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2024-07-09
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 212 Zoning
Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1
General Provisions
Ch 5
Assessments
Ch 9
Contracts
Ch 14
Defense and Indemnification
Ch 29
Investment Policy
Ch 33
Meetings, Public
Ch 36
Officers and Employees
Ch 40
Public Works Department
Ch 46
Records
Ch 52
Salaries and Compensation
Ch 56
Tree Advisory Council
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 66
Animals
Ch 73
Bingo
Ch 80
Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 89
Flood Damage Prevention
Ch 96
Games of Chance
Ch 113
Notification of Defects
Ch 129
Radio Communications Protection
Ch 142
Special Events
Ch 149
Storm Sewers
Ch 156
Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
Ch 164
(Reserved)
Ch 174
Taxation
Ch 186
Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 200
Water
Ch 205
Watercraft
Ch 212
Zoning
Ch 212 Art I
Purpose
§ 212-1
Declaration of policy.
Ch 212 Art II
Application
§ 212-2
Conformance.
§ 212-3
Space and construction.
§ 212-4
Enforcement; penalties for offenses.
§ 212-5
Building permits.
§ 212-6
Fees for permits.
§ 212-7
Building Code conformance.
§ 212-8
Approval of Tompkins County Health Department.
§ 212-9
Certificate of compliance or occupancy.
§ 212-10
Establishment of zones.
§ 212-11
Zone boundaries.
§ 212-12
Amendments.
§ 212-13
Local laws superseded.
§ 212-14
Right to inspect.
§ 212-15
(Reserved)
Ch 212 Art III
Administration
§ 212-16
Board of Zoning Appeals.
§ 212-17
Planning Board.
§ 212-18
Special permits.
§ 212-19
Site plan review.
§ 212-20
Rezoning for DD — Development Districts or other rezoning actions.
Ch 212 Art IV
Terminology
§ 212-21
Word usage.
§ 212-22
Definitions.
Ch 212 Art V
AR — Agricultural/Rural Zone
§ 212-23
Purpose.
§ 212-24
Right to farm.
§ 212-25
Permitted uses.
§ 212-26
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-27
Uses allowed by site plan approval.
§ 212-28
Uses allowed by special permit.
§ 212-29
Lot area and yard requirements.
Ch 212 Art VI
A2 — Special Agricultural Zone
§ 212-30
Purpose.
§ 212-31
Permitted uses.
§ 212-32
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-33
Lot area and yard requirements.
§ 212-34
Buffer areas.
Ch 212 Art VII
R — Residential Zone
§ 212-35
Purpose.
§ 212-36
Permitted uses.
§ 212-37
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-38
Uses permitted by site plan approval.
§ 212-39
Uses allowed by special permit.
§ 212-40
Lot area and yard requirements.
§ 212-41
Buffer areas.
Ch 212 Art VIII
LS — Lakeshore Zone
§ 212-42
Purpose.
§ 212-43
Permitted uses.
§ 212-44
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-45
Uses permitted by site plan approval.
§ 212-46
Uses allowed by special permit.
§ 212-47
Lot area and yard requirements.
§ 212-48
Design standards.
§ 212-49
Limitations on subdivision of parent tracts.
Ch 212 Art IX
CZ — Conservation Zone
§ 212-50
Purpose.
§ 212-51
Permitted uses.
§ 212-52
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-53
Uses allowed by special permit.
§ 212-54
Lot area and yard requirements.
§ 212-55
Design standards.
Ch 212 Art X
RM — Multiple-Residence Zone
§ 212-56
Purpose.
§ 212-57
Establishment of zone.
§ 212-58
Permitted uses.
§ 212-59
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-60
Uses permitted by special permit.
§ 212-61
Lot area and yard requirements.
§ 212-62
Buffer areas.
Ch 212 Art XI
MHP — Manufactured Home Park Zone
§ 212-63
Purpose.
§ 212-64
Permitted uses.
§ 212-65
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-66
Uses permitted by special permit.
§ 212-67
Lot area and yard requirements.
§ 212-68
Buffer areas.
Ch 212 Art XII
HC — Hamlet Center Zone
§ 212-69
Purpose.
§ 212-70
Permitted uses.
§ 212-71
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-72
Uses permitted by site plan approval.
§ 212-73
Lot area and yard requirements.
§ 212-74
Form requirements.
