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ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
1.01 Title
1.02 Authority
1.03 Intent and Purpose
1.04 Jurisdiction
1.05 Interpretation and Scope
1.06 Official Zoning Map
1.07 Zoning Map Rules & Interpretations
1.08 Zoning of Annexed Areas
1.09 Omissions
1.10 Severability
1.11 Repeal of Existing Code
1.12 Effective Date
ARTICLE 2 APPLICABILITY & CONFORMITY
2.01 General Applicability
2.02 Uniformity Within Districts
2.03 Conformity with Other Laws
2.04 Compliance Required
2.05 Application of Deed Restrictions
2.06 Transition Rules
2.07 Nonconformities
ARTICLE 3 ZONING DISTRICTS
3.01 Zoning Districts Established
3.02 Standard Districts in General
3.03 Special Districts in General
3.04 Zoning Districts
TABLE 3.1 ZONING DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED
3.04.A. [RESERVED]
3.04.B. RESIDENTIAL LARGE LOT SUBDIVISION (R-LLS)
3.04.C. RESIDENTIAL CONVENTIONAL SUBDIVISION (R-CVS)
3.04.D. RESIDENTIAL COMPACT SUBDIVISION (R-CPS)
3.04.E. [RESERVED]
3.04.F. RESIDENTIAL MIXED (R-M)
3.04.G. RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY (R-MF)
3.04.H. MOBILE HOME PARK (MHP)
3.04.I. [RESERVED]
3.04.J. [RESERVED]
3.04.K. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL (NC)
3.04.L. [RESERVED]
3.04.M. [RESERVED]
3.04.N. [RESERVED]
3.04.O. FLEX INDUSTRIAL (FI)
3.04.P. [RESERVED]
3.04.Q. GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (GI)
3.04.R. [RESERVED]
3.04.S. [RESERVED]
3.04.T. [RESERVED]
3.04.U. INSTITUTIONAL (INST)
3.04.V. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)
3.04.W. [RESERVED]
3.04.X. [RESERVED]
3.04.Y. [RESERVED]
3.04.Z. [RESERVED]
3.04.AA. [RESERVED]
3.04.BB. [RESERVED]
ARTICLE 4 USE REGULATIONS & STANDARDS
4.01 Establishment of a Table of Uses
4.02 Determination of Use Category
4.03 Multiple Principal Uses Permitted
4.04 Table of Uses
4.05 Use-Specific Standards
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ARTICLE 5 DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS
5.01 Purpose and Applicability
5.02 Conformance
5.03 Flexible Administrative Modification Rules
5.04 Standard Administrative Modifications
5.05 Determining Buildable Area
5.06 Setback and Lot Width Measurements
5.07 Yard Area Delineation
5.08 Permitted Encroachments
5.09 Height and Bulk Measurements
ARTICLE 6 UNIVERSAL REGULATIONS
6.01 Purpose and Applicability
6.02 Permits and Licenses
6.03 Erection of Structures Only on Lots of Record
6.04 Reduction of Lot Area Restricted
6.05 Lot Coverage
6.06 Street Access Required
6.07 Clear Sight Distance Required
6.08 Demolition or Movement of Buildings or Structures
6.09 Required Improvements for Developments
6.10 Negative Access Easements Prohibited
ARTICLE 7 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
7.01 Purpose
7.02 Applicability
7.03 Relation to Overlay and Special Districts
7.04 Character Standards
7.05 Site Lighting
7.06 Fences and Walls
7.07 Landscaping, Screening, and Buffers
ARTICLE 8 NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
8.01 Purpose and Applicability
8.02 Hillside Development Standards
8.03 Stream and Water Quality Buffers
8.04 Flood Protection Development Standards
8.05 Green Development, Infill, and Grayfield Development
8.06 Storm Water Management
8.07 [RESERVED]
8.08 Odor, Noise, Dust, Vibration, Debris, and Glare
8.09 Excavation, Grading, Movement of Soil, Tree Removal, and Erosion and Sedimentation Control
ARTICLE 9 SEXUALLY-ORIENTED BUSINESSES
9.01 Purpose and Applicability
9.02 Permit Process
9.03 General Standards
9.04 Individual Business Standards
9.05 Appeal Procedures
9.06 Severability
ARTICLE 10 PARKING & LOADING STANDARDS
10.01 General Parking Requirements
10.02 Location of Parking
10.03 Circulation within Off-Street Parking Areas
10.04 Calculation of Off-Street Parking Requirements
10.05 Off-Street Parking Requirements
10.06 Parking for Uses Not Listed
10.07 Accessible Parking
10.08 [RESERVED]
10.09 Parking for Changes in or Expansions of an Existing Use
10.10 Parking Flexibility
10.11 Shared Parking
