Flagstaff City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 10
00 Preamble: A Place-Based Approach to Zoning
Sections
- 10-00.010 Introduction
- 10-00.020 How to Use the Zoning Code
- 10-00.030 Steps for Using this Zoning Code
- 10-00.040 Classifications of Different Types of Places in Flagstaff
- 10-00.050 Form-Based Codes
- 10-00.060 The Rural-to-Urban Transect
- 10-00.070 The Flagstaff Transect
- 10-00.080 The Flagstaff Transect Zones and Intents
- 10-00.090 Using the Flagstaff Transect
- 10-00.100 History of Zoning Regulations in Flagstaff
CHAPTER 10
10 Title, Purpose, and Jurisdiction
Sections
- 10-10.10 Title
- 10-10.20 Legislative Intent and Purpose
- 10-10.30 Authority
- 10-10.30.010 Authority
- 10-10.30.020 Responsibility for Administration
- 10-10.30.030 Applicability
- 10-10.30.040 Rules of Interpretation
- 10-10.30.050 Rules for Construction of Language
- 10-10.30.060 Computation of Time
- 10-10.30.070 Calculation of Fractions
- 10-10.30.080 State Law Requirements
- 10-10.30.090 Rules of Transition
- 10-10.40 Severability
- 10-10.50 Effective Date
CHAPTER 10
20 Administration, Procedures, and Enforcement
Sections
- 10-20.10 Purpose
- 10-20.20 Administration
- 10-20.20.010 Purpose
- 10-20.20.020 Administrative Hearing Officer
- 10-20.20.030 Board of Adjustment
- 10-20.20.040 Council
- 10-20.20.050 Heritage Preservation Commission
- 10-20.20.060 Historic Preservation Officer
- 10-20.20.070 Planning Commission
- 10-20.20.080 Planning Director
- 10-20.20.090 Zoning Code Administrator
- 10-20.30 Common Procedures
- 10-20.30.010 Purpose
- 10-20.30.020 Application Process
- 10-20.30.030 Fees
- 10-20.30.040 Pre–Application Review by Director
- 10-20.30.050 Concept Plan Review
- 10-20.30.060 Neighborhood Meeting
- 10-20.30.070 Additional Requirements for Citizen Outreach
- 10-20.30.080 Notice of Public Hearings
- 10-20.30.090 Findings Required
- 10-20.30.100 Final Decisions
- 10-20.30.110 Effect of Denials
- 10-20.30.120 Administrative Procedures
- 10-20.40 Permits and Approvals
- 10-20.40.010 Purpose
- 10-20.40.020 Avigation Easements
- 10-20.40.030 Building Permits and Certificates of Occupancy
- 10-20.40.040 Building Relocation Requests
- 10-20.40.050 Conditional Use Permits
- 10-20.40.060 Development Agreements
- 10-20.40.070 Home Occupation Permits
- 10-20.40.080 Minor Improvement Permits
- 10-20.40.090 Minor Modifications to Development Standards
- 10-20.40.100 Outdoor Lighting Permits
- 10-20.40.110 Parking Lot Maintenance Permits
- 10-20.40.120 Sign Permit – Permanent Signs
- 10-20.40.130 Sign Permit – Wall Banners
- 10-20.40.140 Site Plan Review and Approval
- 10-20.40.150 Temporary Use Permits
- 10-20.40.160 Zoning Verification
- 10-20.50 Amendments to the Zoning Code Text and the Zoning Map
- 10-20.60 Nonconforming Provisions
- 10-20.60.010 Purpose
- 10-20.60.020 Proof of Legal Nonconformity
- 10-20.60.030 Restrictions on Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- 10-20.60.040 Residential Exemptions
- 10-20.60.050 Loss of Nonconforming Status
- 10-20.60.060 Nonconforming Landscaping
- 10-20.60.070 Nonconforming Manufactured Home Parks
- 10-20.60.080 Nonconforming Outdoor Lighting
- 10-20.60.090 Nonconforming Parcels or Lots
- 10-20.60.100 Nonconforming Parking
- 10-20.60.110 Nonconforming Signs
- 10-20.60.120 Effect of Conditional Use Permit Requirements
- 10-20.70 Variances
