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

CHAPTER 7
LAND USE CODE
§ 1.01 Enactment and Repeals
§ 1.00 GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) Upon the adoption of this Chapter, the following are hereby repealed in their entirety: Title
7: Zoning Regulations of the Town of Norwood, Colorado, passed and approved with Ordinance
483, Series 1974 on Nov. 6, 1974, together with all amendments thereto; Ordinance #239, Series
1974, creating the Planning and Zoning Commission, passed and approved in 1983, together with all
amendments thereto; Town of Norwood Annexation Policies and Requirements Fourth Draft, passed
and approved in March, 1983, together with all amendments thereto; and Subdivision Regulations
for the Town of Norwood, Colorado, passed and approved in October, 1985, together with all
amendments thereto, of the Town Code of Norwood Colorado, 1993; and any other ordinance or
regulation inconsistent with this Code.
(b) The following is hereby adopted as Chapter 7: Land Use Code of the Town Code of
Norwood, Colorado. It may be referred to herein as "this chapter" or the "Land Use Code."
(c) By the adoption of this chapter, no presently illegal use shall be deemed to have been
legalized unless specifically such use falls within a zoning district where the actual use is a
conforming use. Otherwise, such uses shall remain nonconforming uses where recognized, or an
illegal use, as the case may be. It is further the intent and declared purpose of this chapter that no
offense committed, and no liability, penalty or forfeiture, either civil or criminal, incurred prior to the
time the existing Zoning Regulations were repealed and this Zoning Ordinance adopted, shall be
discharged or affected by such repeal; but prosecutions and suits for such offenses, liability, penalties
or forfeitures may be instituted or causes presently pending proceeded with in all respects as if such
prior Ordinance had not been repealed.
§ 1.02 Purpose
The regulations of this chapter have been established in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan for
the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of the Town of Norwood. They have
been designed to lessen the congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire, panic and other
dangers, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue
concentration of population, to promote energy conservation and to facilitate the adequate provision
of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. They have been
made with reasonable consideration, among other things, for the character of the districts, and their
peculiar suitability for the particular uses specified; and with a view of conserving the value of
buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the Town consistent with a
Comprehensive Plan.
Page 1