenience of the municipality.
This zoning chapter is intended to:
A. Establish zoning districts. Establish zoning districts
and to regulate therein the use of land and structures for residential,
commercial, manufacturing and other purposes.
B. Regulate buildings and population density. Regulate
the location, height, bulk and size of buildings and structures, the
size of yards and open spaces, the percentage of lots which may be
occupied by buildings and structures and the density of population.
Such regulations are deemed necessary to achieve
the following purposes:
A. To promote, protect and facilitate one or more of
the following: the public health, safety, morals, general welfare,
coordinated and practical community development, desirable density
of population, civil defense, disaster evacuation, the provisions
of adequate light and air, police protection, vehicle parking and
loading space, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, public grounds
and other public requirements.
B. To prevent one or more of the following: overcrowding
of land, blight, danger and congestion in travel and transportation,
loss of health, life or property from fire, flood, panic or other
dangers.