Planning and Zoning

The Board of Adjustment is established to: 

1. Hear and decide appeals from zoning decisions 
2. Hear and decide appeals from Planning Commission decisions regarding conditional use permits
3. Hear and decide appeals from Planning Commission decisions regarding site plans
4. Hear and decide appeals from Planning Commission decisions regarding special exceptions
5. Hear and decide variances 
6. Hear and decide appeals regarding the existence, expansion, or modification of nonconformities

Board of Adjustment

The Planning Commission is established to : 

1. Prepare and recommend a general plan and amendments to the general plan to the City Council
2. Recommend zoning ordinances and maps, amendments to zoning ordinances and maps, to the City Council
3. Recommend subdivision regulations and amendments thereto to the City Council
4. Recommend approval or denial of subdivision applications
5. Hear and decide the approval or denial of conditional use permits
6. Hear and decide the approval or denial of site plans
7. Prepare and recommend programs for public improvements and the financing thereof to the City Council

Planning Commission

For Planning and Zoning purposes, the City Council is established to:

1. Adopt, modify, or reject a proposed General Plan or any amendment thereto for all or part of the City and its surroundings
2. Adopt, modify, or reject proposed amendments to the text of this Zoning Code and to the Zoning Map
3. Establish a fee schedule for applications

Mayor and Council

The purpose of creating the Centerville Deuel Creek Historic District, a voluntary overlay, is to preserve the integrity and characteristics of the original townsite, while educating the community concerning Centerville’s past.

Centerville : Zoning Code

The purpose of the South Main Street Corridor (SMSC) Overlay Zone is to:

1. Preserve the historic character of Centerville’s South Main Street and/or encourage development that is sensitive to the City’s heritage; 
2. Provide a gathering space and cultural heart for the community by fostering a small town atmosphere; 
3. Provide a walkable streetscape that gives equal consideration to pedestrian, bicycles, and transit users, so that a safe and comfortable environment is created;
4. Provide continuity and sensitivity between types of differing land uses; and
5. Promote South Main Street as an active corridor that serves as a balance between local and regional uses

Centerville : Zoning Code

The City deems it important to the peace, health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of Centerville that the steep slopes and hillsides of the City be protected to insure that urban development in these sensitive areas be guided in a manner that will minimize the potential for flooding, erosion, and other environmental hazards and will protect the natural scenic beauty of the foothills.

Centerville : Zoning Code

The purpose of the Shorelands Commerce Park (SCP) Zone and the Shorelands Commerce Park-Mixed Node (SCP-Mixed Node) Zone is to:

1. Provide for a master-planned, architecturally-designed development with customized requirements and standards to permit flexibility and initiative in property development; 
2. Facilitate the integration of diverse but compatible uses, including, but not limited to, industrial, commercial, limited residential, mixed-node or use, and other community uses; 
3. Better preserve and enhance the property and neighborhood through integrated planning and design that would not be possible under other existing zoning regulations of the City; and
4. Provide for the incorporation of a thematic shoreland design, to enhance site development design through natural and human-scaled elements, and provision of usable trails and open space amenities.

Centerville : Zoning Code