Fishers City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
Sections
- Article 1.1. Fishers Vision
- Article 1.2. Legal Provisions
- Article 1.3. Applicability
- Article 1.4. Official Zoning Map
CHAPTER 2
ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- Article 2.1. General Administration
- Article 2.2. Review Authority
- Article 2.3. Nonconformities
CHAPTER 3
ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- Article 3.1. Establishment of Zoning Districts
- Article 3.2. Residential Districts
- Sec. 3.2.1. ER Estate-Rural Residential District
- Sec. 3.2.2. R1 Residential District
- Sec. 3.2.3. R2 Residential District
- Sec. 3.2.4. R3 Residential District
- Sec. 3.2.5. R4 Residential District
- Sec. 3.2.6. R5 Residential District
- Sec. 3.2.7. MP Manufactured Home Park District
- Sec. 3.2.8. M1 Multi-Family Residential
- Sec. 3.2.9. M2 Multi-Family Residential
- Sec. 3.2.10. TCR Town Center Residential District
- Article 3.3. Nonresidential Districts
- Article 3.4. Other Districts
CHAPTER 4
OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- Article 4.1. General Provisions
- Article 4.2. Overlay Districts
CHAPTER 5
USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- Article 5.1. Allowed Property Uses & Maintenance Standards
- Article 5.2. Residential Uses
- Article 5.3. Public & Institutional Uses
- Article 5.4. Commercial Uses
- Article 5.5. Industrial Uses
- Article 5.6. Agricultural and Animal Uses
- Article 5.7. Accessory Uses
- Article 5.8. Temporary Uses
CHAPTER 6
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- Article 6.1. General Provisions
- Article 6.2. Accessory Structure Standards
- Article 6.3. Architectural Design Standards
- Article 6.4. Entrance & Driveway Standards
- Article 6.5. Exterior Lighting Standards
- Sec. 6.5.1. Applicability
- Sec. 6.5.2. Light Level Measuring
- Sec. 6.5.3. Design & Installation Requirements
- Sec. 6.5.4. Parking & Pedestrian Areas
- Sec. 6.5.5. Flood Lights & Flood Lamps
- Sec. 6.5.6. Canopy Lighting
- Sec. 6.5.7. Sports & Performance Venues
- Sec. 6.5.8. Building & Security Lighting
- Sec. 6.5.9. Pedestrian Lighting
- Article 6.6. Height Encroachments
- Article 6.7. Landscaping Standards
- Sec. 6.7.1. Purpose & Intent
- Sec. 6.7.2. Applicability
- Sec. 6.7.3. General Landscaping Standards
- Sec. 6.7.4 Tree Canopy Coverage
- Sec. 6.7.4. Buffer Yards
- Sec. 6.7.6 Lot & Foundation Plantings
- Sec. 6.7.7. Street Trees
- Sec. 6.7.8 Retention and Detention Facilities Landscaping
- Sec. 6.7.9 Stormwater and Low Impact Development (LID) Landscaping
- Article 6.8. Lot Standards
- Article 6.9 Open Space Standards
- Article 6.10. Outdoor Display & Storage Standards
- Article 6.11. Parking & Loading Standards
- Sec. 6.11.1. Purpose & Intent
- Sec. 6.11.2. Applicability
- Sec. 6.11.3. Parking Lot Design
- Sec. 6.11.4. Parking Area Landscaping
- Sec. 6.11.5. Required Parking
- Sec. 6.11.6. Bicycle Parking
- Sec. 6.11.7. Additional Parking Provisions
- Sec. 6.11.8. Off-Street Parking Schedule
- Sec. 6.11.9. Parking Reductions
- Sec. 6.11.10. Off-Street Loading
- Sec. 6.11.11 Electric Vehicle Charging
- Sec. 6.11.12 Drive-Through Design Standards
- Article 6.12. Pedestrian Accessibility Standards
