Annapolis City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
Division I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Chapter 21.02 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
- Chapter 21.04 - ORGANIZATION
- Chapter 21.06 - ZONING DISTRICTS AND MAPPING
Division II
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- Chapter 21.08 - DECISION MAKING BODIES AND OFFICIALS
- Chapter 21.10 - GENERAL APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND FEES
- Chapter 21.12 - USE AND OCCUPANCY PERMITS
- Chapter 21.14 - DEMOLITION PERMITS
- Chapter 21.16 - ADMINISTRATIVE INTERPRETATIONS
- Chapter 21.18 - ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS
- Chapter 21.20 - ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS
- Chapter 21.22 - SITE DESIGN PLAN REVIEW
- 21.22.010 - Purpose.
- 21.22.020 - Applicability and classifications.
- 21.22.040 - Plan preparation and submission stages.
- 21.22.050 - Waivers.
- 21.22.060 - Procedures for major site design plan applications.
- 21.22.070 - Procedures for minor site design plan applications.
- 21.22.080 - Review criteria and findings.
- 21.22.090 - Expiration.
- 21.22.100 - Performance and enforcement.
- 21.22.110 - Modification of approved plans.
- 21.22.120 - Appeal.
- Chapter 21.24 - PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS
- 21.24.010 - Purposes, authority and types.
- 21.24.020 - Use regulations for planned developments.
- 21.24.030 - Phasing of nonresidential uses.
- 21.24.040 - Minimum area.
- 21.24.050 - Bulk and density standards.
- 21.24.060 - Common open space.
- 21.24.070 - Procedures for planned developments.
- 21.24.080 - Rights-of-way.
- 21.24.090 - Planned development review criteria and findings.
- 21.24.100 - Annual revised schedule.
- 21.24.110 - Expiration.
- 21.24.120 - Modification of approved plans.
- 21.24.130 - Appeals.
- Chapter 21.26 - SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS
- 21.26.010 - Purpose and authority.
- 21.26.020 - Applicability.
- 21.26.030 - Procedures for special exceptions.
- 21.26.040 - Application requirements.
- 21.26.050 - Review criteria and findings.
- 21.26.060 - Reapplication after denial.
- 21.26.070 - Expiration.
- 21.26.080 - Modification of approved special exception.
- 21.26.090 - Appeals.
- Chapter 21.28 - VARIANCES
- Chapter 21.30 - APPEALS
- Chapter 21.32 - ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS
- Chapter 21.34 - ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS
- Chapter 21.36 - ZONING ENFORCEMENT
Division III
BASE DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- Chapter 21.38 - REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL DISTRICTS
- Chapter 21.40 - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- 21.40.010 - Regulations applicable to all residential districts.
- 21.40.020 - R1 Single-Family Residence district.
- 21.40.030 - R1-A Single-Family Residence district.
- 21.40.040 - R1-B Single-Family Residence district.
- 21.40.050 - R2 Single-Family Residence district.
- 21.40.060 - R2-NC Single-Family Residence Neighborhood Conservation district.
- 21.40.070 - R3 General Residence district.
- 21.40.080 - R3-NC General Residence Neighborhood Conservation district.
- 21.40.090 - R3-NC2 General Residence Neighborhood Conservation 2 district.
- 21.40.100 - R3-R General Residence Neighborhood Revitalization district.
- 21.40.110 - R4 General Residence district.
- 21.40.120 - R4-R General Residence Neighborhood Revitalization district.
- 21.40.130 - C1 Conservation Residence district.
- 21.40.140 - C1-A Special Conservation Residence district.
- Chapter 21.42 - COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
- 21.42.010 - Regulations applicable to all commercial and industrial districts.
- 21.42.020 - B1 Convenience Shopping district.
- 21.42.030 - B2 Community Shopping district.
- 21.42.040 - B3 General Commercial district.
- 21.42.050 - B3-CD General Commercial Corridor Design district.
- 21.42.060 - BCE Business Corridor Enhancement district.
- 21.42.070 - BR Business Revitalization district.
- 21.42.080 - C2 Conservation Business district.
- 21.42.090 - C2A Special Conservation Business district.
- 21.42.100 - PM2 Professional Mixed Office Park district.
- 21.42.110 - I1 Industrial district.
- Chapter 21.44 - OFFICE AND MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 21.46 - WATERFRONT MARITIME DISTRICTS
- Chapter 21.47 - OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
- Chapter 21.48 - USE TABLES
- 21.48.010 - Table of Uses—Residential Zoning Districts.
- 21.48.020 - Table of Uses—Commercial and Industrial Zoning Districts.
- 21.48.030 - Table of Uses—Office and Mixed Use Zoning Districts.
- 21.48.040 - Table of Uses—Waterfront Maritime Zoning Districts.
- 21.48.050 - Table of Uses—Open Space Zoning District.
- Chapter 21.50 - BULK REGULATIONS TABLES
- 21.50.010 - Bulk Regulations Table R1 District.
- 21.50.020 - Bulk Regulations Table R1-A District.
- 21.50.030 - Bulk Regulations Table R1-B District.
- 21.50.040 - Bulk Regulations Table R2 District.
- 21.50.050 - Bulk Regulations Table R2-NC District.
- 21.50.060 - Bulk Regulations Table R3 District.
- 21.50.070 - Bulk Regulations Table R3-NC District.
- 21.50.080 - Bulk Regulations Table R3-NC 2 District.
- 21.50.090 - Bulk Regulations Table R3-R District.
- 21.50.100 - Bulk Regulations Table R4 District.
- 21.50.110 - Bulk Regulations Table R4-R District.
- 21.50.120 - Bulk Regulations Table C1 District.
- 21.50.130 - Bulk Regulations Table C1-A District.
- 21.50.140 - Bulk Regulations Table B1 District.
- 21.50.150 - Bulk Regulations Table B2 District.
- 21.50.160 - Bulk Regulations Table B3 District.
- 21.50.170 - Bulk Regulations Table B3-CD District.
- 21.50.180 - Bulk Regulations Table BCE District.
- 21.50.190 - Bulk Regulations Table BR District.
- 21.50.200 - Bulk Regulations Table C2 District.
- 21.50.210 - Bulk Regulations Table C2A District.
- 21.50.220 - Bulk Regulations Table PM2 District.
- 21.50.230 - Bulk Regulations Table I1 District.
- 21.50.240 - Bulk Regulations Table P District.
- 21.50.250 - Bulk Regulations Table PM District.
- 21.50.260 - Bulk Regulations Table MX District.
- 21.50.270 - Bulk Regulations Table C2P District.
- 21.50.280 - Bulk Regulations Table WMC District.
- 21.50.290 - Bulk Regulations Table WMM District.
- 21.50.300 - Bulk Regulations Table WMI District.
- 21.50.310 - Bulk Regulations Table WME District.
- 21.50.320 - Bulk Regulations Table OS District.
Division IV
OVERLAY DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- Chapter 21.52 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
- Chapter 21.54 - CRITICAL AREA OVERLAY
- 21.54.010 - Purpose.
- 21.54.020 - Map.
- 21.54.030 - Enforcement.
- 21.54.040 - Applicability.
- 21.54.050 - Notification of project approval.
- 21.54.060 - Development requirements generally.
- 21.54.070 - Buffer exemption areas. (Repealed)
- 21.54.080 - Development requirements—Intensely developed areas.
- 21.54.090 - Development requirements—Limited development areas.
- 21.54.100 - Development requirements—Resource conservation areas.
- 21.54.105 - The buffer.
- 21.54.106 - Modified Buffer Area (MBA).
- 21.54.110 - Water-dependent facilities.
- 21.54.120 - Habitat protection.
- 21.54.130 - Site design plan review. (Repealed)
- 21.54.140 - Change of area designation.
- 21.54.150 - Grandfathering provisions.
- 21.54.160 - Variances.
- 21.54.170 - Administrative variances.
- 21.54.180 - Lot consolidation and reconfiguration.
- 21.54.190 - Appeals.
- Chapter 21.56 - HISTORIC DISTRICT
- Article I - Approval of Exterior Changes
- 21.56.010 - Authority and purpose.
- 21.56.020 - Definitions.
- 21.56.030 - Boundaries.
- 21.56.035 - Sales of historic real property.
- 21.56.040 - Certificate of approval.
- 21.56.050 - Certificate of approval—Demolition.
- 21.56.060 - Application review.
- 21.56.070 - Certificate of approval—Commission decision.
- 21.56.080 - Certificate of approval—Expiration.
- 21.56.090 - Maintenance, repair, and demolition by neglect.
- 21.56.100 - Undergrounding of utilities.
- 21.56.110 - Appeals.
- 21.56.120 - Historic preservation violations.
- 21.56.130 - Severability.
- 21.56.140 - Statutory authority.
- Article II - Height and Bulk Limits
- Article III - Newsracks on Public Rights-of-Way
- 21.56.230 - Purpose and criteria.
- 21.56.240 - Definitions.
- 21.56.250 - Certificate of approval required.
- 21.56.260 - Application and issuance of certificate of approval.
- 21.56.270 - Fees.
- 21.56.280 - Appeals.
- 21.56.290 - Placement generally.
- 21.56.300 - Installation and maintenance.
- 21.56.310 - Specific prohibitions.
- 21.56.320 - Enforcement procedures—Nonconforming newsracks.
- 21.56.330 - Same—Abandoned newsracks.
- Article I - Approval of Exterior Changes
- Chapter 21.58 - OCD OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT
- Chapter 21.59 - EASTPORT GATEWAY CONSERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT
Division V
REGULATIONS OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
Sections
- Chapter 21.60 - SUPPLEMENTAL USE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- 21.60.010 - Purpose.
- 21.60.020 - Uses without buildings.
- 21.60.030 - One principal building per lot.
- 21.60.040 - Yard and lot area maintenance and conformity.
- 21.60.050 - Division of improved zoning lots.
- 21.60.060 - Location of required open space.
- 21.60.065 - Plantings.
- 21.60.070 - Fences and walls.
- 21.60.075 - Sight Visibility Triangle.
- 21.60.080 - View cones.
- 21.60.090 - Objects in required yards.
- 21.60.100 - Reduced side yard required for accessory uses.
- Chapter 21.62 - SITE DESIGN STANDARDS
- 21.62.010 - Applicability.
- 21.62.020 - General design standards.
- 21.62.030 - Design of open areas.
- 21.62.040 - Planting.
- 21.62.050 - Street trees.
- 21.62.060 - Scenic, historic, archaeological and landmark sites and views.
- 21.62.070 - Transitional provisions for development adjoining residential districts.
- 21.62.075 - School capacity.
- 21.62.080 - Surface water drainage.
- 21.62.090 - Traffic impacts.
- 21.62.100 - Driveway connections to public streets and rights-of-way.
- 21.62.110 - Vehicular circulation.
- 21.62.120 - Parking and loading.
- 21.62.130 - Pedestrian and bicycle circulation.
- 21.62.140 - Lighting.
- 21.62.150 - Utility services.
- 21.62.160 - Waste disposal.
- 21.62.170 - Noise.
- 21.62.180 - Storage, loading, and service areas.
- 21.62.190 - Additional site design standards.
- Chapter 21.64 - STANDARDS FOR USES SUBJECT TO STANDARDS
- 21.64.005 - Purpose and application of standards.
- 21.64.010 - Accessory dwellings.
- 21.64.015 - Accessory uses in R1, Single-family Residence district.
- 21.64.020 - Adult bookstores.
- 21.64.025 - Alcoholic beverage uses accessory to other uses.
- 21.64.030 - Antenna towers.
- 21.64.040 - Antennas and amateur radio stations.
- 21.64.050 - Antique stores.
- 21.64.060 - Apartment hotels.
- 21.64.070 - Arts and crafts stores.
- 21.64.080 - Arts and crafts studios.
- 21.64.090 - Bake shops.
- 21.64.100 - Banks and financial institutions.
- 21.64.110 - Bed and breakfast homes.
- 21.64.120 - Bed and breakfast home in a structure constructed or erected after December 14, 1998 on a vacant lot of record.
- 21.64.125 - Paddlecraft vessels.
- 21.64.130 - Candy stores including candy making.
- 21.64.140 - Catering establishments.
- 21.64.150 - Cigar lounges.
- 21.64.160 - Clubs, lodges and meeting halls, with on-premises food or beverage preparation facilities.
- 21.64.170 - Coffee shops.
- 21.64.180 - Convenience stores.
- 21.64.190 - Family child care.
- 21.64.200 - Child care center.
- 21.64.210 - Reserved.
- 21.64.220 - Delicatessens.
- 21.64.230 - Drive-through facilities prohibited.
- 21.64.240 - Dwellings, multi-family.
- 21.64.250 - Dwellings, multi-family containing six or fewer dwelling units.
- 21.64.260 - Dwellings, multi-family, containing twelve or fewer units.
- 21.64.270 - Dwellings, single-family attached.
- 21.64.290 - Dwellings, two-family.
- 21.64.300 - Food and beverage-related uses.
- 21.64.310 - Food service marts.
- 21.64.320 - Garden supply, tool and seed stores.
- 21.64.330 - Home occupations.
- 21.64.340 - Hotels with up to forty rooms, including restaurants and conference room facilities.
- 21.64.350 - Ice cream stores.
- 21.64.360 - Inns.
- 21.64.370 - Institutions for the care of the aged.
- 21.64.380 - Reserved.
- 21.64.390 - Maritime retail.
- 21.64.400 - Medical appliance stores.
