Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6802 – Statement of purposes
For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, prosperity and general welfare, as well as for the purpose of securing coordinated plans for land use, transportation, public facilities and utilities and public works expenditures in that portion of Sussex County which is not included within the corporate limits of any city or town, unless any territory within such corporate limits is included upon request made by the governing body or authority of any such city or town, and as well as for the purpose of preventing the unnecessary duplication of facilities or utilities, the body to be known as the County Planning and Zoning Commission of Sussex County is created and the area over which this Commission shall have jurisdiction shall be known as the County Planning District.
9 Del. C. 1953, § ?6802; 56 Del. Laws, c. 95.;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6802
- Commission: means "County Planning and Zoning Commission of Sussex County" created by this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6801
- District: means "corporate boundaries of Sussex County including municipalities which choose to be included in the planning and zoning district. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6801
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.