For the purposes of this chapter, the Town establishes the following zones:
A. 1. Residential/Agricultural Zone (RA): The Residential/Agriculture Zone is provided to promote and preserve conditions favorable to rural life and the keeping of limited numbers of animals and fowl. Additionally, it promotes the agricultural heritage of Torrey while preserving and promoting areas and conditions favorable to agriculture, preserving lands for natural drainage areas and agricultural uses, protecting views, preserving natural settings, and adding to the character and aesthetic qualities of the Town. The Residential/Agricultural Zone is characterized by a variety of parcel and lot sizes, which maintain open space. The Residential/Agricultural Zone is primarily residential in character, protected from the encroachment by nonresidential uses. It recognizes the heritage of the Town, seeks to protect those legacies for future generations, and ensures new development is compatible and found to be consistent with the Zone's purposes.
2. Residential/Agricultural Zone (RA) Location: This Zone includes all parcels and lots, except those not located in another zone, and as shown on the Torrey Zoning Map, located in appendix G.
B. 1. Mixed-Use Zone (MU): The purposes of the Mixed-Use Zone are to preserve the Town's existing small-town, rural character and to provide opportunities for the establishment of compatible commercial and residential activities. This Zone allows for a compatible and complementary mix of residential and nonresidential uses, and open spaces. The Mixed-Use Zone allows nonresidential uses, fosters integration and compatibility of uses, and encourages a walkable and safe pedestrian and biking environment. Overall purposes are to maintain open space, continue residential uses, promote economic development opportunities, and provide buffers and compatibilities between residential and nonresidential uses. The use of any parcel or lot in the Mixed-Use Zone remains permitted as it is at the time this title is adopted.
2. Mixed-Use Zone (MU) Location: The Mixed-Use Zone includes all parcels and lots with a common property boundary to the Main Street right-of-way and extending from the eastern Town boundary to the western Town boundary, and all parcels and lots with a common property boundary to the Center Street, extending from the centerline of 100 South Street to the centerline of 200 North Street, as shown on the Torrey Zoning Map, located in appendix G. (Ord. 4-21-001, 4-8-2021; amd. Ord., 2-23-2022)