- 10-20.80 Procedures for Appeals
- 10-20.90 Annexations
- 10-20.100 Assurance of Performance for Construction
- 10-20.110 Enforcement
- 10-20.110.010 Purpose
- 10-20.110.020 Violations
- 10-20.110.030 Enforcement Authority
- 10-20.110.040 Interference with Enforcement Personnel
- 10-20.110.050 Police to Assist in Enforcement Activities
- 10-20.110.060 Civil Enforcement – Penalties
- 10-20.110.070 Criminal Enforcement – Penalties
- 10-20.110.080 Other Powers and Remedies
- 10-20.110.090 Enforcement by Stop Work Order
CHAPTER 10
30 General to All
Sections
- 10-30.10 Purpose
- 10-30.20 Affordable Housing Incentives
- 10-30.30 Heritage Preservation
- 10-30.30.010 Purpose
- 10-30.30.020 Applicability
- 10-30.30.030 General Provisions
- 10-30.30.040 Designation of Landmark Properties or Historic Overlay Zones
- 10-30.30.050 Cultural Resources
- 10-30.30.060 Development of a Landmark Property and Property within a Historic Overlay Zone
- 10-30.30.070 Violations and Enforcement
- 10-30.30.080 Appeals
- 10-30.40 Community Benefit Program
- 10-30.50 Public Improvements
- 10-30.60 Site Planning Design Standards
- 10-30.60.010 Purpose
- 10-30.60.020 Applicability
- 10-30.60.030 General Site Planning Standards
- 10-30.60.040 Natural Features and Site Drainage
- 10-30.60.050 Compatibility
- 10-30.60.060 Building Placement
- 10-30.60.070 Parking Lots, Driveways and Service Areas
- 10-30.60.080 Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation Systems
- 10-30.60.090 Common Spaces and Civic Spaces
- 10-30.60.100 Private Streets
- 10-30.70 Residential Sustainable Building Incentives
- 10-30.80 Traditional Neighborhood Community Plans
- 10-30.80.010 Purpose
- 10-30.80.020 Applicability
- 10-30.80.030 Incentives
- 10-30.80.040 Traditional Neighborhood Community Plans (TNCP)
- 10-30.80.050 Allocation of Transect Zones
- 10-30.80.060 Civic Spaces and Buildings
- 10-30.80.070 Density
- 10-30.80.080 Affordable Housing
- 10-30.08.090 Thoroughfares
- 10-30.80.100 Special Requirements
- 10-30.80.110 Pre–Existing Conditions
- 10-30.80.120 Submittal Requirements
CHAPTER 10
40 Specific to Zones
Sections
- 10-40.10 Purpose
- 10-40.20 Establishment of Zones
- 10-40.30 Non-Transect Zones
- 10-40.40 Transect Zones
- 10-40.40.010 Purpose
- 10-40.40.020 Applicability
- 10-40.40.030 T1 Natural (T1) Standards
- 10-40.40.040 T2 Rural (TS) Standards
- 10-40.40.050 T3 Neighborhood I (T3N.1) Standards
- 10-40.40.060 T3 Neighborhood 2 (T3N.2) Standards
- 10-40.40.070 T4 Neighborhood 1 (T4N.1) Standards
- 10-40.40.080 T4 Neighborhood 2 (T4N.2) Standards
- 10-40.40.090 T5 Main Street (T5) Standards
- 10-40.40.100 T6 Downtown (T6) Standards
- 10-40.40.110 Traditional Neighborhood District (TND) Standards
- 10-40.50 Overlay Zones
- 10-40.60 Specific to Uses
- 10-40.60.010 Purpose and Applicability
- 10-40.60.020 Accessory Buildings and Structures
- 10-40.60.025 Accessory Uses
- 10-40.60.030 Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
- 10-40.60.040 Accessory Wind Energy Systems
- 10-40.60.050 Adult Entertainment
- 10-40.60.060 Airport/Landing Strips, Heliport, or Helistops
- 10-40.60.070 Animal Keeping
- 10-40.60.080 Automobile, Go-Kart, and Miniature Automobile Racing
- 10-40.60.090 Automobile Service Station and Convenience Store
- 10-40.60.100 Automobile/Vehicle Repair Garage – Major/Minor
- 10-40.60.110 Bed and Breakfasts
