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Within an ordinance is a list of land use designations commonly known as zoning. Each different type of zone has its own set of allowed uses. These are known as by-right uses. Then there is an extra set of uses known as special uses. To build a use that is listed as a special use, a special-use permit (or conditional-use permit) must be obtained.
The Kingdom encompasses 55 towns and gores, with a land area of 2,027 square miles (5,250 km 2), about 21% of the state of Vermont. [6] The city of Newport is the only incorporated city in the tri-county area. As of 1997, 80% of the Northeast Kingdom was covered by forest; [7] 59% was northern hardwood, 29% spruce or fir.
Act 250, Vermont's Land Use and Development Act, 10 V.S.A. § 6001 et seq., [1] is a law passed in 1970 by the Vermont legislature designed to mitigate the effects of development through an application process that addresses the environmental and community impacts of projects that exceed a threshold in size.
Virginia law §33.2-216 prohibits any person from installing a memorial on any highway controlled by the VDOT without a permit. VDOT will install a roadside memorial sign, normally for a period of two years. The sign may not deviate from the standard roadside memorial sign specifications. The cost must by paid by the person requesting the sign ...
Dec. 17—The Honolulu Planning Commission has voted to adopt a state special-use permit to allow Kualoa Ranch Inc. to expand business operations at its Windward Oahu property.
Zoning is a law that divides a jurisdiction's land into districts, or zones, and limits how land in each district can be used. [1] [2] In the United States, zoning includes various land use laws enforced through the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property. [3]
Nonconforming use in urban planning the use of land that was authorised at the time the use was created but is no longer allowed due to changes made to the zoning restrictions after that time. [1] Secondary suites are commonly permitted as a non-conforming use in the zoning district they are located in because the suite was developed prior to ...
A use variance is a variance that authorizes a land use not normally permitted by the zoning ordinance. [2] Such a variance has much in common with a special-use permit (sometimes known as a conditional use permit). Some municipalities do not offer this process, opting to handle such situations under special use permits instead.