(a) The Commission shall make, as promptly as possible, for certification to the county government, a zoning proposal based upon and in full accordance with the adopted comprehensive development plan including both the full text of the zoning regulation or regulations and the maps for the regulation by districts or zones of the location, height, bulk, and size of buildings and other structures, percentage of lot which may be occupied, size of lots, courts, and other open spaces, density and distribution of population; for the use of buildings and structures for trade, industry, residence, recreation, public activities or other purposes, and for the uses of land for trade, industry, recreation, public activities, soil conservation, water supply conservation or other similar purposes.

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6907

  • comprehensive development plan: shall mean , from and after the respective dates by which the counties must be in compliance with this subchapter, a plan that meets the requirements of this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
  • County: means Sussex County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
  • Development: means any construction or reconstruction of any new or existing commercial or residential building(s) or structure(s) upon lands which are not owned by the State or its agencies or its political subdivisions, or are not within the jurisdictional control of the State or its agencies or its political subdivisions. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
  • Land: means the earth, water and air, above, below or on the surface, and includes any improvements or structures customarily regarded as land. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952

(b) After the creation of the Commission and prior to the creation of the adopted comprehensive development plan and prior to the tentative zoning proposal described in subsection (a) of this section, an interim holding zone proposal to control the development of land may be instituted by Sussex County pursuant to § 6909 of this title as a temporary measure, but in no case shall the interim zoning be effective beyond December 31, 1970.

9 Del. C. 1953, § ?6907; 56 Del. Laws, c. 97; 57 Del. Laws, c. 217; 57 Del. Laws, c. 762, § ?12;