- 10-40.60.120 Co-housing
- 10-40.60.130 Commercial Campground
- 10-40.60.140 Community Garden
- 10-40.60.150 Day Care Home and Center
- 10-40.60.160 Drive-Through Retail or Service Facility
- 10-40.60.170 High Occupancy Housing Developments and Mixed-Use High Occupancy Housing Developments
- 10-40.60.180 Home Occupations
- 10-40.60.190 Homeless Shelter
- 10-40.60.195 Kennel, Animal Boarding
- 10-40.60.200 Live/Work
- 10-40.60.210 Manufactured Homes
- 10-40.60.220 Marijuana Establishments
- 10-40.60.230 Meeting Facilities, Neighborhood and Regional
- 10-40.60.240 Micro-Brewery or Micro-Distillery
- 10-40.60.250 Mini–Storage Warehousing
- 10-40.60.260 Mixed Use
- 10-40.60.270 Outdoor Commercial Recreation Structures
- 10-40.60.275 Outdoor Storage
- 10-40.60.280 Planned Residential Development
- 10-40.60.290 Quarrying Operations
- 10-40.60.300 Research and Development Uses
- 10-40.60.305 Seasonal Amusement, Entertainment and Sales, Indoor
- 10-40.60.310 Telecommunication Facilities
- 10-40.60.320 Urban Farm
CHAPTER 10
50 Supplemental to Zones
Sections
- 10-50.10 Purpose
- 10-50.20 Architectural Design Standards
- 10-50.30 Building Height
- 10-50.40 Encroachments
- 10-50.50 Fences and Screening
- 10-50.60 Landscaping Standards
- 10-50.70 Outdoor Lighting Standards
- 10-50.70.010 Purpose
- 10-50.70.020 Compliance with the Zoning Code and Permit Requirements
- 10-50.70.030 Applicability
- 10-50.70.040 Establishment of Lighting Zones
- 10-50.70.050 General Requirements – All Lighting Zones
- 10-50.70.060 Special Uses
- 10-50.70.070 Prohibited Outdoor Lighting
- 10-50.70.080 Exceptions
- 10-50.70.090 Nonconforming Outdoor Lighting
- 10-50.70.100 Violations and Enforcement
- 10-50.80 Parking Standards
- 10-50.80.010 Purpose
- 10-50.80.020 Applicability
- 10-50.80.030 General Parking Standards
- 10-50.80.040 Number of Motor Vehicle Parking Spaces Required
- 10-50.80.050 Bicycle Parking
- 10-50.80.060 Parking Reductions
- 10-50.80.061 Transit Pass Parking Reduction Pilot Program
- 10-50.80.070 Parking Alternatives
- 10-50.80.080 Parking Spaces, Parking Lot Design and Layout
- 10-50.80.090 Development and Maintenance
- 10-50.90 Resource Protection Standards
- 10-50.90.010 Purpose
- 10-50.90.020 Applicability
- 10-50.90.030 Priority for Resource Protection
- 10-50.90.040 Floodplains
- 10-50.90.050 Steep Slopes
- 10-50.90.060 Forest
- 10-50.90.061 Forest Resource Pilot Program
- 10-50.90.070 Resources Survey Requirements
- 10-50.90.080 Natural Resources Protection Plan.
- 10-50.90.090 Resource Protection During Construction
- 10-50.90.100 Activities Allowed in Natural Resource Areas
- 10-50.90.110 Mitigation
- 10-50.90.120 Enforcement
- 10-50.100 Sign Standards
- 10-50.100.010 Purpose
- 10-50.100.020 Applicability
- 10-50.100.030 Sign Permits
- 10-50.100.040 General Restrictions for All Signs
- 10-50.100.050 General Requirements for All Signs
- 10-50.100.060 Permanent Signs
- 10-50.100.070 Comprehensive Sign Programs
- 10-50.100.080 Sign Design Performance Standards
- 10-50.100.090 Portable Signs
- 10-50.100.100 Sign Districts of Special Designation
- 10-50.100.110 Nonconforming Signs
- 10-50.100.120 Enforcement
- 10-50.100.130 Appeals
- 10-50.100.140 Severability
- 10-50.110 Specific to Building Types
- 10-50.110.010 Purpose
- 10-50.110.020 Applicability
- 10-50.110.030 Building Types Overview
- 10-50.110.040 Carriage House