- Article 6.13. Permitted Non-residential Structure Standards
- Article 6.14. Property Identification Standards
- Article 6.15. Public Art Standards
- Article 6.16. Setback Standards
- Article 6.17. Signage Standards
- Article 6.18. Wall & Fence Standards
- Article 6.19. Water & Sewer Standards
- Article 6.20. Vision Clearance Standards
CHAPTER 7
SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
Sections
- Article 7.1. General Provisions
CHAPTER 8
SUBDIVISION & PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections
- Article 8.1. General Provisions
- Article 8.2. Block, Lot & Access Standards
- Article 8.3. Street & Alley Standards
- Article 8.4. Open Space, Common Area & Amenity Standards
- Article 8.5. Other Design Standards
CHAPTER 10
PROCEDURES & PERMITS
Sections
- Article 10.1. Procedures
- Article 10.2. Permit & Decision Type
- Sec. 10.2.1. Administrative Alternate
- Sec. 10.2.2. Administrative Determination
- Sec. 10.2.3. Appeal of Administrative Determination
- Sec. 10.2.4. Certificate of Compliance
- Sec. 10.2.5. Certificate of Occupancy
- Sec. 10.2.6. Commitments
- Sec. 10.2.7. Conditions of Approval
- Sec. 10.2.8 Construction Surety
- Sec. 10.2.9 Dedication of Public Improvements
- Sec. 10.2.10 (RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE)
- Sec. 10.2.11 Easements
- Sec. 10.2.12 Exempt Entities
- Sec. 10.2.13 Floodplain Standard Appeal
- Sec. 10.2.14 Grading Permit
- Sec. 10.2.15 Improvement Location Permit
- Sec. 10.2.16 Planned Unit Development
- Sec. 10.2.17 Public Improvements
- Sec. 10.2.18 Sign Permit
- Sec. 10.2.19 Special Exception
- Sec. 10.2.20 Subdivision (Platting)
- Sec. 10.2.21 Subdivision Improvement Permit
- Sec. 10.2.22 Temporary Use Permit
- Sec. 10.2.23 Text Amendment
- Sec. 10.2.24 Variance
- Sec. 10.2.25 Zoning Map Change (Rezone)
- Sec. 10.2.26 Change of Tenant - Large Scale Tenant Spaces
CHAPTER 11
ENFORCEMENT & PENALTIES
Sections
- Article 11.1. Enforcement & Penalties
- Sec. 11.1.1. Authority
- Sec. 11.1.2. Authority to Investigate Potential Violations
- Sec. 11.1.3. Inspection of Property
- Sec. 11.1.4. Legal Responsibility for Violations
- Sec. 11.1.5. Liability
- Sec. 11.1.6. Violations During Construction
- Sec. 11.1.7. Types of Violations
- Sec. 11.1.8. Procedure for Violations
- Sec. 11.1.9. Enforcement, Remedies, & Injunctive Relief
- Sec. 11.1.10. Fines & Penalties
- Sec. 11.1.11. Appeals or Trials
CHAPTER 12
DEFINITIONS
Sections
- Article 12.1. General Provisions
- Article 12.2. Defined Terms
- A
- ‘A’ Zone
- Abandoned Sign
- A
- Abutting
- A
- Accessory Structure or Use
- Addition to an Existing Structure
- Agricultural Processing
- Agricultural Use
- Adult Bookstore
- Adult Business.
- Adult Entertainment
- Aggregate Side Setback
- Agricultural Building
- Airport
- Alley
- ANSI.
- Alternative Transportation Plan
- Amenity Area
- Antenna
- Appellant
- Applicant
- Architectural Features
- A
- Area of Shallow Flooding
- Arterial Street
- Attached Structure
- Automobile Repair Garage
- Awning or Canopy Sign.
- Average Daily Traffic (ADT)
- Average Setback
- B
- ‘B’ Zone.
- Baby Farm Animal
- Banner
- B
- Base Flood Elevation (BFE)
- Base Zoning District
- Basement.
