Covington City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 158
01 General Provisions
Sections
- Division 01 Authority, Purpose, Jurisdiction, and Applicability
- Division 02 Effect of NDC
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02 Character Districts
Sections
- Division 03 General Provisions
- Division 04 Primary Districts
- Sec. 02.04.1 Residential Districts
- Sec. 02.04.2 Commercial and Office Districts
- Sec. 02.04.3 Mixed-Use Districts
- Subsec. 02.04.3.A - Commercial Mixed Use (CMU)
- Subsec. 02.04.3.B - Central Riverfront Mixed-Use District (CRM)
- Subsec. 02.04.3.C - Downtown Core (DTC)
- Subsec. 02.04.3.D - Downtown Riverfront (DTR)
- Subsec. 02.04.3.E - Traditional Urban Mixed Use (TUMU)
- Subsec. 02.04.3.F - Traditional Urban Residential (TUR)
- Sec. 02.04.4 Industrial Districts
- Sec. 02.04.5 Special Purpose Districts
- Division 05 Secondary Districts (Overlays)
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03 Land Use Standards
Sections
- Division 06 Permitted, Conditional, Limited, and Prohibited Uses
- Division 07 Use-Specific Standards
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04 Development Design Standards
Sections
- Division 08 General
- Sec. 04.08.1 Purposes and Timing of Compliance
- Sec. 04.08.2 Cluster, Planned, and Tiny House Neighborhoods
- Sec. 04.08.3 Housing and Building Types
- Sec. 04.08.4 Accessory Structures
- Sec. 04.08.5 Temporary Structures
- Sec. 04.08.6 Frontage Types
- Sec. 04.08.7 Civic and Open Space Types
- Sec. 04.08.8 Additional Standards for Large Development Sites
- Division 09 Lots
- Division 10 Building Design, Elements, and Utilities
- Division 11 Parking, Loading, and Circulation
- Sec. 04.11.1 Applicability and Exemptions
- Sec. 04.11.2 General Provisions
- Sec. 04.11.3 Required Parking Ratios
- Sec. 04.11.4 Parking Design and Use
- Subsec. 04.11.4.A Joint Access
- Subsec. 04.11.4.B Vehicular Access Point Spacing and Clearance
- Subsec. 04.11.4.C Driveway Location and Width
- Subsec. 04.11.4.D ADA Parking
- Subsec. 04.11.4.E Vehicular Surface Parking
- Subsec. 04.11.4.F Vehicular Structured Parking
- Subsec. 04.11.4.G Bicycle Parking
- Subsec. 04.11.4.H Loading
- Subsec. 04.11.4.I Stacking
- Sec. 04.11.5 Special Studies
- Sec. 04.11.6 Credits and Reductions
- Division 12 Landscaping, Fencing, and Buffering
- Division 13 Signs
- Division 14 Environment
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05 Nonconformities
Sections
- Division 15 General
- Division 16 Nonconforming Uses and Elements
- Division 17 Conversion of Minor Nonconformities
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06 Administration
Sections
- Division 18 General
- Division 19 Administrative Bodies
- Sec. 06.19.1 Covington Board of Commissioners
- Sec. 06.19.2 Planning Commission (County)
- Sec. 06.19.3 Board of Architectural Review and Development (City)
- Sec. 06.19.4 Director of Public Works (City)
- Sec. 06.19.5 Administrator (City)
- Sec. 06.19.6 PDS Director (County)
- Sec. 06.19.7 Historic Preservation Officer (City)
- Sec. 06.19.8 Chief Building Inspector (County)
- Sec. 06.19.9 Floodplain Administrator (City)
- Sec. 06.19.10 Code Enforcement Board (City)
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07 Development Review Procedures
Sections
- Division 20 General
- Sec. 07.20.1 Purpose and Applicability
- Sec. 07.20.2 Summary of Procedures
- Sec. 07.20.3 Pre-Application Conference
- Sec. 07.20.4 Applications and Fees
- Sec. 07.20.5 Completeness
- Sec. 07.20.6 Staff Review
- Sec. 07.20.7 Basic Review Criteria
- Sec. 07.20.8 Notice
- Sec. 07.20.9 Public Meetings and Hearings
- Sec. 07.20.10 Contiuance and Withdrawal
- Sec. 07.20.11 Appeals of Legislative and Quasi-Judicial Decisions
- Sec. 07.20.12 Successive Applications
- Sec. 07.20.13 Inactive or Expired Applications
- Sec. 07.20.14 Approval Extension
- Division 21 Administrative Applications
- Sec. 07.21.1 Administrative Adjustment
- Sec. 07.21.2 Building Permit (County)
- Sec. 07.21.3 Certificate of Appropriateness (Staff)
- Sec. 07.21.4 Certificate of Occupancy
- Sec. 07.21.5 Floodplain Development Permit
- Sec. 07.21.6 Limited Use Authorization
- Sec. 07.21.7 Sign Plan and Permit
- Sec. 07.21.8 Temporary Use Permit
- Sec. 07.21.9 Zoning Permit
- Division 22 Legislative Applications
- Division 23 Quasi-Judicial Applications
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08 Enforcement, Penalties, and Remedies
Sections
- Division 24 General
- Division 25 Violations
- Division 26 Penalties and Remedies
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09 Definitions and Calculations
Sections
- Division 27 Definitions and Construction of Language
- Sec. 09.27.1 General
- Sec. 09.27.2 Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Sec. 09.27.3 Definitions
- A
- A99 Zone
- A
- A
- A
- A
- Abandonment
- Accessory Dwelling Unit
- Accessory Indoor Storage (Shed)
- Accessory Structure (Appurtenant Structure)
- Accessory Structure, Incidental
- Accessory Use
- Actual Construction
- A
- Addiction Treatment Facility
- Administrative Adjustments
- Adult Day Care
- Agricultural Sales
- Agricultural Support Services
- Agriculture and Animal Services
- Airport or Heliport
- Alley
- Amphitheater
- Amusement Park
- Animal Grooming
- Animal Production
- Animal Waste Processing
- A
- Appeal of Administrative Decision
- Aquarium
- Archery / Firearms Range
- A
- Arsenal
- Assisted Living Facility
- Auction
- Axe Throwing Lounge
- A Zone
- B
- Bank or Credit Union
- Bar or Tavern
- Barbershop and Beauty, Nail, Skin Care, and Tanning Salon means an establishment that provides haircuts, hair dyeing, shaving, nail trimming and polishing, skin care, access to tanning devices, and similar services.
