Alamosa City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- TITLE, PURPOSE, AUTHORITY, APPLICABILITY, JURISDICTION, TRANSITION, INTERPRETATION, AND SEVERABILITY
Sections
- DIVISION 1-1.- TITLE, PURPOSES, AUTHORITY, AND DISCLAIMERS
- DIVISION 1-2. - APPLICABILITY, JURISDICTION, INTERPRETATION, AND TRANSITION
ARTICLE II
ZONES AND LAND USE
Sections
- DIVISION 2-1.- ZONES
- DIVISION 2-2. - LAND USE
- Sec. 21-2-201. - Interpretation of land use tables.
- Sec. 21-2-202. - Residential and special residential land use table.
- Sec. 21-2-203. - Civic, education, and health care land use table.
- Sec. 21-2-204. - General commercial and motor vehicle land use table.
- Sec. 21-2-205. - Hospitality, recreation, and entertainment land use table.
- Sec. 21-2-206. - Industry, transportation, storage, and disposal land use table.
- Sec. 21-2-207. - Utility and communications land use table.
- Sec. 21-2-208. - Agricultural land use table.
- Sec. 21-2-209. - Uses that are prohibited in all zones.
- Sec. 21-2-210. - Uses that are not listed.
- Sec. 21-2-211. - Essential governmental or public utilities services.
- DIVISION 2-3. - LIMITED AND CONDITIONAL USE STANDARDS
- DIVISION 2-4. - TEMPORARY USES
- DIVISION 2-5. - ACCESSORY USES
ARTICLE III
DENSITY, INTENSITY, OPEN SPACE, LANDSCAPE SURFACE, AND SCALE
Sections
- DIVISION 3-1.- PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF ARTICLE
- DIVISION 3-2. - RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YIELD
- DIVISION 3-3. - NONRESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT YIELD
ARTICLE IV
LOT, BUILDING, AND STRUCTURE STANDARDS
Sections
- DIVISION 4-1.- ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE
- DIVISION 4-2. - HOUSING PALETTE
- Sec. 21-4-201. - Purpose and application of division.
- Sec. 21-4-202. - Single-family detached lot and building standards.
- Sec. 21-4-203. - Duplex lot and building standards.
- Sec. 21-4-204. - Townhouse lot and building standards.
- Sec. 21-4-205. - Multiplex or multifamily lot and building standards.
- Sec. 21-4-206. - Manufactured home lot and building standards.
- Sec. 21-4-207. - Tiny home, cottage, small duplex, and co-housing cluster lot and building standards.
- Sec. 21-4-208. - Live-work lot and building standards.
- DIVISION 4-3. - NONRESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE LOT AND BUILDING STANDARDS
- DIVISION 4-4. - EXCEPTIONS TO LOT AND BUILDING STANDARDS
- DIVISION 4-5. - SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS
- Sec. 21-4-501. - Purpose of division.
- Sec. 21-4-502. - Accessory buildings.
- Sec. 21-4-503. - Accessory dwelling units.
- Sec. 21-4-504. - Fences, garden walls, retaining walls, and hedges.
- Sec. 21-4-505. - Swimming pools.
- Sec. 21-4-506. - Outdoor storage.
- Sec. 21-4-507. - Loading and service areas.
- Sec. 21-4-508. - Trash collection.
- Sec. 21-4-509. - Drive-in or drive-through facilities.
- Sec. 21-4-510. - Satellite dishes and antennae.
- Sec. 21-4-511. - Renewable energy.
- Sec. 21-4-512. - Unattended collection boxes.
- DIVISION 4-6. - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
- Sec. 21-4-601. - Purpose and applicability of division.
- Sec. 21-4-602. - Site selection standards.
- Sec. 21-4-603. - Telecommunications towers.
- Sec. 21-4-604. - Multiple-use facilities.
- Sec. 21-4-604.5. - Equipment location limits in public rights-of-way.
- Sec. 21-4-605. - Lighting and signage.
- Sec. 21-4-606. - Maintenance, abandonment, and removal.
- DIVISION 4-7. - SIGNS
- DIVISION 4-8. - DESIGN STANDARDS
ARTICLE V
- SITE DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections
- DIVISION 5-1.- SITE DESIGN, CIRCULATION, AND CONNECTIVITY
- Sec. 21-5-101. - Purpose and application.
- Sec. 21-5-102. - General site design principles.
- Sec. 21-5-103. - Circulation and connectivity.
- Sec. 21-5-104. - On-site snow storage.
- Sec. 21-5-105. - Street, alley, and pedestrian way design.
- Sec. 21-5-106. - Blocks.
- Sec. 21-5-107. - Lots.
- Sec. 21-5-108. - Sight triangles.
- DIVISION 5-2. - PARKING AND LOADING
- Sec. 21-5-201. - Purpose and application of division.
- Sec. 21-5-202. - Calculation of required parking spaces.
- Sec. 21-5-203. - Parking tables.
- Sec. 21-5-204. - Required accessible parking spaces.
- Sec. 21-5-205. - Special studies.
- Sec. 21-5-206. - Credit for on-street parking.
- Sec. 21-5-207. - Parking reduction and shared parking methodologies.
- Sec. 21-5-208. - Remote parking.
- Sec. 21-5-209. - Parking lot design standards.
- Sec. 21-5-210. - Parking space markings, traffic control devices, and parking stops.
- Sec. 21-5-211. - Required truck loading areas.
- Sec. 21-5-212. - Vehicle stacking requirements.
- Sec. 21-5-213. - Construction, operation, and maintenance.
- DIVISION 5-3. - LANDSCAPING AND OPEN SPACE
- Sec. 21-5-301. - Purpose and application of division.
