The provisions of this title of the Sumner Municipal Code shall be known and may be cited as "The Sumner Zoning Code."
(Ord. 1694 § 1, 1995)
The general purposes of this title are:
A. 
To further the purpose, policies and objectives of the Sumner comprehensive plan together with the amendments thereto;
B. 
To provide the procedures to be followed in guiding and regulating development within the city of Sumner, for assuring the highest standards of environment for living, and the operation of commerce, industry, agriculture and recreation and more particularly for the protection and promotion of public health, safety, morals and general welfare.
(Ord. 1694 § 1, 1995)
The following general rules of interpretation shall apply to the textural provisions of this title:
A. 
The particular shall control the general. Where regulations may conflict, the specific base zone provisions shall control over provisions in the general chapters.
B. 
In the case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of any provision and any caption or illustration, the text shall control.
C. 
The word "shall" is always mandatory and not discretionary. The word "may" is discretionary.
D. 
Words used in the present tense include the future, and words used in the singular include the plural and the plural the singular, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary.
E. 
Unless the context clearly indicates the contrary, the following conjunctions shall be interpreted as follows:
1. 
"And"
indicates that all items or provisions shall apply.
2. 
"Or"
indicates that the items or provisions may apply singly or in any combination.
3. 
"Either ... or"
indicates that the items or provisions shall apply singly but not in combination.
F. 
The word "permitted" means those uses allowed, subject to all applicable regulations.
(Ord. 1694 § 1, 1995)