TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE 100: PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY Section 101: Purpose...1 Section 102: Authority...1 ARTICLE 200: GENERAL REGULATIONS APPLIED TO ALL DISTRICTS Section 201: Jurisdiction and Zoning Map...2 Section 202: Establishment of Zoning Districts...2 Section 203: District Boundaries...3 203.1: Construing Boundaries...3 203.2: Boundaries Dividing Lots...4 Section 204: General Requirements and Applicability...4 204.1: Zoning Affects Every Building and Use...4 204.2: Open Space Not to be Encroached Upon...4 204.3: Every Lot Must Abut a Street...4 204.4: One Principal Building Per Lot...4 204.5: Combination of Uses...5 204.6: Applicability to Public Property...5 204.7: Fractional Requirements...5 204.8: Exemptions...5 204.8.1: Low Voltage Electric Fences... 5-8 Section 205: Unusual Situations...8 205.1: Corner Lots...8 205.2: Visibility...8 205.3: Conditional Zoning District...8 RESERVED...11 ARTICLE 300A: PERMITTED USES Section 301A: Interpreting the Table of Permitted Uses...12 Section 302A: Similar But Not Included Uses...12 Section 303A: Combination of Uses... 12-13 Section 304A: Uses Not Specifically Set Out...13 RESERVED...14 Section 310A: TABLE OF PERMITTED USES... 15-22 i
ARTICLE 300B: DISTRICT REGULATIONS Section 301B: Purposes...26 301B.1: Residential and Agricultural Use (RA) District...26 301B.2: Residential (R40, R20, R15, R11, R8, R6, R15M, R8M) Districts...26 301B.3: Office-Institutional, Multi-family (OI, OIA) Districts...26 301B.4: Retail Business (B1, B2, B2A, B3, B4) Districts...26 301B.5: Wholesale, Storage, and Manufacturing (I1, I2, I3) Districts...27 302B: Definition of Criteria...28 302B.1: Minimum Lot Area (A)...28 302B.2: Maximum Density (D)...28 302B.3: Minimum Lot Width (W)...28 302B.4: Minimum Building Setback (SBb)...28 302B.5: Minimum Sideyard Setin (SIs)...28 302B.6: Minimum Rearyard Setin (SIr)...28 302B.7: Maximum Percentage of Cover (%C)...28 302B.8: Maximum Building Height (H)...28 302B.9: Minimum Building Separation (B-B)...28 Section 303B: Dimensional Criteria...29 Section 303B.1: Dimensional Criteria for B-A (Adult Establishment Overlay District).29 Section 304B: Special Standards for Some Districts and Situations...30 304B.1: Facades in the Office-Institutional, Multi-family (OI, OIA) District...30 304B.1.1: Facades and New Construction in the B-1 District...31 304B.2: Storage in the Retail Business (B1) District...31 304B.3: Residential Use and Density in Retail Business (B1) District...32 304B.4: (Reserved)...32 304B.5: Auto Sales in the Office-Institutional, Multi-family (OI, OIA) District...32 304B.6: Additional Requirements and Exemptions for Buildings Whose Height Exceeds Thirty-five Feet...32 304B.7: Reductions in Setins for Accessory Structures...32 304B.8: Parking Area Setbacks...32 304B.9: Reduced Dimensional Standards for RA Districts...33 304B.10: Duplexes...33 304B.11: Outside Displays...33 304B.12: Handicapped Ramps...33 Section 305B: Lots in Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction Area not served by City Water/Sewer...33 Section 306B: New Wells Prohibited Near Old Landfill...34 RESERVED...35 ii
RESERVED...36 RESERVED...37 ARTICLE 400: SIGN ORDINANCE Section 401: Classification and Definition of Signs According to Purpose...38 Section 402: Classification and Definition of Signs According to Structural Type...38 Section 403: General Regulations...40 Section 404: Signs in All District...41 Section 405: Prohibited Signs...43 Section 406: Business Signs...43 406A: Informational Signs...45 406B: Development Identification Signs...45 Section 407: Permitted Signs in the B-1 Central Business District...46 Section 408: Exempt Signs...47 RESERVED...48 RESERVED...49 RESERVED...50 ARTICLE 500: PARKING AND LOADING Section 501: General Provisions...51 501.1: Parking Spaces Required...51 501.2: Storage and Stacking Spaces Required...51 501.3: Reading the Table of Parking...52 Section 502: Exemptions and Adjustments...52 502.1: Exemption for Certain Developments...52 502.2: Exemptions for Changes of Use Where Additional Parking Impractical...52 Section 510: Table of Parking Standards...52 Section 510: TABLE OF PARKING...53 Section 520: Satellite Parking...60 520.1: General...60 520.2: Location...60 520.3: Condition...60 Section 530: Shared Parking...60 iii
