Decorah City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 17
08 - DEFINITIONS
Sections
- 17.08.010 - General.
- 17.08.020 - Accessory use or structure.
- 17.08.025 - Adult entertainment businesses.
- 17.08.030 - Agriculture.
- 17.08.040 - Alley.
- 17.08.050 - Alterations, structural.
- 17.08.060 - Automobile wrecking.
- 17.08.070 - Basement.
- 17.08.080 - Boardinghouse.
- 17.08.090 - Bed and breakfast home.
- 17.08.091 - Bed and breakfast inn.
- 17.08.100 - Billboard.
- 17.08.110 - Building.
- 17.08.120 - Building height.
- 17.08.130 - Carport.
- 17.08.140 - Cellar.
- 17.08.145 - Clinic.
- 17.08.150 - Commercial feedlot.
- 17.08.160 - Commission.
- 17.08.170 - Condominium.
- 17.08.180 - Dwelling.
- 17.08.190 - Dwelling, farmstead.
- 17.08.200 - Dwelling, single-family.
- 17.08.210 - Dwelling, two-family.
- 17.08.220 - Dwelling, multiple-family.
- 17.08.230 - Dwelling, row.
- 17.08.240 - Dwelling unit.
- 17.08.250 - Family.
- 17.08.260 - Farm.
- 17.08.265 - Fence.
- 17.08.270 - Frontage.
- 17.08.280 - Garage, private.
- 17.08.290 - Garage, public.
- 17.08.295 - Ground-mount.
- 17.08.300 - Gas station.
- 17.08.310 - Hotel/motel.
- 17.08.320 - Junkyard.
- 17.08.330 - Kennel.
- 17.08.340 - Lot.
- 17.08.350 - Lot, corner.
- 17.08.360 - Lot depth.
- 17.08.370 - Lot, double-frontage.
- 17.08.380 - Lot, interior.
- 17.08.390 - Lot lines.
- 17.08.400 - Lot of record.
- 17.08.410 - Lot width.
- 17.08.420 - Lot, reversed-frontage.
- 17.08.430 - Manufactured home.
- 17.08.440 - Mobile home.
- 17.08.450 - Mobile home converted to real estate.
- 17.08.460 - Mobile home park.
- 17.08.480 - Modular home.
- 17.08.490 - Nonprofit institution.
- 17.08.500 - Nursing or convalescent home.
- 17.08.510 - Parking space (off-street).
- 17.08.520 - Porch, unenclosed.
- 17.08.530 - Principal use.
- 17.08.535 - Roof-mount.
- 17.08.540 - Reserved.
- 17.08.550 - Reserved.
- 17.08.555 - Reserved.
- 17.08.560 - Reserved.
- 17.08.570 - Reserved.
- 17.08.580 - Reserved.
- 17.08.590 - Reserved.
- 17.08.595 - Solar collector.
- 17.08.596 - Solar farm.
- 17.08.600 - Story.
- 17.08.610 - Story, half.
- 17.08.620 - Street.
- 17.08.630 - Structure.
- 17.08.635 - SUDAS.
- 17.08.640 - Trailer camp or tourist campground.
- 17.08.650 - Travel trailer or camping trailer.
- 17.08.660 - Yard.
- 17.08.670 - Yard, front.
- 17.08.680 - Yard, rear.
- 17.08.690 - Yard, side.
CHAPTER 17
16 - GENERAL REGULATIONS
Sections
- 17.16.010 - Conformance required.
- 17.16.020 - Street frontage required.
- 17.16.030 - Accessory building.
- 17.16.040 - Corner lots.
- 17.16.050 - Front yard.
- 17.16.060 - Required yard cannot be reduced.
- 17.16.070 - Permits previously issued.
- 17.16.080 - Zoning districts dividing property.
- 17.16.090 - Home occupations.
- 17.16.100 - Prohibited storage of motor vehicles.
- 17.16.110 - Signs permitted in all zoning districts.
- 17.16.120 - Prohibited signs.
- 17.16.130 - General sign regulations.
- 17.16.135 - Fences.
- 17.16.140 - Mobile homes or trailers.
- 17.16.150 - Satellite-receiving antennas.
- 17.16.160 - Annexation.
CHAPTER 17
28 - BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
Sections
- 17.28.010 - Continued.
