Fort Mitchell City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 1
Purpose and Scope
Sections
ARTICLE 3
Zoning Districts
Sections
- 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. RESIDENTIAL OFFICE CONVERSION (ROC)
- 3.04.K. [RESERVED]
- 3.04.L. COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL (CC)
- 3.04.M. HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL (HC)
- 3.04.N. BUSINESS PARK (BP)
- 3.04.O. [RESERVED]
- 3.04.P. [RESERVED]
- 3.04.Q. [RESERVED]
- 3.04.R. MIXED-USE (MU)
- 3.04.S. MIXED-USE TWO (MU-2)
- 3.04.T. CONSERVATION (CO)
- 3.04.U. INSTITUTIONAL (INST)
- 3.04.V. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)
- 3.04.W. [RESERVED]
- 3.04.X. [RESERVED]
- 3.04.Y. DOWNTOWN CORE (DC)
- 3.04.Z. [RESERVED]
- 3.04.AA. [RESERVED]
- 3.04.BB. [RESERVED]
ARTICLE 6
Universal Regulations
Sections
- 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 8
Natural Resources and Environmental Standards
Sections
- 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. [RESERVED]
- 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 10
Parking & Loading Standards
Sections
- 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. [RESERVED]
- 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
Sections
- 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 Allowed Signs
- 11.10 Murals
- 11.11 Sign Measurements
- 11.12 Policies and Rules of Construction
ARTICLE 13
Process and Procedure
Sections
- 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
Sections
- 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
- C
- Caliper, Tree
- 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
- Coin-Operated Laundries and Dry Cleaners
- 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
- Cultural Decorations
- Curb Cut
- Cutoff
- Cut and Fill
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- 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
- K
- L
- 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
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- 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
- Substantial Construction
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- A
- 14.03 Definitions for Flood Protection Development Standards
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- 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
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- Section 1316
- Severe Repetitive Loss Structure
- Shallow Flooding
- 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
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- 14.04 Definitions for Sexually Oriented Businesses
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- 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
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
ARTICLE 15
Appendices
Sections
- 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