Blanding City Zoning Code

The R-1 residential district is intended as a low density residential area of single family dwellings, and is intended to include related recreational, religious, cultural and educational facilities normally required to provide a balanced and attractive residential area.

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended. amd Ord 2025-27)

1. Permanent single-family dwelling. Minimum square footage of living space, one thousand one hundred (1,100).
2. Permanent single-family dwelling. Minimum square footage of one thousand one hundred (1,100), with one of the following (ADU accessory dwelling units) apartment types minimum of seven hundred (700) square feet of living space:
3. Basement.
4. Attic.
5. Garage or over garage.
6. Public parks and playgrounds.
7. Public schools, elementary and secondary.
8. Churches and parish houses.
9. Essential public utility and public service installations for the benefit and protection of the immediate surrounding area. Such uses shall not include business offices, repair, sales or storage facilities.

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended; amd. Ord. 2022-1, 1-11-2022 amd. Ord. 2025-27)

Any use which complies with all of the following conditions may be operated as an accessory use to a permitted use:

1. Is clearly incidental and customary to and commonly associated with the operation of the permitted use; and
2. Is operated under the same ownership and on the same zone lot as the permitted use; and
3. Does not include structures or structural features inconsistent with the permitted use; and
4. Residential occupancy, as long as the primary dwelling is owner occupied.

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended; amd. Ord. 2014-1, 2-25-2014; amd. Ord. 2025-27)

Home occupations shall be allowed, provided all the following conditions are met. All home occupations must have a plan review prior to obtaining a business license:

1. Such use must be conducted entirely within a dwelling; and
2. Such use must be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and must not change the residential character thereof; and
3. The total area used for such purposes may not exceed twenty five percent (25%) of the first floor area of the user's dwelling unit; and
4. There must be no advertising display or other indications of the home occupation on the premises, except as may be specifically allowed (see section 10-12-3 of this title, sign regulations in zoning districts); and
5. There shall be only limited sales of stock, supplies or products conducted on the premises; and
6. There must be no exterior storage on the premises of material or equipment used as a part of the home occupation; and
7. There must be no offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat or glare noticeable at or beyond the property line; and
8. A home occupation must provide adequate off street parking to accommodate all needs created by the home occupation (parking same as commercial district, see subsection 10-6A-7A of this title);

I/we _____name(s)_____ have read the above listed requirements to have or maintain a home business and understand that failure to comply with one or all of these requirements will place at jeopardy my/our opportunity to operate a home business.

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HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended)

The following may be allowed as conditional uses in the R-1 district:

1. Historical building. The board of adjustment or building inspector may permit as a conditional use in historic buildings the following uses:
2. Offices and accessory commercial uses as deemed appropriate if designed for use by the occupants of and visitors to the offices; provided, that access to such uses is only from within the building and there is no exterior evidence of such uses as signs or display windows; or
3. Limited retail businesses which do not change the basic character of the building in the district in which it is located. 

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended)

1. Minimum lot area: Seven Thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet.
2. Minimum lot width: Seventy (70') at the front setback line.
3. Minimum front setback for structures:
4. For properties abutting local or collector streets, twenty feet (20').
5. For properties abutting arterial streets, forty feet (40').
6. Minimum rear setback for structures:
7. Structure containing a permitted use, twenty feet (20').
8. Structure containing an accessory use only, five feet (5').
9. Minimum side setback for structures:
10. Side setback not abutting a street, ten feet (10')
11. Side setback abutting an arterial street, forty feet (40').
12. Maximum building height:
13. Buildings containing a permitted use, thirty five feet (35').
14. Buildings containing an accessory use only, thirty five feet (35').
15. Maximum lot coverage:
16. Dwelling units and their accessory uses shall cover no more than forty percent (40%) of the total lot area.
17. All other permitted uses and their accessory uses shall cover no more than twenty five percent (25%) of the total lot area.

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended; amd. Ord 2025-27)

 A. Private Drive

1. A private drive is permitted provided that it serves a single lot and meets all applicable requirements of this section.
2. A private drive shall be set back a minimum of five (5) feet from adjacent property lines to ensure safety and privacy.
3. It must be designed to ensure proper drainage, turning radius, and pedestrian safety.
4. A private drive shall not interfere with required public access, utility easements, or emergency vehicle routes.

B. Shared Private Drive

1. A shared private drive is permitted to provide access to a maximum of two (2) additional lots beyond the primary lot, unless otherwise approved by the City under a planned development with special conditions.
2. The shared drive must be documented in a legal instrument (e.g., easement, covenant, or agreement) recorded with local land records to ensure consistent maintenance and usage protocols.
3. Design standards applicable to private drives apply equally to shared private drives, including:
4. Minimum setback of five (5) feet from adjacent property lines.
5. Adequate width, drainage, turning radius, and pedestrian safety.
6. Shared private drives shall not conflict with municipal services or emergency vehicle access and must facilitate clear ingress and egress for each lot.
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8. Construction and maintenance costs of shared private drives shall be borne by the property owners who use the drive. The City shall not be responsible for financing, engineering, bonding, or inspection costs, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

C. Approval Process

1. The inclusion of any private or shared private drive shall be clearly indicated on the plot plan and must be approved as part of the final plot plan review process.
2. Plans involving shared private drives will undergo additional review to ensure that maintenance, legal easements, and design standards are adequately addressed.
3. Shared drives serving more than two (2) additional lots may only be approved through a Planned Development or Conditional Use approval, subject to City review and justification.

HISTORY:

(Ord. 2025-27)

The provisions of chapter 11 of this title shall be in full force and effect for this district.

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended; amd. Ord 2025-27)

1. Fences, walls and retaining walls up to forty eight inches (48") in height may be erected on any part of the zone lot.
2. Fences, walls and retaining walls, on an interior lot, may be erected to a height of seventy two inches (72") on any part of the zone lot not in the front setback space. Open clear chainlink fencing with no solid blocking of any type, including trees or other landscaping, may be erected to a height of seventy two inches (72") in the front setback on an interior lot.
3. Fences, walls and retaining walls, on a corner lot, may be erected to a height of seventy two inches (72") on any part of the zone lot, except for the following:
4. Open clear chainlink with no solid blocking trees or other landscaping may be erected to a height of seventy two inches (72") in the front setback on a corner lot; and
5. "Sight triangle" areas explained as follows 1 : A triangular area formed by the street property lines and a line connecting them at points thirty feet (30') from the intersection of such property lines. These sight triangle areas are to contain no obstructions to the view of the driver of a vehicle. Any fencing, landscaping or other improvements placed within the area of the triangle shall allow visibility across the area. Only open clear chainlink fencing with no sight obstructions, including vegetation, may be erected in the sight triangle up to a height of seventy two inches (72"). All other fencing, walls and retaining walls, shrubs, boulders, ground covers, landscaping and similar improvements shall be maintained at or below a height of forty eight inches (48") above grade (ground level).
6. Barbed wire, sharp pointed metal fences and electrically charged fences shall not be permitted.
7. Fences shall be maintained in a good state of repair.
8. Open mesh fences of any height may be erected on zone lots containing schools, public parks and playgrounds.
9. The height of fences under this section shall include combinations of walls and fences. The height allowances shall be measured from the high side of adjoining properties allowing each property the right to a six foot (6') privacy wall, fence or combination from finished grade. 

NOTES:

1. See also subsection 7-7-3E of this code.

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended)