The ordinance codified herein, including zoning maps made a part hereof, shall be known as the "Official Zoning Ordinance of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas" and may be so cited.

(Ord. 213, § 102, 1969)

No lot may be reduced in area below the minimum lot area as specified herein for the district within which said lot is located.

(Ord. 213, § 501, 1969)

No building shall hereafter be constructed on a lot which does not have frontage on a publicly dedicated, accepted, and maintained street.

(Ord. 213, § 502, 1969)

For the purposes of this title, all streets in the City are divided into three classes as follows:

A.

Major streets;

B.

Collector streets;

C.

Minor streets.

(Ord. 213, § 503, 1969)

In any district, no outdoor advertising sign or structure or tree or shrub shall protrude over any street so as to create confusion around or otherwise interfere with traffic signals.

(Ord. 213, § 504, 1969)

Except as herein provides the minimum yard requirements also apply to accessory buildings. However, accessory buildings may be located to within five feet of a rear or side lot line.

(Ord. 213, § 505, 1969)

When accessory buildings for garage and incidental storage purposes are constructed simultaneously on two or more contiguous lots, there may be one or two walls shared in common between two or more buildings, provided that such wall or walls are centered over the common side or rear lot lines.

(Ord. 213, § 506, 1969)

When an accessory building is attached to the principal building by a breezeway, passageway or similar means, it shall comply with the yard requirements of the principal building to which it is attached.

(Ord. 213, § 507, 1969)

Except as herein provided no accessory building shall be located closer than fifteen feet to a principal building or to any other accessory building.

(Ord. 213, § 508, 1969)

In any residential district no fence, wall, hedge or other structure or planting or other obstruction above a height of three feet shall be erected, placed or maintained within twenty feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines of two streets or railroads or of a street intersection with a railroad right-of-way.

(Ord. 213, § 509, 1969)

On lots having frontage on more than one street, the minimum front yard shall be provided for each street, in accordance with the provisions of the title.

(Ord. 213, § 510, 1969)

Electrical transformer stations, gas regulator stations, sewage and water treatment plants and pumping stations and standpipes for public water supply may be located in any zone; provided however, the location of such facility shall be a conditional use project to the approval of the Planning Commission and City Council and the following requirements shall be complied with:

A.

Such facilities shall be essential for the immediate area or for the proper functioning of the total utility system of which the above element is a part.

B.

Any building or structure, except an enclosing fence, shall be set back at least fifty feet from any property line.

C.

Such facilities shall he enclosed by a protective fence.

D.

Open spaces on the premises shall be suitably landscaped and maintained.

E.

The storage of vehicles and equipment on the premises shall be prohibited.

F.

The surrounding area shall not be adversely affected by and shall be protected from noise, odor, glare, dust, fumes, gas, smoke and vibration by such suitable means and conditions as the City Council may specify.

(Ord. 213, § 511, 1969)

No person, firm or corporation shall strip, excavate or otherwise remove soil for sale or any other purpose without first obtaining a permit from the building inspector for such stripping, excavating or other means of removal. The building inspector shall issue the required permit only after being satisfied that the resulting change of grade in the affected area will not be against the best interests of the community. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit excavation or grading incidental to the construction or alteration of a building on the premises for which a building permit has been granted as required otherwise in this title.

(Ord. 213, § 512, 1969)

No manure, rubbish, salvage materials or miscellaneous refuse may be stored in the open within any residential district when the same may be construed as a menace to public health or safety or may fairly be held to have a depressing influence upon property values in the neighborhood. Regular salvage and junkyards shall be adequately enclosed with a fence and a planting screen shall be required to hide the unsightly storage. Planting screens shall be viburnum michphilla, wax legustrum or similar thick growing plants.

(Ord. 213, § 513, 1969)

In their interpretation and application, the provisions of the title shall be held to be minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, morals, safety or the general welfare. Whenever the requirements of this title are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations or ordinances, the most restrictive, or that imposing the higher standards, shall govern.

(Ord. 213, § 2601, 1969)

Any conditional usage of real property within the City Limits of Jacksonville shall be approved by the Planning Commission. Conditional usages shall be limited to those usages designated as possible conditional uses in each zoning classification. Said approval authority and jurisdiction shall not in any manner intervene with the authority and jurisdiction granted the Board of Adjustment in addressing request(s) for variances of requirements as reflected by the chart contained in JMC § 18.68.050 or the provisions provided by JMC §§ 18.76.040, 18.76.050, and 18.88.040.

(Ord. 1048, § 1(part), 1995; Ord. 1059, § 1 (part) 1996)