Douglas City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- IN GENERAL
Sections
- Sec. 111-1.- Title.
- Sec. 111-2. - Authority.
- Sec. 111-3. - Applicability.
- Sec. 111-4. - Findings; general public needs.
- Sec. 111-5. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 111-6. - Incorporation by reference.
- Sec. 111-7. - Rules of interpretation.
- Sec. 111-8. - Delegation of authority.
- Sec. 111-9. - Relationship of specific to general provisions.
- Sec. 111-10. - Conflict with other regulations.
- Sec. 111-11. - Penalty for violations.
ARTICLE V
- DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 111-126.- Purpose.
- Sec. 111-127. - Responsibility for improvements.
- Sec. 111-128. - Principles of development design.
- Sec. 111-129. - Area, setback, and height requirements.
- Sec. 111-130. - Impervious surface coverage.
- Sec. 111-131. - Building setback requirements.
- Sec. 111-132. - Building height.
- Sec. 111-133. - Cottage lots.
- Sec. 111-134. - Planned development standards.
- Sec. 111-135. - Procedures for PD rezoning/land development approval.
- Sec. 111-136. - Subdivision standards.
- Sec. 111-137. - Streets and driveway standards.
- Sec. 111-138. - Parking and loading standards.
- Sec. 111-139. - Design standards for parking spaces.
- Sec. 111-140. - Paving of parking surfaces.
- Sec. 111-141. - Off-street loading requirements.
- Sec. 111-142. - Landscaping and screening standards.
- Sec. 111-143. - Tree preservation.
ARTICLE VI
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Sections
- Sec. 111-170.- Purpose.
- Sec. 111-171. - Applicability.
- Sec. 111-172. - Compatibility with other permit and chapter requirements.
- Sec. 111-173. - Permit required.
- Sec. 111-174. - Application requirements.
- Sec. 111-175. - Application review fees.
- Sec. 111-176. - Application procedure.
- Sec. 111-177. - Inspection.
- Sec. 111-178. - Violation.
- Sec. 111-179. - Enforcement.
- Sec. 111-180. - Appeal procedure.
- Sec. 111-181. - General performance criteria for stormwater management.
- Sec. 111-182. - Basic stormwater management design criteria.
- Sec. 111-183. - Engineering requirements, design standards.
- Sec. 111-184. - Requirements of engineering drawings.
- Sec. 111-185. - Stormwater management plan required for all developments.
- Sec. 111-186. - Stormwater management concept plan requirements.
- Sec. 111-187. - Final stormwater management plan requirements.
- Sec. 111-188. - Performance bond/security.
- Sec. 111-189. - Notice of construction commencement.
- Sec. 111-190. - As-built plans.
- Sec. 111-191. - Maintenance and repair of stormwater facilities.
- Sec. 111-192. - Inspection of stormwater facilities.
- Sec. 111-193. - Right of entry for inspection.
- Sec. 111-194. - Records of installation and maintenance activities.
- Sec. 111-195. - Failure to maintain practices.
- Sec. 111-196. - Violations.
- Sec. 111-197. - Notice of violation.
- Sec. 111-198. - Stop-work orders.
- Sec. 111-199. - Criminal penalties.
- Sec. 111-200. - Restoration of lands.
- Sec. 111-201. - Holds on occupation certificates.
- Sec. 111-202. - Civil penalties.
- Sec. 111-203. - Stormwater management permit design check list.
ARTICLE VII
SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 111-232.- Generally.
- Sec. 111-233. - Accessory uses and structures.
- Sec. 111-234. - Adult entertainment uses.
- Sec. 111-235. - Amateur radio antenna.
- Sec. 111-236. - Amusement arcade; amusement theme park, commercial recreation.
- Sec. 111-237. - Animal shelter and kennels.
- Sec. 111-238. - Automobile, boat, RV sales (new and pre-owned).
- Sec. 111-239. - Bed and breakfast lodging.
- Sec. 111-240. - Car washes.
- Sec. 111-241. - Cemeteries, human and pet.
- Sec. 111-242. - Clubs, lodges and similar noncommercial associations.
- Sec. 111-243. - Communication tower/facility.
- Sec. 111-244. - Concentrated animal feedlot operations.
- Sec. 111-245. - Continuing care retirement community or adult congregate care living facilities.
- Sec. 111-246. - Day care/child care center.
- Sec. 111-247. - Drive-through facilities.
- Sec. 111-248. - Dwelling, live-work.
- Sec. 111-249. - Dwelling, loft.
- Sec. 111-250. - Dwelling, two-family (duplex) in R-12 zoning district.
- Sec. 111-251. - Fences, walls and hedges.
- Sec. 111-252. - Flea market.
- Sec. 111-253. - Gasoline service station with or without convenience store.
- Sec. 111-254. - Golf courses and country clubs.
- Sec. 111-255. - Halfway house/homeless shelter/drug treatment facility.
- Sec. 111-256. - Home occupation.
- Sec. 111-257. - Ice vending machines.
- Sec. 111-258. - Indoor gun range.
- Sec. 111-259. - Outdoor gun range (municipal).
- Sec. 111-260. - Industrialized buildings (modular homes) (residential).
- Sec. 111-261. - Industrialized buildings (nonresidential).
- Sec. 111-262. - Internet cafes or similar use relating to online gambling.
- Sec. 111-263. - Kennel, pet boarding.
- Sec. 111-264. - Landfill, inert waste.
- Sec. 111-265. - Landfills, solid waste.
- Sec. 111-266. - Livestock in residential districts.
- Sec. 111-267. - Manufactured homes.
- Sec. 111-268. - Manufactured home park.
