This Primary District is intended to provide for residential development, together with such public buildings, schools, churches, public recreational facilities and accessory uses, as may be necessary or are normally compatible with residential surroundings.
The purpose of the Wetlands District is to protect watercourses and tidal and non-tidal wetlands from environmentally harmful development.
The Rural Commercial District was created to provide a zoning classification for existing commercial enterprises located outside Town Centers and Marine Commercial Districts at the time of the 1984 Comprehensive Rezoning. The intent is to limit the amount of Rural Commercial zoned land; to prohibit any additional Rural Commercial zoning; to keep development within this zoning classification small in scale and rural in character; to limit uses to those serving the immediate neighborhood with convenience goods and services, and to ensure attractive and appropriate design.
This Primary District is intended to provide for businesses which supply and cater to marine activities and needs. In considering applications for any new marine commercial zoning, the Planning Commission shall require the applicant to prove the following:
A. That the activities will not significantly alter existing water circulation patterns or salinity regimes;
B. That the water body upon which these activities are proposed has adequate flushing characteristics in the area;
C. That disturbance to wetlands, submerged aquatic plant beds, or other areas of important aquatic habitats will be minimized;
D. That adverse impacts to water quality that may occur as a result of these activities, such as non-point source run-off, sewage discharge from land activities or vessels, or from boat cleaning and maintenance operations, is minimized;
E. That shellfish beds will not be disturbed or be made subject to discharge that will render them unsuitable for harvesting;
F. That dredging shall be conducted in a manner, and using a method, which causes the least disturbance to water quality and aquatic and terrestrial habitats in the area immediately surrounding the dredging operation or within the Critical Area, generally;
G. That dredged spoil will not be placed within the buffer or elsewhere in that portion of the Critical Area which has been designated as a Habitat Protection Area except as necessary for:
1. Backfill for permitted shore erosion protection measures;
2. Use in approved vegetated shore erosion projects;
3. Placement on previously approved channel maintenance spoil disposal areas; and
H. That interference with the natural transport of sand will be minimized.