- 10-50.110.050 Single-Family Estate
- 10-50.110.060 Single-Family House
- 10-50.110.070 Single-Family Cottage
- 10-50.110.080 Bungalow Court
- 10-50.110.090 Duplex, Side-by-Side
- 10-50.110.100 Duplex, Stacked
- 10-50.110.110 Duplex, Front-and-Back
- 10-50.110.120 Stacked Triplex
- 10-50.110.130 Townhouse
- 10-50.110.140 Apartment House
- 10-50.110.150 Courtyard Apartment
- 10-50.110.160 Live/Work
- 10-50.110.170 Apartment Building
- 10-50.110.180 Commercial Block
- 10-50.120 Specific to Private Frontages
- 10-50.120.010 Purpose
- 10-50.120.020 Applicability
- 10-50.120.030 Common Yard
- 10-50.120.040 Porch: Projecting
- 10-50.120.050 Porch: Engaged
- 10-50.120.060 Porch: Integral
- 10-50.120.070 Terrace or Lightwell
- 10-50.120.080 Forecourt
- 10-50.120.090 Stoop
- 10-50.120.100 Shopfront
- 10-50.120.110 Terrace Shopfront
- 10-50.120.120 Gallery
CHAPTER 10
60 Specific to Thoroughfares
Sections
- 10-60.10 Thoroughfare Types
- 10-60.10.010 Purpose
- 10-60.10.020 Applicability
- 10-60.10.030 Allowed Thoroughfares
- 10-60.10.040 Functions of Thoroughfares
- 10-60.10.050 Speed/Movement Types
- 10-60.10.060 Boulevards as Arterials and Major Collectors in Transect Zones
- 10-60.10.070 Other Considerations
- 10-60.10.080 Thoroughfare Components
- 10-60.10.090 Thoroughfare Assemblies
CHAPTER 10
80 Definitions
Sections
- 10-80.10 Purpose
- 10-80.20 Definition of Specialized Terms, Phrases, and Building Functions
- 10-80.20.005 Generally
- 10-80.20.010 Definitions, “A”
- 10-80.20.020 Definitions, “B”
- 10-80.20.030 Definitions, “C”
- 10-80.20.040 Definitions, “D”
- 10-80.20.050 Definitions, “E”
- 10-80.20.060 Definitions, “F”
- 10-80.20.070 Definitions, “G”
- 10-80.20.080 Definitions, “H”
- 10-80.20.090 Definitions, “I”
- 10-80.20.100 Definitions, “J”
- 10-80.20.110 Definitions, “K”
- 10-80.20.120 Definitions, “L”
- 10-80.20.130 Definitions, “M”
- 10-80.20.140 Definitions, “N”
- 10-80.20.150 Definitions, “O”
- 10-80.20.160 Definitions, “P”
- 10-80.20.170 Definitions, “Q”
- 10-80.20.180 Definitions, “R”
- 10-80.20.190 Definitions, “S”
- 10-80.20.200 Definitions, “T”
- 10-80.20.210 Definitions, “U”
- 10-80.20.220 Definitions, “V”
- 10-80.20.230 Definitions, “W”
- 10-80.20.240 Definitions, “X”
- 10-80.20.250 Definitions, “Y”
- 10-80.20.260 Definitions, “Z”
CHAPTER 10
90 Maps
Sections
- 10-90.10 Purpose
- 10-90.30 Overlay Maps
- 10-90.40 Subject Specific Maps
- 10-90.70 Zoning Map
Appendix 1.1
Design Guidelines
Sections
Appendix 1.2
Additional Information on Smart Growth and Traditional Neighborhood Developments
Sections
- 1.2.010 What Is Smart Growth?
- 1.2.020 What Is New Urbanism and Traditional Neighborhood Development?
- 1.2.030 SmartCode
- 1.2.040 Transect–Based Planning and Form–Based Codes
- 1.2.050 A Brief Overview of Design Charrettes
- 1.2.060 Thoroughfares (i.e., Streets) in Traditional Neighborhoods
- 1.2.070 Online Resources for Smart Growth and Traditional Neighborhood Developments
Appendix 1.3
Sustainability Guidelines
Sections
- 1.3.010 Purpose
- 1.3.020 Applicability
- 1.3.030 What Is Sustainability?
- 1.3.040 Project Siting
- 1.3.050 Modes of Transportation
- 1.3.060 Economic Sustainability
- 1.3.070 Urban Agriculture
- 1.3.080 Water Resource and Conservation
- 1.3.090 Energy and Materials
- 1.3.100 Stormwater Management, Grading and Drainage
- 1.3.110 Watershed Restoration
- 1.3.120 Solid Waste Management