Land Use Code Town of Norwood, Colorado - San Miguel County

Chapter 7: Land Use Code
Urban Growth Boundary: The Master Plan Boundary illustrated in the Norwood Major Streets and
Future Land Use Plan and identifying an area surrounding the Town of Norwood that separates
urbanizable land from rural land and within which the Plan anticipates that urban growth will be
contained.
Variance: An adjustment in the application of certain zoning district regulations to a particular parcel
of property that, because of special conditions or circumstances peculiar to the particular parcel, is
necessary to prevent the property from being deprived of rights and privileges enjoyed by other parcels
in the same vicinity and zoning district.
Vibration: A periodic displacement of the earth measured in inches.
Wall Sign: Any sign painted, placed on, incorporated in or affixed to a building wall, window or
canopy, or any sign consisting of cut-out letters or devices affixed to a building wall, window or canopy
with no background defined on the building wall, window or canopy, with the exposed face of the sign
located in a place substantially parallel to the wall, window or canopy surface on which it is placed.
Warehouse: A building or portion of a building for the storage of materials or goods.
Wrecking or Auto Salvage Yard: A yard or building where automobiles or parts of automobiles or
machinery are stored, dismantled and /or offered for sale in the open as whole units, as salvaged parts or
as processed metal.
Yard: An open space on the lot that is not obstructed from any point thirty inches (30") above the
general ground level of the graded lot to the sky, except as authorized obstructions.
Yard, front: A yard adjacent to a front lot line and extending from the lot line a uniform distance into
the lot.
Yard, rear: A yard adjacent to a rear lot line and extending from the lot line a uniform distance into the
lot.
Zoning Development Permit: A permit issued by the Town Planner that allows a developer to engage
in development in compliance with all applicable sections of this Code and further enables the developer
to seek a building permit that would allow the developer to commence actual development.
Zoning Map: The certified Official Zoning Map upon which the boundaries of the various zoning
districts are drawn.
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