Section 540: General Design...60 540.1: Vehicular Movement...60 540.2: Safety...61 Section 541: Parking Space Dimensions...61 Section 542: Surfacing...61 542.1: Paved Parking Required...61 542.2: Exceptions...61 542.3: Other Exemptions and Adjustments...62 542.4: Standards For Non-Paved Areas...62 542.5: Porous Paving Materials May Be Required...63 542.6: Storage Spaces and Stacking Lanes Required to be Paved...63 Section 543: Reductions in the Number of Required Spaces for Lots Where Less Than 15 Spaces Are Required...63 543.1: Reductions for Paving...63 543.2: Reductions for Protecting Trees...63 Section 544: Marking and Maintenance...63 Section 545: Landscaping...63 Section 550: Loading and Unloading...64 550.1: Loading and Unloading Areas Required...64 550.2: Number of Loading Spaces Required...64 550.3: Location...65 RESERVED...66 Standard Parking for < 90 degree...67 Standard Parking for <60 degree...68 Standard Parking for <45 degree...69 Central Business District...70 Parking Overlay District...71 ARTICLE 600A: DESIGN STANDARDS Section 601A: Design Standards Relating to Location of Intensive Uses...72 Section 602A: Design Standards Relating to Points of Ingress and Egress...72 602A.1: Non-Residential Developments...72 602A.2: Residential Uses...73 iv
Section 603A: Design Standards Relating to Landscaping...74 Section 604A: Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance...83 604A.1: Statutory Authorization, Findings of Fact, Purpose and Objectives...83 604A.1.1: Statutory Authorization...83 604A.1.2: Findings of Fact...83 604A.1.3: Statement of Purpose...83 604A.1.4: Objectives...84 604A.2: Definitions...84 604A.3: General Provisions...91 604A.3.1: Land to Which This Ordinance Applies...91 604A.3.2: Basis for Establishing the Special Flood Hazard Areas...91 604A.3.3: Establishment of Floodplain Development Permit...91 604A.3.4: Compliance...91 604A.3.5: Abrogation and Greater Restrictions...91 604A.3.6: Interpretation...91 604A.3.7: Warning and Disclaimer of Liability...92 604A.3.8: Penalties for Violation...92 604A.4: Administration...92 604A.4.1: Designation of Floodplain Administrator...92 604A.4.2: Floodplain Development Application, Permit and Certification Requirements...92 604A.4.3: Duties and Responsibilities of the Floodplain Administrator...96 604A.4.4: Corrective Procedures...98 604A.4.5: Variance Procedures...99 604A.5: Provisions for Flood Hazard Reduction...102 604A.5.1: General Standards...102 604A.5.2: Specific Standards...103 604A.5.3: Reserved...107 604A.5.4: Standards for Floodplains Without Established Base Flood Elevations...108 604A.5.5: Standards for Riverine Floodplains With BFE But Without Established Floodways or Non-Encroachment Areas...108 604A.5.6: Floodways and Non-Encroachment Areas...109 604A.6: Legal Status Provisions...109 604A.6.1: Effect on Rights and Liabilities Under the Existing Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance...110 604A.6.2: Effect Upon Outstanding Floodplain Development Permits...110 605A: Design Standards Relating to Streets...110 v
606A: Design Standards Relating to Water and Sewer...110 607A: Design Standards Relating to Surface Drainage...111 608A: Design Standards Relating to Street Lighting...111 609A: Design Standards Relating to Solid Waste Disposal...111 RESERVED...112 RESERVED...113 ARTICLE 600B: SUPPLEMENTARY USE REGULATIONS Section 601B: Purposes...114 Section 610B: Nurseries, Day Care Centers, Kindergarten, Pre-Schools...114 610B.1: State Requirements...114 610B.2: Spatial Standards for Child Care...114 610B.3: Large Facilities...115 Section 611B: Domiciliary Homes, Family Care Homes, Home for the Aged and...115 611B.1: State Requirements...115 611B.2: Spatial Standards for Domiciliary Care...115 Section 612B: Schools...115 612B.1: Minimum Dimensions...115 612B.2: Building and Structure Setback and Setin...116 612B.3: Building Coverage...116 612B.4: Access...116 612B.5: Dormitories...116 Section 613B: Hospitals...116 613B.1: Minimum Dimensions...116 613B.2: Coverage...116 613B.3: Access...116 Section 614B: Churches, Temples...117 614B.1: Access...117 Section 615B: Emergency Services...117 615B.1: Access...117 615 B.2: Temporary Homeless Shelter 117 Section 616B: HUD Code Home...118 616B.1: Class A HUD Code Home...118 616B.2: Class B HUD Code Home...119 616B.3: Class C Mobile Home...119 Section 617B: HUD Code Home Parks...120 vi