10.12 Parking or Storage of Vehicles in a Front or Side Yard
10.13 Parking, Storage, or Use of Campers, Boats, Trailers, or Recreational Vehicles and Other Similar Equipment
10.14 Parking, Storage, and Use of Non-Recreational, Commercial, and Industrial Vehicles
10.15 Parking Vehicles for Sale
10.16 Overflow and Special Event Parking
10.17 Design
10.18 Access Management and Circulation
10.19 Traffic Impact Studies
10.20 Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities
10.21 Drive-In or Drive-Through Lanes and Stacking Spaces
10.22 Loading Areas
ARTICLE 11 SIGNS
11.01 Title
11.02 Purpose and Intent
11.03 Scope, Authority, and Applicability
11.04 Prohibited Sign Types
11.05 Temporary Signs
11.06 Signs Allowed Without a Permit
11.07 Other Actions Allowed Without a Permit
11.08 Installation, Design, and Construction Standards
11.09 Signs Requiring a Permit
11.10 Murals
11.11 Sign Measurements
11.12 Policies and Rules of Construction
ARTICLE 12 ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
12.01 Zoning Administrator
12.02 Floodplain Administrator
12.03 Technical Review Committee
12.04 Planning Commission
12.05 PDS Staff
12.06 Board of Adjustment
12.07 Legislative Body
12.08 [RESERVED]
ARTICLE 13 PROCESS AND PROCEDURE
13.01 General Application Requirements
13.02 Development Plan Review
13.03 Planned Unit Development Requirements
13.04 Map Amendments
13.05 Text Amendments
13.06 Non-Conforming Uses
13.07 Variances
13.08 Conditional Use Permits (CUP)
13.09 Certificate of Zoning Compliance
13.10 Zoning Permits
13.11 Enforcement
13.12 Appeals
ARTICLE 14 DEFINITIONS
14.01 Rules for Words and Phrases
14.02 Definitions
A
Abutting
Accessible
Accessory Dwelling Unit
Accessory Structure or Use, Customary –
Act of God
Agricultural Storage –
Agricultural Supplies Sales
Agriculture, Exempt –
Agriculture, Non-Exempt
Agritourism –
Airport
Alley
All-Weather Surface
Animal Care –
Applicant
Area, Minimum Site
Assembly, Commercial
Assembly, Institutional and Civic
Athletic Fields
B
Bar Or Drinking Place
Bed and Breakfast
Berm
Bioretention –
Block
Boat Harbor, Marina –
Brewery, Distillery, or Winery
Buffer –
Build-to-Line
Building –
Building Footprint –
Building Height
Building Material Sales
Burden (of Proof) –
C
Cabinet –
Caliper, Tree
Cannabis Business –
Car Wash
Carport
Carpenter Shop, Electrical, Plumbing and Heating Shops, Furniture Upholstering and Similar Establishments
Cemeteries and Crematories –
Change of Use
Check Cashing and Title Loan Businesses –
Civic Club
Collection Boxes –
College or University –
Commercial Message
Commercial Printing
Community Center, Civic Center
Compact Vehicle –
Comprehensive Plan
Conditional Use –
Construction –
Construction Trailer or Sales Office
Contour or Contour Line
Convalescent Homes, Nursing Homes, and Assisted Living Facilities
Conversions –
Cottage Court
Covenant
Cultivator –
Cultural Decorations
Curb Cut
Cutoff
Cut and Fill
D
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Demolition
Density
Detention
Dispensary
District
D
Driveway
Dry Cleaner
Dwelling Unit
Dwelling, Multi-Family
Single-Family, Attached –
Single-Family, Detached
Dwelling, Three/Four-Family
Dwelling, Two-Family
E
Easement
Emergency Medical Facility/Urgent Care/Surgery Center
Enclosed locked facility
Equipment Sales
Equipment Rental
Equipment Repair
Erosion –
Excavation –
F
Fabrication, Light
Façade
Family –
Family Child Care Home
Farmer’s Market
Fence –
Financial Services –
Finish Grade
Flag Lot
Flood or Flooding
Floor Area Ratio
Foot-candle
Frontage, Lot
Funeral Home, Mortuary –
G
Garage Sales –
Gas Station
Geotechnical Engineer, Qualified
Golf Course, Country Club –
Grading –
G
Green Infrastructure –
Gross Floor Area
Ground Cover –
H
Heliport
Home Occupation
Hospital
Hotel, Motel
I
Ice Cream Truck
Illuminance
Illumination, Concealed
Illumination, Direct
Illumination, Exposed
Illumination, External
Illumination, Indirect
Illumination, Internal
Impervious Coverage/Surface
Individual Services (ATM, Automated Retail Kiosk) –
Indoor Commercial Recreation
Industrial –
Infill
Inland Water Freight Transportation –
