Alma City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- IN GENERAL
Sections
- Sec. 60-1.- Title.
- Sec. 60-2. - Purpose.
- Sec. 60-3. - State legislation enabling authority.
- Sec. 60-4. - Scope and construction of regulations.
- Sec. 60-5. - Validity and severability clause.
- Sec. 60-6. - Conflict with other laws, regulations, and agreements.
- Sec. 60-7. - Relationship to adopted master plan.
- Sec. 60-8. - Vested right.
ARTICLE III
ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 60-51.- Establishment of zoning districts.
- Sec. 60-52. - Provisions for official zoning map.
- Sec. 60-53. - Changes to official zoning map.
- Sec. 60-54. - Authority of official zoning map.
- Sec. 60-55. - Interpretation of zoning districts.
- Sec. 60-56. - Application of district regulations.
- Sec. 60-57. - Conformance to other public laws, rules and regulations.
- Sec. 60-58. - Conflicting regulations.
- Sec. 60-59. - Zoning permits in relation to building permits.
- Sec. 60-60. - Zoning districts.
- Sec. 60-61. - Schedule of area, height, width and setback regulations.
ARTICLE IV
SPECIAL USES2
Sections
- Sec. 60-73.- Intent.
- Sec. 60-74. - Special use review procedures.
- Sec. 60-75. - Adult regulated uses.
- Sec. 60-76. - Drive-in or drive-through restaurants.
- Sec. 60-77. - Bed and breakfast establishments.
- Sec. 60-78. - Automobile service stations/automobile convenience marts, auto repairs, paint and body shops.
- Sec. 60-79. - Garden centers, nurseries and commercial outdoor storage.
- Sec. 60-80. - Outdoor sales.
- Sec. 60-81. - Commercial outdoor recreation spaces.
- Sec. 60-82. - Funeral homes.
- Sec. 60-83. - Automobile car washes.
- Sec. 60-84. - Amusement parks and arcades.
- Sec. 60-85. - Storage facilities for materials or equipment.
- Sec. 60-86. - Child care facilities.
- Sec. 60-87. - Adult foster care facilities.
- Sec. 60-88. - Churches and religious institutions.
- Sec. 60-89. - Hospitals and nursing homes.
- Sec. 60-90. - Salvage yards.
- Sec. 60-91. - Self-storage facilities/ mini-storage.
- Sec. 60-92. - Wireless communication devices.
- Sec. 60-93. - Convalescent and nursing homes.
- Sec. 60-94. - Body-piercing establishments.
- Sec. 60-95. - Tattoo establishments.
- Sec. 60-96. - Pawnshops.
- Sec. 60-97. - Truck, recreational vehicle, construction equipment, and farm implement and equipment sales and/or repair facilities.
ARTICLE V
- PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT3
Sections
- Sec. 60-108.- Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 60-109. - PUD regulations.
- Sec. 60-110. - PUD eligibility.
- Sec. 60-111. - Residential and nonresidential PUD standards.
- Sec. 60-112. - General design standards.
- Sec. 60-113. - Procedure for review.
- Sec. 60-114. - PUD conditions.
- Sec. 60-115. - Phasing and commencement of construction.
- Sec. 60-116. - Effect of approval.
- Sec. 60-117. - Deviations from approved final PUD site plan.
ARTICLE VII
SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 60-152.- Purpose.
- Sec. 60-153. - Dwelling lots or sites.
- Sec. 60-154. - Accessory building provisions.
- Sec. 60-155. - Use of yard space.
- Sec. 60-156. - One-family dwelling unit standards.
- Sec. 60-157. - Manufactured housing park requirements.
- Sec. 60-158. - Accessory building as dwelling.
- Sec. 60-159. - Basements as dwelling.
- Sec. 60-160. - Damaged buildings and structures.
- Sec. 60-161. - Required water supply and wastewater disposal facilities.
- Sec. 60-162. - Access to a public street or highway.