617B.1: Minimum Dimensions...120 617B.2: Space Size...120 617B.3: Vegetation...120 617B.4: Design Standards...120 617B.5: Structural Standards...120 617B.6: Buffer and Screen...120 617B.7: Coverage...121 617B.8: Access...121 617B.9: Certificate of Occupancy...121 Section 618B: Multi-family Developments and Unified Residential Development...121 618B.1: Minimum Dimensions...121 618B.2: Maximum Allowable Density...121 618B.2.1: Vegetation...122 618B.3: Design Standards...122 618B.4: Buffer and Screen...122 618B.5: Coverage...122 618B.6: Access...122 Section 619B: Home Occupation...122 619B.1: General Requirements...123 619B.2: Cyber Home Office...123 619B.3: Service Oriented Home Occupation...123 619B.4: Signage in the O-I and O-IA Zoning Districts...124 Section 620B: Major Public Utility Facilities...124 620B.1: Exemption from Setback and Setin Requirements...124 620B.2: Design...124 620B.3: Minimum Dimensions...124 620B.4: Certain Uses Not An Accessory Use...125 Section 621B: Golf Course...125 Section 622B: Cemeteries...125 622B.1: Screening...125 622B.2: Access...125 622B.3: Design Standards...125 622B.4: Ownership and Maintenance...125 Section 623B: Funeral Homes...125 Section 624B: Accessory/Storage Structures Including Metal Cubicle Cubicle Buildings (PODS)...126 Section 630B: Neighborhood Laundries [Reserved]...126 vii
Section 640B: Outdoor Storage Other Than Petroleum Products Storage of More Than 100,000 Gallons...127 640B.1: Screening Storage Under Roofed Structure...127 640B.2: Screening Open Storage...127 640B.3: Storage as an Accessory Use...127 Section 641B: Unified Business Developments...127 641B.1: Minimum Dimensions...127 641B.2: Vegetation...127 641B.3: Design Standards...127 641B.4: Buffer and Screen (Other than in a B-1 District)...127 641B.5: Coverage...128 641B.6: Access...128 641B.7: Uses...129 Section 642B: Auto Sales...129 642B.1: Minimum Lot Size...129 642B.2: Frontage on Arterial Street...129 642B.3: Design...129 Section 643B: Amusements and Other Active Recreational Uses...129 643B.1: Screening...129 643B.2: Design...129 Section 644B: Design Standards Relating to Stables, Horse Farms, and Commercial Boarding Facilities...129 644B.1: Required Setbacks and Other Design Standards...129 Section 645B: Design Standards for Go Kart Tracks...130 Section 650B: Outdoor Theaters...131 650B.1: Separation for Theater Screen...131 650B.2: Stacking Distances...131 650B.3: Lighting, Buffers and Screens...131 650B.4: Noise...131 Section 651B: Game Rooms...131 651B.1: Location...131 651B.2: Access...132 651B.3: Design...132 Section 652B: Night Clubs, Taverns and Lounges...132 652B.1: Location...132 652B.2: State Standards...132 652B.3: Noise...132 652B.4: Dance Halls...132 viii
652B:5: Banquet Facilities/ Event Center...133 Section 653B: Auto Repair Shops...133 653B.1: Screening...133 Section 654B: Veterinary Establishment...135 Section 655B: Bus Station...135 655B.1: Lot Requirements...135 655B.2: Coverage...135 655B.3: Access...135 Section 656B: Laundries and Dry Cleaners...135 Section 657B: Industrial Uses...135 657B.1: Access...135 657B.2: Performance Standards...135 657B.3: Screening...136 Section 660B: Petroleum Products Storage of More Than 100,000 Gallons...136 660B.1: Site Requirements...136 660B.2: Safe Storage...136 660B.3: Access...136 660B.4: Screening...136 Section 661B: Extractive Uses...136 661B.1: Excavations...136 661B.2: Industrial Performance Standards...137 661B.3: Surface Drainage Hazard...137 661B.4: Screening...137 661B.5: Operation and Reclamation Plan...137 Section 662: Adult Uses (See Section 600D) Section 663B: Broadcast Towers, Microwave Dishes, Antennas, Cellular Towers, Telecommunication Towers, Two-Way Radio Towers, Commercial Satellites, PCS Towers...137 Section 663B.1: Placement and Dimension Requirements...138 663B.1.1:...138 663B1.2: Setbacks for Accessory/Equipment Buildings...138 663B.3: Compliance With Other Regulations...138 663B.4: Screening...138 663B.5: Application Requirements...138 663B.6: Co-Location...139 663B.7: Lighting...139 663B.8: Maintenance and Parking...139 ix
