[Amended 12-27-1983 by Ord. No. 163]
In order to regulate and restrict
the location and use of buildings and land for trade, industry, residence
and other purposes and to regulate and restrict the location, height
and size of buildings hereafter erected or structurally altered, the
size of yards and other open spaces and the density of population,
the following zoning districts are hereby established:
A.
Residential districts:
AR-1
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Agricultural Residential District
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AR-2
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Agricultural Residential District
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MR
|
Medium-Density Residential District
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GR
|
General Residential District
|
HR-1
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High-Density Residential District
|
HR-2
|
High-Density Residential District
|
UR
|
Urban Residential District
|
RPC
|
Residential Planned Community District
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VRP
|
Vacation-Retirement-Residential-Park
District
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B.
Business and commercial districts:
[Amended 2-27-2018 by Ord. No. 2550]
UB
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Urban Business District
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B-1
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Neighborhood Business District
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C-1
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General Commercial District
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CR-1
|
Commercial Residential District[1]
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B-2
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Business Community District
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B-3
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Business Research District
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C-2
|
Medium Commercial District
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C-3
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Heavy Commercial District
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C-4
|
Planned Commercial District
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C-5
|
Service/Limited Manufacturing District
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I-1
|
Institutional District
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[1]
Editor's Note: This district was added to
this subsection pursuant to Ord. No. 1870, adopted 8-22-2006, which
ordinance added the CR-1 Commercial Residential District to the Code.
C.
Industrial districts:
M
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Marine District
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LI-1
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Limited Industrial District
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LI-2
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Light Industrial District
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HI-1
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Heavy Industrial District
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D.
Flood-prone districts:
FP
|
Coastal Floodplain
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HA
|
Coastal High-Hazard Area
| |
FW
|
Floodway
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FF
|
Floodway Fringe
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[Amended 12-27-1983 by Ord. No. 163]
For the purpose of reference hereafter
in this chapter, unless specifically provided to the contrary, the
term "residential district" shall include all single-family and multiple-family
districts and special residential districts; the term "commercial
district" shall include all commercial, special commercial and business
districts; and the term "industrial district" shall include all the
industrial districts. The term "AR Agricultural Residential District"
shall include the AR-1 Agricultural Residential District and the AR-2
Agricultural Residential District. The term "HR High-Density Residential
District" shall include the HR-1 High-Density Residential District
and the HR-2 High-Density Residential District. The term "flood-prone
districts" shall include the FP Coastal Floodplain, HA Coastal High-Hazard
Area, FW Floodway and FF Floodway Fringe.
A.
The boundaries of the districts are hereby
established as shown on the Zoning Map based on Sussex County's geographic
information system (GIS) and entitled the "Zoning Map of Sussex County"
which shall be maintained by the office of the County Planning and
Zoning Commission of Sussex County, which map, with all explanatory
matter thereon, shall be deemed to accompany, be and is hereby made
a part of this chapter.
[Amended 3-28-2017 by Ord. No. 2488]
B.
The Official Zoning Map, together with
subsequent applicable amendments, shall be conclusive as to the current
zoning status of land.
C.
The flood-prone districts shall be deemed
overlays on any existing and hereafter established zones or districts
within Sussex County or the Town of Frankford.
[Amended 12-27-1983 by Ord. No. 163]
A.
Copies of the Official Zoning Map shall
be provided by the Sussex County Office of Mapping and Addressing
upon request for a reasonable fee. The Official Zoning Map shall also
be available for inspection at the office of the Planning and Zoning
Commission and through the Sussex County government website.
[Amended 3-28-2017 by Ord. No. 2488]
B.
Drafting errors or omissions may be corrected,
but no changes in district zoning boundaries may be made except to
show properly adopted amendments.
C.
Changes to the boundaries of the flood-prone
districts may be made where warranted by natural or other causes and
where a study of flood-prone conditions has been made utilizing field
techniques of the United States Army Corps of Engineers or some comparable
agency. All changes will be subject to review and approval of the
Federal Insurance Administration (FIA) before becoming effective.
A.
A district name or letter-number combination
shown on the district maps indicates that the regulations pertaining
to the district designated by that name or letter-number combination
extend throughout the whole area in the county bounded by the district
boundary lines within which such name or letter-number combination
is shown or indicated, except as otherwise provided by this section.
B.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to
the boundaries of the various districts as shown on the map accompanying
and made a part of these regulations, the following rules apply:
(1)
In cases where a boundary line is given
a position within a street or alley, easement, canal or navigable
or nonnavigable stream, it shall be deemed to be in the center of
the right-of-way of the street, alley, easement, canal or stream;
and if the actual location of such street, alley, easement, canal
or stream varies slightly from the location as shown on the District
Map, then the actual location shall control.
(2)
In cases where a boundary line is shown
as being located a specific distance from a street line or other physical
feature, this distance shall control.
(3)
Where the district boundaries as shown
on the Zoning District Maps approximately coincide with lot lines,
the lot lines shall be construed to be the district boundary line,
unless otherwise indicated.
(4)
In cases where district boundaries as shown
on the Zoning District Maps do not coincide or approximately coincide
with street lines, alley lines or lot lines and no dimensions are
shown, the location of such district boundary lines shall be determined
by the use of the scale appearing on the map.
(5)
Whenever any street, alley or other public
way is vacated in the manner authorized by law, the zoning district
adjoining each side of such street, alley or public way shall automatically
be extended to the center of such vacation and all area included in
the vacation shall then and henceforth be subject to all regulations
of the extended districts.
(6)
Where the boundary of a district follows
a railroad line, such boundary shall be deemed to be located midway
between the main tracks of the railroad line.
C.
The source of the flood-prone districts
shall be the Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Insurance Study prepared
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, dated June 16, 1995, or
the latest version thereof.
Areas which are under water are considered
to be within a zoning district and controlled by the applicable district
regulations. District boundaries over water areas are located by noted
or scaled dimensions, by relation to physical features, by coincidence
with the county line or by a straight-line projection of the district
boundaries as indicated on the District Maps. Straight-line district
boundaries over water areas shall be assumed to continue as straight
lines until they intersect with each other or with the county limit
line.