CHAPTER 152: ZONING

Section

General Provisions

   152.01   Title

   152.02   Purpose

   152.03   Interpretation and application

   152.04   Jurisdiction

   152.05   Definitions

Administration and Enforcement

   152.20   Duty of Zoning Administrator

   152.21   Zoning clearance permit required

   152.22   Amendment procedure

Zoning Districts; Map

   152.35   Zoning districts established

   152.36   Zoning map

   152.37   District boundaries described

Zoning District Regulations

   152.50   General provisions applying to all or several districts

   152.51   A-G General Agricultural District

   152.52   R-S Single-Family Residential District

   152.53   R-G General Residential District

   152.54   C-C Convenience Commercial District

   152.55   C-A/R Automotive Commercial and Commercial Recreation District

   152.56   C-G General Commercial District

   152.57   I-L Light Industrial District

   152.58   I-H Heavy Industrial District

   152.59   Nonconforming uses

   152.99   Penalty

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 152.01 TITLE.

   This chapter shall be known as and may be cited and referred to as the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Gage, Oklahoma.

(Prior Code, § 10-2A-1)

§ 152.02 PURPOSE.

   This chapter is enacted for the following purposes:

   (A)   Promoting the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community;

   (B)   Lessening congestion in the streets;

   (C)   Securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers;

   (D)   Providing adequate light and air;

   (E)   Preventing the overcrowding of land;

   (F)   Avoiding undue concentration of population;

   (G)   Facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements;

   (H)   Conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the community; and

   (I)   Promoting the development of the community in accordance with a comprehensive plan.

(Prior Code, § 10-2A-2)

§ 152.03 INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION.

   (A)   As concerns interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements.

   (B)   Where this chapter imposes a greater restriction than is imposed or required by other provisions of law or by other rules or regulations or ordinances, the provisions of this chapter shall control.

   (C)   Terms and words used are to be used and interpreted as defined in § 152.05. Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular include the plural, and the plural the singular; the word “building” also means the word “structure;” the word “used” includes “arranged,” “designed,” “constructed,” “altered,” “converted,” “rented,” “leased” or “intended to be used,” and the word “shall” is mandatory and not directory, except where natural construction of the writing indicates otherwise.

(Prior Code, § 10-2A-3)

§ 152.04 JURISDICTION.

   (A)   This chapter is in full force and effect in the corporate limits of the town.

   (B)   Territory annexed to the corporate limits of the town, subsequent to the effective date hereof shall immediately be subject to the provisions of this chapter and are deemed to be designated as R-S Single-Family Residential District until altered or reclassified in the manner provided by law.

(Prior Code, § 10-2A-4)