- 17.28.020 - Proceedings of the board.
- 17.28.030 - Hearings—Appeals and notice.
- 17.28.040 - Stay of proceedings.
- 17.28.050 - Powers and duties.
- 17.28.060 - Special exceptions.
- 17.28.070 - Variances.
- 17.28.080 - Findings of fact.
- 17.28.090 - Decisions of the board.
- 17.28.100 - Appeals from the board.
- 17.28.110 - Expiration of variance.
CHAPTER 17
120 - F-1 FLOODPLAIN DISTRICT
Sections
- 17.120.010 - Statement of intent.
- 17.120.015 - Definitions.
- 17.120.020 - Principal permitted uses.
- 17.120.030 - Permitted accessory uses.
- 17.120.040 - Special exceptions.
- 17.120.045 - Noncompliant uses.
- 17.120.050 - Special requirements.
- 17.120.060 - Bulk regulations.
- 17.120.070 - Off-street parking and loading.
CHAPTER 17
128 - AIRPORT HEIGHT DISTRICT
Sections
- 17.128.010 - Title.
- 17.128.020 - Definitions.
- 17.128.030 - Airport zones and airspace height limitations.
- 17.128.040 - Use restrictions.
- 17.128.050 - Lighting.
- 17.128.060 - Variances.
- 17.128.070 - Airport board of adjustment.
- 17.128.080 - Airport zoning commission.
- 17.128.090 - Judicial review.
- 17.128.100 - Administrative agency.
- 17.128.110 - Penalty for violation.
- 17.128.120 - Conflicting regulations.
CHAPTER 17
132 - AIRPORT OVERLAY ZONE
Sections
- 17.132.010 - Purpose.
- 17.132.020 - Definitions.
- 17.132.030 - Imaginary surface.
- 17.132.040 - Height limitations on allowed uses in underlying zones.
- 17.132.050 - Land use compatibility requirements.
- 17.132.060 - Water impoundments within approach surfaces and airport direct and secondary impact boundaries.
- 17.132.070 - Wetland mitigation, creation, enhancement and restoration within approach surfaces and airport direct and secondary impact boundaries.
- 17.132.080 - Nonconforming uses.
- 17.132.090 - Avigation easement.
- 17.132.100 - Noise sensitivity zones.
- 17.132.110 - Airport zoning administrator.
- 17.132.120 - Procedures.
- 17.132.130 - Permits.
- 17.132.140 - Variances.
- 17.132.150 - Appeals.
- 17.132.160 - Judicial review.
- 17.132.170 - Penalties.
- 17.132.180 - Conflicts.
- 17.132.190 - Severability.
CHAPTER 17
136 - TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS
Sections
- 17.136.010 - Statement of purpose and intent.
- 17.136.020 - Definitions.
- 17.136.030 - Existing towers or antennas.
- 17.136.040 - Interpretation and applicability.
- 17.136.050 - General permit conditions and height limitations.
- 17.136.060 - City-owned and operated towers.
- 17.136.070 - Co-location requirements.
- 17.136.080 - Telecommunication facilities—General location standards.
- 17.136.090 - Commercial telecommunication facilities—Vegetation protection and facility screening.
- 17.136.100 - Commercial telecommunication facilities—Visual compatibility.
- 17.136.110 - Antennas mounted on roofs, walls, existing towers and appropriate structures.
- 17.136.120 - Construction requirements.
- 17.136.130 - Abandoned or unused towers or portions of towers.
- 17.136.140 - Measurement of tower height.
- 17.136.150 - Process.
CHAPTER 17
140 - FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE3
Sections
- 17.140.010 - Definitions.
- 17.140.020 - Statutory Authority, Findings of Fact and Purpose.
- 17.140.030 - General provisions.
- 17.140.040 - Administration.
- 17.140.050 - Establishment of zoning (overlay) districts.
- 17.140.060 - Floodway (Overlay) District (FW).
- 17.140.070 - Floodway Fringe (Overlay) District FF.
- 17.140.080 - General Floodplain (Overlay) District (GF).
- 17.140.090 - Shallow Flooding (Overlay) District (SF).
- 17.140.100 - Duties of board of adjustment.
- 17.140.110 - Nonconforming uses.
- 17.140.120 - Penalties for violation.
- 17.140.130 - Amendments.