Gainesville City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- GENERALLY
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - ENFORCEMENT
ARTICLE III
HOW-TO GUIDE
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - REVIEWING AUTHORITIES
- DIVISION 2. - ZONING VERIFICATION LETTERS
- DIVISION 3. - TEXT AMENDMENTS, LAND USE AND ZONING CHANGES
- DIVISION 4. - PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS
- DIVISION 5. - SPECIAL USE PERMITS
- DIVISION 6. - WELLFIELD PROTECTION SPECIAL USE PERMIT
- DIVISION 7. - SUBDIVISIONS
- Sec. 30-3.33. - Purpose.
- Sec. 30-3.34. - Lot splits and lot line adjustments.
- Sec. 30-3.35. - Single lot replatting.
- Sec. 30-3.36. - Minor subdivisions.
- Sec. 30-3.37. - Subdivisions.
- Sec. 30-3.38. - Subdivision improvements.
- Sec. 30-3.39. - Security for subdivision improvements.
- Sec. 30-3.40. - Enforcement.
- DIVISION 8. - RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATIONS
- DIVISION 9. - DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW
- Sec. 30-3.42. - Purpose.
- Sec. 30-3.43. - Generally.
- Sec. 30-3.44. - Exemptions.
- Sec. 30-3.45. - Levels of development review.
- Sec. 30-3.46. - Review criteria.
- Sec. 30-3.47. - Review procedures.
- Sec. 30-3.48. - Amendments to approved development plans.
- Sec. 30-3.49. - Master plans.
- Sec. 30-3.50. - Concept review.
- Sec. 30-3.51. - Affordable housing concept review.
- DIVISION 10. - BUILDING PERMIT AND CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
- DIVISION 11. - MODIFICATIONS AND VARIANCES
- DIVISION 12. - APPEALS
ARTICLE IV
ZONING
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- Sec. 30-4.1. - Establishment of zoning districts.
- Sec. 30-4.2. - Correspondence with future land use categories.
- Sec. 30-4.3. - Zoning map.
- Sec. 30-4.4. - Annexed territory.
- Sec. 30-4.5. - Interpretation of uses.
- Sec. 30-4.6. - Utility uses.
- Sec. 30-4.7. - Phasing.
- Sec. 30-4.8. - Development compatibility.
- Sec. 30-4.9. - Development bonus system.
- Sec. 30-4.10. - Reserved.
- DIVISION 2. - TRANSECTS
- DIVISION 3. - RESIDENTIAL
- DIVISION 4. - MIXED-USE AND NONRESIDENTIAL
- DIVISION 5. - SPECIAL DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 6. - AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ARTICLE V
- USE STANDARDS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - PRINCIPAL USES
- Sec. 30-5.1. - Applicability.
- Sec. 30-5.2. - Adult day care homes.
- Sec. 30-5.3. - Alcoholic beverage establishments.
- Sec. 30-5.4. - Bed and breakfast establishments.
- Sec. 30-5.5. - Carwash, automated or self-service.
- Sec. 30-5.6. - Community residential homes.
- Sec. 30-5.7. - Day care centers.
- Sec. 30-5.8. - Single room occupancy (SRO) residences.
- Sec. 30-5.9. - Drive-through facilities.
- Sec. 30-5.10. - Family child care homes, large.
- Sec. 30-5.11. - Farmers markets.
- Sec. 30-5.12. - Food distribution centers for the needy.
- Sec. 30-5.13. - Food truck park.
- Sec. 30-5.14. - Gasoline and alternative fuel stations.
- Sec. 30-5.15. - Industrial uses.
- Sec. 30-5.16. - Junkyards and salvage yards.
- Sec. 30-5.17. - Light assembly, fabrication and processing.
- Sec. 30-5.18. - Microbreweries/microwineries/microdistilleries.
- Sec. 30-5.19. - Mini-warehouses/self-storage facilities.
- Sec. 30-5.20. - Outdoor storage.
- Sec. 30-5.21. - Parking, surface.
- Sec. 30-5.22. - Places of religious assembly.
- Sec. 30-5.23. - Recreational vehicle parks.
- Sec. 30-5.24. - Residences for destitute people.
- Sec. 30-5.25. - Sexually oriented businesses.
- Sec. 30-5.26. - Shooting ranges, outdoor.
- Sec. 30-5.27. - Social service facilities.
- Sec. 30-5.28. - Social service homes/halfway houses.
