Lauderhill City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS1
Sections
ARTICLE III
ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- Sec. 1.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 1.2.- Establishment of zoning districts.
- Sec. 2.2.- Assignment of zoning districts and adoption of zoning district map.
- Sec. 2.3.- Allowable land uses.
- Sec. 2.4.- Additional requirements for specific uses.
- Sec. 2.5.- General requirements for buildings, parcels, building setbacks and yards.
- Sec. 2.6.- Requirements for vehicular access, parking, loading and service areas.
- Sec. 2.7.- Landscape, land use compatibility requirements for setbacks, buffers and visual screens and tree protection.
- Sec. 2.8.- Nonconforming land use provisions.
- Sec. 2.9.- Signs.
- Sec. 2.10.- Environmentally sensitive areas.
- Sec. 2.11.- Construction and design standards.
- Sec. 3.1.- Residential zoning districts.
- Sec. 3.2.- Commercial zoning districts.
- Sec. 3.3.- Industrial zoning districts (Reserved).
- Sec. 3.4.- Transportation and utilities zoning districts.
- Sec. 3.5.- Recreation zoning districts.
- Sec. 3.6.- Community facilities zoning districts.
- Sec. 3.7.- Conservation zoning districts (Reserved).
- Sec. 3.8.- Mixed use development.
- Sec. 3.9.- Land uses allowed in zoning district matrices (Reserved).
- Sec. 4.1.- Commerce Park Special Overlay (Reserved).
- Sec. 4.2.- Gateway Corridor Overlay (Reserved).
- Sec. 4.3.- Special Residential Facility Overlay (Reserved).
- Sec. 4.4.- Townhouse (Reserved).
- Sec. 5.1.- Accessory structures and uses.
- Sec. 5.2.- Sexually oriented businesses.
- Sec. 5.3.- Alcoholic beverage uses.
- Sec. 5.4.- Amusement room, game room or recreation center.
- Sec. 5.5.- Archery range, baseball driving range, country club, golf course, mini golf, shuffleboard court.
- Sec. 5.6.- Auctions.
- Sec. 5.7.- Automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, boat, recreation vehicle; repair, sales, and carwash uses.
- Sec. 5.8.- Bingo parlor.
- Sec. 5.9.- Bowling alley, skating rink.
- Sec. 5.10.- Bulk hazardous chemical storage, packaging or processing.
- Sec. 5.11.- Check cashing.
- Sec. 5.12.- Child care and adult day care.
- Sec. 5.13.- Correctional and judicial facilities.
- Sec. 5.14.- Community gardens.
- Sec. 5.15.- Connected housing units.
- Sec. 5.15.A.- Convenience store.
- Sec. 5.16.- Dry cleaning uses.
- Sec. 5.17.- Dumpster enclosures.
- Sec. 5.17A.- Farmers market.
- Sec. 5.18.- Fences, walls and hedges.
- Sec. 5.19.- Firearm and ammunitions sales.
- Sec. 5.20.- Funeral establishments.
- Sec. 5.20A.- Government administration service, maintenance, and outdoor storage of equipment and vehicles.
- Sec. 5.20B.- Horticulture.
- Sec. 5.21.- Hotels, motels and similar uses.
- Sec. 5.22.- Holiday sales.
- Sec. 5.23.- House of religious worship or other place of assembly in multi-tenant industrial parks.
- Sec. 5.24.- Manufactured housing and recreational vehicles.
- Sec. 5.25.- Manufacturing.
- Sec. 5.25A.- Junkyards.
- Sec. 5.25B.- Mental health facility.
- Sec. 5.26.- Live entertainment.
- Sec. 5.27.- Reserved.
- Sec. 5.28.- Offices.
- Sec. 5.29.- Pawnshops and pawnbrokers.
- Sec. 5.30.- Personal services.
- Sec. 5.30.A.- Pharmacy.
- Sec. 5.31.- Residential dwelling unit.
- Sec. 5.32.- Restaurants.
- Sec. 5.32.A.- Retail sales.
- Sec. 5.33.- Satellite dish antenna.
- Sec. 5.34.- Self-service storage facility uses.
- Sec. 5.35.- Service station.
- Sec. 5.36.- Special residential facilities.
- Sec. 5.37.- Stadium, swimming pool, tennis, racquetball court, waterslide.
- Sec. 5.38.- Storage buildings, utility buildings, greenhouses.
- Sec. 5.39.- Supermarkets.
- Sec. 5.40.- Swimming pools: Commercial and private.
- Sec. 5.41.- Telecommunication facility uses.
- Sec. 5.42.- Theatres, assembly halls, concert halls, indoor assembly.
- Sec. 5.43.- Vehicular driveways.
- Sec. 5.44.- Welding shop.
