Zoning
This is an ordinance classifying, regulating, and restricting the size of yards and other open spaces, the location, use, and extent of uses of buildings, structures, and land for trade, business, industry, residences, and other purposes; creating districts for said purposes and establishing the boundaries of those districts; providing enforcement measures, establishing a board of adjustment, and imposing penalties for violations of the ordinance so as to lessen congestion in .the streets, secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air for residents; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, vehicular parking areas, landscape buffer areas, and other land use requirements; to conserve the value of buildings and encourage the most appropriate use of land while promoting the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the Town of Newport…(read more)
