Section
175-10.14
MODEL
HOMES AND SALES OFFICES.
Model
homes and sales offices for the marketing of residential dwellings
within a
specific development in the R-E Estate Residential District shall be
permitted
in an R-E Estate Residential Zoning District upon approval of a zoning
permit
by the Zoning Administrator, subject to the following conditions:
A.
The Zoning Administrator shall review and approve or deny all requests
for
permits authorizing model homes and sales offices for the marketing of
residential dwellings within a specific development. In assessing a
request for
a permit, the Zoning Administrator shall consider the necessity for the
model
home and/or sales office, its location and its effects on the
surrounding
neighborhood and/or adjoining property and may require terms and
conditions on
the location, appearance and such other reasonable conditions as the
Zoning Administrator
shall deem necessary.
B.
The model home shall be a custom site-built home similar in type and
size to the other homes sold in the development and shall be used
as a
residential dwelling after expiration of the model home zoning permit.
C.
Only one (1) sales office shall be approved for a development,
regardless of
the number of phases. A sales office must be located in a model home in
the
event that the development has an approved model home. Such sales
offices shall
be restricted to the marketing of residential dwellings at the specific
development in question, and no other business whatsoever shall be
conducted on
the premises.
D.
The request for a model home and/or sales office shall be filed by the
developer.
E.
Each model home and/or sales office shall have a minimum of four (4)
off-street
parking spaces in addition to other parking spaces required by this
chapter.
F.
All model homes and sales offices must be connected to town water and
sewer and
must provide rest room facilities for the public.
G.
The maximum allowable period for the operation of a model home or sales
office
shall be one (1) year. Applications for renewal for successive
six-month
periods may be submitted if additional time is necessary to complete
sales
within the development. All renewal applications must be filed at least
thirty
(30) days prior to the expiration of the original model home or sales
office
permit.
H.
The Zoning Administrator, in granting a model home or sales office
permit, may
require the posting of a bond to insure that the model home and sales
office
terms and conditions are adhered to and to ensure that the operations
cease and
the site is left in good order at the expiration of the permit.