- Sec. 5.45.- Helicopter facilities.
- Sec. 5.46.- Public transit.
- Sec. 5.47.- Studio uses.
- Sec. 5.48.- Education, primary and secondary, charter and private schools.
- Sec. 5.49.- Tobacco store.
- Sec. 5.50.- Medical marijuana establishments.
- Sec. 5.51.- Hookah lounge/bar.
- Sec. 5.52.- Small box discount store/dollar stores.
- Sec. 5.53.- Thrift store/second-hand store.
- Sec. 5.54.- Pre-existing golf course and golf driving range uses.
- Sec. 5.55 - Distribution and fulfillment centers.
- Sec. 5.56.- Live-work units.
- Sec. 5.57.- Mobile vendors, mobile food vendors, and ice cream vendor
- Sec. 5.58.- Event venue.
- Sec. 6.1.- General application.
- Sec. 6.2.- Distance between residential buildings.
- Sec. 6.3.- Access requirements and restrictions.
- Sec. 6.4.- Special treatments between zoning districts.
- Sec. 6.5.- Off-street parking standards and requirements.
- Sec. 6.6.- Off-street loading standards and requirements.
- Sec. 6.7.- Sign standards and requirements.
- Sec. 6.8.- Tree preservation and abuse avoidance standards and requirements. [3]
- Sec. 6.9.- Lighting standards, requirements, and conservation.
- Sec. 6.10.- Crime prevention through environmental design.
- Sec. 6.11.- Paint standards and requirements.
- Sec. 7.1.- Administration.
- Sec. 7.2.- Spot survey.
- Sec. 7.3.- Final survey.
ARTICLE IV
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Sec. 1.1.- Purpose of Article; development approvals.
- Sec. 1.2.- Application and requirements for developments.
- Sec. 1.3.- Development review procedures.
- Sec. 1.4.- Major review.
- Sec. 1.5.- Administrative review.
- Sec. 1.6.- Vested rights.
- Sec. 1.7.- Appeals.
- Sec. 1.8.- Revocation, suspension or modification of development order, special exception use development order, or permit.
- Sec. 1.9.- Public notice requirements.
- Sec. 1.10.- Developments of regional impact.
- Sec. 1.11.- Master development plan.
- Sec. 2.1.- General.
- Sec. 2.2.- Area for rezoning.
- Sec. 2.3.- Board initiation.
- Sec. 2.4.- Basis for recommendations.
- Sec. 2.5.- Actions by City Commission.
- Sec. 2.6.- Minimum size of parcel.
- Sec. 2.7.- Limit on petitions.
- Sec. 2.8.- Protests.
- Sec. 2.9.- Procedure for amendments.
- Sec. 2.10.- Public notice.
- Sec. 2.11.- Processing times.
- Sec. 3.1.- Variances.
- Sec. 3.2.- Waivers.
- Sec. 3.3.- Adjustments.
- Sec. 3.4.- Administrative relief.
- Sec. 3.5.- Reserved.
- Sec. 3.6.- Processing times.
- Sec. 3.7.- Recording.
- Sec. 4.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 4.2.- Uses permitted.
- Sec. 4.3.- Existing zoning provisions and uses.
- Sec. 4.4.- Approval for special exception uses.
- Sec. 4.5.- Application for approval.
- Sec. 4.6.- Standards for approval.
- Sec. 4.7.- Lot and building requirements.
- Sec. 4.8.- Expiration.
- Sec. 4.9.- Notice of hearing.
- Sec. 4.10.- Conveyance of uses that are subject to special exception approval.
- Sec. 4.11.- Post-approval review of special exception use development order and conditions.
- Sec. 4.12.- Processing times.
- Sec. 5.1.- Approval of site plan; application for building and engineering permits.
- Sec. 5.2.- Applicability of section, exception.
- Sec. 5.3.- Site plan review process.
- Sec. 5.4.- Application fees.
- Sec. 5.5.- Variance.
- Sec. 5.6.- Modification of site plan.
- Sec. 5.7.- Appeals.
- Sec. 5.8.- Evidence of title.
- Sec. 5.9.- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) review requirements.
- Sec. 5.10.- Processing times.
- Sec. 6.1.- Plat regulations.
- Sec. 6.2.- Procedures for preparation and filing of plats.
- Sec. 6.3.- Consideration by the Board.
- Sec. 6.4.- Approval of preliminary plat.
- Sec. 6.5.- Sketch plat.
- Sec. 6.6.- Preliminary plat.
- Sec. 6.7.- Final plat.
- Sec. 6.8.- Design standards.
- Sec. 6.9.- Fees.
- Sec. 6.10.- Resubdividing of subdivisions.
- Sec. 6.11.- Recorded plat required.