Institutional
Intermittent –
J
Junk, Scrap or Salvage Yards
K
Kennel
KCPC
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Landscape Area –
Landscaping –
Large Modular Materials
Library
Liquor Store
Live Staking
Live/Work Dwelling
Lot Area
Lot Coverage
Lot, Corner
Lot Line –
Lot of Record
M
Manufacturing, Heavy
Manufactured Home –
Manufactured Home, Qualified –
Marquee
Masonry –
Master Plan –
Median
Medical Office
Meeting, Banquet, or Conference Facility
Mining, Quarrying and Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Production
Mini-Warehouse, Personal Storage
Mixed Use
Mobile Home –
Mobile Food Sales –
Modular Home –
Motor Vehicle Sales and Rental
Motor Vehicle Service, Major
Motor Vehicle Service, Minor
Mural
Museum –
N
N/A
Navigational Services to Shipping
Nit
Non-commercial Message
Nonconformity
Nonconforming Lot
Nonconforming Sign
Nonconforming Site Feature
Nonconforming Structure
Nonconforming Use
Nursery/Garden Supply
Nuisance
O
Occupation
Office
Off-Street Parking Lot, Non-Accessory
On-farm Sales, Direct Selling Establishments
Open Space
Outdoor Commercial Recreation
Outdoor Display and Sales, On-going –
Outdoor Display and Sales, Temporary –
Outdoor Storage
Overlay Zone (or District)
P
Parapet
Park
Parking Area
Parking Bay
Parking, Shared
Parking Row
PDS
Permitted Use
Person with a Disability –
Personal Services –
Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Plat
Practicable
Practical
Principal Building
Principal Use
Processor
Producer
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Railroad Facilities
Recreational Vehicle
Redevelopment
Research and Development
Residential Care Facility –
Restaurant
Retail Store
Retention
Rezoning
Ridgelines
Right-of-Way
Riparian Corridor
Riprap
Roadway
Root Wad
S
Safety Compliance Facility –
School, Primary or Secondary
Screening
Sedimentation Basin
Self-Storage
Setback
Sexually Oriented Business
Shooting Range or Archery
Short Term Rental, Owner Occupied
Short-Term Rental, Non-Owner Occupied
Shrub
Siding
Sign
Sign, Animated
Sign, Attached –
Sign, Billboard
Sign, Building Marker
Sign, Canopy/Awning
Sign, Changeable Copy
Sign, Commercial Message
Sign, Detached
Sign, Directory
Sign, Drive-Thru
Sign, Face
Sign, Flag
Sign, Ground
Sign, Iconic/Historic
Sign, Legible
Sign, Marquee
Sign, Monument
Sign, Pole
Sign, Portable
Sign, Principal
Sign, Projecting
Sign, Roof
Sign, Sidewalk
Sign, Temporary
Sign, Wall
Sign, Window
Sign, Vehicle –
Site
Site Improvements
Site Plan –
Stacking Space
Stadium
Street –
Street Tree
Streetscape
Structure
Studios (for Work or Teaching) –
Subdivision
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, Inpatient –
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, Outpatient –
Substantial Construction
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Tattoo or Body Art Services
Temporary
Theater
Topography
Tree
Tree, Evergreen
Tree, Ornamental Flowering or Nonflowering
Tree, Shade
Tree Revetments –
Truck Terminals
U
Unlisted Use
Upper Floor Housing
Use
Utilities and Related Facilities, Public or Quasi-Public
V
Variance –
Vehicle
Viewshed
W
Warehouse and Logistics
Wetlands
Winery
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Yard
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Zone
14.03 Definitions for Flood Protection Development Standards
A
A Zone
Accessory structure (Appurtenant structure)
Accessory use
Addition (to an existing structure)
AE zones
AH zone
AO zone
Appeal
AR/A1 – A30, AR/AE, AR/AH, AR/AO, and AR/A zones
A99 zone
Area of shallow flooding
B
Base flood
Base Flood Elevation (BFE)
Basement
Building
C
Community
Community Rating System (CRS)
Community Flood Hazard Area (CFHA)
Critical facility
D
D zone
Development
E
Elevated structure
Elevation Certificate
Emergency Program
Enclosure
Encroachment
Existing construction
Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
Expansion to an existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
F
Five-Hundred Year Flood
Flood or Flooding
Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM)
Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM)
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
Flood Insurance Study
Floodplain or flood-prone area
Floodplain Administrator
Floodplain Management
Floodplain Management Regulations
Floodproofing
F
Floodway
Floodway fringe
Freeboard
Fraud and Victimization
Functionally dependent use facility
G
Governing body
H
Hazard potential
Highest adjacent grade
Historic Structure
Hydrodynamic Load –
Hydrostatic Load –
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Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC)
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Letter of Map Change (LOMC)
Levee
Levee System
Limited storage
Lowest adjacent grade
Lowest Floor
M
Manufactured Home
Manufactured home park or subdivision
Map
Map Panel Number
Market value
Mean Sea Level (MSL)
Mitigation
Mudslide (i.e. mudflow)
Mudslide (i.e. mudflow) area management
Mudslide (i.e. mudflow) prone area
N
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD)
New Construction
New manufactured home park or subdivision
Non-Residential
North American Vertical Datum (NAVD)
O
Obstruction
One-Hundred Year Flood (100-Year Flood)
P
Participating Community
Pre-FIRM Construction
Post-FIRM Construction
Probation
Program Deficiency
Public Safety and Nuisance
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Recreational Vehicle
Regular Program
Regulatory floodway
Remedy a violation
Repair
Repetitive Loss
Repetitive Loss Property
Riverine
S
Section 1316
Severe Repetitive Loss Structure
Shallow Flooding - Flooding with an average depth limited to 3.0 feet or less where no defined channel exists.
Sheet flow area
Special flood hazard area (SFHA)
Start of Construction (includes substantial improvement and other proposed new development)
Structure
Subdivision
Subrogation
Substantial Damage
Substantial Improvement
Substantially improved existing manufactured home parks or subdivisions
Suspension
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Utilities
V
Variance
Violation
W
Watercourse
Water surface elevation
Watershed
X
X (shaded) and B zones
X (unshaded) and C zones
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Zone
14.04 Definitions for Sexually Oriented Businesses
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Cabaret or Theater, Sexually-Oriented –
Customer –
D
Display Publicly
E
Encounter Center, Sexually-oriented –
Entertainer, Sexually-oriented –
Entertainment, Sexually-oriented –
Escort
Escort, Service Oriented –
Escort Bureau, Service Oriented –
Escort, Sexually-oriented –
Escort Bureau, Sexually-oriented –
Establishment –
Explicit Sexual Material –
F
Floor Area, Gross Public –
Frequently –
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Massage –
Massage Parlor
Massage Therapy –
Massage Therapist –
Media –
Media, Sexually-oriented
Media Store with some Sexually-oriented Media –
Media Store, Sexually-oriented –
Modeling Studio, Sexually-oriented –
Motel, Sexually-oriented
Motion Picture Arcade, Sexually-oriented
Motion Picture Arcade Booth, Sexually-oriented
Motion Picture Theater, Sexually-oriented
N
Nude Modeling Studio –
Nudity or State of Nudity
O
Operator
Owner(s) –
P
Person –
Premises
Primary Entertainment –
Protected Land Use –
Public Area –
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Sadomasochistic Practices –
Semi-nude or in a Semi-nude Condition –
Sex Shop –
Sexually-oriented Business –
Sexually-oriented Business License –
Sexually Oriented Toys or Novelties –
Specified Anatomical Areas
Specified Sexual Activities
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ARTICLE 15 APPENDICES
Appendix 15.01 Preamble to the Regulations of Sexually Oriented Businesses
Appendix 15.02 Preamble to the Sign Regulations
Appendix 15.03 Specifications For Paving of Off-Street Parking and Loading Areas
Appendix 15.04 Approved Planned Unit Developments
Appendix 15.05 Landscape and Planting Manual
15.05 A. Landscape and Planting Standards
15.05 B. Acceptable Plant List
I. Large Shade Trees
II. Medium Trees
III. Evergreen Trees
IV. Large Deciduous Shrubs
