Effective; March 1, 2013
Zoning Administrator Phone: 620-675-2326
Email: cityofsublette@gmail.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[1] TITLE AND PURPOSE

1-1 Title
1-2 Purpose and Intent
1-3 Consistency with Comprehensive Plan
1-4 Jurisdiction

[2] RULES, INTERPRETATIONS AND DEFINITIONS

2-1 Rules and Interpretations
2-2 Separability
2-3 Definitions

[3] DISTRICTS AND BOUNDARIES

3-1 District Classifications
3-2 Zoning District Maps
3-3 Annexation
3-4 Rules Where Uncertainty May Arise
3-5 Variances and Exceptions Required

4-1   A, Agricultural District
4-2   R-1, Low Density Residential District
4-3   R-2, Medium to High Density Residential District
4-4   MHS Manufactured Home Subdivision District
4-5   CS, Countryside District

[5] AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A-L)

5-1 Intent
5-2   Permitted Uses
5-3   Conditional Uses
5-4   Home Occupations
5-5   Accessory Uses
5-6   Minimum Area Size

[6] RESIDENTIAL ZONED DISTRICTS (R-1:R-2)

6-1 Intent
6-2   Residential Zoning Districts
6-3   Permitted and Conditional Uses
6-4   Home Occupations
6-5 Intensity of Use
6-6   Height and Yard Regulations
6-7   Accessory Uses
6-8   Parking Regulations
6-9   Supplemental Regulations
6-10 Removal and Relocation of Manufactured Homes

[7] COUNTRYSIDE DISTRICT (C)

7-1 Intent
7-2 Permitted Uses
7-3 Height, Area and Yard

[8] Public Use District (P)

8-1 Intent
8-2 Permitted Uses
8-3 Parking Regulations
8-4 Sign Regulations
8-5 Height, Area and Yard Regulations

[9] COMMERCIAL ZONED DISTRICTS (C-1:C-3)

9-1 Intent
9-2 Commercial Zoning Districts
9-3 Permitted and Conditional Uses
9-4 Height and Yard Regulations
9:5-9 (Reserved for Future Use)
9-10 Supplemental Regulations
9-11 Travel Trailer Parks
9-12 Adult Entertainment Businesses

[10] CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (C-3)

10-1 Intent
10-2 Use Regulations
10-3 Height, Area and Yard Regulations

[11] MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISION DISTRICT (MHS)

11-1 Intent
11-2 Permitted Uses
11-3 Conditional Uses
11-4 Intensity of Use
11-5 Height Regulations
11-6 Yard Regulations
11-7 Performance Standards

[12] MANUFACTURED HOME PARK DISTRICT (MP)

12-1 Intent
12-2 Permitted Uses
12-3 Conditional Uses
12-4 Home Occupations
12-5 Accessory Uses
12-6 General Requirements
12-7 Specific Requirements
12-8 Application for Preliminary Approval
12-9 Final Plan
12-10 Deviation from Final Plan
12-11 Visible Lot Numbers

[13-14] Reserved for Future Use

[15] INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS (I-1 AND I-2)

15-1 Intent
15-2 Permitted and Conditional Uses
15-3 Development Standards
15-4 Height and Yard Regulations
15-5 Sign Regulations
15-6 Parking Regulations
15-7 Screening Requirements

[16-18] Reserved for Future Use

[19] WIND ENERGY CONVERSATION SYSTEMS

19-1 Intent
19-2 Definitions
19-3 Domestic Wind Energy Conversion Systems

[20] SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS

20-1 General
20-2 Height and Yard Regulations
20-3 Number of Structures on a Lot
20-4 (Reserved for Future Use)
20-5 Screening for Commercial and Industrial-Zoned Property
20-6 Temporary Uses
20-7 Accessory Uses
20-8 Accessory Uses; Additional Requirements in Residential Districts.
20-9 Fences
20-10 Residential-Design Manufactured Housing Standards
20-11 Building Setbacks
20-12 Home Occupations

[21] NONCONFORMITIES

21-1 General Provisions
21-2 Nonconforming Lots of Record
21-3 Nonconforming Structures
21-4 Nonconforming Uses
21-5 Nonconforming Manufactured Homes

