CHAPTER 165
ZONING REGULATIONS

165.01 Title	165.26 Home Occupations
165.02 Purpose	165.27 Sign Regulations
165.03 Policy	165.28 Nonconforming Uses of Land and Structures
165.04 Interpretation of Provisions	165.29 Landscaping and Open Space Requirements
165.05 Definitions	165.30 Administration and Enforcement
165.06 Establishment of Districts	165.31 Appeals from Decision of Administrative Officer
165.07 Adoption of Official Zoning Map	165.32 Separate Offenses May Be Charged
165.08 Identification of Official Zoning Map	165.33 Other Remedies
165.09 Changes in Official Zoning Map	165.34 Construction Compliance Certificate
165.10 Interpretation of District Boundaries	165.35 Occupancy Compliance Certificate
165.11 Schedules of District Regulations	165.36 Application for Compliance Certificates
165.12 A-1 Agricultural District Regulations	165.37 Fees
165.13 A-2 Annexation District Regulations	165.38 Board of Adjustment Created
165.14 R-1 Single-Family Residential District Regulations	165.39 Proceedings of the Board of Adjustment
165.15 R-2 Two-Family Residential District Regulations	165.40 Hearings, Appeals, Notice
165.16 R-3 Medium Density Multiple-Family Residential District Regulations	165.41 Stay of Proceedings
165.17 RE-1 Single-Family Rural Estates District Regulations	165.42 Board of Adjustment; Powers and Duties
165.18 C-1 Highway Commercial District Regulations	165.43 Decisions of the Board of Adjustment
165.19 C-2 Central Business District Regulations	165.44 Appeals From the Board of Adjustment
165.20 C-3 Community Commercial District Regulations	165.45 Changes and Amendments
165.21 C-4 Professional Commerce Business District Regulations	165.46 Application for Change of Zoning District Boundaries
165.22 I-1 General Industrial District Regulations	165.47 Off-Street Parking and Loading
165.23 PUD Planned Unit Development District Regulations	165.48 Site Plan Requirements
165.24 Supplemental District Regulations	165.49   Site Plan Information
165.25 Application of District Regulations

 

165.01 TITLE.

    This chapter shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the “Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cumming, Iowa,” and may be referred to herein as “this ordinance,” adopted pursuant to Chapter 414, Code of Iowa.

165.02 PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare; to conserve and protect the value of property throughout the City and to encourage the most appropriate use of land; to lessen congestion in the streets; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements.

165.03 POLICY.

    It is hereby declared by the Council that the regulations contained herein are necessary in order to prevent and to lessen congestion in the streets and highways; to secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other dangers; to protect the public health and general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks, and other public requirements; to conserve the value of buildings and encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the City, all in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan.