Bessemer City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
SECTION 1.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
SECTION 2.
ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- Sec. 2.1.- Administrative officer.
- Sec. 2.2. - Interpretation of district boundaries.
- Sec. 2.3. - Board of adjustment.
- Sec. 2.4. - Relating to standard building code.
- Sec. 2.5. - Issuance of building permit.
- Sec. 2.6. - Certificate of occupancy.
- Sec. 2.7. - Unlawful structure.
- Sec. 2.8. - Proper utilization and maintenance of properties.
- Sec. 2.9. - Penalties.
- Sec. 2.10. - Remedies.
- Sec. 2.11. - Zoning amendments by property owner.
- Sec. 2.12. - Zoning amendments by City of Bessemer.
- Sec. 2.13. - Development plans.
SECTION 4.
USE REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
Sections
- Sec. 4.1.- R-1 Single-family district.
- Sec. 4.2. - R-2 Single-family residential district.
- Sec. 4.3. - R-3 Single-family/two-family residential district.
- Sec. 4.4. - R-3-A Patio home/garden home district.
- Sec. 4.5. - R-3-B Townhouse district.
- Sec. 4.6. - R-4 Multi-family residential district - low density.
- Sec. 4.7. - R-5 Multi-family district - medium density.
- Sec. 4.8. - R-6 Planned residential district.
- Sec. 4.9. - R-7 Estate residential district.
- Sec. 4.10. - R-8 Rural residential district.
SECTION 5.
USE REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
Sections
- Sec. 5.1.- O-1. Office, services district.
- Sec. 5.2. - C-1 Neighborhood commercial district.
- Sec. 5.3. - SC-1 Neighborhood shopping center district.
- Sec. 5.4. - C-2 Central business district.
- Sec. 5.5. - C-3 Community business district.
- Sec. 5.6. - C-4 Arterial services district.
- Sec. 5.7. - C-5 General business district.
- Sec. 5.8. - C-6 Planned shopping district.
- Sec. 5.9. - C-7 Health and institutional district.
SECTION 6.
USE REGULATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Sections
- Sec. 6.1.- I-1 Light industrial district.
- Sec. 6.2. - I-2 Heavy industrial district.
- Sec. 6.3. - I-2-A Industrial district.
- Sec. 6.4. - I-3 Industrial district.
- Sec. 6.5. - I-3-S Strip mining district.
- Sec. 6.6. - I-4 Industrial park district.
- Sec. 6.7. - I-5 Sanitary sewage disposal district.
- Sec. 6.8. - I-5-A Waste-water treatment (private) district.
- Sec. 6.9. - I-0 Obnoxious odors district.
- Sec. 6.10. - HW-1 Hazardous waste disposal district.
- Sec. 6.11. - I-6 Planned industrial district.
SECTION 7.
USE REGULATIONS FOR SPECIALTY DISTRICTS
Sections
- Sec. 7.1.- A-1 Agricultural district.
- Sec. 7.2. - MXD-Mixed use district.
- Sec. 7.3. - PRD Planned recreational district.
- Sec. 7.4. - INST-1 Institutional district.
- Sec. 7.5. - INST-2 Institutional district.
- Sec. 7.6. - INST-3 Institutional district.
- Sec. 7.7. - U-1 Utility/facility district.
- Sec. 7.8. - AP Airport district.
- Sec. 7.9. - MS Mobile home subdivision district.
- Sec. 7.10. - MP Mobile home park district.
- Sec. 7.11. - AE Adult entertainment district.
- Sec. 7.12. - OA Outdoor amusement district.
- Sec. 7.13. - CEM-1 Cemetery district.
- Sec. 7.14. - CEM-2 Pet cemetery district.
- Sec. 7.15. - HZ Holding zone.
SECTION 8.
DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA
Sections
- Sec. 8.1.- Quantitative development criteria.
- Sec. 8.2. - Area modification for lots of record.
- Sec. 8.3. - General yard requirements.
- Sec. 8.4. - General yard modifications.
- Sec. 8.5. - Front yard modifications.
- Sec. 8.6. - Rear yard modifications.
- Sec. 8.7. - Walls and fences.
- Sec. 8.8. - Lighting and glare.
- Sec. 8.9. - Height modification.
- Sec. 8.10. - Landscape and buffer requirements.
SECTION 9.
SPECIAL USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 9.1.- General.
- Sec. 9.2. - Mobile home park requirements.
- Sec. 9.3. - Mobile home subdivision.
- Sec. 9.4. - Modular buildings/freestanding mobile homes.
- Sec. 9.5. - Cemetery.
- Sec. 9.6. - Swimming pools.
- Sec. 9.7. - Private tennis courts.
- Sec. 9.8. - Home occupation.
- Sec. 9.9. - Adult establishments.
- Sec. 9.10. - Airports.
- Sec. 9.11. - Flood hazard requirements.
- Sec. 9.12. - Communal living facilities.
- Sec. 9.13. - Cellular communication towers.
SECTION 10.
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Sec. 10.1.- Definitions.
- Sec. 10.2. - Genertal requirements.
- Sec. 10.3. - Location of required parking spaces.
- Sec. 10.4. - Minimum required parking spaces for individual uses.
- Sec. 10.5. - Reduction in required parking spaces.
- Sec. 10.6. - Parking provision for physically handicapped.
- Sec. 10.7. - Loading area requirements.
- Sec. 10.8. - Parking lot standards.
- Sec. 10.9. - Storage and parking of trailers and commercial vehicles.
SECTION 11.
SIGN REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 11.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 11.2. - Application and enforcement.
- Sec. 11.3. - Measurement of area.
- Sec. 11.4. - Definitions.
- Sec. 11.5. - Exemptions.
- Sec. 11.6. - Temporary signs.
- Sec. 11.7. - Permits, applications, fees and inspections.
- Sec. 11.8. - General sign regulations.
- Sec. 11.9. - Signs permitted in all districts.
- Sec. 11.10. - Signs in residential districts.
- Sec. 11.11. - Signs in central business district signs.
- Sec. 11.12. - Signs in business districts, office, and specialty districts.
- Sec. 11.13. - Signs in business districts-industrial.
- Sec. 11.14. - Signs in institutional and specialty districts.
- Sec. 11.15. - Off-premise[s] signs/billboards.
- Sec. 11.16. - Setback requirements.
- Sec. 11.17. - Maintenance and appearance of signs.
- Sec. 11.18. - Illegal and nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 11.19. - Sign removal and repair.
- Sec. 11.20. - Appeal.
- Sec. 11.21. - Other codes applicable.
- Sec. 11.22. - Severability.