- Base Flood
- B
- Basement
- Bed and Breakfast Inn
- Bicycle Parking, Long-Term
- Bicycle Parking, Short-Term
- Bingo Hall
- B
- Block
- Block Face
- Blood or Plasma Center
- Boarding House
- Board of Adjustment
- Board of Architectural Review and Development (BOARD)
- Boat or Recreational Vehicle Outdoor Storage
- Body Art Service
- Botanical Garden
- Bowling Center
- Brewpub
- B
- Building.
- Building or Development Contractor
- Building Permit
- Bulk Mailing Service
- Bulk Storage
- Bulk Storage of Explosive or Hazardous Materials
- Bus or Train Passenger Terminal
- C
- Cabaret or Theater, Sexually Oriented
- Campground
- C
- Car Wash
- Caretaker's Quarters
- Carport
- Carriage House
- Catering Establishment
- Cemetery, Columbarium, Mausoleum, or Memorial Park
- Character District
- Chief Building Inspector
- Chiropractor
- City Commission
- Citizen Member
- Civic
- Clear Cutting
- Clinic
- Club or Lodge
- C
- Coffee Shop
- College, University, or Vocational School
- Community Garden
- Community, Senior, or Youth Center
- C
- C
- Composting Facility
- Concealed Lighting
- Concrete Batching or Asphalt Plant
- Contractor's Office (Temporary)
- Contour Grading
- Contributing Building or Structure
- Convention Center
- Corner Store
- Correctional Facility
- County Club
- Critical Facility
- Critical Root Zone
- Crop Production
- Currency Exchange (Check Cashing Business)
- D
- D Zone
- Dance Club or Dance Hall
- Day Care
- Day Care, Family
- Design Waiver
- Detached Garage
- Development
- Diameter at Breast Height (DBH)
- Display Publicly
- Dog Park
- Dormitory
- D
- Driveway
- Drug, Alcohol, or Psychiatric Treatment Center
- Dry Cleaning or Pressing Establishment
- Duplex
- Dwelling, Lot Line
- Dwelling, Multi-Family (Five or More)
- Dwelling, Single-Family
- Dwelling, Single-Family Attached
- Dwelling, Single-Family Detached
- Dwelling, Three- or Four-Family
- Dwelling, Two-Family
- E
- Electrical Generation Plant
- Electrical Substation
- Elevation Certificate
- Emergency Program
- Enclosure
- Encroachment
- Encounter Center, Sexually Oriented
- Entertainer, Sexually Oriented
- Entertainment, Indoor
- Entertainment, Outdoor
- Entertainment, Sexually Oriented
- Escort
- Escort, Service Oriented
- Escort Bureau, Service Oriented
- Escort, Sexually Oriented
- Escort Bureau, Sexually Oriented
- Existing Construction
- Exposed Lighting
- F
- Fairgrounds
- Farm Product
- Farm Product, Value-Added
- Farm Stand
- Farmers Market
- Feed Milling
- FEMA Map
- Fence
- Fitness Gym
- F
- Flex Building
- F
- F
- F
- Flood Insurance Study
- F
- Floodplain Administrator
- Floodplain Management Regulations
- Floodplain Management
- F
- Floodproofing Certificate
- Floodproofing
- F
- Floodway
- Floor Area Ratio
- Food Delivery
- Food Processing, Packing, and Distribution
- Foster Child Care
- F
- F
- Fuel Sales (Retail)
- Fuel Sales and Storage (Bulk)
- F
- Funeral and Internment Services
- G
- H
- I
- K
- L
- M
- Mail-Order Business
- Manufactured Home Park
- Manufactured Home, Qualified
- Map Panel Number
- Market Value
- Marina
- Market Garden
- Massage Establishment
- Massage Parlor
- M
- Media, Sexually Oriented
- Media Store with Some Sexually Oriented Media
- Media Store, Sexually Oriented
- Medical Facilities
- Medical or Dental Lab
- Microbrewery
- Micro-Distillery
- Micro-Manufacturing
- Mini-Golf Course
- Mini-Warehouse
- Mitigation
- Mixed Use Building
- Mobile Food Vending Service
- Mobile Retail Vending Service
- Mobile Home
- Mobile Home Park
- Model Home / On-Site Residential Sales Office
- Modeling Studio, Sexually Oriented
- More-Intense Heavy Industrial
- Motel, Sexually Oriented
- Motion Picture Arcade, Sexually Oriented