§ 212-75
Buffer areas.
Ch 212 Art XIII
HN — Hamlet Neighborhood Zone
§ 212-76
Purpose.
§ 212-77
Permitted uses.
§ 212-78
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-79
Uses permitted by site plan review.
§ 212-80
Lot area and yard requirements.
§ 212-81
Buffers.
§ 212-82
(Reserved)
Ch 212 Art XIV
WH — Waterburg Hamlet Zone
§ 212-83
Purpose.
§ 212-84
Permitted uses.
§ 212-85
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-86
Uses permitted by site plan review.
§ 212-87
Lot area and yard requirements.
Ch 212 Art XV
B1 — Business Zone
§ 212-88
Purpose.
§ 212-89
Permitted uses.
§ 212-90
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-91
Uses permitted by special permit.
§ 212-92
Lot area and yard requirements.
§ 212-93
Buffer areas.
§ 212-94
Building permits.
Ch 212 Art XVI
MZ — Marina Zone
§ 212-95
Purpose.
§ 212-96
Permitted uses.
§ 212-97
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-98
Uses permitted by site plan review.
§ 212-99
Uses permitted by special permit.
§ 212-100
Lot area and yard requirements.
§ 212-101
Buffer areas.
§ 212-102
Design standards.
Ch 212 Art XVII
OTMU — Office/Technology Mixed-Use Zone
§ 212-103
Purpose.
§ 212-104
Permitted uses.
§ 212-105
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-106
Uses allowed by site plan approval.
§ 212-107
Uses by special permit.
§ 212-108
Lot area and yard requirements.
§ 212-109
Buffer areas.
Ch 212 Art XVIII
PR — Park/Recreation Zone
§ 212-110
Purpose.
§ 212-111
Permitted uses.
§ 212-112
Uses permitted by special permit.
§ 212-113
Permitted accessory uses.
§ 212-114
Lot area and yard requirements.
§ 212-115
Buffer areas.
Ch 212 Art XIX
Development Districts
§ 212-116
Purpose.
§ 212-117
Establishment.
§ 212-118
Existing Development District.
Ch 212 Art XX
Design Standards
§ 212-119
Purpose.
§ 212-120
Environmental performance standards.
§ 212-121
Standards for parking in all zoning zones.
§ 212-122
Standards for signs.
§ 212-123
Standards for outdoor lighting.
§ 212-124
Standards for buffer areas.
§ 212-125
Standards for adult entertainment businesses.
§ 212-126
Standards for animals in residential areas.
§ 212-127
Standards for campgrounds.
§ 212-128
Standards for accessory dwelling units.
§ 212-129
Standards for extractive industry.
§ 212-130
Standards for flag lots.
§ 212-131
Standards for public garages, gasoline sales stations and body shops.
§ 212-132
Standards for manufactured home parks.
§ 212-133
Standards for land development in RM — Multiple-Residence Zone (see Residence, Multiple-family)
§ 212-134
Standards for residential swimming pools.
§ 212-135
Standards for roadside stands.
§ 212-136
Standards for sawmills.
§ 212-137
Standards for self-service storage facility.
§ 212-138
Standards for commercial stables.
§ 212-139
Standards for farm operation, accessory commerce.
§ 212-139.1
Standards for minor solar collection systems.
§ 212-139.2
Standards for major solar collection systems.
§ 212-139.3
Animal waste storage facility.
§ 212-139.4
Confined or concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO).
§ 212-139.5
Standards for elder cottage housing.
Ch 212 Art XXI
Land Subdivision Regulations
§ 212-140
Authority; policy; applicability; legal effects; review procedures.
§ 212-140.1
Applicability and legal effects.
§ 212-140.2
Types of subdivisions and procedures.
§ 212-140.3
Administrative lot line alteration.
§ 212-141
Definitions.
§ 212-142
Subdivision procedures.
§ 212-142.1
Minor subdivision review procedure.
§ 212-142.2
Major subdivision preliminary plat review procedure.
§ 212-142.3
Study and approval of major subdivision preliminary plat.
§ 212-142.4
Major subdivision final plat application.
§ 212-142.5
Planning Board action on proposed final subdivision plat.
§ 212-142.6
Required improvements.
§ 212-142.7
Modification of design of improvements.
§ 212-142.8
Inspection of improvements.
