Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Compliance with approved plans required
Zoning permits, certificates of zoning compliance, site plans, special use permits, variances, and other approvals required by this appendix are granted based on the basis of specific applications or plans and shall authorize only the construction, arrangement or use set forth by such approved applications or plans.
- Existing lawful uses may continue
Buildings, structures and uses lawfully existing at the effective date of this appendix or subsequent amendment thereto may be continued subject to the provisions of article VII of this appendix pertaining to nonconforming uses and features.
- Fees required
All applications for rezonings, variances, special use permits, permits, reviews, approvals or other actions for which fees are specified by such fee schedule and shall be accompanied by the required application fee.
- Provisions are minimum requirements
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this appendix shall be construed to be minimum requirements, unless specifically indicated to the contrary.
- Most restrictive requirement governs
Where a requirement imposed by this appendix is at variance with any other provision of this appendix or with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted regulation, the most restrictive requirement, or that which imposes the higher standard, shall govern.
- No double counting of required features
No part of any lot, yard, open space, parking space, or other feature required by this appendix for a building, structure or use shall be considered as lot, yard, open space, parking space, or other feature for any other building, structure or use, except as may be specifically permitted by this appendix.
- No reduction of required features
No lot area, yard, open space, parking space, or other feature required by this appendix shall be reduced or eliminated except in conformity with the regulations established by this appendix.
- Prior permits honored
Nothing contained in this appendix shall be construed to require any change in the plans, construction or intended use of any building or structure for which a permit was lawfully issued prior to the effective date of this appendix or subsequent amendment thereto, provided that the authorized construction is commenced or use is established prior to the expiration of such permit as specified by the provisions of this appendix or other applicable laws.
- Severability
Should any article, section, subsection, paragraph, phrase, definition or other provision or part of this appendix, including the zoning map, be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of this appendix as a whole or any part thereof other than the part declared to be invalid or unconstitutional.
From the ordinance
Permitted uses listed in the district regulations contained in article IV of this appendix shall be permitted in the respective districts, provided they comply with all applicable provisions of this appendix. All other uses shall be prohibited.