- Sec. 111-269. - Mobile vendors.
- Sec. 111-269.1. - Mobile food vendors.
- Sec. 111-270. - Outdoor storage in residential and commercial districts.
- Sec. 111-271. - Parking garages.
- Sec. 111-272. - Portable on demand storage units (PODS).
- Sec. 111-273. - Recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds.
- Sec. 111-274. - Religious facilities and related uses.
- Sec. 111-275. - Riding stables.
- Sec. 111-276. - Salvage yard, junkyard.
- Sec. 111-277. - Satellite dish antennas.
- Sec. 111-278. - Schools, K—12, private.
- Sec. 111-279. - Scrap, waste and recycling operations.
- Sec. 111-280. - Storefront religious facilities.
- Sec. 111-281. - Swimming pools, spas and hot tubs.
- Sec. 111-282. - Temporary uses, including special events and structures.
- Sec. 111-283. - Trash and refuse areas.
- Sec. 111-284. - Utility substation.
- Sec. 111-285. - Veterinary services/animal hospitals in residential districts/kennels, pet boarding.
ARTICLE IX
INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 111-335.- Authority.
- Sec. 111-336. - Purpose.
- Sec. 111-337. - Intent and application.
- Sec. 111-338. - General provisions.
- Sec. 111-339. - Street improvement standards.
- Sec. 111-340. - Utilities.
- Sec. 111-341. - Grading and drainage.
- Sec. 111-342. - Schedule of fees.
- Sec. 111-343. - Administration and enforcement.
- Sec. 111-344. - Variances.
- Sec. 111-345. - Appeals, hearings and notice.
- Sec. 111-346. - Penalties for violations.
ARTICLE X
- SIGNS
Sections
- Sec. 111-366.- General provisions.
- Sec. 111-367. - Permit required.
- Sec. 111-368. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 111-369. - Permit procedures.
- Sec. 111-370. - Aesthetic qualifications.
- Sec. 111-371. - Types of signs permitted.
- Sec. 111-372. - Sign area and height.
- Sec. 111-373. - Setback requirements.
- Sec. 111-374. - Location, safety, illumination and design requirements and restrictions.
- Sec. 111-375. - Design standard matrix.
- Sec. 111-376. - Special purpose signs.
- Sec. 111-377. - Exempt signs (not requiring a permit).
- Sec. 111-378. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 111-379. - Removal and disposition of signs.
- Sec. 111-380. - Amortization of nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 111-381. - Procedure for permit denial.
- Sec. 111-382. - Permit denials, appeals and notice.
ARTICLE XI
SOLAR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
Sections
- Sec. 111-408.- Definitions.
- Sec. 111-409. - Requirements.
- Sec. 111-410. - Permissible zoning districts.
- Sec. 111-411. - Requirements for building-integrated solar energy systems.
- Sec. 111-412. - Requirements for rooftop solar energy systems.
- Sec. 111-413. - General requirements for ground mounted solar energy systems.
- Sec. 111-414. - Specific requirements for small scale solar energy systems.
- Sec. 111-415. - Specific requirements for intermediate scale solar energy systems.
- Sec. 111-416. - Specific requirements for large scale solar energy systems.
- Sec. 111-417. - Plans and permits; permit application.
- Sec. 111-418. - Special administrative permit review.
- Sec. 111-419. - Special use permit review.
ARTICLE XII
HARDSHIP RELIEF
Sections
- Sec. 111-438.- Purpose; forms of hardship.
- Sec. 111-439. - Existing nonconforming development.
- Sec. 111-440. - Continuation of existing nonconforming development.
- Sec. 111-441. - Variances.
- Sec. 111-442. - Review by the board of appeals.
- Sec. 111-443. - Appeals from the board of appeals.
- Sec. 111-444. - Notice of variance hearings.
- Sec. 111-445. - Administrative variance.
ARTICLE XIII
ADMINISTRATION, PROCEDURE AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- Sec. 111-474.- Purpose.
- Sec. 111-475. - Withdrawal of applications.
- Sec. 111-476. - Planning commission.
- Sec. 111-477. - Zoning board of appeals.
- Sec. 111-478. - Reserved.
- Sec. 111-479. - Historic preservation commission (HPC).
- Sec. 111-480. - Development review required prior to undertaking any development activity.
- Sec. 111-481. - Procedures for review of development plans.
- Sec. 111-482. - Review of exempt development.
- Sec. 111-483. - Review of minor site development plans.
- Sec. 111-484. - Review of major site development plans.
- Sec. 111-485. - Project phasing.
- Sec. 111-486. - Submittal standards for site development plans.
- Sec. 111-487. - Platting.
- Sec. 111-488. - Procedures for obtaining miscellaneous permits.
- Sec. 111-489. - Building permits.
- Sec. 111-490. - Sign permit.
- Sec. 111-491. - Driveway permit.
- Sec. 111-492. - Excavation and fill permit.
- Sec. 111-493. - Satellite antenna permit.
- Sec. 111-494. - Temporary events permit.
- Sec. 111-495. - Temporary construction trailers and containers permit.
- Sec. 111-496. - Tree removal permit.
- Sec. 111-497. - Walls and fences permit.
- Sec. 111-498. - Procedures for annexations into the city.
- Sec. 111-499. - Procedures for amending the text of this chapter.
- Sec. 111-500. - Procedures for zoning map changes (rezoning).
- Sec. 111-501. - Public notice requirements.
- Sec. 111-502. - Enforcement of chapter provisions.
- Sec. 111-503. - Other penalties and remedies.
- Sec. 111-504. - Appeals from decisions of administrative departments.
- Sec. 111-505. - Quasi-judicial proceedings.