Dendron
Zoning districts
12 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
4Local Business District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
Commercial
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
General Commercial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 63
Industrial
4Light Industrial District
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
Heavy Industrial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 34
Light Industrial District
- Max height
- 30 ft
General provisions
387 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Such vegetative buffers shall be a minimum of 300 feet surrounding all utility-scale projects. Supplemental plantings must reach a minimum height canopy of 20 feet within ten years.
Any conditional use permit approved under this ordinance shall expire after two years from the date of approval if no substantial construction has taken place in accordance with the plans for which such variance was granted, unless the board grants a longer period of time for good cause shown.
Within 90 days from the date that the proposed conditional use permit application is referred to the commission, unless a longer period shall have been established by mutual agreement between the board and the commission in a particular case, the commission shall review the proposed application and report its findings and recommendation to the board
The board shall hold a public hearing and approve, approve with conditions imposed by the board or deny any conditional use permit application within 12 months after receiving the commission's recommendation.
Any conditional use permit approved under this ordinance shall expire after two years from the date of approval if no substantial construction has taken place in accordance with the plans for which such variance was granted, unless the board grants a longer period of time for good cause shown.
the county shall not consider any application for the same conditional use, on the same property, within one year of the permit withdrawal or the board's action.
Any conditional use permit approved under this ordinance shall expire after two years from the date of approval if no substantial construction has taken place in accordance with the plans for which such variance was granted, unless the board grants a longer period of time for good cause shown.
the county shall not consider substantially the same application for the same property within one year of the application's withdrawal or the board's action.
An official copy of the proffered conditions signed by the property owner(s) and as approved by the board of supervisors shall be recorded within 180 days of approval
The owner of property for which an amendment is requested may voluntarily proffer in writing reasonable conditions... All conditions proffered by the owner shall meet the following standards: ... An official copy of the proffered conditions signed by the property owner(s) and as approved by the board of supervisors shall be recorded within 180 days of approval... Any zoning applicant, or any other person aggrieved by a decision of the administrator made pursuant to the provisions of section 1-513, may petition the board for the review of the decision of the administrator. All such petitions for review shall be filed with the administrator within 30 days from the date of the decision...
For applications involving specific property, notice shall also be given by first-class mail to the owners of all property within five hundred (500) feet of the subject property
Notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least once, not less than seven (7) days nor more than twenty-one (21) days prior to the public hearing.
For applications involving specific property, notice shall also be given by first-class mail to the owners of all property within five hundred (500) feet of the subject property, as shown on the most recent county tax records, not less than seven (7) days nor more than twenty-one (21) days prior to the public hearing.
Before an application may be heard at any public hearing, a complete and accurate list of the names and addresses of the owners of all the lands adjoining and within a radius of 200 feet of the property affected by such application shall be prepared by the administrator. ... One sign shall be erected so as to be visible and legible to each abutting public street. Where the property has extensive road frontage, one sign shall be erected for each 500 feet of frontage. ... Such signs shall be erected not less than seven calendar days before any public hearing of which they give notice and removed by the applicant within two days after the final public hearing...
Written notice to owners within 200 feet; sign posting one per 500 feet frontage, erected 7 days before hearing, removed 2 days after.
For applications involving specific property, notice shall also be given by first-class mail to the owners of all property within five hundred (500) feet of the subject property, as shown on the most recent county tax records, not less than seven (7) days nor more than twenty-one (21) days prior to the public hearing.
Before an application may be heard at any public hearing, a complete and accurate list of the names and addresses of the owners of all the lands adjoining and within a radius of 200 feet of the property affected by such application shall be prepared by the administrator.
The use is not discontinued for more than two years
Nonconforming use discontinued for more than two years loses status; damage over 50% eliminates nonconforming status.
If a nonconforming use of a building, structure, or land ceases for a period of more than two (2) years, the nonconforming use shall be deemed abandoned and shall not be resumed.
Source documents
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