Use exemptions
(a) Notwithstanding any other section of this chapter, the following uses, as defined in section 21-22, shall be permitted uses within all residential zoning use districts and all industrial and commercial use districts, except where residential use is prohibited for public health or safety reasons:
(1) Community residences.
(2) Family day care.
(3) Households.
(b) Any application for development under this chapter, such as but not limited to an application for a special use permit, special permit and variance, shall be considered vested when the submitted application is certified to be substantially complete by the proper administrator and/or official designated to receive such applications. Substantially complete shall mean that all submittal requirements have been met. Development projects subject to subdivision review and/or development plan review by the planning commission, including but not limited to residential compound or cluster developments, shall be deemed vested when the planning commission grants master plan approval. If an application for development under this chapter is approved, the applicant shall initiate and substantially complete development of the property within the time limit established for each of these actions in the appropriate section of this chapter. Failure to initiate development of the property prior to the time limit established at approval shall render the approval null and void. Any development of the property proposed after the lapse of the time limit established at approval shall require a resubmission of development plans by the applicant subject to the regulations in the appropriate sections of this chapter. An application shall include all required forms, plans supporting documents and required fees. Any application considered by the town under this section shall be reviewed according to the regulations applicable in this chapter in force at the time the application is deemed substantially complete.
(Ord. No. 94-12, § 1, 6-27-1994; Ord. No. 98-7, 5-11-1998)