Preamble and enactment.

Short title.

Non-conforming uses.

Definitions.

General provisions.

Establishment of districts.

Location and boundaries of zoning districts.

Use requirements by districts.

Miscellaneous districts/use requirements/procedure.

Powers and duties of various officials concerning this chapter.

Administration and enforcement.

Planning commission.

Community development appeals board.

Amendments to zoning ordinance.

Legal status provisions.

Corridor development plan ordinance.

Minimum submittal requirements. Amended Ord. 11/18/03 The applicant shall submit the following information and drawings as part of the application for a development permit:

Access

Paving standards

Sidewalks

Development coordination. All development shall be subject to the following:

Corridor setbacks. Amended Ord. 10/04/05

Streetlights.

Utilities

Purpose and applicability. The purpose of these bufferyard and screening requirements is to promote the public health, safety and welfare by establishing efficient, effective minimum standards for buffering between land uses of different intensities, screening of land uses and utility and equipment areas that may create a negative impact, for the protection of natural resources, and the installation and continued maintenance of landscaped areas within the county corridor overlay districts. Where necessary to interpret the precise meaning of technical landscaping terms used in this section, reference shall be made to The American Standard For Nursery Stock, as published by the American Association of Nurserymen AAN. All new development or redevelopment required to submit a site plan shall comply with the landscaping standards in accordance with the table 4-1:

Landscaping plan required. A plan showing required bufferyards and landscaping of the bufferyards shall be submitted in support of a site plan or building permit for any development within a development area, except for single-family dwellings and two-family dwellings. All landscaping plans for bufferyards and related areas shall include the following information:

Minimum plantings and sizes of landscape materials

Bufferyard standards. The following bufferyard standards shall apply to all subdivisions, and to all multifamily, commercial and industrial projects. Site plans shall include detailed drawings of enclosure and screening methods to be provided. Table 4-4 lists the types of bufferyards required between adjacent land uses. Exhibit 4-1 illustrates the minimum widths and plantings for each type of bufferyard listed in table 4-4.

Screening and fence standards

General landscaping and site maintenance

Certification of completion. Upon completion of the landscape improvements, the development shall be inspected by the Department of Community Development for compliance with the approved landscape plan before a certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any structures, except as allowed by §4.7.

Parking and loading requirements.

Parking spaces required

Loading Space Ratios. Loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the letter indicated in the Loading Column of Table 5.1 and the following conversion factors:

Handicapped space ratios. The number of handicapped spaces required may be included within the overall total number of parking spaces required. The minimum number of handicapped spaces shall comply with the table 5.2.

Parking space location. Developments containing 7,500 or fewer square feet of gross floor area shall provide no more than 80 percent of parking areas between the building and the transportation corridor right-of-way. Amended Ord. 10/04/05

Building facades. Amended Ord. 10/04/05

Roof lines.

Big box standards. Buildings with more than 50,000 square feet of floor area shall comply with the standards in this section in addition to the provisions in all other sections of this CDP. Italicized text reflects the county's findings supporting, and intent of, the non-italicized regulatory text. Amended Ord. 08/03/04.

All transportation corridors. The following uses are prohibited in any county corridor overlay district:

Primary corridors. The following uses are prohibited in any primary corridor:

Secondary corridors. The following uses are prohibited in any secondary corridor:

Specific use standards. The following standards apply to specific uses that may be established within the corridor overlay districts:

Carroll County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

Sec. 102-6

Establishment of districts.

For the purpose of this chapter, the unincorporated area of the county is divided into zoning districts designated as follows:

Agricultural (A);

Residential (R);

Manufactured Home Subdivision (MHS);

Commercial (C);

Industrial (I);

Office and Institutional (OI); and

Technology Park District.

(Ord. of 7-14-98(2), § 6.0; Ord. of 10-1-19; Ord. of 8-4-20(1), §§ 6, 7, 9)

Carroll County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

Sec. 102-6

Establishment of districts.

For the purpose of this chapter, the unincorporated area of the county is divided into zoning districts designated as follows:

Agricultural (A);

Residential (R);

Manufactured Home Subdivision (MHS);

Commercial (C);

Industrial (I);

Office and Institutional (OI); and

Technology Park District.

(Ord. of 7-14-98(2), § 6.0; Ord. of 10-1-19; Ord. of 8-4-20(1), §§ 6, 7, 9)