(A) Designation of zoning districts is intended to guide the development of the community in a way that promotes and maintains essential values: public safety, protection of individual property rights and quality of life for residents.
(B) Zoning districts are designed to establish the appropriate intensity of development with respect to surrounding uses. Therefore, zoning designations in the county shall be considered to indicate prescribed actual use of parcels within each district, not the maximum intensity use. For example, the owner of a parcel in a residential multi-family district may not construct single-family homes on that parcel on the premise that the actual development does not exceed the development intensity for the district.
(C) In making zoning designations, the Area Plan Commission must consider existing development and zoning districts. By the same token, property owners must acknowledge permitted uses in adjacent or nearby districts as valid use. For example, a property owner who builds a residence in a residential district adjacent to an agricultural district will have no basis for complaint or claim against any farmer carrying out legitimate and permitted activities in the agricultural district.
(Ord. passed 9-1-2006)