§ 212-142.9
Final approval of subdivision plat.
§ 212-142.10
General requirements and road design standards.
Ch 212 Art XXII
Communication Transmission Towers and Telecommunications Facilities
§ 212-143
Purpose.
§ 212-144
Exemptions.
§ 212-145
Definitions.
§ 212-146
Standards.
§ 212-147
Filing application.
§ 212-148
Planning Board procedure.
§ 212-149
Building permits.
§ 212-150
Limited permit.
§ 212-151
Removal provisions.
Ch 212 Art XXIII
Nonconformance
§ 212-152
Nonconforming buildings/structures.
§ 212-153
Nonconforming uses of land and buildings/structures.
§ 212-154
Dwellings on nonconforming lots.
§ 212-155
Continuation of construction.
§ 212-156
Restoration.
§ 212-157
Board of Zoning Appeals determination.
§ 212-158
Variance criteria.
Ch 212 Art XXIV
General Provisions
§ 212-159
Temporary accessory residence.
§ 212-160
Existing lots.
§ 212-161
Open porches.
§ 212-162
Fences and walls.
§ 212-163
Corner visibility.
§ 212-164
Projections in yards.
§ 212-165
Reduction of lot area.
§ 212-166
More than one building on lot.
§ 212-167
Accessory buildings and accessory dwelling units.
§ 212-168
Abandoned cellar holes and destroyed or derelict buildings.
§ 212-169
Abandoned wells.
§ 212-170
Discontinuance of junkyards, open storage, automobile sales lots.
§ 212-171
Power generation facilities or structures.
§ 212-172
Single-wide manufactured homes.
§ 212-173
Natural gas and/or petroleum exploration, extraction, support activities and production wastes.
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Chapter 212
Zoning
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses
12-17-2013
by
L.L. No. 3-2013
; amended in its entirety
12-10-2019
by
L.L. No. 3-2019
. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
Article I
Purpose
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§ 212-1
Declaration of policy.
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Article II
Application
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§ 212-2
Conformance.
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§ 212-3
Space and construction.
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§ 212-4
Enforcement; penalties for offenses.
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§ 212-5
Building permits.
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§ 212-6
Fees for permits.
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§ 212-7
Building Code conformance.
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§ 212-8
Approval of Tompkins County Health Department.
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§ 212-9
Certificate of compliance or occupancy.
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§ 212-10
Establishment of zones.
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§ 212-11
Zone boundaries.
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§ 212-12
Amendments.
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§ 212-13
Local laws superseded.
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§ 212-14
Right to inspect.
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§ 212-15
(Reserved)
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Article III
Administration
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§ 212-16
Board of Zoning Appeals.
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§ 212-17
Planning Board.
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§ 212-18
Special permits.
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§ 212-19
Site plan review.
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§ 212-20
Rezoning for DD — Development Districts or other rezoning actions.
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Article IV
Terminology
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§ 212-21
Word usage.
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§ 212-22
Definitions.
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Article V
AR — Agricultural/Rural Zone
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§ 212-23
Purpose.
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§ 212-24
Right to farm.
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§ 212-25
Permitted uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-26
Permitted accessory uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-27
Uses allowed by site plan approval.
chevron_right
§ 212-28
Uses allowed by special permit.
chevron_right
§ 212-29
Lot area and yard requirements.
chevron_right
Article VI
A2 — Special Agricultural Zone
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§ 212-30
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 212-31
Permitted uses.
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§ 212-32
Permitted accessory uses.
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§ 212-33
Lot area and yard requirements.
chevron_right
§ 212-34
Buffer areas.
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Article VII
R — Residential Zone
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§ 212-35
Purpose.
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§ 212-36
Permitted uses.
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§ 212-37
Permitted accessory uses.
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§ 212-38
Uses permitted by site plan approval.
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§ 212-39
Uses allowed by special permit.
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§ 212-40
Lot area and yard requirements.
chevron_right
§ 212-41
Buffer areas.
chevron_right
Article VIII
LS — Lakeshore Zone
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§ 212-42
Purpose.
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§ 212-43
Permitted uses.
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§ 212-44
Permitted accessory uses.
