2-10.1 PURPOSE
Unofficial copy. It may be out of date. Not legal or zoning advice. Zoning rules change, and only the city or county can say for sure what is allowed on a property. Confirm with the city or county planning department before you buy, sign or build.
The official Cleveland code is at http://www.clevelandtown.org/planning--zoning.htm.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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The purposes of this chapter are to: $ Protect and provide for the public health, safety, and general welfare of Cleveland Town. $ Guide the future growth and development of Cleveland Town, in accordance with the General Plan. $ Encourage the orderly and beneficial development of land within the municipality. $ Protect the integrity of buildings, land and improvements, and to minimize the conflicts among the uses of land and buildings. $ Provide a beneficial relationship between the uses of land, buildings, traffic circulation and the proper location and width of streets and building setbacks. $ Establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdivisions, condominium plats, plat amendments, and lot line adjustments, in order to further the orderly layout and use of land; and to insure proper legal descriptions and recordation of subdivided land. $ Insure that public facilities are available and will have a sufficient capacity to serve the proposed subdivision. $ Encourage the wise use and management of natural resources in order to preserve the integrity, stability and aesthetics of the community. $ Continue the rural development pattern of the Town and variety of structural design within residential zones. Provide for open spaces through the most efficient design and layout of the land, while preserving the density of land as established in the Cleveland Town Land Use Code. It is highly recommended that historic street patterns are followed whenever possible.