- Sec. 21-5-302. - Landscape design principles.
- Sec. 21-5-303. - Size and quality of landscape plants; tree preservation credits.
- Sec. 21-5-304. - General landscaping.
- Sec. 21-5-305. - Parking lot landscaping.
- Sec. 21-5-306. - Bufferyard landscaping.
- Sec. 21-5-307. - Maintenance standards.
- Sec. 21-5-308. - Open space.
- DIVISION 5-4. - LIGHTING[2]
- Sec. 21-5-401. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 21-5-402. - Scope and applicability.
- Sec. 21-5-403. - Prohibited outdoor lighting.
- Sec. 21-5-404. - Lighting information required.
- Sec. 21-5-405. - Outdoor lighting standards.
- Sec. 21-5-406. - Exterior lighting for outdoor recreation.
- Sec. 21-5-407. - Greenhouse lighting.
- Sec. 21-5-408. - Public safety and public nuisance.
- DIVISION 5-5. - GRADING, EROSION, AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
ARTICLE VI
MITIGATION OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS
Sections
- DIVISION 6-1.- IMPACT ANALYSIS
- DIVISION 6-2. - REQUIRED DEDICATIONS AND FEES-IN-LIEU
- DIVISION 6-3. - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, SITE IMPROVEMENTS, AND EASEMENTS
- DIVISION 6-4. - OPERATIONS PLANS—MINERAL EXTRACTION AND HEAVY TRUCK ROUTING
ARTICLE VII
NONCONFORMITIES
Sections
- DIVISION 7-1.- PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF ARTICLE
- DIVISION 7-2. - NONCONFORMING USES
- DIVISION 7-3. - NONCONFORMING BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES
- DIVISION 7-4. - OTHER PHYSICAL NONCONFORMITIES
- Sec. 21-7-401. - Conforming uses with physical nonconformities.
- Sec. 21-7-402. - Nonconforming landscaping or buffering.
- Sec. 21-7-403. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 21-7-404. - Nonconforming lighting.
- Sec. 21-7-405. - Nonconforming parking.
- Sec. 21-7-406. - Nonconforming density.
- Sec. 21-7-407. - Nonconforming lots of record.
ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- DIVISION 8-1.- ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES
- DIVISION 8-2. - PERMITS AND APPROVALS
- DIVISION 8-3. - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND CAMPUS MASTER PLANS
- Sec. 21-8-301. - Purpose and application of division.
- Sec. 21-8-302. - Scope.
- Sec. 21-8-303. - Types of planned unit development.
- Sec. 21-8-304. - Standards that may be modified in a planned unit development.
- Sec. 21-8-305. - Approval criteria for modification of standards in a planned unit development.
- Sec. 21-8-306. - Construction procedures and building permits.
- Sec. 21-8-307. - Amendments to the final development plan or campus master plan.
- Sec. 21-8-308. - Enforcement of development schedule.
- Sec. 21-8-309. - Control of development following completion.
- DIVISION 8-4. - ANNEXATION AND DISCONNECTION
- DIVISION 8-5. - STANDARDIZED PROCEDURES
- Sec. 21-8-501. - Standardized review process.
- Sec. 21-8-502. - Ex parte communications.
- Sec. 21-8-503. - Pre-application meeting.
- Sec. 21-8-504. - Application.
- Sec. 21-8-505. - Application fees and escrows.
- Sec. 21-8-506. - Completeness review.
- Sec. 21-8-507. - Sufficiency review.
- Sec. 21-8-508. - Stale applications.
- Sec. 21-8-509. - Administrative review.
- Sec. 21-8-510. - Referrals.
- Sec. 21-8-511. - Public notice.
- Sec. 21-8-512. - Public meetings and public hearings.
- Sec. 21-8-513. - Continuances and withdrawal.
- Sec. 21-8-514. - Successive applications.
- Sec. 21-8-515. - Recording of approvals.
- Sec. 21-8-516. - Effect of approvals.
- Sec. 21-8-517. - Duration of approvals.
- Sec. 21-8-518. - Extensions of approvals.
- Sec. 21-8-519. - Correction of approvals.
- Sec. 21-8-520. - Vacation of easements, rights-of-way, or plats.
- Sec. 21-8-521. - Special procedures for wireless telecommunications facilities.
- Sec. 21-8-522. - Special procedures for water projects for export outside the San Luis Valley.
- DIVISION 8-6. - VESTED PROPERTY RIGHTS
- Sec. 21-8-601. - Applications.
- Sec. 21-8-602. - Vested property rights; establishment.
- Sec. 21-8-603. - Notice of hearing and decision; form of approval.
- Sec. 21-8-604. - Notice of final approval.
- Sec. 21-8-605. - Requirements of ordinance or resolution.
- Sec. 21-8-606. - No rights created.
- Sec. 21-8-607. - Exceptions.
- DIVISION 8-7. - ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATIONS, VARIANCES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS
ARTICLE IX
ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- DIVISION 9-1.- PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF ARTICLE
- DIVISION 9-2. - ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
- DIVISION 9-3. - REMEDIES
ARTICLE X
- FINDINGS, OBJECTIVES, AND INTENT
Sections
- DIVISION 10-1.- FINDINGS, OBJECTIVES, AND INTENT REGARDING SPECIFIC USES
- DIVISION 10-2. - FINDINGS REGARDING REGULATION OF CERTAIN STRUCTURES
ARTICLE XI
MEASUREMENTS, CALCULATIONS, RULES OF CONSTRUCTION, ACRONYMS, AND DEFINITIONS
Sections
- DIVISION 11-1.- MEASUREMENTS AND CALCULATIONS
- DIVISION 11-2. - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION, ACRONYMS, AND DEFINITIONS