Biloxi City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 23
1: - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- 1 - Title
- 2 - Authority
- 3 - General Purpose and Intent
- 4 - Applicability and Jurisdiction
- 5 - Conformance with Adopted Plans
- 6 - Relationship with Other Laws
- 7 - Official Zoning Map
- 8 - Transitional Provisions
- 9 - Severability
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2: - Administration
Sections
- 1 - Summary and Organization
- 2 - Review and Decision-Making Authorities
- 3 - Standard Review Procedures
- (A) - Pre-Application Conference
- (B) - Neighborhood Meeting
- (C) - Application Filing, Contents, Fees, and Review Schedule
- (D) - Application Submittal, Completeness Determination, Revision, and Withdrawal
- (E) - Staff Review
- (F) - Scheduling, Public Notice, and Conduct of Public Hearing
- (G) - Review and Action of Advisory Body
- (H) - Review and Action of Decision-Making Body
- (I) - Notice of Decision
- (J) - Appeals
- (K) - Miscellaneous Provisions
- 4 - Application-Specific Review Procedures and Standards
- (A) - Text Amendment
- (B) - Map Amendment (Rezoning)
- (C) - Planned Development
- (D) - Conditional Use Permit
- (E) - Site Plan Approval
- (F) - Subdivision Approval
- (G) - Certificate of Appropriateness
- (H) - Public Works Permit
- (I) - Tree Permit
- (J) - Temporary Use Permit
- (K) - Sign Permit
- (L) - Certificate of Zoning Compliance
- (M) - Building Permit
- (N) - Certificate of Development Compliance
- (O) - Certificate of Occupancy
- (P) - Variance
- (Q) - Administrative Adjustment
- (R) - Interpretation
- (S) - Appeal
- (T) - Property, Right-of-Way, or Easement Dedication Acceptance
- (U) - Right-of-Way or Easement Vacation or Abandonment
- (V) - Street Name Change
- (W) - Development Name/New Street Name
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3: - ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- 1 - General Provisions
- 2 - Agricultural and Residential Base Zoning Districts
- (A) - General Purposes of Residential Base Zoning Districts
- (B) - A: Agricultural District
- (B-1) - AR: Agricultural Restricted District
- (C) - RE: Residential Estate District
- (D) - RER: Residential Estate, Restricted District
- (E) - RS-10: Low-Density Single-Family Residential District
- (F) - RS-7.5: Medium-Density Single-Family Residential District
- (G) - RS-5: High-Density Single-Family Residential District
- (H) - RM-10: Low-Density Multifamily Residential District
- (I) - RM-20: Medium-Density Multifamily Residential District
- (J) - RM-30: High-Density Multifamily Residential District
- (K) - RMH: Residential Manufactured/Mobile Home District
- 3 - Nonresidential Base Zoning Districts
- (A) - General Purposes of Nonresidential Base Zoning Districts
- (B) - LB: Limited Business District
- (C) - NB: Neighborhood Business District
- (D) - CB: Community Business District
- (E) - RB: Regional Business District
- (F) - DT: Downtown District
- (G) - I: Industrial District
- (H) - WF: Waterfront District
- (I) - SB: Sand Beach District
- 4 - Planned Development Zoning Districts
- (A) - General
- (B) - General Standards For All Planned Development Districts
- (C) - PD-R: Planned Development - Residential District
- (D) - PD-C: Planned Development - Commercial District
- (E) - PD-TND: Planned Development - Traditional Neighborhood Development District
- (F) - PD-GE: Planned Development - Gaming Establishment District
- (G) - PD-HB: Planned Development - Hospitality Business District
- (H) - PD-I: Planned Development - Infill District
- 5 - Overlay Zoning Districts
- (A) - General
- (B) - AHO: Architectural/Historic Overlay District
- (C) - CRO: Corridor Redevelopment Overlay District
- (D) - AAO: Airport Airspace Overlay District
