Irondale City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE II.
DEFINITIONS
Sections
- Section 2:01.- Accessory building.
- Section 2:02.- Accessory structure.
- Section 2:03.- Accessory use.
- Section 2:04.- Alley.
- Section 2:05.- Alterations.
- Section 2:06.- Apartment.
- Section 2:06A.- Automobile dealership.
- Section 2:07.- Basement.
- Section 2:08.- Block.
- Section 2:09.- Boarding house.
- Section 2:10.- Building, main.
- Section 2:11.- Building.
- Section 2:12.- Building area.
- Section 2:13.- Building height.
- Section 2:14.- Building line.
- Section 2:14A.- Building official.
- Section 2:15.- Carport.
- Section 2:15A.- City building code.
- Section 2:16.- Clinic.
- Section 2:17.- Condominium.
- Section 2:18.- Containment reservoir.
- Section 2:19.- Cul-de-sac.
- Section 2:20.- Drive-in restaurant.
- Section 2:21.- Drive-in theatre.
- Section 2:22.- Dwelling.
- Section 2:23.- Dwelling—One-family.
- Section 2:24.- Dwelling—Two-family—Duplex.
- Section 2:25.- Dwelling—Multiple.
- Section 2:26.- Dwelling unit.
- Section 2:27.- Erect.
- Section 2:28.- Essential services.
- Section 2:29.- Family.
- Section 2:30.- Farm.
- Section 2:31.- Fence.
- Section 2:32.- First floor.
- Section 2:33.- Floor area—Livable.
- Section 2:34.- Frontage roadway.
- Section 2:35.- Garage—private.
- Section 2:36.- Garage—public.
- Section 2:37.- Gasoline service stations.
- Section 2:38.- Grade level.
- Section 2:39.- Greenbelt.
- Section 2:40.- Hazardous uses.
- Section 2:41.- Home occupation.
- Section 2:42.- Hospital.
- Section 2:43.- Hotel.
- Section 2:44.- House trailer.
- Section 2:45.- Institution.
- Section 2:46.- Junk/salvage yard.
- Section 2:47.- Kennel.
- Section 2:48.- Lot.
- Section 2:49.- Lot—Corner.
- Section 2:50.- Lot—Interior.
- Section 2:51.- Lot line.
- Section 2:52.- Lot line—Front.
- Section 2:53.- Lot line—Rear.
- Section 2:54.- Lot line—Side.
- Section 2:55.- Lot of record.
- Section 2:56.- Lot—Through.
- Section 2:57.- Lot width.
- Section 2:57A.- Mini-warehouse or self-service storage facility.
- Section 2:58.- Mobile home.
- Section 2:59.- Mobile home park.
- Section 2:60.- Mobile home subdivision.
- Section 2:61.- Motel.
- Section 2:62.- Nonconforming use.
- Section 2:63.- Nursery school or kindergarten.
- Section 2:64.- Nursing home.
- Section 2:65.- Office.
- Section 2:66.- Parking area.
- Section 2:67.- Parking lot.
- Section 2:68.- Parking space.
- Section 2:69.- Particulate matter.
- Section 2:70.- Planned unit development.
- Section 2:71.- Premises.
- Section 2:72.- Property line.
- Section 2:73.- Protective wall.
- Section 2:74.- Public utility.
- Section 2:74(a).- Recreational vehicle park.
- Section 2:74(b).- Retail sales.
- Section 2:74(c).- Retail sales—Non-taxable.
- Section 2:75.- Road.
- Section 2:76.- Rooming house.
- Section 2:77.- Service stations.
- Section 2:78.- Shopping center planned.
- Section 2:79.- Sign.
- Section 2:80.- Sidewalk.
- Section 2:81.- Sound pressure level.
- Section 2:82.- Story.
- Section 2:83.- Story—Half.
- Section 2:84.- Streets.
- Section 2:85.- Structure.
- Section 2:86.- Tourist home.
- Section 2:87.- Town house.
- Section 2:88.- Use.
- Section 2:89.- Use—Nonconforming.
- Section 2:90.- Variance.
- Section 2:91.- Yard.
- Section 2:92.- Yard—Front.
- Section 2:93.- Yard—Rear.
- Section 2:94.- Yard—Side.
- Section 2:95.- Irregularly shaped subdivision lots.
- Section 2:96.- Building line for flag-shaped parcels.
- Section 2:97.- Corner lots.
- Section 2:98.- Exceptions and modifications to area and dimensional requirements.
ARTICLE III.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Section 3:01.- Short title.
- Section 3:02. - Zones.
- Section 3:03. - Zoning map.
- Section 3:04. - Scope.
- Section 3:05. - Boundaries of zones.
- Section 3:06. - Boundaries of zones after street vacation.
- Section 3:07. - Annexed areas.
- Section 3:08. - Lot area measurements.
- Section 3:09. - Lot limitations.
- Section 3:10. - Lots—Through.
- Section 3:11. - Yard regulations.
- Section 3:12. - Off-street loading facilities.
- Section 3:13. - Off-street parking facilities.
- Section 3:14. - Greenbelts.
- Section 3:15. - Height.
- Section 3:16. - Building grades.
- Section 3:17. - Buildings under construction.
- Section 3:18. - Building to be moved.
