Kent County Government - Planning, Housing, and Zoning

Land Use Ordinance

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Complete document, as amended, file size is 2.33 MB

If you need only the pages which have been amended, scroll to the bottom of this page.

Part 1

 Article I - Title & Applicability
Article II - Purpose
Article III - Districts & District Maps
Article IV - General Provisions
Article V - District Regulations
- Section 1 - Agricultural Zoning District
- Section 2 - Resource Conservation District
- Section 3 - Rural Character District

Pages 1-60

File Size: 324 KB
Part 2 - Section 4 - Rural Residential
- Section 5 - Critical Area Residential
- Section 6 - Community Residential

Pages 61-108

File Size: 190 KB
Part 3 - Section 7 - Village District
- Section 8 - Intense Village
- Section 9 - Intense Village Critical Area

Pages 109-170

File Size: 237 KB
Part 4 - Section 10 - Crossroads Commercial
- Section 11 - Commercial
- Section 12 - Commercial Critical Area
- Section 13 - Marine

Pages 171-234

File Size: 240 KB
Part 5 - Section 14 - Employment Center
- Section 15 - Industrial
- Section 16 - Industrial Critical Area - LDA
- Section 17 - Industrial Critical Area

Pages 235-308

File Size: 288 KB
Part 6 Article VI - Special Provisions
- Section 1 - Parking & Loading
- Section 2 - Signs
- Section 3 - Supplementary Regulations
- Section 4 - Shoreline Cliff

Pages 309-330

File Size: 68 KB
Part 7 - Section 5 - Site Plan Review
- Section 6 - Subdivision

Pages 331-360

File Size: 111 KB
Part 8 - Section 7 - Floodplain
- Section 8 - Forest Conservation
- Section 9 - Erosion & Sediment Control
- Section 10 - Stormwater Management

Pages 361-404.6

File Size: 187 KB
Part 9 Article VII - Special Exceptions
Article VIII - Nonconformities
Article IX - Variances & Waivers

Pages 405-444

File Size: 154 KB
Part 10 Article X - Boards & Commissions
Article XI - Definitions
Article XII - Administration

Pages 445-490

File Size: 560 KB

The Land Use Ordinance has been amended twelve times since it went into effect. If you need only the pages altered by amendments/corrections of typographical errors, you can download just those pages.

July 20, 2004 (86 KB)

September 7, 2004 (423 KB)

November 1, 2005 (680 KB)

November 14, 2006 (1.32 MB)

November 21, 2006 (414 KB)

February 6, 2007 (81 KB)

May 7, 2008 (68 KB)

June 3, 2008 (501 KB)

September 5, 2008 (160 KB)

December 2, 2008 (18KB)

June 3, 2009 (36KB)

November 3, 2009 (196KB)

February 3, 2010 (18KB)

August 3, 2010 (53 KB)

November 16, 2010 (266 KB)

June 7, 2011 (548 KB)

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