- Motion Picture Arcade Booth, Sexually Oriented
- Motion Picture Theater, Sexually Oriented
- Motor Freight or Truck Terminal
- Movie or Other Theater
- Mudslide (I.E. Mudflow) Area Management
- Mudslide (I.E. Mudflow)
- Mudslide (I.E. Mudflow) Prone Area
- Mural
- Museum or Gallery
- Music, Art, or Photographic Studio or Classroom
- N
- O
- P
- Package Liquor Sales
- P
- Park, Playground, and Common Open Space
- Park-and-Ride Facility
- Parking, Free-Standing
- Parking Lot or Structure (Commercial)
- Parking Lot or Structure (Off-Site)
- Parklet
- P
- Pawn Shop
- Payday Loan Business
- PDS
- Photocopy, Blueprint, and Quick-Sign Service
- Planned Neighborhood
- Pool Hall
- Portable-On-Demand (POD) Storage Unit or Container
- Post Office
- Postal Services (Non-Governmental)
- Pre-FIRM Construction
- Pre-School or Child Day Care Center
- Primary Application
- Primary Residence
- Principal Structure
- Principal Use
- Program Deficiency
- Psychic or Medium
- Public Area
- Public Assembly Facility
- Public and Civic Building
- R
- R
- Recreational Vehicle
- Recreational Vehicle Park
- Recycling Facility
- Regular Program
- Regulatory Floodway
- R
- Repair
- Repair of Scientific or Professional Instruments
- Repair-Oriented Uses
- Repetitive Loss
- Repetitive Loss (RL) Property
- Research, Testing, and Development Laboratory
- Residential Care Facility
- Resort
- Restaurant, Drive-In or Drive-Through
- Restaurant, Sit-Down
- Restaurant
- Retail Repair, Sales, and Service
- Riparian Area
- Riverine
- Roadside Stand
- S
- Sales-Oriented Uses
- Salvage Yard
- School, High (Public or Private)
- School, Elementary and Middle (Public/Private) means an educational establishment for children between kindergarten and 8th grade.
- Screening
- Secondary Access Roadway
- Section 1316
- Self-Service Storage
- Semi-Trailer
- Semi-Trailer or Truck Parking
- Senior, Youth, or Community Center
- Severe Repetitive Loss Structure
- Service-Oriented Uses
- Setback
- Setback / Yard, Front Street
- Setback / Yard, Interior Side
- Setback / Yard, Rear
- Setback / Yard, Side Street
- Sex Shop
- Sexually Oriented Business
- Sexually Oriented Business License
- Sexually Oriented Toys or Novelties
- Shipping Container
- Shop
- Short-Term Rental, Host Occupied
- Short-Term Rental Hosting Platform
- Short-Term Rental, Non-Host Occupied
- Short-Term Rental Tenant
- Shrub
- Sign
- Sign, Animated
- Sign, Banner
- Sign, Billboard
- Sign, Civic Building
- Sign, Detached
- Sign, Directly Illuminated
- Sign, Directory
- Signs, Externally Illuminated
- Sign, Ghost
- Signs, Internally Illuminated
- Sign, Permanent Entrance
- Sign, Illuminated
- Sign, Incidental
- Sign, Permanent
- Sign, Principal
- Sign, Sidewalk
- Sign, Wall
- Sign, Window
- Sign, Temporary
- Site
- Skateboard or Trampoline Park
- Skating Rink
- Sober Living Home
- Sober Living Facility
- Social Service
- Soup Kitchen
- S
- Stable (Private or Noncommercial)
- Stable (Public and Commercial)
- Stadium, Running Track, or Ball Field
- S
- Street, Private
- Street, Public
- Structure
- Subdivision
- Substantial Damage
- Substantial Improvement
- S
- Suspension
- Swimming Pool (Private)
- Swimming Pool (Public)
- T
- Tailor
- Taxidermist
- Telephone Exchange
- Temporary Vending and Services
- Temporary Vendor
- Tennis or Racquetball Facility
- Thoroughfare, Principal
- Thoroughfare, Secondary
- Tiny House
- Tiny House Neighborhood
- Tire Recycling and Retreading
- Townhouse/Rowhouse
- Trailer
- Transient Lodging or Shelter for the Homeless
- Tree
- Tree, Canopy
- Tree, Evergreen
- Tree, Ornamental
- T
- Truck Stop
- TV Studio or Radio Studio
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- A
- Division 28 Calculations and Measurements