(a) The terms of this Ordinance shall be applied to support the intent set forth in the City of St. Albans Comprehensive Plan.
(b) This Ordinance shall apply to all lands, Buildings, Structures, Signs, properties, and their Uses, within the corporate limits of the City of St. Albans, West Virginia.
(c) The Planning Commission shall consider the most appropriate Zoning District classification(s) for any property proposed for Annexation and provide a recommendation to City Council. Upon Annexation, City Council shall consider the Planning Commission's recommendation and designate the property within one or more appropriate Zoning Districts.
(d) In general, the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance shall provide design standards and other regulations pertaining to the development of land; whereas, the Zoning Ordinance provides parameters on the Use of land. Both documents correlate with each other to provide the overall regulations that are administered by the Planning Commission, City Council, and/or Zoning Board of Ae
(e) Except as hereinafter specified, no land shall hereafter be used or developed, and no Building or part thereof or other Structure shall be used, located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, converted, or altered, except in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the Zoning District in which it is located. Furthermore, any changes created by a subdivision of land shall also be in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the Zoning District in which it is located, as reviewed and determined by the Zoning Administrator.
(f) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed or construed to void, nullify, abrogate, modify, limit or otherwise adversely affect any right vested under applicable law at the time of enactment of this Ordinance, whether such right arose under a subdivision or land development plan or plat, proffer, condition of annexation, or development agreement proposed by a Person and accepted or approved by the City or any of its departments or commissions or any other source. This Ordinance is not intended to interfere with or abrogate or annul any more restrictive Easements, covenants, building restrictions, or other agreements between parties relating to use or development of land.
(Ord. 2023-02. Passed 4-17-23.)