- Sec. 60-163. - Frontage on a public or private street or highway.
- Sec. 60-164. - Visibility at intersections.
- Sec. 60-165. - Street closures.
- Sec. 60-166. - Unsafe buildings.
- Sec. 60-167. - Building grades.
- Sec. 60-168. - Buildings to be moved.
- Sec. 60-169. - Dwellings in nonresidential districts.
- Sec. 60-170. - Side yard reduction.
- Sec. 60-171. - Rear yard reduction.
- Sec. 60-172. - Yard encroachments permitted.
- Sec. 60-173. - Supplementary height regulations.
- Sec. 60-174. - Trash.
- Sec. 60-175. - Temporary dwellings.
- Sec. 60-176. - Essential services.
- Sec. 60-177. - Swimming pools, hot tubs, jacuzzis, whirlpools and other pools.
- Sec. 60-178. - Home occupations.
- Sec. 60-179. - Outdoor displays of products or materials intended for retail sale or rental.
- Sec. 60-180. - Sidewalk cafe service.
- Sec. 60-181. - Satellite dish antennas.
- Sec. 60-182. - Yard sales.
- Sec. 60-183. - Ratio of lot width to depth.
- Sec. 60-184. - Fences, walls and screens.
- Sec. 60-185. - Hub or relay antennas.
- Sec. 60-186. - Wind energy conversion systems.
- Sec. 60-187. - Donation boxes.
- Sec. 60-188. - Marihuana facilities and marihuana establishments.
ARTICLE VIII
OFF-STREET PARKING, LOADING AND UNLOADING REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Sec. 60-207.- Purpose.
- Sec. 60-208. - Off-street parking requirements.
- Sec. 60-209. - Design standards for off-street parking.
- Sec. 60-210. - Off-street parking space requirements.
- Sec. 60-211. - Truck and equipment parking.
- Sec. 60-212. - Off-street loading and unloading requirements.
- Sec. 60-213. - Off-street stacking space for drive-through facilities.
ARTICLE IX
SIGNS5
Sections
- Sec. 60-235.- Purpose.
- Sec. 60-236. - Definitions.
- Sec. 60-237. - Exempt signs.
- Sec. 60-238. - Residential sign exceptions.
- Sec. 60-239. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 60-240. - Roof signs; requirements; prohibitions.
- Sec. 60-241. - General sign regulations.
- Sec. 60-242. - Permitted signs in nonresidential districts.
- Sec. 60-243. - Signs within the campus-institutional (CI) district.
- Sec. 60-244. - Billboards.
- Sec. 60-245. - Temporary signs/banners and feather flag signs.
- Sec. 60-246. - Nonconforming signs and sign structures.
- Sec. 60-247. - Maintenance of signs.
- Sec. 60-248. - Appeals.
- Sec. 60-249. - Enforcement.
ARTICLE X
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND DESIGN STANDARDS6
Sections
- Sec. 60-277.- Purpose.
- Sec. 60-278. - Landscaping, greenbelts and buffers, and screening.
- Sec. 60-279. - Airborne emissions.
- Sec. 60-280. - Noise and vibration.
- Sec. 60-281. - Glare and exterior lighting.
- Sec. 60-282. - Safety.
- Sec. 60-283. - Stormwater management.
- Sec. 60-284. - Regulation of floodplain areas.
ARTICLE XI
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- Sec. 60-303.- Purpose.
- Sec. 60-304. - Administration.
- Sec. 60-305. - Duties of zoning administrator or enforcing officer.
- Sec. 60-306. - Zoning permit.
- Sec. 60-307. - Site plan review.
- Sec. 60-308. - Site condominium and condominium project regulations.
- Sec. 60-309. - Performance guarantee.
- Sec. 60-310. - Certificate of occupancy.
- Sec. 60-311. - Fees, charges and expenses.
- Sec. 60-312. - Enforcement; penalty for violation; nuisance per se.
- Sec. 60-313. - Records.