This Ordinance has been drafted, subjected to public review, recommended by the Enterprise Planning Commission, and adopted by the Enterprise City Council under the authority of §11-52, Code of Alabama, as amended.

This Ordinance is known as the Enterprise Zoning Ordinance, and the Zoning Map which is a part of this Ordinance is known as the Enterprise Zoning Map.

The purpose of this Ordinance is to influence the use of property within the City of Enterprise, to implement and support the Comprehensive Plan and the developmental policies of the City and to promote the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the community.

The provisions of this Ordinance apply to all property located within the corporate boundary of the City of Enterprise, and in other areas or jurisdictions as allowed or provided by law, as may be amended from time to time. All uses, structures, sites, lots and parcels must comply with the provisions of this Ordinance.

The provisions of this Ordinance are considered minimum requirements to promote the public health, safety, and welfare. The provision of this Ordinance do not lower the restrictions of plats, deeds or private contracts, if such are greater than the provisions of this Ordinance.

In any situation in which there is a conflict between the provisions of this Ordinance, and those of any statute, local law or regulation, the most restrictive of such provisions applies and is enforced.

If any clause, portion, provision, or section of this Ordinance is held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding does not render invalid any other clause, portion, provision, or section.

On the effective date of this Ordinance, all other local Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict or inconsistent with this Ordinance, and all amendments thereto, are hereby repealed to the extent necessary to give this Ordinance full force and effect.

1.09.01 Zoning Districts. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the area within the corporate boundary of the City is subdivided into the following zoning districts:

A.

R-1 Low Density Single Family Residential District;

B.

R-2 Medium Density Single Family Residential District;

C.

R-3 High Density Single Family Residential District;

D.

R-4 Mixed Residential District;

E.

R-5 Multifamily Residential District;

F.

R-T Townhouse Residential District;

G.

MHP Manufactured Housing District;

H.

B-1 Business District;

I.

B-2 Central Business District;

J.

B-3 Highway Commercial District;

K.

INST Institutional District;

L.

M-1 Light Industrial District;

M.

M-2 General Industrial District;

N.

AG Agriculture District;

O.

HC Highway Corridor Overlay District;

P.

DT Downtown Overlay District;

Q.

PBD Planned Business District;

R.

PRD Planned Residential District.

1.09.02 Official Zoning Map.

A.

The City is hereby subdivided into zoning districts as shown on the Official Zoning Map of the City of Enterprise. This Official Map, together with all explanatory materials it contains, is made a part of this Ordinance and is kept in the office of the Building Department.

B.

The Official Zoning Map is signed by the Mayor, attested by the City Clerk, and shows the number and date of adoption of this Ordinance.

C.

Any changes made in district boundaries, or any other matter portrayed on the map, is entered on the map by Ordinance number and date of adoption within ten days of such adoption.

D.

If the Official Zoning Map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost, or difficult to interpret because of the nature and/or number of changes and additions, the City Council may by resolution adopt a new Official Zoning Map. This new map may correct drafting or other errors or omissions, but no such correction may have the result of amending the map.

1.09.03 District Boundaries. The boundaries of the Zoning Districts as shown on the Official Zoning Map are intended to follow lot lines, the centerlines of streets or alleys, the centerline of railroad tracks, the centerlines of streams and watercourses, and the corporate boundary. Where any boundary cannot be accurately determined from the Map, the Board of Adjustment determines where such boundary is officially located.

Following the adoption of this Ordinance, any property annexed into the City will be assigned a zoning classification by the City Council, after a recommendation from the Commission, compatible with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan taking into consideration the existing use and zoning of adjoining land. Any subsequent rezoning of such property follows the procedures for map amendments set forth in this Ordinance.