Code Interpretations
- by Subject
- by Code section
- by Year
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Code Interpretations by Subject
| Subject | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| Accessory Dwelling Units | L02CI004 L05CI001 |
| Adult Family Home |
CINT20-0001 (revised) |
| Agricultural Activities |
L09CI001 |
| Agricultural Drainage | L12CI004 |
| Agriculture Zone | L04CI004 |
| Allowed activities |
L07CI004 |
| Apartment - Dormitory |
L02CI001 |
| Aquatic area buffers/expansion of building | RRC_minutes_2015_09_03 CINT15-0001 |
| Binding Site Plans | L07CI003 |
| Boarding house | RRC minutes 2015_05_28 |
| Boundary Line Adjustment | |
| Building Heights |
L08CI003 |
| Business Classification |
CINT16-0001 |
| Circumvention of zoning prohibited |
L02CI003 |
| Community Business Zone |
CINT15-0003 |
| Condominium Declarations | L07CI003 |
| Covered Sales Area |
L10CI003 |
| Critical Areas |
CINT15-0001 CINT17-0001 |
| Enhancement or restoration | L04CI001 |
| Established Use |
CINT17-0003 |
| Exemptions | L04CI002 |
| Expansion |
L07CI002 |
| Flood Hazard Areas | L09CI003 |
| Heat Exchanger | L12CI002 |
| Home Occupation | |
| Interim Recycling Facility |
L10CI001 |
| Kennel-free dog day care | L08CI005 |
| Land Use Classification |
CINT19-0001 |
| Landscape business | RRC_minutes_2015_07_09 |
| Lighting for athletic fields | RRC_minutes_2015_08_06 CINT15-0004 |
| Lot recognition |
L08CI002 |
| Minimum lot width |
L03CI001 |
| Motocross |
L04CI004 |
| Munitions Storage |
L09CI002 |
| Native Growth Protection Buffer |
L08CI004 |
| Native Growth Retention Area |
CINT18-0003 |
| Neighborhood Business |
|
| Nonconforming Use |
CINT17-0003 |
| Non-resident employees |
L04CI003 |
| Organization Hotel/Lodging House |
L02CI001 |
| Parking, heavy equipment |
L04CI003 |
| Partial Exemptions | L03CI002 |
| Pervious Concrete |
L03CI005 |
| Private Road |
L02CI002 |
| Private Swimming Pool Construction Standards |
L05CI002 |
| Residential Accessory Uses |
L03CI003 |
| Retail Nursery |
L10CI003 |
| Road Standards |
L02CI002 |
| Severe Channel Migration Zone |
CINT17-0002 |
| Signs |
L08CI005 |
| Stream Relocations | L04CI001 |
| Substandard Lots |
RRC_minutes_2015_05_14 |
| Vehicle Repair and Dealers |
|
| Wetland Alterations | L04CI001 |
| Wetland Mitigation | L08CI001 |
| Zoning Conditions |
CINT16-0002 |
Code Interpretations by Code Section
| Code Section | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| 9.04.020 | L03CI005 |
| 16.70.020 | L05CI002 |
| 16.82.050C | L02CI002 |
| 17.04.01018 | L03CI005 |
| 19A.04.330 |
CINT18-0003 |
| 19A.08.070 | L08CI002 |
| 19A.08.180 | L02CI003 |
| 19A.12.050 | L02CI004 |
| 19A.20.030 | L07CI003 |
| 19A.24.020 | L07CI003 |
| 21A.02.070.D |
CINT16-0002 CINT19-0001 |
| 21A.04.030 | L04CI004 L05CI001 |
| 21A.04.090 |
CINT13-0001 |
| 21A.05.450 |
CINT20-0001 (revised) |
| 21A.06.056 |
CINT17-0001 |
| 21A.06.330 | L02CI001 |
| 21A.06.355 | L02CI001 |
| 21A.06.640 | L10CI001 |
| 21A.06.450 |
CINT20-0001 (revised) |
| 21A.06.451M |
CINT15-0003 |
| 21A.06.1270.B.1 |
CINT17-0002 |
| 21A.06.1345 |
CINT17-0003 |
| 21A.08 | L09CI002 |
| 21A.08.030 | L03CI003 CINT20-0001 (revised) |
| 21A.08.030A | L02CI001 |
| 21A.08.030B7 | L02CI004 |
| 21A.08.050 | |
| 21A.08.060.B.34 | RRC_minutes_2015_07_09 CINT16-0001 |
| 21A.08.070.B.1 | L10CI003 CINT16-0001 |
| 21A.08.100 | L04CI004 |
| 21A.12.030 | L05CI002 |
| 21A.12.030.B.4 |
CINT15-0004 |
| 21A.12.050 | L03CI001 |
| 21A.12.100 | RRC_minutes_2015_05_14 |
| 21A.12.170 |
CINT15-0004 |
| 21A.12.180 |
CINT15-0004 |
| 21A.12.220.B | RRC_minutes_2015_08_06 CINT15-0004 |
| 21A.20.060 |
L08CI005 |
| 21A.24.045.C |
CINT17-0001 |
|
21A.24.045.D
|
|
| 21A.24.045 | L09CI001 L12CI002 CINT17-0002 |
| 21A.24.050 | L04CI002 |
| 21A.24.051 | L09CI001 |
| 21A.24.060 | L03CI002 |
| 21A.24.070 |
CINT15-0001 |
| 21A.24.133 | L08CI001 |
| 21A.24.200 |
CINT15-0001 |
| 21A.24.240 | L09CI003 |
| 21A.24.250 | L09CI003 |
| 21A.24.275 |
CINT17-0002 |
| 21A.24.330 | L04CI001 |
| 21A.24.335 | L08CI001 |
| 21A.24.365 |
CINT17-0002 |
| 21A.24.370 | L04CI001 |
| 21A.30.080 | L03CI003 |
| 21A.30.080 | L04CI003 |
| 21A.30.085 | L07CI004 CINT13-0002 RRC_minutes_2015_07_09 RRC_minutes_2015_09_03 |
| 21A.30.090 | L03CI003 |
| 21A.32.040 |
CINT17-0003 |
| 21A.32.045 |
CINT17-0003 |
| 21A.32.055 |
CINT17-0003 |
| 21A.32.065 | L07CI002 |
| 21A.36.100 | L08CI003 |
| 23.02.040 | L09CI001 |
| P-Suffix SV-P36 | L08CI004 |
| P-Suffix FC-P02 |
CINT18-0001 |
Code Interpretations by Year
| Year | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
CINT20-0001 (revised) |
| 2019 |
CINT19-0001 |
| 2018 |
CINT18-0001 CINT18-0003 |
| 2017 |
|
| 2016 |
CINT16-0001 CINT16-0002 |
| 2015 |
CINT15-0001 CINT15-0003 CINT15-0004 |
| 2014 | CINT14-0002 CINT14-0003 |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | L12CI002 L12CI004 |
| 2010 | L10CI001 L10CI003 |
| 2009 | L09CI001 L09CI002 L09CI003 |
| 2008 | L08CI001 L08CI002 L08CI003 L08CI004 L08CI005 |
| 2007 | L07CI002 L07CI003 L07CI004 |
| 2005 | L05CI001 L05CI002 |
| 2004 | L04CI001 L04CI002 L04CI003 L04CI004 |
| 2003 | L03CI001 L03CI002 L03CI003 L03CI005 |
| 2002 | L02CI001 L02CI002 L02CI003 L02CI004 |