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Council Bluffs City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 15

27 - ZONING DISTRICTS


Editor's note— Ord. No. 6012, § 3, adopted Oct. 27, 2008, repealed the former CBMC 15.27.010—CBMC 15.27.070, and enacted a new CBMC 15.27 as set out herein. The former CBMC 15.27 pertained to board of adjustment and derived from Ord. No. 5315, § 5 (part), adopted 1997.

15.27.010 Zoning Districts

For the purposes of this ordinance, the city is divided into zoning districts as outlined below:

  1. Open Space/Recreation Districts:

    A-1 Open Space Conservation District

    A-2 Parks, Estates and Agricultural District

    A-3 Riverboat Docking District
  2. Residential Districts:

    R-1E Single Family Residential Estates District

    R-1 Single-Family Residential District

    R-1M Single-Family Mobile Home Residential District

    R-2 Two-Family Residential District

    R-3 Low Density Multi-Family Residential District

    R-4 High Density Multi-Family Residential District
  3. Commercial Districts:

    MCR Mixed Commercial Residential District

    A-P Administrative-Professional District

    C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District

    C-2 General Commercial District

    C-3 Central Business District

    C-4 Downtown Business District

    P-C Planned Commercial District
  4. Industrial Districts:

    I-1 Light Industrial District (All references to the WM District within this ordinance shall be referred to as the I-1 District)

    I-2 General Manufacturing District (All references to the GM District within this ordinance shall be referred to as the I-2 District)

    I-3 Heavy Industrial District

    P-I Planned Industrial District
  5. Overlay Districts:

    PR Planned Residential District

    RO Recreation-Tourism District

    AZ Airport Hazard District

    CDO Corridor Design Overlay District

(Ord. No. 6012, § 3, 10-27-2008)

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 6399 on 9/9/2019

15.27.020 Zoning District Boundaries

  1. District boundaries shall be lot lines, other legally described lines or the centerline of streets, alleys, railroad rights-of-way, waterways or such lines extended.
  2. The location and boundaries of these boundaries of these districts are shown on the official zoning map of the city, which is made part of this title by reference.

(Ord. No. 6012, § 3, 10-27-2008)

15.27.030 Annexed Territory

Annexed land shall retain the same zoning classification after annexation that it had prior to annexation. Those regulations shall remain in place until the city completes the legislative action to rezone the property.

  1. Voluntary Annexation. All applications for voluntary annexation of land to the city shall designate the zoning classification which the applicant wishes for their property. The application shall be referred to the planning commission for recommendation on both the annexation and the requested zoning. Consideration of the zoning shall follow the procedures for a zoning amendment.
  2. Involuntary Annexation. Whenever, after public hearing, the city council may determine that involuntary annexation shall be referred to the planning commission for recommendation. Consideration of the zoning shall follow the procedures for a zoning amendment.

(Ord. No. 6012, § 3, 10-27-2008)

6399