2005 Vermont Code - § 4405. — Zoning; zoning districts

§ 4405. Zoning; zoning districts

(a) All zoning regulations shall apply to all lands within the municipality other than as specifically limited or exempted herein. The provisions of such regulations may be classified so that different provisions may be applied to different classes of situations, uses and structures and to such different and separate districts of the municipality as may be described by a zoning map made part of the regulations. The plan map of any municipality may be designated as the zoning map except in such cases where such districts are not deemed by the planning commission to be described in sufficient accuracy or detail by the plan map. All provisions shall be uniform for each class of uses or structures within each district, except that additional classifications may be made within any district:

(1) For the purpose of making transitional provisions at and near the boundaries of districts;

(2) For the purpose of regulating, reducing and eliminating certain nonconforming uses or structures; and

(3) For the regulation, restriction or prohibition of uses of structures at or near:

(A) Major thoroughfares, their intersections and interchanges, and transportation arteries;

(B) Natural or artificial bodies of water;

(C) Places of relatively steep slope or grade;

(D) Public buildings and public grounds;

(E) Aircraft and helicopter facilities;

(F) Places having unique historical or patriotic interest or value or located within design control districts;

(G) Flood plain areas and other places having a special character or use affecting and affected by their surroundings.

(b) As among several classes of districts, the provisions for permitted uses may be mutually exclusive, in whole or in part. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968.)