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§ 212-45
Uses permitted by site plan approval.
chevron_right
§ 212-46
Uses allowed by special permit.
chevron_right
§ 212-47
Lot area and yard requirements.
chevron_right
§ 212-48
Design standards.
chevron_right
§ 212-49
Limitations on subdivision of parent tracts.
chevron_right
Article IX
CZ — Conservation Zone
chevron_right
§ 212-50
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 212-51
Permitted uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-52
Permitted accessory uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-53
Uses allowed by special permit.
chevron_right
§ 212-54
Lot area and yard requirements.
chevron_right
§ 212-55
Design standards.
chevron_right
Article X
RM — Multiple-Residence Zone
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§ 212-56
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 212-57
Establishment of zone.
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§ 212-58
Permitted uses.
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§ 212-59
Permitted accessory uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-60
Uses permitted by special permit.
chevron_right
§ 212-61
Lot area and yard requirements.
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§ 212-62
Buffer areas.
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Article XI
MHP — Manufactured Home Park Zone
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§ 212-63
Purpose.
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§ 212-64
Permitted uses.
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§ 212-65
Permitted accessory uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-66
Uses permitted by special permit.
chevron_right
§ 212-67
Lot area and yard requirements.
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§ 212-68
Buffer areas.
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Article XII
HC — Hamlet Center Zone
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§ 212-69
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 212-70
Permitted uses.
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§ 212-71
Permitted accessory uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-72
Uses permitted by site plan approval.
chevron_right
§ 212-73
Lot area and yard requirements.
chevron_right
§ 212-74
Form requirements.
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§ 212-75
Buffer areas.
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Article XIII
HN — Hamlet Neighborhood Zone
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§ 212-76
Purpose.
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§ 212-77
Permitted uses.
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§ 212-78
Permitted accessory uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-79
Uses permitted by site plan review.
chevron_right
§ 212-80
Lot area and yard requirements.
chevron_right
§ 212-81
Buffers.
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§ 212-82
(Reserved)
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Article XIV
WH — Waterburg Hamlet Zone
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§ 212-83
Purpose.
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§ 212-84
Permitted uses.
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§ 212-85
Permitted accessory uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-86
Uses permitted by site plan review.
chevron_right
§ 212-87
Lot area and yard requirements.
chevron_right
Article XV
B1 — Business Zone
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§ 212-88
Purpose.
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§ 212-89
Permitted uses.
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§ 212-90
Permitted accessory uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-91
Uses permitted by special permit.
chevron_right
§ 212-92
Lot area and yard requirements.
chevron_right
§ 212-93
Buffer areas.
chevron_right
§ 212-94
Building permits.
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Article XVI
MZ — Marina Zone
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§ 212-95
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 212-96
Permitted uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-97
Permitted accessory uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-98
Uses permitted by site plan review.
chevron_right
§ 212-99
Uses permitted by special permit.
chevron_right
§ 212-100
Lot area and yard requirements.
chevron_right
§ 212-101
Buffer areas.
chevron_right
§ 212-102
Design standards.
chevron_right
Article XVII
OTMU — Office/Technology Mixed-Use Zone
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§ 212-103
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 212-104
Permitted uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-105
Permitted accessory uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-106
Uses allowed by site plan approval.
chevron_right
§ 212-107
Uses by special permit.
chevron_right
§ 212-108
Lot area and yard requirements.
chevron_right
§ 212-109
Buffer areas.
chevron_right
Article XVIII
PR — Park/Recreation Zone
chevron_right
§ 212-110
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 212-111
Permitted uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-112
Uses permitted by special permit.
chevron_right
§ 212-113
Permitted accessory uses.
chevron_right
§ 212-114
Lot area and yard requirements.
chevron_right
§ 212-115
Buffer areas.
chevron_right
Article XIX
Development Districts
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§ 212-116
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 212-117
Establishment.
