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PURPOSE, TITLE & INTERPRETATION OF STANDARDS Art. 1, 2 & 3 CERRO GORDO COUNTY, IOWA, ZONING ORDINANCE ARTICLE 1: PURPOSE This Ordinance is adopted for the purpose of promoting public health, safety, morals, comfort, and general welfare; to conserve the values of property and encourage the most appropriate use of land; to secure and provide the social and economic advantages resulting from an orderly planned use of land resources; and to facilitate adequate but economical provisions for public improvements, all in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan and as permitted by the provisions of Chapter 358A of the Code of Iowa, as amended. ARTICLE 2: TITLE This ordinance shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the "CERRO GORDO COUNTY, IOWA, ZONING ORDINANCE." ARTICLE 3: INTERPRETATION OF STANDARDS In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Ordinance shall be held to be minimum requirements. Wherever the requirements of this Ordinance are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations, or ordinances, the most restrictive or that imposing the higher standards shall govern. 1
DEFINITIONS Art. 4 ARTICLE 4: DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Ordinance, all words shall carry their customary meanings except those specifically defined herein. Words used in the present tense shall include the future, the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular; the word shall is mandatory and not directory. ACCESS: A way of approaching or entering a property. ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE: A building or use which: (1) is subordinate to and serves a principal building or principal use; (2) is subordinate in area, extent, or purpose to the principal building or principal use served; (3) contributes to the comfort, convenience, or necessity of occupants of the principal building or principal use; and (4) is located on the same zoning lot as the principal building or principal use. AGRICULTURE: The science or art of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock. ALLEY: A thoroughfare through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of a building or premise. APARTMENT: A room or suite of rooms in a multiple-dwelling intended or designed for use as a residence by a single family. ASPHALT PLANT, HOT-MIX, PERMANENT: A plant or facility that is more elaborate than the cold mix plant, used for the heating, drying, proportioning and blending of high type hot-mixes in accordance with specification requirements. ASPHALT PLANT, HOT-MIX, TEMPORARY: Same as permanent hot-mix asphalt plants with the exception that the finished mix or product is to be limited to specific contractual projects of one construction period and a Zoning Permit is obtained, in contrast to public commercial sales. AUTOMOBILE SALVAGE YARD: (See "Junk Yard") AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION: A retail place of business having pumps and/or storage tanks from which liquid, fuel, and/or lubricants are dispensed directly into a motor vehicle. Sales and installation of auto accessories, washing, polishing, inspecting, cleaning and auto "tune-up" may be carried on incidental to the sale of such fuel and lubricants; however not permitted are steam cleaning and body and fender work. AWNING: Roof-like cover entirely supported by and extending from a building for the purpose of protecting openings therein from the elements. BASE FLOOD: The flood having (1) percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. See also “Flood, 100-years.” BASEMENT: Any enclosed area of a building which has its floor or lowest level below ground level (sub-grade) on all sides. A basement is counted as a story for the purpose of height regulation. See also “Lowest Floor.” 2
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SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS Art. 14A
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C-3 PLANNED SHOPPING CENTER DISTRIC
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C-3 PLANNED SHOPPING CENTER DISTRIC
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M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT Art.
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M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT Art.
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M-2 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT Art.
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PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT A
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PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT A
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LOADING AND PARKING AREA REQUIRED,
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SPECIAL USES Art. 20 ARTICLE 20: SP
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FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT Art. 21 ARTI
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FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT Art. 21 duri
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FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT Art. 21 1. I
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APPLICATIONS FOR ZONING PERMITS Art
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BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Art. 24 ARTICLE
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BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Art. 24 and pro
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ZONING COMMISSION Art. 25 ARTICLE 2
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DISTRICT CHANGES AND AMENDMENT Art.
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VALIDITY & WHEN EFFECTIVE Art. 27 &
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