V. Medium Deciduous Shrubs
VI. Small Deciduous Shrubs
VII. Low Deciduous Shrubs
VIII. Large Evergreen Shrubs
IX. Medium Evergreen Shrubs
X. Small Evergreen Shrubs
XI. Low Evergreen Shrubs
XII. Large Street Trees
XIII. Medium Street Trees
XIV. Ground Cover
15.05 C. Unacceptable Plant List
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ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
1.01 Title
1.02 Authority
1.03 Intent and Purpose
1.04 Jurisdiction
1.05 Interpretation and Scope
1.06 Official Zoning Map
1.07 Zoning Map Rules & Interpretations
1.08 Zoning of Annexed Areas
1.09 Omissions
1.10 Severability
1.11 Repeal of Existing Code
1.12 Effective Date
ARTICLE 2 APPLICABILITY & CONFORMITY
2.01 General Applicability
2.02 Uniformity Within Districts
2.03 Conformity with Other Laws
2.04 Compliance Required
2.05 Application of Deed Restrictions
2.06 Transition Rules
2.07 Nonconformities
ARTICLE 3 ZONING DISTRICTS
3.01 Zoning Districts Established
3.02 Standard Districts in General
3.03 Special Districts in General
3.04 Zoning Districts
TABLE 3.1 ZONING DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED
3.04.A. [RESERVED]
3.04.B. RESIDENTIAL LARGE LOT SUBDIVISION (R-LLS)
3.04.C. RESIDENTIAL CONVENTIONAL SUBDIVISION (R-CVS)
3.04.D. RESIDENTIAL COMPACT SUBDIVISION (R-CPS)
3.04.E. [RESERVED]
3.04.F. RESIDENTIAL MIXED (R-M)
3.04.G. RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY (R-MF)
3.04.H. MOBILE HOME PARK (MHP)
3.04.I. [RESERVED]
3.04.J. [RESERVED]
3.04.K. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL (NC)
3.04.L. [RESERVED]
3.04.M. [RESERVED]
3.04.N. [RESERVED]
3.04.O. FLEX INDUSTRIAL (FI)
3.04.P. [RESERVED]
3.04.Q. GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (GI)
3.04.R. [RESERVED]
3.04.S. [RESERVED]
3.04.T. [RESERVED]
3.04.U. INSTITUTIONAL (INST)
3.04.V. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)
3.04.W. [RESERVED]
3.04.X. [RESERVED]
3.04.Y. [RESERVED]
3.04.Z. [RESERVED]
3.04.AA. [RESERVED]
3.04.BB. [RESERVED]
ARTICLE 4 USE REGULATIONS & STANDARDS
4.01 Establishment of a Table of Uses
4.02 Determination of Use Category
4.03 Multiple Principal Uses Permitted
4.04 Table of Uses
4.05 Use-Specific Standards
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ARTICLE 5 DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS
5.01 Purpose and Applicability
5.02 Conformance
5.03 Flexible Administrative Modification Rules
5.04 Standard Administrative Modifications
5.05 Determining Buildable Area
5.06 Setback and Lot Width Measurements
5.07 Yard Area Delineation
5.08 Permitted Encroachments
5.09 Height and Bulk Measurements
ARTICLE 6 UNIVERSAL REGULATIONS
6.01 Purpose and Applicability
6.02 Permits and Licenses
6.03 Erection of Structures Only on Lots of Record
6.04 Reduction of Lot Area Restricted
6.05 Lot Coverage
6.06 Street Access Required
6.07 Clear Sight Distance Required
6.08 Demolition or Movement of Buildings or Structures
6.09 Required Improvements for Developments
6.10 Negative Access Easements Prohibited
ARTICLE 7 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
7.01 Purpose
7.02 Applicability
7.03 Relation to Overlay and Special Districts
7.04 Character Standards
7.05 Site Lighting
7.06 Fences and Walls
7.07 Landscaping, Screening, and Buffers
ARTICLE 8 NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
8.01 Purpose and Applicability
8.02 Hillside Development Standards
8.03 Stream and Water Quality Buffers
8.04 Flood Protection Development Standards
8.05 Green Development, Infill, and Grayfield Development
8.06 Storm Water Management
8.07 [RESERVED]
8.08 Odor, Noise, Dust, Vibration, Debris, and Glare
8.09 Excavation, Grading, Movement of Soil, Tree Removal, and Erosion and Sedimentation Control
ARTICLE 9 SEXUALLY-ORIENTED BUSINESSES
9.01 Purpose and Applicability
9.02 Permit Process
9.03 General Standards
9.04 Individual Business Standards
9.05 Appeal Procedures
9.06 Severability
ARTICLE 10 PARKING & LOADING STANDARDS
10.01 General Parking Requirements
10.02 Location of Parking
10.03 Circulation within Off-Street Parking Areas
