[Ord. No. 1076 §§1 — 7, 1-27-1987; Ord. No. 1345 §1(1000), 11-13-1989]
This Chapter shall be known as and may be referred to as City
of Town and Country Zoning Code.
[Ord. No. 1076 §§1 — 7, 1-27-1987; Ord. No. 1345 §1(1001), 11-13-1989]
A.
This
Chapter is adopted for the following purpose:
1.
To guide the future growth and development of the City in accordance
with the Comprehensive Plan of the City and to implement said plan;
2.
To protect and enhance the City's suburban character;
3.
To protect and promote the health, safety, convenience, comfort,
prosperity and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants
of the City;
4.
To encourage the most appropriate use of land, to conserve the value
of property, to provide adequate light, air and privacy, to prevent
the overcrowding of land and to avoid undue concentration of population,
to secure safety from fire, flood and other dangers, and to assist
in the provision of adequate community facilities, such as transportation,
water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements in the
City;
5.
To protect the value of property and to minimize the adverse impact
of development on adjoining or nearby properties;
6.
To establish a beneficial relationship between the uses of the property
and the public street system, to require the proper location and design
of streets;
7.
To encourage the most appropriate use and management of natural resources,
to maintain the natural beauty and topography of the City and to ensure
appropriate development with regard to its natural features.
[Ord. No. 1076 §§1 — 7, 1-27-1987; Ord. No. 1345 §1(1002), 11-13-1989]
The provisions of this Chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements
adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety and general
welfare. Whenever the provisions of this Chapter conflict with standards
imposed by any other ordinance of the City, the more restrictive of
the conflicting standards shall govern. Whenever the provisions of
this Chapter impose apparently inconsistent standards, it is intended
that the more restrictive standard apply.
[Ord. No. 1076 §§1 — 7, 1-27-1987; Ord. No. 1345 §1(1003), 11-13-1989]
A.
Construction Begun Prior To Adoption Of Ordinance. Nothing
in this Chapter shall be deemed to require any change in the plans,
construction or designated use of any buildings or structures upon
which actual construction has been approved by the City and was lawfully
begun prior to the adoption of this Chapter and construction completed
within two (2) years from the passage of this Chapter, unless extended
by the Board of Aldermen.
B.
Compliance With District Regulations. No building or structure
shall be erected, maintained, enlarged, reconstructed or structurally
altered, nor shall any building or land be used which does not comply
with all of the regulations of the district in which such building,
structure or land is located; provided that the provisions of this
Chapter shall not prohibit the continuance of any lawful use existing
at the time of adoption of this Chapter. Unless the contrary is clear
from the context, uses not specifically listed herein as permitted
are prohibited.
[Ord. No. 2842 §1, 8-11-2003]
The Town and Country Planning Director or his/her designated
representative is hereby authorized to issue a summons to any person
violating any of the terms of Title IV of the Town and Country City
Code and thereafter such summons shall be prosecuted as all other
violations of the Town and Country City Code.
