Chapter 14-02
SHORT TITLE, PURPOSE, AND NATURE OF THE ZONING PLAN
Sections:
14-02.010 Short title and citation.
14-02.030 Nature of the zoning plan.
14-02.010 Short title and citation.
These regulations shall be known and may be cited as the “Zoning Ordinance of the City of Watsonville” or the “Zoning Ordinance”.
(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)
14-02.020 Purpose.
The zoning plan is adopted to promote and protect the public health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, convenience, and general welfare and, among other purposes, is adopted for the specified purposes more particularly described as follows:
(a) To assist in providing a definite plan of development for the City and to guide, control, and regulate the future growth of the City in accordance with such plan;
(b) To protect the character and the social and economic stability of agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial, and other areas and land uses within the City and to assure the orderly and beneficial development thereof;
(c) To minimize conflicts between private individuals or groups or other conflicts which might result from incompatible or inappropriate adjacent land uses; and
(d) To maintain and to enhance desirable characteristics of neighborhoods; to provide open space for light and air; to prevent undue concentration of population; to promote orderly community development; and to otherwise promote the implementation of the Watsonville General Plan.
(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)
14-02.030 Nature of the zoning plan.
The zoning plan consists of the establishment of certain designated zoning districts and the adoption of a set of regulations controlling the uses of land, population density, uses and locations of structures, height and bulk of structures, open spaces about structures, the function of certain uses in structures, the areas and dimensions of building sites, requirements for off-street parking, and attendant regulations within such established districts.
(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)
14-02.040 Interpretation.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this title shall be held to be the minimum requirements. Where this title imposes a greater restriction than is imposed or required by other rules, regulations, or standards, the provisions of this title shall control.
(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)