[22] OFF-STREET PARKING, LOADING AND UNLOADING REGULATIONS

22-1 Purpose
22-2 General Provisions
22-3 Layout and Design Requirements
22-4 Required Parking Spaces
22-5 Exceptions Granted by Board of Zoning Appeals
22-6 Loading and Unloading Space Requirements
22-7 Districts Requiring Loading and Unloading Space

[23] TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS

23-1 Telecommunications Towers; Permits
23-2 Fencing and Screening
23-3 Setbacks and Landscaping
23-4 Security
23-5 Access
23-6 Maintenance
23-7 Design
23-8 Consideration of Conditional Use Permit
23-9 Filing Requirement
23-10 Revocation of Permit
23-11 Transfer of Permit
23-12 Abandonment of Tower

[24] Reserved for Future Use

[25] PLANNING COMMISSION, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AND ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES

25-1 Planning Commission Organization and Procedure
25-2 Board of Zoning Appeals Organization and Procedure
25-3 Appeals
25-4 Variances
25-5 Exceptions
25-6 Determinations of Board
25-7 Board Hearings
25-8 Performance Upon Grant of Variance or Exception
25-9 Appeals from Board Decisions
25-10 Administrative Variances
25-11 Zoning Administrator; Powers and Duties

[26] AMENDMENT PROCEDURES

26-1 General Authority and Procedure
26-2 Conditional Use Permits
26-3 Table of Lesser Change
26-4 Fees for Rezoning and Conditional Use Permits

[27] SIGNS

27-1 Definitions
27-2 Signs Excluded from Regulations
27-3 Signs Prohibited
27-4 General Sign Regulations
27-5 Industrial District Regulations
27-6 Maintenance of Signs
27-7 Billboards/Off-Premises Signs

[28] ENFORCEMENT, VIOLATION AND PENALTY

28-1 Enforcement
28-2 Interpretation and Conflict
28-3 Validity
28-4 Penalties
28-5 Effective Date

SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

Effective; March 1, 2013

Zoning Administrator Phone: 620-675-2326

These regulations shall apply to 25 square miles outside the City’s limits which the City has placed under its zoning jurisdiction by the exercise of unilateral extraterritorial zoning authority in accordance with state law.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[1] GENERAL REGULATIONS

1-1 Title
1-2 Purpose
1-3 Authority
1-4 Policy
1-5 Jurisdiction
1-6 Applicability
1-7 Exemptions
1-8 Interpretations-Conflict
1-9 Vesting of Development Rights
1-10 Approvals Necessary for Acceptance of Subdivision Plats
1-11 Accrued Rights and Liabilities Saved
1-12 Severability
1-13 Effective Date

[2] ADMINISTRATION

2-1 Appeals
2-2 Penalties for Violations; Actions for Enforcement
2-3 Building Permits
2-4 Duties of the Secretary of the Planning Commission
2-5 Duties of the Planning Commission
2-6 Utility Advisory Committee
2-7 Duties of the Utility Advisory Committee
2-8 Adoption, Amendment of Subdivision Regulations

[3] DEFINITIONS

3-1 Rules of Construction
3-2 Definitions

[4] SUBDIVISION DESIGN STANDARDS

4-1 Applicability
4-2 Block Standards
4-3 Street Standards
4-4 Lot Standards
4-5 Easements
4-6 Design Techniques
4-7 Access Control
4-8 Land Subject to Flooding

[5] DEDICATION OR RESERVATION OF PUBLIC SITES AND OPEN SPACES

5-1 Dedication or Reservation of Public Sites and Open Spaces
5-2 Dedication and Reservation of Public Parkland
5-3 Action by Governing Body
5-4 Use of Land and Fees

[6] SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF PLATS

6-1 Pre-Application
6-2 Minor Plats
6-3 Preliminary Plats
6-4 Final Plats
6-5 Administrative Plat Approval

[7] IMPROVEMENTS

7-1 (Reserved)
7-2 Required Improvements
7-3 Exceptions for Existing Improvements
7-4 Waivers

[8] IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURES

8-1 General (Reserved for Future Use)
8-2 Submissions of Petitions for Improvements
8-3 Final Improvements Plans
8-4 Content of Engineering Drawings
8-5 Review of Plans
8-6 (Reserved)
8-7 Construction of Improvements
8-8 Construction Observation Procedures
8-9 Construction Observation
8-10 Final Inspection
8-11 Report to Planning Commission and Governing Body
8-12 Acceptance of Improvements