663B.9: Abandonment...139 663B.10: Exemptions...140 663B.11: Signage not Permitted...140 Section 664B: Design Standards for Manned Solid Waste Convenience Center...140 Section 665: Monument Sales...140 Section 666B: HUD Code and Manufactured Home Sales, Accessory Structure Sales, Recreational Vehicle Sales, and Utility Trailer Sales...141 Section 667B: Vehicle Storage...141 Section 668B: Dwellings on the Ground Floor in the B1 Zoning District...141 Section 670B: Electronic Gaming Operations...142 670B.1: Location...142 670B.2: Access...142 670B.3: Design...142 670B.4: Hours of Operation...142 670B.5: Limits on Operations...142 670B.6: Security...143 670B.7: Conduct...143 Section 671B: Flea Market (Indoor or Outdoor Sales or Displays)...143 671B.1: Site Plan...143 671B.2: Area Required...143 671B.3: Setbacks...143 671B.4: Screening...143 671B.5: Restroom Facilities...143 671B.6: Electrical Facilities...143 671B.7: Hours of Operation...144 671B.8: Trash Disposal...144 671B.9: Cleanliness...144 Section 672B: Bed & Breakfast or Tourist Home...144 672B.1: Private Residential Structure...144 672B.2: Owner Occupancy...144 672B.3: Rooms & Guests Limits...144 672B.4: Premises Occupied...144 672B.5: Floor Plan...144 672B.6: Room Subdivision...145 672B.7: Meals...145 672B.8: Fire & Safety...145 672B.9: Guest Stay & Registry...145 672B.10: Parking...145 x
672B.11: Location...145 672B.12: Signage...146 672B.13: Lighting...146 672B.14: Permits...146 Section 673B: Bed & Breakfast Inn...146 673B.1: Original Structure Use...146 673B.2: Occupancy by Owner or Manager...146 673B.3: Rooms and Guest Limits...146 673B.4: Premises Occupied...146 673B.5: Floor Plan...147 673B.6: Room Subdivision...147 673B.7: Meals and Accessory Uses...147 673B.8: Fire & Safety...147 673B.9: Guest Stay & Registry...147 673B.10: Parking...147 673B.11: Location...148 673B.12: Signage...148 673B.13: Lighting...148 673B.14: Permits...148 Section 674B: Wind Turbines...148 674B.1: Site Plan...148 674B.2: Area Required...148 674B.3 Setbacks...148 674B.4 Noise...149 674B.5: Screening and Fencing...149 674B.6: Lighting...149 Section 675B: Solar Farms... 149 675B.1 Site Plans...149 675B.2 Setbacks...149 675B.3 Screening and Fencing (Required)...149 675B.4 Signage...150 675B.5 Noise...150 675B.6 Power Transmission Lines...150 675B.7 Inspections...150 675B7 Termination of Uses Decommissioning Plan...150 676B Light Manufacturing...151 RESERVED...152 RESERVED...153 RESERVED...154 ARTICLE 600C: VESTED RIGHTS Section 601C: Purpose...155 xi
Section 602C: Definitions...155 Section 603C: Establishment of a Zoning Vested Right...155 Section 604C: Approval Procedures and Approved Authority...156 Section 605C: Duration...157 Section 606C: Termination...157 Section 607C: Voluntary Annexation...158 Section 608C: Limitations...158 Section 609C: Repealer...158 Section 610C: Effective Date...158 RESERVED...159 ARTICLE 600D: ADULT ESTABLISHMENTS...160 600D.1: Purpose...160 600D.2: Definitions...160 600D.3: Location...164 600D.4: Other Supplemental Requirements...165 600D.5: Other Licenses...165 RESERVED...166 RESERVED...167 ARTICLE 700: NONCONFORMING SITUATIONS AND PROJECTS Section 701: Continuation of Nonconforming Situations and Completion of...168 Section 702: Nonconforming Lots...168 702.1: Area Nonconformity...168 702.2: Other Dimensional Nonconformity...168 702.3: Exceptions to Continuing Nonconformities...168 Section 703: Extension or Enlargement of Nonconforming Situations...169 703.1: Extension of Nonconforming Situation Prohibited... 169 703.2: Completion of Buildings Under Construction...169 703.3: Completion of Non-structural Uses of Land...169 703.4: Nonconformities Involving Several Structure on One Lot...169 Section 704: Repair, Maintenance and Reconstruction...169 704.1: Repairs Encouraged...169 704.2: Exception for Repair of Residential Dwelling Units...170 704.3: Exception for HUD Code Home in Extra-Territorial Area...170 704.4: Nonconforming Mobile/Manufactured Homes located in the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction...170 xii
