Warsaw
Zoning districts
8 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Limited Commercial District
- Min lot
- 21,780 sq ft (0.5 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 32
General Commercial District
- Min lot
- 21,780 sq ft (0.5 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 40
Commercial and Light Industrial
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 17
Residential
4Limited Residential District
- Min lot
- 21,780 sq ft (0.5 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
Residential/Office
- Min lot
- 21,780 sq ft (0.5 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 12 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 7
High Density Residential Development
- Min lot
- 21,780 sq ft (0.5 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 18 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 5
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 39
General provisions
112 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Sign measurement shall be based upon the entire area of the sign... Free-standing signs shall be located no closer than ten (10) feet to a public right-of-way.
A sign district map is made a part of this Ordinance... Residential and Commercial Pedestrian: Generally, the pedestrian-oriented downtown center of Warsaw. This district will include all R-2 and C-1. Commercial Roadside: Commercial property consisting primarily of automobile-oriented development. This district will include all C-2 and M-1 areas.
Building permits shall not be required for the following signs... Address and Name of Resident: Signs indicating address and/or name of residential occupants of the premises, not exceeding two square feet in area.
The right-of-way width for streets shall not be less than fifty (50) feet. ... Cul-de-sacs ... radius of not less than fifty (50) feet. ...
The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy... situated within the franchise territory at a distance not greater than two hundred and fifty feet from any Town owned sanitary sewer line or water main... shall be required to install suitable toilet and disposable liquid waste facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the public sewer and to the public water main...
At a minimum, a building shall have twenty-five percent (25%) of its perimeter fronting on a public or private street or on a fire apparatus space unobstructed for at least thirty (30) feet in width. ... A fire apparatus space shall be accessible from the street by a posted fire lane at least twelve (12) feet in width.
No grading shall occur within 100 feet of any perennial watercourse or wetland except as provided for specific waterfront erosion control, water-dependent facilities or for necessary utilities and street construction.
Stormwater retention areas - open space/recreation features. Water fountains/features encouraged. Planting of perimeter shall accentuate views and integrate pedestrian paths.
Erosion and sediment control. Any land disturbance in excess of 2,500 square feet may result in soil erosion. Plan approval within 45 days. Plan scale 1"=100'.
All utility facilities proposed within major plans of development shall be placed underground. Exemptions for electric transmission lines in excess of 50 kV.
Open space encouraged in all developments. Pedestrian and bicycle paths required along public roadways, parking lots, and to adjacent land uses where deemed necessary.
No final approval will be granted until evidence of approvals for all wetland permits required by law are submitted to the Town Manager. No final approval will be granted unless Resource Protection Areas (RPAs) and Resource Management Areas (RMAs) are clearly depicted on all plats.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.