§ 6953. Scope of subchapter.
§ 6953. Scope of subchapter. (a) The County shall have power and responsibility: (1) To plan for its future development and growth. (2) To adopt and amend comprehensive plans, or elements or portions thereof, to guide its future development and growth. (3) To implement adopted or amended comprehensive plans by the adoption of appropriate land […]
§ 6915. Board of Adjustment — Rules governing organization, procedure and jurisdiction.
§ 6915. Board of Adjustment — Rules governing organization, procedure and jurisdiction. The county government shall provide and specify in its zoning or other regulations, general rules to govern the organization, procedure and jurisdiction of the Board of Adjustment, which rules shall not be inconsistent with this subchapter, and the Board of Adjustment may adopt […]
§ 6916. Appeals to the Board of Adjustment — Who may take; procedure.
§ 6916. Appeals to the Board of Adjustment — Who may take; procedure. (a) Appeals to the Board of Adjustment may be taken by any person refused a building permit, or from the decision of any administrative officer or agency based upon or made in the course of the administration or enforcement of the provisions […]
§ 6917. Appeals to the Board of Adjustment — Powers upon appeals.
§ 6917. Appeals to the Board of Adjustment — Powers upon appeals. Upon appeals, the Board of Adjustment shall have the power to: (1) Hear and decide appeals where it is alleged by the appellant that there is error in any order, requirement, decision or refusal made by an administrative official or agency based on […]
§ 6918. Superior Court review of decision of Board of Adjustment; procedure.
§ 6918. Superior Court review of decision of Board of Adjustment; procedure. (a) Any persons jointly or severally aggrieved by a decision of the Board of Adjustment or any taxpayer or any officer, department, board or bureau of the County may present to the Superior Court in and for Sussex County, a petition duly verified, […]
§ 6919. Violations of regulations; enforcement; remedies and penalties.
§ 6919. Violations of regulations; enforcement; remedies and penalties. (a) No person shall erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, maintain or use any building or structure or use any land in violation of any regulation in, or of any provision of, any zoning regulation, or any change thereof, enacted or adopted by the county government under the […]
§ 6920. Nonconforming uses of land or structure.
§ 6920. Nonconforming uses of land or structure. (a) Nonconforming uses of land or structure may, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, be continued although such use does not conform with the provisions of such regulations or change thereof, provided no structural alteration of such structure is proposed or made for the […]
§ 6921. List of nonconforming structures and uses.
§ 6921. List of nonconforming structures and uses. Immediately after the adoption of any zoning regulations or changes by the county government, the Commission shall prepare and publish a complete list of all nonconforming structures and uses in the affected area and existing at the time of the adoption of the regulations. Such lists shall […]
§ 6922. Appropriations.
§ 6922. Appropriations. The county government may appropriate out of the general county fund such moneys, otherwise unappropriated, as it may deem fit to finance the work of the Zoning Commission and of the Board of Adjustment, and may enforce the zoning regulations and restrictions which are adopted, and may accept grants of money and […]
§ 6907. Tentative zoning proposal preparation by Commission.
§ 6907. Tentative zoning proposal preparation by Commission. (a) The Commission shall make, as promptly as possible, for certification to the county government, a zoning proposal based upon and in full accordance with the adopted comprehensive development plan including both the full text of the zoning regulation or regulations and the maps for the regulation […]