Section 705: Change in Use of Property Where a Nonconforming Situation Exists...170 Section 706: Abandonment and Discontinuance of Nonconforming Situations...171 706.1: Discontinuance of Non-structural Use...171 706.2: Discontinuance of Structural Use...171 Section 707: Completion of Nonconforming Projects...171 707.1: Vested Rights of Outstanding Projects...171 707.2: Vested Rights of Other Projects...171 Section 708: Removal of Certain Permitted But Non-Conforming Automobile Repair Facilities Unless Brought Into Compliance...172 708A: Removal of Certain Pre-Existing Non-Permitted Non-Conforming Automobile Repair Facilities unless Brought Into Compliance With the Provision of This Section...175 708.1: Nonconforming Signs [Reserved for future use]...177 708.2: Nonconforming Quasi-Nuisance Uses [Reserved for future use]...177 Section 709: Removal of Certain Non-Conforming Junk Yards...177 RESERVED...182 ARTICLE 800: MEMBERSHIP, PROCEDURES AND POWERS OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Section 801: Creation and Membership of Board of Adjustment...183 801.1: Membership...183 801.2: Term of Office...183 801.3: Alternate Members...184 801.4: Chairman...184 801.5: Vacancies...184 801.6: Compensation...184 801.7: Meetings...184 Section 802: Powers and Duties...184 802.1: Powers and Duties of the Board of Adjustment...184 802.2: Administrative Relief...185 802.3: Variances...186 802.3.1: Variance from the Table of Permitted Uses...186 802.3.2: Variance from Area or Dimensional Requirements...186 Section 803: Special Use Permit...187 803.1: Conditions on Special Use Permits and Variances...188 xiii
Section 804: Rules of Procedure...188 804.1: Application...188 804.2: Copies...189 804.3: Notice of Hearings...189 804.4: Oaths and Subpoenas...189 804.5: Evidence in Special Use Permits and Variances...190 804.6: Order of Presentation on Special Use Permits and Variances...190 804.7: Findings of Fact on Special Use Permits and Variances...191 804.8: Decisions...191 804.9: Special Voting Requirements...192 804.10: Quorum...192 Section 805: Appeal...192 Section 806: Failure to Comply with the Terms of the Permit...192 ARTICLE 900: ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL PROVISIONS Section 901: Administration of the Zoning Ordinance...193 Section 902: Certificate of Zoning Compliance Required...193 902.1: Change of Use...193 902.2: New Development...193 902.3: Building Permit...193 902.4: Certificate of Occupancy...193 Section 903: Application for Certificate of Zoning Compliance...194 903.1: Application...194 903.2: Site Plan Required...194 903.2.1: General Requirement...194 903.2.2: Single Family Residences and Duplexes...194 903.3: Complete Application...194 903.4: Copies...194 903.5: Location of District Lines...195 Section 904: Special Use Permits...195 904.1: Application...195 904.2: Site Plan...195 904.3: Complete Application...195 904.4: Copies...196 904.5: Notice...196 Section 905: Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map...196 905.1: Form of Petitions...196 905.2: Public Hearing Required...197 905.2.1: Mailed Notice Required...197 xiv
905.2.2: Substitute Notice...197 905.3: Consideration by Appointed Boards...198 905.4: Protest Petitions...198 905.5: Effect of Denial...199 Section 906: Validity...199 Section 907: Fees...200 Section 908: Interpretation...200 908.1: Conflict with Other Laws and Agreements...200 908.2: Separability...201 909: Remedies...201 909.1: Criminal and Penalties...201 909.2: Civil Action...201 Section 910: Effective Date...202 Section 911: Rights and Liabilities under Prior Ordinance...202 RESERVED...203 ARTICLE 1000: DEFINITIONS Section 1001: Definition of Words in Other Ordinances...204 Section 1002: Certain Words Defined As Follows...205 xv
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