§ 15-2. Title and identification; duties, etc., of planning commission and board of zoning appeals.

(a)

This chapter and ordinances supplemental or amendatory thereto, shall be known, and may be cited hereafter as the "Zoning Ordinance of the City of Beckley, West Virginia - 1971." Whenever the word "city" appears in this chapter, it shall be deemed to refer to the City of Beckley, West Virginia; the word "council" refers to the common council of the City of Beckley; the word "commission" refers to the City of Beckley planning commission (as specified in West Virginia Code, section 8-24-51); the word "board" refers to the City of Beckley board of zoning appeals (as specified in West Virginia Code, section 8-24-51); the word "district" refers to a section of the city for which uniform regulations governing the use, right, area, size, and intensity of use of buildings and land and open spaces about buildings are herein established; the words "zoning map" refer to a map entitled, "City of Beckley, West Virginia, Zoning Map," updated 1966, and any amendments thereto; the words "comprehensive plan" refer to the complete plan or any of its parts, for the development of the city, adopted by the council of the city in accordance with the authority conferred by Article 24 of Chapter 8 of the Code of West Virginia.

(b)

The powers, duties, and limitations of the Planning Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals shall be as prescribed in said Article 24 of Chapter 8, which statute is adopted by reference and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein.

(Code 1971, App. A, § 2; Ord. of 8-13-02)