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Guide for Use

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The main menu remains open so you can easily return (choose it's icon on task bar). When you return and make a new selection, your choice will appear in the second window if you left it open, or will open a new second window if you closed the previous one. You can use your browser's OPEN IN NEW WINDOW function to cause more than two windows to be opened, leaving multiple pages open for comparisons, etc.

Use your browser's BACK feature to return to a previous page (except for the first page which may have remained open in a separate window as described above).

Your browser's FIND feature is functional, and will locate the search term if it is located in the section currently on the screen.

Printing

Your browser's PRINT feature is functional, and will print the text of the section currently on the screen, which is already formatted for easy printing.

Main Page Basic Tools:

"Code Table of Contents" - providing a direct link to every section of the code
"Comprehensive Plan Goal, Objectives and Policies" - provides a direct link to every Goal, Objective, and Policy of the Plan
This Guide for Use / FAQ

Main Page Advanced Planning Tools:

"Common Index of Plan GOPs & the Code" - Index of words & phrases covering both documents. Indexed terms common to both documents are linked, and help to eastablish the interrelationships between the two.
"Interactive Site Plan Checklist" - The City's Site Plan Checklist linked to the applicable requirements
"Regulations by Zoning Category" - Comprehensive checklist of regulations applicable to each Zoning Category

As noted in the "Frequently Asked Questions" section below, not all searches or queries will be successful.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best place to start?

That depends on what you want you need to know:

if you need to know how to develop your property or are interested in a rezoning request....
...go to the applicable zoning category(ies) in the Regulations by Zoning Category section.

if you are interested in commercial, townhouse, or multi-family development.
   ...go to the applicable zoning category (see above) AND See the Interactive Site Plan Checklist.
otherwise...
   ...try the Common Index of Comprehensive Plan GOPs & the Code first. Unlike a traditional index, each index entry has a brief description of the applicable code section to allow you to rapidly determine which selections are applicable.   Follow the link to the appropriate code section, then skim the page or use your browsers FIND function to search for your term.
   ...or else try using your browsers FIND function on the Table of Contents for the Code.
   ...or else skim the Table of Contents for closely related subjects.

Why isn't the word I'm looking for here?

    Many words appeared so many times that the results were too large to be useful and thus not included, other words may not have been indexed...
     ...try using your browsers FIND function on the Code Table of Contents.
    ...or skim the Code Table of Contents or look up synonyms or similar terms in the Common Index of Comprehensive Plan GOPs & the Code for closely related subjects.

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