- Section 3:19. - Partially completed structures.
- Section 3:20. - Combination business and dwelling buildings.
- Section 3:21. - Nonconforming uses.
- Section 3:22. - Nonconforming lots of record.
- Section 3:23. - Essential services.
- Section 3:24. - Waste—Rubbish—Discarded or salvage materials.
- Section 3:25. - Removal of soil, sand, clay, gravel, or similar material.
- Section 3:26. - Fowl and livestock.
- Section 3:27. - Petroleum products.
- Section 3:28. - Water supply and sewage.
- Section 3:29. - Multiple structures.
- Section 3:30. - Principal building to be built prior to accessory building.
- Section 3:31. - Required yards not to be used by another building.
- Section 3:32. - Irregularly shaped subdivision lots.
- Section 3:33. - Building line for flag-shaped parcels.
- Section 3:34. - Corner lots.
- Section 3:35. - Reduction of lot and yard areas.
- Section 3:36. - Buffer strip and privacy fence requirements.
- Section 3:37. - One main building on lot.
- Section 3:38. - Water supply and sewage disposal.
- Section 3:39. - Regulations pertaining to livestock and fowl.
- Section 3:40. - Garage apartments and guest houses.
- Section 3:41. - Height limitations.
- Section 3:42. - Height and tower definitions.
- Section 3:43. - Alcoholic beverages.
- Section 3:44. - Exceptions and modifications to area and dimensional requirements.
- Section 3:45. - Distances between buildings.
- Section 3:46. - Residential exceptions.
- Section 3:47. - Light, ventilation and occupancy requirements.
ARTICLE IV.
ZONE REGULATIONS
Sections
- Section 4:01.- (A-1) Agriculture zone regulations.
- Section 4:02. - (E-1) Single family estate regulations.
- Section 4:03. - (R-1) Single family zone regulations.
- Section 4:04. - (R-2) Single family zone regulations.
- Section 4:05. - (R-3) Two-family (duplex) zone regulations.
- Section 4:06. - (R-4) Multiple family zone regulations.
- Section 4:06A. - (RCD) Residential condominium district.
- Section 4:07. - (R-5) Town house zone regulations.
- Section 4:08. - (R-6) PUD district (planned unit development).
- Section 4:09. - (R-7) Garden home zone regulations.
- Section 4:10. - (O) Office district zone.
- Section 4:11. - (Inst.-1) Institutional zone district.
- Section 4:12. - (Inst.-2) Institutional district.
- Section 4:13. - (Inst.-3) Institutional district.
- Section 4:14 - (C-1) Business zone regulations.
- Section 4:15. - (C-2) Commercial zone regulations.
- Section 4:16. - (C-3) Commercial adult entertainment zone.
- Section 4:17. - (I-1) Industrial zone regulations.
- Section 4:18. - (I-2) Primary industrial zone regulations.
- Section 4:19. - (I-3) Planned industrial district.
- Section 4:20. - (HD-1) Historic District.
- Section 4:21. - (C-PB) Commercial preferred business zone regulations.
- Section 4:22. - (C-A1-AO) Commercial amusement inside amusement outside zone regulations.
- Section 4:23. - Planned commercial district ordinance.
- Section 4:24. - (RVP) Recreational vehicle park.
ARTICLE V.
SPECIAL USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- Section 5:01.- Applicable uses.
- Section 5:02. - Approval.
- Section 5:03. - Planned shopping centers.
- Section 5:04. - Motels.
- Section 5:05. - Drive-in theatres.
- Section 5:06. - Drive-in restaurants.
- Section 5:07. - Gasoline service stations.
- Section 5:08. - Carnivals and transient entertainment.
- Section 5:09. - Hospitals, convalescent homes, nursing homes, sanitariums.
- Section 5:10. - (C-4), (C-4-A) Cemetery zone.
- Section 5:11. - (R-5-A) Mobile home subdivision zone.
- Section 5:12. - (R-5-B) Mobile home park zone.
- Section 5:13. - Industrial parks.
- Section 5:14. - Apartments and multiple housing developments.
- Section 5:15. - (I-5) Sanitary sewage disposal zone.
- Section 5:16. - (I-5-A) Privately developed wastewater treatment with a point discharge to streams.
- Section 5:17. - (HW-1) Hazardous waste zone.
- Section 5:18. - (CC-1) Country club zone.
- Section 5:19. - (U-1) Utilities zone.
- Section 5:20. - (C-2-A) Outdoor amusement zone.
- Section 5:21. - (OB-O) Obnoxious odor zone.
- Section 5:22. - Sign regulations.
- Section 5:23. - Special aesthetic concern sign ordinance.
- Section 5:24. - Tree and landscape ordinance.
- Section 5:25. - Construction trailer(s).
- Section 5:26. - Mini-warehouse or self-service storage facility.
- Section 5:27. - Automobile dealership.
ARTICLE VI.
ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- Section 6:01.- Enforcement.
- Section 6:02. - Building permit.
- Section 6:03. - Approval of plans and issuance of building permit.
- Section 6:04. - Certificate of occupancy.
- Section 6:05. - Expiration of building permit.
- Section 6:06. - Unlawful structure.
- Section 6:07. - Penalties.
- Section 6:08. - Remedies.
- Section 6:09. - Conditional uses.