- 21.64.405 - Medical cannabis dispensaries.
- 21.64.410 - Mooring slip or dock, private.
- 21.64.420 - Neighborhood convenience shopping uses in the PM2 district.
- 21.64.430 - Offices, business and professional, and nonprofit, educational, cultural, or civic.
- 21.64.440 - Reserved.
- 21.64.450 - On-land boat storage.
- 21.64.460 - Parking garages.
- 21.64.470 - Parking lots.
- 21.64.480 - Parking structures as accessory to permitted maritime uses on a separate zoning lot.
- 21.64.490 - Personal care establishments.
- 21.64.495 - Pet grooming facility.
- 21.64.500 - Philanthropic and charitable institutions, civic nonprofit organizations, and social and fraternal organizations.
- 21.64.510 - Planned developments.
- 21.64.520 - Professional offices.
- 21.64.530 - Restaurants, fast food.
- 21.64.540 - Restaurants, standard.
- 21.64.550 - Retail sales of non-maritime-related goods.
- 21.64.555 - Seasonal outdoor sales.
- 21.64.560 - Sidewalk cafés.
- 21.64.565 - Small cell systems.
- 21.64.570 - Specialty convenience retail stores.
- 21.64.575 - Stadium.
- 21.64.580 - Supermarkets.
- 21.64.590 - Telecommunications facilities.
- 21.64.600 - Temporary uses.
- 21.64.610 - Theaters, indoor.
- 21.64.620 - Theaters, indoor, located in shopping centers.
- 21.64.630 - Transient boater services.
- 21.64.640 - Wine bars.
- Chapter 21.66 - PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS
- 21.66.010 - Parking and loading facilities required.
- 21.66.020 - Exemptions.
- 21.66.030 - Number of required parking spaces.
- 21.66.040 - Alternative parking standards.
- 21.66.050 - Location of parking spaces.
- 21.66.060 - Off-site parking facilities.
- 21.66.070 - Valet parking.
- 21.66.080 - Loading facilities, where required.
- 21.66.090 - Number of required loading spaces.
- 21.66.100 - Location of loading facilities.
- 21.66.110 - Design of parking and loading facilities.
- 21.66.120 - Special parking and loading requirements applicable to certain districts or uses.
- 21.66.130 - Table of off-street parking requirements.
- Chapter 21.68 - NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
- 21.68.010 - Purpose.
- 21.68.020 - Authority to continue and maintain.
- 21.68.030 - Deemed conforming structures and uses.
- 21.68.040 - Nonconforming structures.
- 21.68.050 - Determination of nonconforming use status.
- 21.68.060 - Abandonment of nonconforming use.
- 21.68.070 - Expansion of nonconforming uses.
- 21.68.080 - Change of nonconforming use.
- Chapter 21.70 - SIGN REGULATIONS
- 21.70.010 - Purpose.
- 21.70.020 - Applicability.
- 21.70.030 - Sign permit.
- 21.70.040 - Prohibited signs.
- 21.70.050 - Standards applicable to all signs.
- 21.70.060 - Exempt signs.
- 21.70.070 - Signs in residential districts.
- 21.70.080 - Signs in non-residential districts.
- 21.70.090 - Signs in the historic district.
- 21.70.095 - Signs in the Eastport Gateway Conservation Overlay District.
- 21.70.100 - Nonconforming signs.
- 21.70.110 - Variances.
- Chapter 21.71 - FOREST CONSERVATION
- 21.71.010 - Purpose and general provisions.
- 21.71.020 - Forest and tree conservation definitions.
- 21.71.030 - Application.
- 21.71.040 - Technical manual.
- 21.71.045 - General requirements.
- 21.71.050 - Local agency application.
- 21.71.060 - Forest stand delineation.
- 21.71.070 - Forest conservation plan.
- 21.71.080 - Afforestation and retention.
- 21.71.090 - Reforestation.
- 21.71.100 - Priorities and time requirements for afforestation and reforestation.
- 21.71.110 - Payment instead of afforestation and reforestation.
- 21.71.120 - Payment by credits from a forest mitigation bank.
- 21.71.130 - Establishing forest mitigation banks.
- 21.71.140 - Recommended tree species.
- 21.71.150 - Financial security for afforestation and reforestation.
- 21.71.160 - Standards for protecting trees from construction activities.
- 21.71.170 - Variances.
- 21.71.180 - Enforcement.
- 21.71.190 - Annual report.
- 21.71.200 - Biennial review by the Department of Natural Resources.
Division VI
GENERAL TERMS AND RULES OF MEASUREMENT
Sections
- Chapter 21.72 - TERMS AND DEFINITIONS