Sec 70-116
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Fences exempt from zoning permit
Fences, handrailing, screening walls, and retaining walls
Other
- Delinquent taxes must be paid
Prior to, or in conjunction with, the initiation of an application ... the applicant shall be required to produce satisfactory evidence that any delinquent real estate taxes ... have been paid.
- Electric service requires zoning permit
It shall be unlawful for any electric company to furnish electricity to any new structure, building or newly located manufactured or mobile home unless a zoning permit has been issued.
- Higher standard governs
Whenever any section or provision of this chapter imposes higher standards than are required in any other county ordinance or regulation, the provision of this chapter shall govern.
- Home enterprises and home occupationsHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. exempt from zoning permit
Home enterprises and home occupations
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure size exempt from permit150 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Accessory structures up to one-hundred fifty (150) square feet
- Maximum graveyard size exempt from permit1,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Graveyards, including crypts/mausoleums up to fifteen-hundred (1,500) square feet
- Site plan approval expiration5 years
Minor site plan approval shall expire after five (5) years unless construction has begun and work has been diligently pursued.
- Special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. expiration2 years
any special use permit shall become void if the applicant does not obtain a building permit for the facility or otherwise commence the use within two (2) years of its issuance.
- Limit on unrelated persons in single-family dwellingSingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
Any violation of the provisions of this chapter or failure to comply with any of its requirements related to the number of unrelated persons in a single-family residential dwelling.
- Zoning compliance certificate required
A zoning compliance certificate shall be required for all site work and improvements approved via the minor or major site plan approval process, prior to issuance of any permanent certificate of occupancy.
- Zoning permit expiration period6 months
An approved zoning permit shall expire if construction and/or establishment of the permitted use does not commence within six (6) months from the date of approval.
Signage
- Maximum number of signs for temporary use1 signs
only one sign is permitted for each temporary use
From the ordinance
A zoning permit shall be required for the erection, construction, reconstruction, or moving of a building and/or structure or part thereof; ...