For the purpose of promoting the public health,
safety and general welfare of the Town of South Bethany, the Town
is defined by the following districts:
R-1
|
Single-Family Dwelling
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R-2
|
Residential Unsubdivided
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C-1
|
Commercial
|
P
|
Public
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CFP
|
Coastal Floodplain
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The above districts are bounded and defined
as shown on a map entitled "Official Zoning Map of Record of the Town
of South Bethany, Delaware," as adopted and revised by the Town Council
and attested by the Council Secretary. Said map and all explanatory
matter thereon are hereby made a part of this chapter and will hereinafter
be referred to as the "Zoning Map." Said map will be retained in the
Town Hall and copies made available to the public.
If, in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter, changes are made in the zoning district boundaries, such
changes shall be made on the Zoning Map after the changes have been
approved by the Town Council, and then the map shall be recorded in
the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Sussex County, Delaware. Such
changes or amendments shall not become effective until the Zoning
Map has been duly recorded. All changes to the boundaries of the Coastal
Floodplain District and/or any of its subdistricts may be made only
with the approval of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the
boundaries of any of the districts shown on the Zoning Map, the following
shall apply:
A. Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately
following the center lines of streets or street lines, such center
lines or street lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
B. Where district boundaries are so indicated that they
approximately follow the lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed
to be such boundaries.
C. Where the district boundaries are neither lot lines
nor center lines of streets nor street lines, unless dimensionally
or otherwise clearly indicated on the Zoning Map, they shall be determined
by use of the scale of said Zoning Map.
[Amended 4-17-1998 by Ord. No. 74-98; 2-13-2015 by Ord. No.
177-14]
The Coastal Floodplain District of the Town of South Bethany shall include all areas subject to inundation by the floodwaters of the one-hundred-year flood or subject to shoreline erosion caused by a one-hundred-year flood. The source of this delineation shall be the Flood Insurance Study for the Town of South Bethany as issued and prepared for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as updated. Included within the aforementioned Flood Insurance Study is the delineation of a coastal high-hazard area. It is a subdistrict of the Coastal Floodplain District which is subject to high-velocity waters, including wave action. This area shall be subject to stringent regulation per Article
XIV due to the nature and intensity of the flooding hazard which exists.
[Amended 4-17-1998 by Ord. No. 71-98]
The Public District of the Town of South Bethany
is divided into a P1 and P2 District. The P1 District shall include
all municipal lands used for public purposes with improvements, such
as buildings for Town offices, maintenance or public utilities or
private utilities. The P2 District shall include all municipal lands
used for public purposes without improvements, such as wildlife areas
or natural parks.
In the event that the Zoning Map becomes damaged,
destroyed, lost or difficult to interpret, the Town Council shall
adopt an exact duplicate of the then-current Zoning Map, which shall
supersede the prior Zoning Map and be duly recorded.