Land Development Ordinance

The “Land Development Ordinance of The Town of New Market" may also be called the "Zoning Ordinance.” The provisions of this Ordinance and the amendments related to Economic Flex Zoning and Agricultural Zoning were enacted to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare, and to implement the policies of the New Market Master Plan. The regulations are specifically intended:

To classify, regulate, and limit the height, area, bulk, and use of buildings;
To regulate and determine the area of front, side, and rear yards, and other space around buildings;
To regulate and determine the use and intensity of use of land and lot areas;
To classify, regulate and restrict the location of trades, callings, industries, commercial enterprises and the location of buildings designed for specified uses;
To divide the entire town into districts of such number, shape, area and of such different classes as are deemed best suited to carry out these purposes;
To fix standards to which buildings or structures therein shall conform;
To prohibit uses, buildings, or structures incompatible with the character of such districts;
To prevent additions to and alteration or remodeling of existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations herein lawfully imposed;
To provide for a Board of Appeals and prescribe its powers and duties;
While accomplishing the foregoing purposes, to protect lawfully