The text (including tables and matrices) and zoning map contained in this title constitute the comprehensive zoning regulations for the city and are adopted to protect and promote the public health, safety and general welfare; to provide the environmental, economic and social advantages which result from an orderly, planned use of resources; to establish the most beneficial and convenient relationships among land uses; and to implement the city's general plan.
(Ord. 515 § 10, 2023)
Applicability to Uses and Structures. The provisions of this title apply to all lots, structures and uses of land or bodies of water created, utilized, established, constructed or altered by any person unless specifically exempted by the following subsections:
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Exemption, Public Roads. The provisions of this title are not applicable to construction and maintenance of public roads and other improvements within road rights-of-way.
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Exemption, Preemption. Specifically exempt is any area of regulation totally preempted by federal or state laws and where divestiture has not occurred.
(Ord. 515 § 10, 2023)
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No structure shall be moved onto a site, erected, reconstructed, added to, advertised on, structurally altered or maintained, and no structure or land shall be used for any purpose, except as specifically provided and allowed by this title with respect to land uses, building heights, setbacks, lot coverage and all other regulations, conditions and limitations prescribed by this title as applicable to the same zone or subzone in which such use, structure or land is located.
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No person shall use or permit to be used any building, structure or land, or erect, structurally alter or enlarge any building or structure, contract for advertising space, pay for space, or advertise on any structure except for the uses permitted by this title and in accordance with the provisions of this title applicable thereto.
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No permit or entitlement may be issued or renewed for any use, construction, improvement or other purpose unless specifically provided for or permitted by this title.
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No person shall inhabit a vehicle or recreational vehicle located on private property.
(Ord. 515 § 10, 2023)
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Minimum Requirements. The provisions of this title shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety and general welfare.
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Interference. It is not intended by this title to interfere with, abrogate or annul any easement, covenant or other agreement between parties.
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Conflict. When this title imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or land, or upon the height of buildings, or requires greater setbacks or larger open spaces than are imposed or required by other ordinances, rules, regulations or by easements, covenants or agreements, the provisions of this title shall govern. If conflict between requirements appears within this title, the most restrictive requirement shall prevail.
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Terms Not Defined. Terms not defined in this title shall be interpreted as defined in conventional dictionaries in common use.
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Misinformation. Information erroneously presented by any official or employee of the city does not negate or diminish the provisions of this title pertaining thereto.
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Quantity. The singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.
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Number of Days. Whenever a number of days is specified in this title, or in any permit, condition of approval or notice issued or given as set forth in this title, such number of days shall be deemed to be consecutive calendar days, unless otherwise specified.
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Rounding of Quantities. Whenever application of this title results in required parking spaces, required number of affordable or elderly units built standards being expressed in fractions of whole numbers, such fractions are to be rounded to the next higher whole number when the fraction is one-half (0.5) or more, and to the next lower whole number when the fraction is less than one-half (0.5), except that: (1) calculation for the number of permitted animals shall be in accordance with Chapter 17.28; and (2) quantities expressing areas of land are to be rounded only in the case of square footage, and are not to be rounded in the case of acreage.
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Severability. If any portion of the zoning ordinance is held to be invalid, that holding shall not invalidate any other portion of the zoning ordinance.
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Interpretation. Because it is infeasible to compose legislative language which encompasses all conceivable land-use situations, the director of community development shall have the power to interpret the regulations and standards contained in this title, when such interpretation is necessitated by a lack of specificity in such regulations and standards.
(Ord. 515 § 10, 2023)