- Battery(ies).
- Battery Energy Storage Management System.
- Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).
- Bed and Breakfast
- Berm
- Bioretention Facilities (rain gardens).
- Big-box Structure
- Bioswale.
- Block
- Block Frontage
- Bond.
- Buffer Landscaping
- Buffer Yard
- Building.
- Building Area
- Building Code
- Building Envelope
- Building Frontage
- Building Height.
- Building Line/Building Setback Line
- Building Permit
- Building Separation
- C
- ‘C’ Zone.
- Caliper.
- Candela
- Canopy Tree
- Car Condominium.
- Cell.
- Cemetery.
- Certificate of Compliance
- Certificate of Occupancy
- Change of Tenant.
- Clinic.
- Club House
- Coffee House
- Collocation
- Commercial Sign.
- Community Center
- Community Rating System (CRS)
- Comprehensive Plan.
- Concept Plan
- Condition of Approval
- Condominium.
- Confined Feeding Operation.
- Confinement Area
- Conflicting Use.
- Conservation Easement.
- Construction Plan
- C
- Convenience Store
- Cool Roof.
- Copy
- Corner Lot
- Cornice
- Cottage Court.
- Covenants
- Critical Facility
- Critical Habitats
- Critical Root Zone.
- Crown Form (Shape).
- Cul-de-sac
- D
- E
- Eating Establishment
- Elevated Structure
- Elevation Certificate
- Electric Vehicle (EV).
- Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE).
- Electric Vehicle Charging Facility.
- E
- EVCS Bay.
- Emergency Program
- Established Setback
- Established Yard.
- EV-Ready Space
- EV-Installed Space.
- Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- Existing Significant Plant Material
- Expanded Historic Residence
- Expansion to an Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- Extended Stay Hotel/Motel/Inn.
- F
- Façade
- Family
- Farm
- Farm Animal Unit (FAU)
- Fast Food/Quick Service.
- Faux Window
- Fence
- Filling Station, Service Station
- Final Development Plan
- Finished Floor Area
- Five Hundred-year Flood
- Flag
- Flashing Sign
- Flood
- Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM
- Flood Hazard Area
- Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM)
- Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
- Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
- Flood Protection Grade
- Flood Prone Area
- Flood Water
- Floodplain.
- Floodplain Administrator.
- Floodplain Development Permit.
- Floodplain Management
- Floodplain Management Regulations.
- Floodplain Standards Variance.
- Floodplain Standards Violation.
- F
- F
- Floodway
- Floor Area
- Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
- Forestry Operation
- Foundation
- Free Burning
- Freeboard
- Fringe
- Front Line of Building
- F
- Fuel/Energy Station
- Fuel/Service Station
- Full-cutoff Fixture or Luminaire.
- Functional Green Roof.
- G
- H
- I
- Illegal Sign
- Illuminance
- Illuminated Sign
- Impervious Area.
- I
- Improvement
- Improvement Location Permit (ILP)
- Improvement, Substantial
- Incidental
- Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC)
- Indirectly Illuminated Sign
- Industrial Uses.
- Infill Lot
- Inoperable Vehicle
- Institutional Uses.
- Internal Setback
- Internally Illuminated Sign
- Interior Lot
- Intersection
- ITE
- J
- K
- L
- Large Farm Animals
- Large Grazing Type Farm Animals
- Landscape Area.
- Landscape Island.
- Landscape Material.
- Landscape Structure
- Landscaping.
- Large Integrated Center
- Lease
- Legal Nonconforming Building or Structure
- Legal Nonconforming Lot of Record
- Legal Nonconforming Sign.
- Legal Nonconforming Use
- Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA)
- Letter of Map Revision (LOMR)
- Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (LOMR-F)
- Light Manufacturing.
- Light Source
- Limited Agriculture Related Sales
- Loading Spaces, Loading, and Unloading Berths
- Local Street
- Lot
- Lot Area.
- Lot Coverage.
