(a) Regulation of the Use and Development of Land and Structures: These regulations are established and adopted governing the use and physical development of land and/or structures.
(b) Rules of Application: These regulations shall be interpreted and enforced according to the following rules:
(1) Identification of Uses: Listed uses are to be defined by their customary name or identification, except where they are specially defined or limited in this UDO.
(2) Permitted Uses: Only a use designated as a permitted use shall be allowed as a matter of right in a zoning district and any use not so designated shall be prohibited except, when in character with the zoning district, such other additional uses may be added to the permitted uses of the zoning district by an amendment to this UDO.
(3) Conditional Uses: A use designated as a conditional use may be allowed in a zoning district when such conditional use, its location, extent and method of development will not substantially alter the character of the vicinity or unduly interfere with the use of adjacent lots in the manner prescribed for the zoning district. To this end the Planning Board may, in addition to the development standards for the zoning district, set forth such additional requirements as will, in its judgment, render the conditional use compatible with the existing and future use of adjacent lots and the vicinity.
(4) Accessory Uses: A use designated as an accessory use shall be permitted in a zoning district when such use is subordinate in area, extent, and purpose to the principal use and is located on the same lot and in the same zoning district as the principal use.
(5) Development Standards: The development standards shall be the minimum required for development in a zoning district unless otherwise stated. If the development standards are in conflict with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations or laws, the more restrictive or higher standards shall govern.
(c) Districts: The City is divided into the following zoning districts, which shall be governed by all the use and area requirements of this Ordinance. The following lists each district along with its appropriate symbol:
(1) Residential Districts
R-1 One-Family Residential District
R-2 Central Residential District
R-3 Multifamily Residential District
(2) Commercial Districts
C-1 General Commercial District
C-2 Community Commercial District
C-3 Central Commercial District
(Ord. 05-14. Passed 11-7-05.)
(3) Industrial Districts
I-1 Light Industrial District
I-2 General Industrial District
(Ord. 06-15. Passed 8-26-06.)
(4) Office/Institutional District
O/I-Office Institutional District
(5) Agricultural District
A-1 Agricultural District
(6) Overlay Districts
TOD – Telecommunications Overlay District
FOD – Floodplain Overlay District
WFP – Well Field Protection Overlay District
HOD – Historic Overlay District
PUD – Planned Unit Development Overlay District
PRCD – Planned Residential Conservation Overlay District
(Ord. 05-14. Passed 11-7-05.)