Variances shall be issued only after the board of zoning appeals has determined that the granting of such will not result in unacceptable or prohibited increases in flood heights, additional threats to public safety, extraordinary public expense, nuisances, fraud or victimization of the public, or conflict with local laws or ordinances.

Article VII

RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, RR3

Article VII

RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, RR3

Article VII, Sec. 18-175 through 18-18621 standards

This district is intended to provide for limited and low-density residential development within agricultural areas...

Article XA

PLANNED OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, P-OI7

Article XA

PLANNED OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, P-OI7

Article XA, Sec. 18-264 through 18-27632 standards

It is the intent of this district to provide for industrial and manufacturing uses, as well as office, limited institutional, and commercial uses...

Article XIV

FLOODPLAIN DISTRICTS, FP11

Article XIV

FLOODPLAIN DISTRICTS, FP11

Article XIV, Sec. 18-39720 standards

The floodplain districts described above shall be overlays to the existing underlying districts... If there is any conflict between the provisions or requirements of the floodplain districts and those of any underlying district, the more restrictive provisions and/or those pertaining to the floodplain districts shall apply.

Article XIX, Sec. 18-5797 standards

The plans shall be returned to the applicant within ten (10) days following the submittal... approval shall be valid for a period of one (1) year prior to issuance of building permits.

Article XVI, Secs. 18-446 through 18-45710 standards

Nonconforming uses may continue if established by Oct 1, 1968; discontinuance for 2 years = abandonment; repairs limited to 10% of replacement value; destruction >50% (activity) or >75% (structure) requires compliance.

Planned Office and Industrial District13 standards

A natural resources inventory shall be required for all properties seeking a zoning map amendment to planned office and industrial district.

Sec. 18-1 (Definitions - Accessory Dwelling Unit)1 standards

Accessory dwelling unit (ADU) means a permanent single-family dwelling ... which shall only be located within, attached to, or on the same tax parcel as a single-family detached dwelling designated as the principal residential use on a parcel. The accessory dwelling unit shall be secondary to the principal residential use of the property, and development standards are found in section 18-424(h)(8) of the Southampton County Code.

Sec. 18-1 (Definitions - Home Occupation, Rural)5 standards

Not more than twenty-five (25) percent of the floor area of the dwelling shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation and in no event shall the total floor area of the dwelling, accessory structure, or both, devoted to such occupation exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet; ... one (1) sign which shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet; ... no sales on the premises other than items handcrafted thereon; ... exterior storage ... screened with a uniform solid board fence, masonry wall, evergreen hedge...

Source documents

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