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§ 212-118
Existing Development District.
chevron_right
Article XX
Design Standards
chevron_right
§ 212-119
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 212-120
Environmental performance standards.
chevron_right
§ 212-121
Standards for parking in all zoning zones.
chevron_right
§ 212-122
Standards for signs.
chevron_right
§ 212-123
Standards for outdoor lighting.
chevron_right
§ 212-124
Standards for buffer areas.
chevron_right
§ 212-125
Standards for adult entertainment businesses.
chevron_right
§ 212-126
Standards for animals in residential areas.
chevron_right
§ 212-127
Standards for campgrounds.
chevron_right
§ 212-128
Standards for accessory dwelling units.
chevron_right
§ 212-129
Standards for extractive industry.
chevron_right
§ 212-130
Standards for flag lots.
chevron_right
§ 212-131
Standards for public garages, gasoline sales stations and body shops.
chevron_right
§ 212-132
Standards for manufactured home parks.
chevron_right
§ 212-133
Standards for land development in RM — Multiple-Residence Zone (see Residence, Multiple-family)
chevron_right
§ 212-134
Standards for residential swimming pools.
chevron_right
§ 212-135
Standards for roadside stands.
chevron_right
§ 212-136
Standards for sawmills.
chevron_right
§ 212-137
Standards for self-service storage facility.
chevron_right
§ 212-138
Standards for commercial stables.
chevron_right
§ 212-139
Standards for farm operation, accessory commerce.
chevron_right
§ 212-139.1
Standards for minor solar collection systems.
chevron_right
§ 212-139.2
Standards for major solar collection systems.
chevron_right
§ 212-139.3
Animal waste storage facility.
chevron_right
§ 212-139.4
Confined or concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO).
chevron_right
§ 212-139.5
Standards for elder cottage housing.
chevron_right
Article XXI
Land Subdivision Regulations
chevron_right
§ 212-140
Authority; policy; applicability; legal effects; review procedures.
chevron_right
§ 212-140.1
Applicability and legal effects.
chevron_right
§ 212-140.2
Types of subdivisions and procedures.
chevron_right
§ 212-140.3
Administrative lot line alteration.
chevron_right
§ 212-141
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 212-142
Subdivision procedures.
chevron_right
§ 212-142.1
Minor subdivision review procedure.
chevron_right
§ 212-142.2
Major subdivision preliminary plat review procedure.
chevron_right
§ 212-142.3
Study and approval of major subdivision preliminary plat.
chevron_right
§ 212-142.4
Major subdivision final plat application.
chevron_right
§ 212-142.5
Planning Board action on proposed final subdivision plat.
chevron_right
§ 212-142.6
Required improvements.
chevron_right
§ 212-142.7
Modification of design of improvements.
chevron_right
§ 212-142.8
Inspection of improvements.
chevron_right
§ 212-142.9
Final approval of subdivision plat.
chevron_right
§ 212-142.10
General requirements and road design standards.
chevron_right
Article XXII
Communication Transmission Towers and Telecommunications Facilities
chevron_right
§ 212-143
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 212-144
Exemptions.
chevron_right
§ 212-145
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 212-146
Standards.
chevron_right
§ 212-147
Filing application.
chevron_right
§ 212-148
Planning Board procedure.
chevron_right
§ 212-149
Building permits.
chevron_right
§ 212-150
Limited permit.
chevron_right
§ 212-151
Removal provisions.
chevron_right
Article XXIII
Nonconformance
chevron_right
§ 212-152
Nonconforming buildings/structures.
chevron_right
§ 212-153
Nonconforming uses of land and buildings/structures.
chevron_right
§ 212-154
Dwellings on nonconforming lots.
chevron_right
§ 212-155
Continuation of construction.
chevron_right
§ 212-156
Restoration.
chevron_right
§ 212-157
Board of Zoning Appeals determination.
chevron_right
§ 212-158
Variance criteria.
chevron_right
Article XXIV
General Provisions
chevron_right
§ 212-159
Temporary accessory residence.
chevron_right
§ 212-160
Existing lots.
chevron_right
§ 212-161
Open porches.
chevron_right
§ 212-162
Fences and walls.
chevron_right
§ 212-163
Corner visibility.
chevron_right
§ 212-164
Projections in yards.
chevron_right
§ 212-165
Reduction of lot area.
chevron_right
§ 212-166
More than one building on lot.
chevron_right
§ 212-167
Accessory buildings and accessory dwelling units.
chevron_right
§ 212-168
Abandoned cellar holes and destroyed or derelict buildings.
chevron_right
§ 212-169
Abandoned wells.
chevron_right
§ 212-170
Discontinuance of junkyards, open storage, automobile sales lots.
chevron_right
§ 212-171
Power generation facilities or structures.
chevron_right
§ 212-172
Single-wide manufactured homes.
chevron_right
§ 212-173
Natural gas and/or petroleum exploration, extraction, support activities and production wastes.
chevron_right