- Lot Depth
- Lot Frontage
- L
- Lot of Record
- Lot Width
- Low Impact Development.
- Lowest Adjacent Grade
- Lowest Floor
- Lumen
- L
- M
- Main Floor Area
- Major Collector
- Major Thoroughfare
- Maneuvering Space
- Manufactured Home.
- Manufactured Home Park
- Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Code.
- Mansard Sign
- Map Amendment.
- Map Panel Number
- Marker (survey)
- Marquee
- Masonry
- Massage Parlor
- Mean Floor Area
- Medical Office
- Mining Mineral Extraction
- Minor Collector
- Mitigation
- Mixed-use Development
- Mobile Home Dwelling
- Model Home
- Model Studio
- Monument (survey)
- Motel
- Motor Vehicle
- N
- O
- P
- Painted Wall Sign
- Parapet
- Parcel
- Parent Tract
- Park
- Parking Lot.
- Parking Lot Peninsula
- Parking Space.
- Participating Community
- Particulate Matter
- Paved
- Pavement Width
- Pedestrian Improvements.
- P
- Pediment
- Perimeter Lot
- Performance Bond
- Performance Guarantee
- Permanent Foundation
- Permanent Perimeter Enclosure
- Permanent Sign
- Personal Garden.
- Personal Services.
- Pet Grooming.
- Petitioner
- Petitioner's Representative
- Physical Map Revision (PMR)
- Place
- Place of Worship.
- Planned Unit Development.
- Planning Jurisdiction
- Plant Material
- Plat
- Pole Sign
- Person
- Porch
- Portable Sign
- Portico
- Practical Difficulty
- Premises
- Preservation Easement.
- Primary Plat.
- Primary Structure
- Primary Use
- Private Garag
- Private Street
- P
- Professional Office
- Professional Office Center
- Project Site
- Projecting Sign
- Public Improvement
- Public Parking Area
- Public/Private Parking Area
- Public Safety and Nuisance.
- Public School
- Public Space
- Public Street
- Public Utility Installation
- P
- Q
- R
- Reclaimed Wood
- Recreational Area or Facility
- Recreational Vehicle
- Recreational Vehicle Park
- Registered Land Surveyor
- Registered Professional Engineer
- Regulatory Flood.
- Repetitive Loss
- Required Yard.
- Replat
- Responsible Party
- Restaurant/Bar
- Retail Use.
- Retirement Community
- Reverse Channel Letters
- Reversed Interior Lot
- Right-of-way
- Riparian Area
- Roadway Width
- Roof Line
- Roof Plane
- Roof Ridge
- Root Protection Zone
- S
- Sales Office
- Salutogenic Amenity.
- S
- Salutogenic Amenity, Regular.
- Salutogenic Amenity, Community.
- Satellite Dish/Antenna
- School, Preschool through K-12.
- School, Trade or Business.
- School, College or University.
- Secondary Plat.
- Semi-Pervious Surface (or material).
- Serving Unit.
- Setback.
- Setback Line.
- Shopping Center, Business Park, Office Park, Industrial Park, or Other Grouping
- Short-Term Rental.
- Short-Term Rental, Owner-Occupied.
- Short-Term Rental, Not Owner-Occupied.
- Short-Term Rental Platform.
- Sign.
- Sign Area
- Sign Clearance
- Sign Face
- Sign Height
- Sign Permit
- Sign Structure
- Signature Monument Sign.
- Site.
- Site Width
- Site Depth
- Small Farm Animals
- Small Integrated Center
- Soil Map
- S
- Solar Reflectance Index (SRI).
- Special Event Sign
- Special Exception
- Special Exception Permit
- Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
- Special Handling
- S
- Stacking Space.
- Story
- Street
- Street Width
- Structural Alteration
- Structure.
- Structure
- Subdivider
- Subdivision
- Subdivision Control Ordinance
- S
- Sunroom
- Suspension.
- Swimming Pool.
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- A