- (E) - ANO: Airport Noise Overlay Districts
- (F) - Health Care Industry Overlay District Zone
- (G) - Waterfront Design Standards and Guidelines Overlay District Zone
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4: - USE STANDARDS
Sections
- 1 - Use Tables
- 2 - Use Classifications, Use Categories, and Use Types
- 3 - Use-Specific Standards
- 4 - Accessory Use Standards
- 5 - Temporary Uses and Structures
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5: - INTENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS
Sections
- 1 - Purpose
- 2 - Intensity and Dimensional Standards Table
- 3 - Measurement
- 4 - Exceptions and Variations
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6: - DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- 1 - Access and Circulation
- 2 - Off-Street Parking and Loading
- (A) - Purpose and Intent
- (B) - Applicability
- (C) - General Standards for Off-Street Parking and Loading Areas
- (D) - Off-Street Parking Standards
- (E) - Calculation of Off-Street Parking Space Requirements
- (F) - Accessible Parking Spaces for Physically Disabled Persons
- (G) - Dimensional Standards for Parking Spaces and Aisles
- (H) - Off-Street Parking Alternatives
- (I) - Parking Reduction Incentives
- (J) - Loading Area Standards
- 3 - Landscaping
- 4 - Tree Protection
- 5 - Environmental Protection
- 6 - Open Space Set-Asides
- 7 - Fences and Walls
- 8 - Exterior Lighting
- 9 - Multifamily Residential Design Standards
- 10 - Commercial Design Standards
- 11 - Transitional Standards
- 12 - Sustainable Design
- 13 - Signage
- (A) - Purpose
- (B) - Applicability
- (C) - Prohibited Signs
- (D) - Signs in A, RE, RER, RS-, RM-, and RMH Districts
- (E) - Signs in LB District
- (F) - Signs in NB District
- (G) - Signs in CB District
- (H) - Signs in RB District
- (I) - Signs in DT District
- (J) - Signs in I District
- (K) - Signs in WF District
- (L) - Maintenance of Signs
- (M) - Signs Not to Constitute Safety Hazard
- (N) - Temporary Signs
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7: - SUBDIVISION STANDARDS
Sections
- 1 - Purpose
- 2 - Applicability
- 3 - General Standards
- 4 - Street Standards
- 5 - Other Infrastructure
- 6 - Subdivision Lot Standards
- 7 - Monuments, Pins, and Benchmarks
- 8 - Phasing
- 9 - Performance and Maintenance Guarantees
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8: - NONCONFORMITIES
Sections
- 1 - General Applicability
- 2 - Nonconforming Uses
- 3 - Nonconforming Structures
- 4 - Nonconforming Lots of Record
- (A) - General
- (B) - Status of Structures on Nonconforming Lots
- (C) - Development of Nonconforming Lots
- (D) - Reconstruction of Dwellings on Nonconforming Lots in Residential Districts After Damage
- (E) - Rearrangement of Property Lines Required
- (F) - Governmental Acquisition of Land in a Residential District
- (G) - Change of Nonconforming Lot
- 5 - Nonconforming Signs
- 6 - Nonconforming Site Features
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9: - ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- 1 - Purpose
- 2 - Compliance Required
- 3 - Violations
- 4 - Responsible Persons
- 5 - Enforcement Generally
- 6 - Remedies and Penalties
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10: - DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Sections
- 1 - General Rules for Interpretation
- (A) - Meanings and Intent
- (B) - Headings, Illustrations, and Text
- (C) - Lists and Examples
- (D) - Computation of Time
- (E) - References to Other Regulations/Publications
- (F) - Delegation of Authority
- (G) - Technical and Nontechnical Terms
- (H) - Public Officials and Agencies
- (I) - Mandatory and Discretionary Terms
- (J) - Conjunctions
- (K) - Tenses and Plurals
- (L) - Term Not Defined
- 2 - Terms and Uses Defined