10.04 Calculation of Off-Street Parking Requirements
10.05 Off-Street Parking Requirements
10.06 Parking for Uses Not Listed
10.07 Accessible Parking
10.08 [RESERVED]
10.09 Parking for Changes in or Expansions of an Existing Use
10.10 Parking Flexibility
10.11 Shared Parking
10.12 Parking or Storage of Vehicles in a Front or Side Yard
10.13 Parking, Storage, or Use of Campers, Boats, Trailers, or Recreational Vehicles and Other Similar Equipment
10.14 Parking, Storage, and Use of Non-Recreational, Commercial, and Industrial Vehicles
10.15 Parking Vehicles for Sale
10.16 Overflow and Special Event Parking
10.17 Design
10.18 Access Management and Circulation
10.19 Traffic Impact Studies
10.20 Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities
10.21 Drive-In or Drive-Through Lanes and Stacking Spaces
10.22 Loading Areas
ARTICLE 11 SIGNS
11.01 Title
11.02 Purpose and Intent
11.03 Scope, Authority, and Applicability
11.04 Prohibited Sign Types
11.05 Temporary Signs
11.06 Signs Allowed Without a Permit
11.07 Other Actions Allowed Without a Permit
11.08 Installation, Design, and Construction Standards
11.09 Signs Requiring a Permit
11.10 Murals
11.11 Sign Measurements
11.12 Policies and Rules of Construction
ARTICLE 12 ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
12.01 Zoning Administrator
12.02 Floodplain Administrator
12.03 Technical Review Committee
12.04 Planning Commission
12.05 PDS Staff
12.06 Board of Adjustment
12.07 Legislative Body
12.08 [RESERVED]
ARTICLE 13 PROCESS AND PROCEDURE
13.01 General Application Requirements
13.02 Development Plan Review
13.03 Planned Unit Development Requirements
13.04 Map Amendments
13.05 Text Amendments
13.06 Non-Conforming Uses
13.07 Variances
13.08 Conditional Use Permits (CUP)
13.09 Certificate of Zoning Compliance
13.10 Zoning Permits
13.11 Enforcement
13.12 Appeals
ARTICLE 14 DEFINITIONS
14.01 Rules for Words and Phrases
14.02 Definitions
A
Abutting
Accessible
Accessory Dwelling Unit
Accessory Structure or Use, Customary –
Act of God
Agricultural Storage –
Agricultural Supplies Sales
Agriculture, Exempt –
Agriculture, Non-Exempt
Agritourism –
Airport
Alley
All-Weather Surface
Animal Care –
Applicant
Area, Minimum Site
Assembly, Commercial
Assembly, Institutional and Civic
Athletic Fields
B
Bar Or Drinking Place
Bed and Breakfast
Berm
Bioretention –
Block
Boat Harbor, Marina –
Brewery, Distillery, or Winery
Buffer –
Build-to-Line
Building –
Building Footprint –
Building Height
Building Material Sales
Burden (of Proof) –
C
Cabinet –
Caliper, Tree
Cannabis Business –
Car Wash
Carport
Carpenter Shop, Electrical, Plumbing and Heating Shops, Furniture Upholstering and Similar Establishments
Cemeteries and Crematories –
Change of Use
Check Cashing and Title Loan Businesses –
Civic Club
Collection Boxes –
College or University –
Commercial Message
Commercial Printing
Community Center, Civic Center
Compact Vehicle –
Comprehensive Plan
Conditional Use –
Construction –
Construction Trailer or Sales Office
Contour or Contour Line
Convalescent Homes, Nursing Homes, and Assisted Living Facilities
Conversions –
Cottage Court
Covenant
Cultivator –
Cultural Decorations
Curb Cut
Cutoff
Cut and Fill
D
D
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Demolition
Density
Detention
Dispensary
District
D
Driveway
Dry Cleaner
Dwelling Unit
Dwelling, Multi-Family
Single-Family, Attached –
Single-Family, Detached
Dwelling, Three/Four-Family
Dwelling, Two-Family
E
Easement
Emergency Medical Facility/Urgent Care/Surgery Center
Enclosed locked facility
Equipment Sales
Equipment Rental
Equipment Repair
Erosion –
Excavation –
F
Fabrication, Light
Façade
Family –
Family Child Care Home
Farmer’s Market
Fence –
Financial Services –
Finish Grade
Flag Lot
Flood or Flooding
Floor Area Ratio
Foot-candle
Frontage, Lot
Funeral Home, Mortuary –
G
Garage Sales –
Gas Station
Geotechnical Engineer, Qualified
Golf Course, Country Club –
Grading –
G
Green Infrastructure –
Gross Floor Area
Ground Cover –
H
Heliport
Home Occupation
Hospital
Hotel, Motel
I
Ice Cream Truck
Illuminance
Illumination, Concealed
Illumination, Direct
Illumination, Exposed
Illumination, External
Illumination, Indirect
Illumination, Internal
Impervious Coverage/Surface
Individual Services (ATM, Automated Retail Kiosk) –
Indoor Commercial Recreation
Industrial –
Infill
Inland Water Freight Transportation –
Institutional
Intermittent –
J
Junk, Scrap or Salvage Yards
K
Kennel
KCPC
K
L
Landscape Area –
Landscaping –
Large Modular Materials
Library
Liquor Store
Live Staking
Live/Work Dwelling
Lot Area
Lot Coverage
Lot, Corner
Lot Line –
Lot of Record
M
Manufacturing, Heavy
Manufactured Home –
Manufactured Home, Qualified –
Marquee
Masonry –
Master Plan –
Median
Medical Office
Meeting, Banquet, or Conference Facility
Mining, Quarrying and Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Production
Mini-Warehouse, Personal Storage
Mixed Use
Mobile Home –
Mobile Food Sales –
Modular Home –
Motor Vehicle Sales and Rental
Motor Vehicle Service, Major
Motor Vehicle Service, Minor
Mural
Museum –
N
N/A
Navigational Services to Shipping
Nit
Non-commercial Message
Nonconformity
Nonconforming Lot
Nonconforming Sign
Nonconforming Site Feature
Nonconforming Structure
Nonconforming Use
Nursery/Garden Supply
Nuisance
O
Occupation
Office
Off-Street Parking Lot, Non-Accessory
On-farm Sales, Direct Selling Establishments
Open Space
Outdoor Commercial Recreation
Outdoor Display and Sales, On-going –
Outdoor Display and Sales, Temporary –
Outdoor Storage
Overlay Zone (or District)
P
Parapet
Park
Parking Area
Parking Bay
Parking, Shared
Parking Row
PDS
Permitted Use
Person with a Disability –
Personal Services –
Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Plat
Practicable
Practical
Principal Building
Principal Use
Processor
Producer
Q
[
R
Railroad Facilities
Recreational Vehicle
Redevelopment
Research and Development
Residential Care Facility –
Restaurant
Retail Store
Retention
Rezoning
Ridgelines
Right-of-Way
Riparian Corridor
Riprap
Roadway
Root Wad
S
Safety Compliance Facility –
School, Primary or Secondary
Screening
Sedimentation Basin
Self-Storage
Setback
Sexually Oriented Business
Shooting Range or Archery
Short Term Rental, Owner Occupied
Short-Term Rental, Non-Owner Occupied
Shrub
Siding
Sign
Sign, Animated
Sign, Attached –
Sign, Billboard
Sign, Building Marker
Sign, Canopy/Awning
Sign, Changeable Copy
Sign, Commercial Message
Sign, Detached
Sign, Directory
Sign, Drive-Thru
Sign, Face
Sign, Flag
Sign, Ground
Sign, Iconic/Historic
Sign, Legible
Sign, Marquee
Sign, Monument
Sign, Pole
Sign, Portable
Sign, Principal
Sign, Projecting
Sign, Roof
Sign, Sidewalk
Sign, Temporary
Sign, Wall
Sign, Window
Sign, Vehicle –
Site
Site Improvements
Site Plan –
Stacking Space
Stadium
Street –
Street Tree
Streetscape
Structure
Studios (for Work or Teaching) –
Subdivision
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, Inpatient –
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, Outpatient –
Substantial Construction
T
Tattoo or Body Art Services
Temporary
Theater
Topography
Tree
Tree, Evergreen
Tree, Ornamental Flowering or Nonflowering
Tree, Shade
Tree Revetments –
Truck Terminals
U
Unlisted Use
Upper Floor Housing
Use
Utilities and Related Facilities, Public or Quasi-Public
V
Variance –
Vehicle
Viewshed
W
Warehouse and Logistics
Wetlands
Winery
X
[
Y
Yard
Z
Zone
14.03 Definitions for Flood Protection Development Standards
A
A Zone
Accessory structure (Appurtenant structure)
Accessory use
Addition (to an existing structure)
AE zones
AH zone
AO zone
Appeal
AR/A1 – A30, AR/AE, AR/AH, AR/AO, and AR/A zones
A99 zone
Area of shallow flooding
B
Base flood
Base Flood Elevation (BFE)
Basement
Building
C
Community
Community Rating System (CRS)
Community Flood Hazard Area (CFHA)
Critical facility
D
D zone
Development
E
Elevated structure
Elevation Certificate
Emergency Program
Enclosure
Encroachment
Existing construction
Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
Expansion to an existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
F
Five-Hundred Year Flood
Flood or Flooding
Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM)
Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM)
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
Flood Insurance Study
Floodplain or flood-prone area
Floodplain Administrator
Floodplain Management
Floodplain Management Regulations
Floodproofing
F
Floodway
Floodway fringe
Freeboard
Fraud and Victimization
Functionally dependent use facility
G
Governing body
H
Hazard potential
Highest adjacent grade
Historic Structure
Hydrodynamic Load –
Hydrostatic Load –
I
Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC)
J
[
K
[
L
Letter of Map Change (LOMC)
Levee
Levee System
Limited storage
Lowest adjacent grade
Lowest Floor
M
Manufactured Home
Manufactured home park or subdivision
Map
Map Panel Number
Market value
Mean Sea Level (MSL)
Mitigation
Mudslide (i.e. mudflow)
Mudslide (i.e. mudflow) area management
Mudslide (i.e. mudflow) prone area
N
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD)
New Construction
New manufactured home park or subdivision
Non-Residential
North American Vertical Datum (NAVD)
O
Obstruction
One-Hundred Year Flood (100-Year Flood)
P
Participating Community
Pre-FIRM Construction
Post-FIRM Construction
Probation
Program Deficiency
Public Safety and Nuisance
Q
[
R
Recreational Vehicle
Regular Program
Regulatory floodway
Remedy a violation
Repair
Repetitive Loss
Repetitive Loss Property
Riverine
S
Section 1316
Severe Repetitive Loss Structure
Shallow Flooding - Flooding with an average depth limited to 3.0 feet or less where no defined channel exists.
Sheet flow area
Special flood hazard area (SFHA)
Start of Construction (includes substantial improvement and other proposed new development)
Structure
Subdivision
Subrogation
Substantial Damage
Substantial Improvement
Substantially improved existing manufactured home parks or subdivisions
Suspension
T
[
U
Utilities
V
Variance
Violation
W
Watercourse
Water surface elevation
Watershed
X
X (shaded) and B zones
X (unshaded) and C zones
Y
[
Z
Zone
14.04 Definitions for Sexually Oriented Businesses
A
[
B
[
C
Cabaret or Theater, Sexually-Oriented –
Customer –
D
Display Publicly
E
Encounter Center, Sexually-oriented –
Entertainer, Sexually-oriented –
Entertainment, Sexually-oriented –
Escort
Escort, Service Oriented –
Escort Bureau, Service Oriented –
Escort, Sexually-oriented –
Escort Bureau, Sexually-oriented –
Establishment –
Explicit Sexual Material –
F
Floor Area, Gross Public –
Frequently –
G
[
H
[
I
[
J
[
K
[
L
[
M
Massage –
Massage Parlor
Massage Therapy –
Massage Therapist –
Media –
Media, Sexually-oriented
Media Store with some Sexually-oriented Media –
Media Store, Sexually-oriented –
Modeling Studio, Sexually-oriented –
Motel, Sexually-oriented
Motion Picture Arcade, Sexually-oriented
Motion Picture Arcade Booth, Sexually-oriented
Motion Picture Theater, Sexually-oriented
N
Nude Modeling Studio –
Nudity or State of Nudity
O
Operator
Owner(s) –
P
Person –
Premises
Primary Entertainment –
Protected Land Use –
Public Area –
Q
[
R
[
S
Sadomasochistic Practices –
Semi-nude or in a Semi-nude Condition –
Sex Shop –
Sexually-oriented Business –
Sexually-oriented Business License –
Sexually Oriented Toys or Novelties –
Specified Anatomical Areas
Specified Sexual Activities
T
[
U
[
V
[
W
[
X
[
Y
[
Z
[
ARTICLE 15 APPENDICES
Appendix 15.01 Preamble to the Regulations of Sexually Oriented Businesses
Appendix 15.02 Preamble to the Sign Regulations
Appendix 15.03 Specifications For Paving of Off-Street Parking and Loading Areas
Appendix 15.04 Approved Planned Unit Developments
Appendix 15.05 Landscape and Planting Manual
15.05 A. Landscape and Planting Standards
15.05 B. Acceptable Plant List
I. Large Shade Trees
II. Medium Trees
III. Evergreen Trees
IV. Large Deciduous Shrubs
V. Medium Deciduous Shrubs
VI. Small Deciduous Shrubs
VII. Low Deciduous Shrubs
VIII. Large Evergreen Shrubs
IX. Medium Evergreen Shrubs
X. Small Evergreen Shrubs
XI. Low Evergreen Shrubs
XII. Large Street Trees
XIII. Medium Street Trees
XIV. Ground Cover
15.05 C. Unacceptable Plant List
I
I
I
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