Brookford City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- IN GENERAL
Sections
- Sec. 44-101.- Title.
- Sec. 44-102. - Authority.
- Sec. 44-103. - General purpose and intent.
- Sec. 44-104. - Applicability; general prohibition.
- Sec. 44-105. - Bona fide farm exemption.
- Sec. 44-105.5. - Agritourism.
- Sec. 44-106. - County public facilities.
- Sec. 44-107. - Consistency with VisionQuest, small area plans and other plans.
- Sec. 44-108. - Coordination with other regulations.
- Sec. 44-109. - Severability.
- Sec. 44-110. - Rules of construction and location instructions for definitions and development standards.
- Sec. 44-111. - Form and effect of approvals.
ARTICLE II
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - ESTABLISHMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
- Sec. 44-200. - Planning director.
- Sec. 44-201. - Planning director duties, powers, and limitations.
- Sec. 44-201.5 - Basic standards for issuance of approvals and determinations by planning director.
- Sec. 44-202. - Appeals of planning director's actions.
- Sec. 44-203. - Conflicts of interest of planning director and staff.
- DIVISION 2. - PLANNING BOARD
- Sec. 44-209. - Established.
- Sec. 44-210. - Composition.
- Sec. 44-211. - Appointment.
- Sec. 44-212. - Terms.
- Sec. 44-213. - Filling vacancies.
- Sec. 44-214. - Compensation.
- Sec. 44-214.5. - Conflicts of interest.
- Sec. 44-215. - Comprehensive plan.
- Sec. 44-216. - Intergovernmental cooperation.
- Sec. 44-217. - Recommendations.
- Sec. 44-218. - Rules of procedure.
- DIVISION 3. - BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
- DIVISION 4. - SUBDIVISION REVIEW BOARD
ARTICLE III
PROCEDURES
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - ZONING AUTHORIZATION PERMIT AND ZONING COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
- DIVISION 3. - PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTING, AMENDING, OR REPEALING PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER
- Sec. 44-324. - Generally.
- Sec. 44-325. - Amendments generally; public hearing required.
- Sec. 44-325.5. - Citizen comments.
- Sec. 44-326. - Notice for zoning map amendments.
- Sec. 44-327. - Zoning map (rezoning) and text amendments—Consistency statements required.
- Sec. 44-328. - Conditional zoning district.
- Sec. 44-329. - Quasi-judicial procedures.
- Sec. 44-331. - Appeals.
- Sec. 44-332. - Special use permits.
- Sec. 44-333. - Variances.
- DIVISION 4. - SUBDIVISION PROCEDURES
- DIVISION 6. - DEVELOPMENT MAINTENANCE AND GUARANTEES
- DIVISION 7. - ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
ARTICLE IV
- ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - GENERAL DISTRICTS
- Sec. 44-415.- Rural conservation (RCon).
- Sec. 44-416. - Residential districts (R-80, R-40, R-30, R-20, R-15, R-12, R-10, and R-7).
- Sec. 44-417. - Rural commercial (RC).
- Sec. 44-418. - Highway commercial (HC).
- Sec. 44-419. - Office-institutional (O-I).
- Sec. 44-420. - Light industrial (LI).
- Sec. 44-421. - General industrial (GI).
- DIVISION 3. - OVERLAY DISTRICTS
- Sec. 44-428.- Catawba River Corridor (CRC-O).
- Sec. 44-429. - Floodplain management overlay (FPM-O).
- Sec. 44-429.01. - Statutory authorization.
- Sec. 44-429.02. - Legal status provisions.
- Sec. 44-429.03. - Effect upon outstanding floodplain development permits.
- Sec. 44-429.04. - General provisions.
- Sec. 44-429.05. - Definitions.
- Sec. 44-429.06. - Designation of planning director.
- Sec. 44-429.07. - Floodplain development application, permit and certification requirements.
- Sec. 44-429.08. - Permit requirements.
- Sec. 44-429.09. - Certification requirements.
- Sec. 44-429.10. - Duties and responsibilities of the planning director.
- Sec. 44-429.11. - Corrective procedures.
- Sec. 44-429.12. - Variance procedures.
- Sec. 44-429.13. - Penalties for violation.
- Sec. 44-429.14. - General standards.
- Sec. 44-429.15. - Specific standards.
- Sec. 44-429.16. - Standards for floodplains without established base flood elevations.
- Sec. 44-429.17. - Standards for riverine floodplains with BFE but without established floodways or non-encroachment areas.
- Sec. 44-429.18. - Floodways and non-encroachment areas.
- Sec. 44-429.19. - Standards for areas of shallow flooding (AO zones).
- Sec. 44-430. - Mixed-use corridor (MUC-O).
- Sec. 44-430.01 - Plan consistency.
- Sec. 44-430.02. - Boundaries.
- Sec. 44-430.03. - Applicability.
- Sec. 44-430.04. - Site plan required.
- Sec. 44-430.05. - Uses.
- Sec. 44-430.06. - Site standards.
- Sec. 44-430.07. - Building design standards/site standards.
- Sec. 44-430.08. - Multifamily residential use and design standards.
- Sec. 44-430.09. - Driveway connection/access management.
- Sec. 44-430.10. - Streetscape landscaping.
- Sec. 44-430.11. - Buffering and screening.
- Sec. 44-430.12. - Parking.
- Sec. 44-430.13. - Pedestrian design.
- Sec. 44-430.14. - Lighting.
- Sec. 44-430.15. - Signs.
- Sec. 44-432. - Doublewide manufactured home (DWMH-O).
- Sec. 44-433. - Mountain protection (MP-O).
- Sec. 44-434. - Watershed protection district (WP-O).
- Sec. 44-434.01. - Boundaries.
- Sec. 44-434.02. - Existing development and exceptions to applicability.
- Sec. 44-434.03. - Definitions.
- Sec. 44-434.04. - WS-II watershed area—Critical area (WS-II-CA).
- Sec. 44-434.05. - WS-II watershed area—Balance of watershed (WS-II-BW).
- Sec. 44-434.06. - WS-III watershed area—Critical area (WS-III-CA).
- Sec. 44-434.07. - WS-III watershed area—Balance of watershed (WS-III-BW).
- Sec. 44-434.08. - WS-IV watershed area—Critical area (WS-IV-CA).
- Sec. 44-434.09. - WS-IV watershed area—Protected area (WS-W-PA).
- Sec. 44-434.10. - 10/70 bonus permit.
- Sec. 44-434.11. - Watershed cluster development.
- Sec. 44-434.12. - Buffer area required.
- Sec. 44-434.13. - Administration.
- Sec. 44-434.14. - Variances.
- Sec. 44-434.15. - High-density development.
- Sec. 44-436. - Economic development overlay (ED-O).
- DIVISION 4. - SPECIAL DISTRICTS
- Sec. 44-441.- Generally.
- Sec. 44-443. - Planned development (PD).
- Sec. 44-443.01. - Applicability.
- Sec. 44-443.02. - General criteria for planned development amendments.
- Sec. 44-443.03. - Site plans.
- Sec. 44-443.04. - Permitted principal and accessory uses and structures.
- Sec. 44-443.05. - Minimum required gross land area.
- Sec. 44-443.06. - Maximum permitted floor area ratio.
- Sec. 44-443.07. - Pedestrian and landscaped common areas.
- Sec. 44-443.08. - Open/recreation space.
- Sec. 44-443.09. - Landscaping buffer and screening requirements.
- Sec. 44-443.10. - Off-street parking.
- Sec. 44-443.11. - Underground utilities.
- Sec. 44-443.12. - Signs.
- Sec. 44-443.13. - Minimum setback requirements adjacent to public streets.
- Sec. 44-443.14. - Setbacks required adjacent to residential or nonresidential districts.
- Sec. 44-443.15. - Architectural elements.
- Sec. 44-443.16. - Street design.
- Sec. 44-443.17. - Lighting.
- Sec. 44-443.18. - Subdividing in planned developments.
- Sec. 44-443.19. - Street line preservation.
- Sec. 44-444. - Planned development-industrial parks (PD-IP).
- Sec. 44-445. - Village center (VC).
- Sec. 44-445.01. - Applicability.
- Sec. 44-445.02. - Plan consistency.
- Sec. 44-445.03. - Standards pertaining to a village as a whole.
- Sec. 44-445.04. - Housing types within the storefront area.
- Sec. 44-445.05. - Housing types within the central residential area.
- Sec. 44-445.06. - Housing types within the village residential area.
- Sec. 44-445.07. - Dimension standards applicable to the central residential area.
- Sec. 44-445.08. - Residential density.
- Sec. 44-445.09. - Retail/commercial density.
- Sec. 44-445.10. - Dimension standards and density table for a village center.
- Sec. 44-445.11. - Permitted uses.
- Sec. 44-445.12. - Design standards for storefront area.
- Sec. 44-445.13. - Residential design standards for central and village residential areas.
- Sec. 44-445.14. - Village greenway area.
- Sec. 44-446. - 321-economic development district (321-ED).
- Sec. 44-446.01. - Applicability.
- Sec. 44-446.02. - Permitted uses.
- Sec. 44-446.04. - Residential development.
- Sec. 44-446.05. - Detailed site plan required.
- Sec. 44-446.06. - General development standards.
- Sec. 44-446.07. - Preservation.
- Sec. 44-446.08. - Dimensional requirements.
- Sec. 44-446.09. - Circulation system design.
- Sec. 44-446.10. - Landscaping, buffering and screening.
- Sec. 44-446.11. - Pedestrian access.
- Sec. 44-446.12. - Parking.
- Sec. 44-446.13. - Signs.
- Sec. 44-446.14. - Site appearance.
- Sec. 44-446.15. - Mixed use development in the 321-ED(MX) district.
- Sec. 44-447. - Manufactured home parks (MHP).
- Sec. 44-447.01. - Definitions.
- Sec. 44-447.02. - Permitted uses.
- Sec. 44-447.03. - Nonconforming manufactured home parks.
- Sec. 44-447.04. - Conforming manufactured home parks.
- Sec. 44-447.05. - Inspections.
- Sec. 44-447.06. - Loss of operating permit.
- Sec. 44-447.07. - Notice to tenants.
- Sec. 44-447.08. - Penalty.
- Sec. 44-447.09. - Manufactured home spaces.
- Sec. 44-447.10. - Street and parking requirements.
- Sec. 44-447.11. - Utility requirements.
- Sec. 44-447.12. - Recreation and open-space requirements.
- Sec. 44-447.13. - Space preparation and grade.
- Sec. 44-447.14. - Steps.
- Sec. 44-447.15. - Setup and tie down.
- Sec. 44-447.16. - Signs.
- Sec. 44-447.17. - Office.
- Sec. 44-447.18. - Buffer.
- Sec. 44-447.19. - Screening.
- Sec. 44-447.20. - Operating permit.
ARTICLE V
- DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERAL
- DIVISION 2. - SITE DESIGN
- Sec. 44-501. - Applicability.
- Sec. 44-502. - Relationship to thoroughfare and land development plans and density bonuses.
- Sec. 44-503. - Conservation, erosion, sedimentation and stream buffers.
- Sec. 44-504. - Blocks.
- Sec. 44-505. - Double frontage lots.
- Sec. 44-506. - Suitable building sites.
- Sec. 44-507. - Unsuitable building sites.
- Sec. 44-508. - Arrangement and location of structures.
- DIVISION 3. - INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVEMENTS
- Sec. 44-514. - Applicability.
- Sec. 44-515. - Access management.
- Sec. 44-516. - Street standards.
- Sec. 44-517. - Street connectivity.
- Sec. 44-518. - Sidewalks.
- Sec. 44-519. - Easements and underground utilities.
- Sec. 44-520. - Fire protection.
- Sec. 44-521. - Water supply and sanitary sewer.
- Sec. 44-522. - Lighting standards.
