Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Accessory Dwelling Units are subordinate dwelling units that are permitted to be located on the same property with a larger principal dwelling. They can be attached or within the main home (Accessory Apartment) or detached from the home (Accessory Cottage).</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Administrative variances are requests to gain relief from a requirement in Chapters 205, 188, or 101. The code has a threshold where a variance is minor enough to be processed without a public hearing.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Towers shown in this dataset may be legal non-conforming (grandfathers) from any formal approval process that the County had. Others went through the full conditional use process that was established for their siting (2000) or the administrative approval process (2023). For older towers, the information we have is the best available to us when the layer was created. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Community Energy Generating Facilities are a permitted use with conditions in Kent County. This use category was created in 2022 and requires notification of the neighbors for administrative approval. If objections are received, then the application would be heard as a Conditional Use not requiring site plan. As of December 2023, all of these facilities are solar solar arrays.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Conditional use applications are required to be processed for review by the Regional Planning Commission and Levy Court at their Public Hearings. These are uses that are not allowed by-right for a lot, but require certain conditions as part of this approval by the Commission. Some conditional uses require a full site plan to accompany the use, either because of the project size or from the use itself.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Home Occupations are the broad category that includes four types of commercial uses that are permitted as accessory to a residential use on the property. These include traditional home occupations like home daycares and hair salons, professional offices for people like therapists or engineers, home based contractors establishments for business like HVAC technicians or auto repair, and home office for professions like a writer or stock broker. Different conditions must be met for each distinct use category and may require notification of the neighbors for approval.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Rezoning applications are required to be processed for review by the Regional Planning Commission and Levy Court at their Public Hearings. These are requests that are made to change the zoning district of a property. They can be made to change just the zoning district ("Z" application) or to change both the zoning district and the comprehensive plan map ("CZ" application).</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Site Plan applications are required to be processed for review by the Regional Planning Commission (RPC). These are uses that are allowed by-right for a parcels zoning, but require a full site plan to be processed due to the project's size. This review may include required conditions and further recommendations, but the RPC will not consider public testimony in review of the site plan. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Variance applications are required to be processed for review by the Board of Adjustment (BOA). These are request for relief from the requirements of chapters 205, 101, or 188 of the Kent County Code. A public hearing is conducted by the BOA for each request wherein they can hear testimony on if the request meets the legal criteria for the granting of a variance.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>