Section 500 - Establishment of Zoning Districts

To achieve the purposes of this chapter, the Town of Middletown is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:

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Section 501 - Purposes of the Various Zoning Districts

In addition to furthering the purposes of this chapter as stated in Section 100, each of the foregoing listed districts is created with specific intent as follows:

A. Low Density Residential (R-60). This district is established to provide low density residential areas, areas for agricultural use and where future community expansion is likely to occur.

B. Low Density Residential (R-40). This district is established to provide residential areas which are suited for large lot single family development, agricultural and certain conditional uses.

C. Medium Density Residential (R-30). This district is established to provide residential areas which are located in rural areas of Town or where environmental conditions preclude smaller single family lot sizes, and where agricultural and certain conditional uses may be established.

D. Medium Density Residential (R-20). This district is established to provide residential areas suitable for development but where intensive non-residential uses are restricted.

E. High Density Residential (R-10). This district is established to provide a wide range of urban housing types within the central built-up areas of Town; where water and sewer service is provided.

F. Residential Multifamily (RM). This district is established to provide areas for multifamily housing, including apartments and condominiums, meeting certain design and site planning requirements; and where complementary non-residential uses may be allowed.

G. Mobile Home/Transient Trailer (MT). This district is established to provide areas for mobile home parks and transient trailer parks.

H. General Business (GB). This district is established to provide areas for most retail, wholesale, and service businesses, serving both local as well as regional markets.

I. Limited Business (LB). This district is established to provide areas for day-to-day localized shopping needs, convenience shopping services to neighborhood areas, and to provide limited specialized business uses in certain parts of Town.

J. Office Business (OB). This district is established to provide areas for planned office parks, light industrial and research centers and professional office buildings.

K. Light Industry (LI). This district is established to provide for light industry and non-manufacturing businesses, heavy commercial uses, automotive and mechanical services and outdoor storage uses.

L. Office Park (OP). This district is established to provide a park-like setting for office uses, certain industrial uses, and miscellaneous compatible uses.

M. Open Space (OS). This district is established to reserve certain areas for conservation of natural resources and open recreational and institutional uses.

N. Public (P). This district is established to provide for major public lands owned by federal, state or municipal governments. The purpose of this district is to relate the zoning map to major elements of actual land use and to the Comprehensive Community Plan, and to provide zoning controls if the public use is abandoned or the land is sold for private use.

O. "Traffic Sensitive" Districts. These districts are designated by the letter "A" and identify districts where special regulations regarding lot width/frontage shall apply. They are intended to provide for adequate and safe access onto major thoroughfares within the Town. (back to top)

 

Section 502 - Official Zoning Map

A. The boundaries of the foregoing zoning districts are hereby established as shown on the"Town of Middletown Official Zoning Map," dated October 1, 1985, consisting of plat maps, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk. The Town of Middletown Official Zoning Map, as may hereafter be amended from time to time, is hereby made a part of this Code, is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "zoning map" and is hereby adopted and made a part of this Ordinance.

B. The zoning map, consisting of 45 plat maps, shall be identified by the following: "Town of Middletown Official Zoning Map," dated October 1, 1985, the signature of the Town Council president, attested by the Town Clerk, and bearing the seal of the Town.

C. Regardless of the existence of copies of the zoning map, which may be periodically made or published, the zoning map herein described, which shall be located in the office of the Town Clerk, shall be the Town of Middletown Official Zoning Map. It shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of land and water areas; buildings, and other structures in the Town of Middletown. (back to top)

Section 503 - Rules for Interpretation of Zoning District Boundaries

Where uncertainty exists as to boundaries of zoning districts as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:

A. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets, railroads or utility rights- of-way shall be construed to follow such centerlines;

B. Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines;

C. Boundaries indicated as following shore lines shall be construed to follow such shore lines, and in the event of change in the shore line shall be construed as moving with the actual shore line. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streams, rivers, ponds or other bodies or water shall be construed to follow such centerlines;

D. Land created by the filling of a stream or water body shall be considered to be within the district of the land from which such fill was extended;

E. Boundaries indicated as approximately following town limits shall be construed as following town limits;

F. Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in subsections A through E of this section shall be construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the Zoning Map shall be determined by the scale of the Zoning Map;

G. Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground differ from those shown on the Zoning Map or in other circumstances not covered by subsections A through F of this section, the zoning officer shall interpret the zoning district boundaries. (back to top)