- DIVISION 4. - LANDSCAPE BUFFERS AND SCREENING
- DIVISION 5. - PARKING
- DIVISION 6. - NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATION/OPEN SPACE
- DIVISION 7. - SIGN REGULATIONS
- Sec. 44-551. - General provisions.
- Sec. 44-552. - Signs not requiring a permit.
- Sec. 44-553. - Prohibited signs and sign locations.
- Sec. 44-554. - Freestanding signs.
- Sec. 44-555. - Surface area computations.
- Sec. 44-556. - Direct illumination.
- Sec. 44-557. - Permits; standards generally; maintenance.
- Sec. 44-558. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 44-559. - Violations.
- Sec. 44-560. - Penalty.
- Sec. 44-561. - On-premises freestanding signs.
- Sec. 44-562. - On-premises wall signs.
- Sec. 44-563. - Off-premises signs—Billboards.
- Sec. 44-564. - Off-premises directional signs.
- Sec. 44-565. - Development entrance signs.
- Sec. 44-566. - Limited access user's signs.
- Sec. 44-567. - On-premises canopy signs for fuel-pump islands.
- Sec. 44-568. - Definitions.
- DIVISION 8. - FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
ARTICLE VI
SPECIAL PURPOSE REGULATIONS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - SUPPLEMENTAL USES
- Sec. 44-606. - Standards for individual supplemental uses.
- Sec. 44-607. - Accessory structure.
- Sec. 44-608. - Animal hospital and veterinary clinic.
- Sec. 44-609. - Assembly/theater facility—Outdoor or drive-in.
- Sec. 44-610. - Automatic teller machine (ATM), portable concession stands, ice machines—Freestanding.
- Sec. 44-611. - Boarding house, rooming house and bed and breakfast.
- Sec. 44-612. - Campground (in commercial district)—Group or primitive camping and recreational vehicle parks.
- Sec. 44-613. - Construction trailer as a temporary office.
- Sec. 44-614. - Dwelling, two-family—Duplex.
- Sec. 44-615. - Home occupation.
- Sec. 44-616. - Junkyard.
- Sec. 44-617. - Landfill—Beneficial fill.
- Sec. 44-618. - Marina and dry-storage facility.
- Sec. 44-619. - Mini-warehouse.
- Sec. 44-620. - Public use facility.
- Sec. 44-621. - Sales—Outdoor seasonal.
- Sec. 44-622. - Sales office or model dwelling units for residential development.
- Sec. 44-623. - Shipping/storage container.
- Sec. 44-624. - Swimming pool, private—In ground and above ground.
- Sec. 44-625. - Temporary use/special event.
- Sec. 44-626. - Vehicle minor maintenance/repair in residential districts.
- Sec. 44-627. - Vehicles parking—Domestic, recreational and commercial.
- Sec. 44-628. - Wood waste grinding operation in industrial districts.
- Sec. 44-629. - Yard/garage sale.
- Sec. 44-630. - Temporary manufactured home during site-built home construction.
- Sec. 44-631. - Accessory dwelling unit/guesthouse.
- Sec. 44-632. - Winery or brewery.
- Sec. 44-633. - Solar farm (utility-scale solar application).
- Sec. 44-634.1. - Back yard business.
- DIVISION 3. - SPECIAL USES
- Sec. 44-635. - Intent.
- Sec. 44-636. - Contents of application.
- Sec. 44-637. - Standards for individual special uses.
- Sec. 44-639. - Adult use.
- Sec. 44-640. - Airport/airstrip/runway/taxiway.
- Sec. 44-641. - Animal facility—Kennel.
- Sec. 44-642. - Animal facility—Stable—Public.
- Sec. 44-643. - Art gallery.
- Sec. 44-644. - Boardinghouse, rooming house or bed-and-breakfast operation.
- Sec. 44-645. - Campground (in residential districts)—Group or primitive camping and recreational vehicle parks.
- Sec. 44-646. - Care facility—Child and adult care center.
- Sec. 44-647. - Care facility—Hospice/palliative or residential care facility.
