Delaware Code
Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 6904. Purposes of regulations.

(a) Regulations adopted by the county government, pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, shall be in accordance with the approved comprehensive development plan and shall be designated and adopted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morale, convenience, order, prosperity or welfare of the present and future inhabitants of Sussex County, including, amongst other things, the lessening of congestion in the streets or roads or reducing the waste of excessive amounts of roads, securing safety from fire, flood, and other dangers, providing adequate light and air, preventing on the one hand excessive concentration of population and on the other hand excessive and wasteful scattering of population or settlement, promoting such distribution of population and such classification of land uses and distribution of land development and utilization as will tend to facilitate and provide adequate provisions for public requirements, transportation, water flowage, water supply, water and air pollution abatement, drainage, sanitation, educational opportunities, recreation, soil fertility, food supply, protection of the tax base, securing economy in governmental expenditures, fostering the State's agricultural and other industries, and the protection of both urban and nonurban development.
(b) The regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, of the character of the particular district involved, its peculiar suitability for particular uses, the conservation of property values and natural resources and the general and appropriate trend and character of land, building and population development.

Structure Delaware Code

Delaware Code

Title 9 - Counties

Chapter 69. ZONING

Subchapter I. General Provisions

§ 6901. Definitions.

§ 6902. Power and jurisdiction of county government.

§ 6903. Zoning map and regulations.

§ 6904. Purposes of regulations.

§ 6905. Planning and Zoning Commission; appointment; term and qualifications.

§ 6906. Assistance from and cooperation with other agencies.

§ 6907. Tentative zoning proposal preparation by Commission.

§ 6908. Public hearing and notice.

§ 6909. Commission's powers in conduct of public hearings.

§ 6910. Adoption by county government of zoning map and regulations; public hearings and notice; consultative hearings; resubmission to Commission.

§ 6911. Changes in zoning district; map or regulations; procedure.

§ 6912. Zoning coordination.

§ 6913. Board of Adjustment — Appointment, terms and qualifications; removal; vacancies; compensation.

§ 6914. Board of Adjustment — Office and personnel.

§ 6915. Board of Adjustment — Rules governing organization, procedure and jurisdiction.

§ 6916. Appeals to the Board of Adjustment — Who may take; procedure.

§ 6917. Appeals to the Board of Adjustment — Powers upon appeals.

§ 6918. Superior Court review of decision of Board of Adjustment; procedure.

§ 6919. Violations of regulations; enforcement; remedies and penalties.

§ 6920. Nonconforming uses of land or structure.

§ 6921. List of nonconforming structures and uses.

§ 6922. Appropriations.

§ 6923. Conflict between zoning regulations and other laws.

§ 6924. Notice to local school districts of residential zoning changes.

§ 6925. Changes in zoning.

§ 6926. Notice to property owners of zoning changes.

§ 6927. Emergency Communication Systems.