- Sec. 30-5.29. - Solar generation station.
- Sec. 30-5.30. - Urban agriculture.
- Sec. 30-5.31. - Vehicle services or repair.
- Sec. 30-5.32. - Veterinary services.
- Sec. 30-5.33. - Wireless communication facilities and antenna regulations.
- DIVISION 2. - ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES
- Sec. 30-5.34. - Generally.
- Sec. 30-5.35. - Accessory automotive detailing.
- Sec. 30-5.36. - Accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
- Sec. 30-5.37. - Consolidated apartment management offices.
- Sec. 30-5.38. - Food trucks.
- Sec. 30-5.39. - Fowl or livestock, accessory to residential uses.
- Sec. 30-5.40. - Home occupations.
- Sec. 30-5.41. - Ice manufacturing/vending machines.
- Sec. 30-5.42. - Outdoor accessory display and storage.
- Sec. 30-5.43. - Outdoor cafes.
- Sec. 30-5.44. - Patrons' dogs within outdoor portions of restaurants.
- Sec. 30-5.45. - Portable storage units and roll-offs.
- Sec. 30-5.46. - Recreational, service and commercial vehicle parking and storage.
- Sec. 30-5.47. - Sidewalk cafés.
- DIVISION 3. - TEMPORARY USES
ARTICLE VI
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - CONCURRENCY AND TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY
- DIVISION 2. - SUBDIVISIONS
- DIVISION 3. - GENERAL STANDARDS
- DIVISION 4. - STORMWATER
- DIVISION 5. - WATER/WASTEWATER
- DIVISION 6. - TRANSPORTATION
ARTICLE VII
PARKING AND LOADING
Sections
ARTICLE VIII
PROTECTION OF RESOURCES
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - TREES AND LANDSCAPE
- Sec. 30-8.3. - Elements of compliance.
- Sec. 30-8.4. - Vehicular use areas.
- Sec. 30-8.5. - Compatibility buffers.
- Sec. 30-8.6. - Stormwater management areas.
- Sec. 30-8.7. - Permits for tree removal; mitigation.
- Sec. 30-8.8. - Tree preservation during development and construction.
- Sec. 30-8.9. - Installation and maintenance of landscape materials.
- Sec. 30-8.10. - Gainesville Tree List.
- DIVISION 3. - NATURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES
- Sec. 30-8.11. - Generally.
- Sec. 30-8.12. - Resources assessment.
- Sec. 30-8.13. - Regulation of natural and archaeological resources.
- Sec. 30-8.14. - Conservation management areas and management plans.
- Sec. 30-8.15. - Avoidance, minimization, mitigation and monitoring.
- Sec. 30-8.16. - Alternative compliance.
- DIVISION 4. - SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS
- DIVISION 5. - FLOODPLAINS
- Sec. 30-8.23. - Administration.
- Sec. 30-8.24. - Definitions.
- Sec. 30-8.25. - Applicability.
- Sec. 30-8.26. - Duties and powers of the floodplain administrator.
- Sec. 30-8.27. - Permits.
- Sec. 30-8.28. - Site plans and construction documents.
- Sec. 30-8.29. - Inspections.
- Sec. 30-8.30. - Variances and appeals.
- Sec. 30-8.31. - Violations.
- Sec. 30-8.32. - Buildings and structures.
- Sec. 30-8.33. - Subdivisions.
- Sec. 30-8.34. - Site improvements, utilities, and limitations.
- Sec. 30-8.35. - Manufactured homes.
- Sec. 30-8.36. - Recreational vehicles and park trailers.
- Sec. 30-8.37. - Tanks.
- Sec. 30-8.38. - Other development.
- DIVISION 6. - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AREAS
- DIVISION 7. - RELIEF AND ENFORCEMENT
ARTICLE IX
SIGNS2
Sections
- Sec. 30-9.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 30-9.2. - Applicability.
- Sec. 30-9.3. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 30-9.4. - General requirements for all signs.
- Sec. 30-9.5. - Allowable signs—No permit required.
- Sec. 30-9.6. - Interim signs and street banners.
- Sec. 30-9.7. - Allowable signs—Permit required.
- Sec. 30-9.8. - Sign maintenance.
- Sec. 30-9.9. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 30-9.10. - Enforcement.
ARTICLE X
- NONCONFORMITIES AND VESTED RIGHTS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - NONCONFORMITIES
- DIVISION 2. - VESTED RIGHTS