- Sec. 44-648. - Cemetery—Human beings and pet.
- Sec. 44-649. - Conference/retreat/event center.
- Sec. 44-650. - Dragstrip or racetrack.
- Sec. 44-651. - Firing range—Outdoor.
- Sec. 44-652. - Flea market—Outdoor.
- Sec. 44-653. - Greenhouse—Commercial.
- Sec. 44-654. - Landfill—Land-clearing and inert debris (LCID).
- Sec. 44-655. - Marina and/or dry-storage facility.
- Sec. 44-656. - Membership organization.
- Sec. 44-657. - Mining of earth products.
- Sec. 44-658. - Museum.
- Sec. 44-659. - Nursery/landscaping business.
- Sec. 44-660. - Public service facility.
- Sec. 44-661. - Recreation—Community.
- Sec. 44-662. - Recreational fish lake or pond.
- Sec. 44-663. - Roadside stand—Commercial.
- Sec. 44-664. - Zoo.
- Sec. 44-665. - Cottage business.
- Sec. 44-666. - Animal hospitals/veterinary clinics.
- Sec. 44-667. - Dredging, shoreline stabilization and off-site construction operations.
- Sec. 44-668. - Sanitary landfill.
- DIVISION 4. - WIRELESS FACILITIES[2]
- Sec. 44-685. - Applicability.
- Sec. 44-685.01. - Definitions of terms specific to this division.
- Sec. 44-685.02. - Site visit.
- Sec. 44-685.03. - Relief.
- Sec. 44-685.04. - Shared use of wireless facilities and wireless support structures and other structures.
- Sec. 44-685.05. - Location of wireless facilities and wireless support structures.
- Sec. 44-685.06. - Height of wireless support structure.
- Sec. 44-685.07. - Type and appearance of wireless facilities and wireless support structures.
- Sec. 44-685.08. - Security of wireless facilities and wireless support structures.
- Sec. 44-685.09. - Signage.
- Sec. 44-685.10. - Utilities.
- Sec. 44-685.11. - Setbacks.
- Sec. 44-685.12. - Fees.
- Sec. 44-685.13. - Retention of expert assistance
- Sec. 44-685.14. - Extent and parameters of special use permits, zoning authorization permits and zoning compliance certificates for wireless facilities and wireless support structures.
- Sec. 44-685.15. - Submittal requirements—New wireless support structures and wireless facilities.
- Sec. 44-685.16. - Submittal requirements—Eligible facilities request (collocations or modifications) or substantial modifications on existing or approved towers and attachments to existing structures.
- Sec. 44-685.17. - Performance and removal security.
- Sec. 44-685.18. - Removal of wireless facilities and wireless support structures.
- Sec. 44-685.19. - Reservation of authority to inspect wireless facilities and wireless support structures.
- Sec. 44-685.20. - Adherence to state and/or federal rules and regulations.
ARTICLE VII
NONCONFORMITIES
Sections
- Sec. 44-700.- Applicability and classification.
- Sec. 44-701. - Procedures.
- Sec. 44-702. - Nonconforming lots/land.
- Sec. 44-703. - Nonconforming uses.
- Sec. 44-704. - Expansion of a nonconforming use or structure.
- Sec. 44-705. - Rebuilding or re-establishment of a nonconforming use or structure after accidental damage or destruction by natural causes.
- Sec. 44-706. - Discontinuance of use.
- Sec. 44-707. - Monitoring of nonconforming uses.
ARTICLE VIII
ABANDONED AND JUNKED VEHICLES
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY[3]
- DIVISION 2. - REGULATIONS
- Sec. 44-804. - Abandoned vehicle unlawful; removal authorized.
- Sec. 44-805. - Nuisance vehicle unlawful; removal authorized.
- Sec. 44-806. - Right to enter premises.
- Sec. 44-807. - Junked motor vehicles regulated; removal authorized.
- Sec. 44-808. - Enforcement provisions.
- Sec. 44-809. - No liability.
- Sec. 44-810. - Exceptions.
- Sec. 44-811. - Changes in state law.