11-1.1 Purpose, Applicability and Authority — Selma Zoning Code

A. Purpose

The purpose of this Ordinance is to promote the growth of the city in an orderly manner that is consistent with the Selma General Plan and to preserve and promote the public health, safety, and welfare of the city. More specifically, this Zoning Ordinance is adopted to achieve the following objectives:

To provide a precise guide and standards for the physical development of the City in a manner that achieves orderly growth and development of the city, consistent with the goals and policies of the General Plan;
Ensure compatibility between residential and nonresidential development and land uses;
Promote a well-designed city through the regulation of signing, landscaping, and site planning;
Prevent the overbuilding of land by development through the regulation of lot coverage, setbacks, height, lot density, and lot dimension;
Provide a safe, effective traffic circulation system, including parking and loading areas;
Provide and protect residential, commercial, and industrial development in the city in order to strengthen its economic base;
Protect and enhance the quality of the natural and built environment;
Conserve the city’s natural resources, community assets, and architectural history;
Provide for a mix of housing types and densities which will ensure adequate and affordable housing for all economic segments of the community;
Provide a full range of commercial activity for residents and employment opportunities appropriate to the community;
Provide an appropriate interface between land uses that include commercial, industrial, mixeduse and residential land uses;
To provide for citizen participation in the development decision-making process; and,
To maintain and foster community identity citywide, through the enforcement of the objectives listed above.

B. Applicability

Applicability to Property

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a. This Ordinance shall apply, to the extent permitted by state and federal law, to all property within the municipal boundaries of the City of Selma, including all uses, structures, and land owned by any person, firm, corporation, or organization or the City or other local, state, or federal agencies. Any governmental agency shall be exempt from the provisions of this Ordinance only to the extent that such property may not be lawfully regulated by the City. City government uses, including, without limitation, fire stations, police stations, and public

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safety facilities, may be permitted in any district subject to the approval of a Conditional Use Permit.

b. No land shall be used, and no structure shall be constructed, occupied, enlarged, altered, demolished, or moved in any zoning district, except in accordance with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance. Specific uses of land, buildings, and structures listed as prohibited in any zoning district are hereby declared to be detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare. The enumeration of prohibited uses shall not by implication enlarge the scope of permitted uses; they are for purposes of clarity only. A proposed use type within a zoning district must be listed as a permitted use type or similar to the listed use type per the applicable zoning district or determined to be such through the determination of the City Manager or designee, in order to be authorized under the Zoning Ordinance.

C. Authority

This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 of Title 7 of the Government Code of the state of California, commonly known as the conservation and planning law pursuant to GOV § 65800 et seq (Ord. 533, 6-5-1961). In addition, the provisions of this Ordinance relating to the regulation and control of subdivisions are adopted pursuant to the authority contained in Title 7, Division 2 of the California Government Code, commencing with Section 66410, hereinafter referred to as the “Subdivision Map Act,” as may be amended from time to time, and pursuant to the City’s authority to regulate subdivisions not regulated by the Subdivision Map Act as authorized by Government Code Section 66411.