- Sec. 6.12.- Issuance of building permit prohibited.
- Sec. 6.13.- Installation of public improvements prohibited.
- Sec. 6.14.- Exceptions to plat recording.
- Sec. 6.15.- Conditions for waiver of plat recording.
- Sec. 6.16.- Waiver of replats.
- Sec. 6.17.- Exceptions to platting or replatting.
- Sec. 6.18.- Requirements applicable to resubdivisions.
- Sec. 6.19.- Easements.
- Sec. 6.20.- Vacation of streets.
- Sec. 6.21.- [Requests and applications; review and processing.]
- Sec. 6.22.- Public notice requirements.
- Sec. 7.1.- Consistency and concurrency determination standards.
- Sec. 7.2.- Determination of available capacity.
- Sec. 7.3.- Adopted level of service.
- Sec. 7.4.- Adequacy of school sites and facilities.
- Sec. 8.1.- Purposes and intent.
- Sec. 8.2.- Definitions.
- Sec. 8.3.- Effect of a development agreement.
- Sec. 8.4.- Application and fee.
- Sec. 8.5.- Duration of a development agreement.
- Sec. 8.6.- Application processing and review.
- Sec. 8.7.- Public hearing requirements.
- Sec. 8.8.- Public notice requirements.
- Sec. 8.9.- Determination standards.
- Sec. 8.10.- Recording.
- Sec. 8.11.- Effective date.
- Sec. 8.12.- Periodic review.
- Sec. 8.13.- Enforcement.
- Sec. 8.14.- Amendments, termination, cancellation and revocation.
- Sec. 8.15.- Processing times.
- Sec. 9.1.- Purposes and intent.
- Sec. 9.2.- Definitions.
- Sec. 9.3.- Application and fee.
- Sec. 9.4.- Application processing and review.
- Sec. 9.5.- Designation criteria.
- Sec. 9.6.- Removal from the brownfield map.
- Sec. 9.7.- Public hearing requirements.
- Sec. 9.8.- Public notice requirements.
- Sec. 9.9.- Notification.
- Sec. 9.10.- Brownfield Map; amendments; final authority.
- Sec. 9.11.- Advisory Committee.
- Sec. 9.12.- Effective date.
- Sec. 9.13.- Processing times.
- Sec. 10.1.- Zoning relief procedures.
ARTICLE VI
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
Sections
- Sec. 1. - Rules of procedure.
- Sec. 2. - Meetings.
- Sec. 3. - Advisory service.
- Sec. 4. - Amendments.
- Sec. 5. - Notices.
- Sec. 6. - Notice and place of meeting.
- Sec. 7. - Agenda.
- Sec. 8. - Quorum.
- Sec. 9. - Minutes and records of meetings.
- Sec. 10. - Decorum and procedure.
- Sec. 11. - Officers.
- Sec. 12. - Term of office.
- Sec. 13. - Vice-Chairperson.
- Sec. 14. - Records.
- Sec. 15. - Local Planning Agency.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
REGULATION SCHEDULES
Sections
- SCHEDULE A. - LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS
- SCHEDULE B. - ALLOWABLE USES
- SCHEDULE C. - ZONING DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS[1]
- SCHEDULED D. - PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT REGULATIONS
- 1.0.- PANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
- Sec. 1. - General.
- Sec. 2. - Intent and purpose.
- Sec. 3. - Definitions.
- Sec. 4. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 5. - General requirements and special regulations.
- Sec. 6. - Rezoning of land to P.U.D.
- Sec. 7. - Preliminary and final development plans.
- Sec. 8. - Issuance of building permits.
- Sec. 9. - Time limitations of approval.
- 1.0.- PANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
- SCHEDULE E. - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC USES
- SCHEDULE G. - MINIMUM AUTOMOBILE OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
- SCHEDULE H. - NON-CONFORMING LAND USE PROVISIONS
- SCHEDULE I. - SIGN REQUIREMENTS
- Sec. 1.0.- Legislative purpose and intent.
- Sec. 2.0. - Definitions and acronyms.
- Sec. 3.0. - Sign development permit application process.
- Sec. 4.0. - Signs development permit application and permit fee exemptions.
- Sec. 5.0. - Mandatory signs.
- Sec. 6.0. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 7.0. - General sign requirements.
- Sec. 8.0. - Specific sign requirements.
- Sec. 9.0. - Sign location, design and construction requirements.
- Sec. 10.0. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 11.0. - Relief from the sign requirements.
- Sec. 12.0. - Sign development permit revocation.
- Sec. 13.0. - Sign abandonment; removal.
- Sec. 14.0. - Inspection; enforcement.
- Sec. 15.0. - Dynamic displays.
- Sec. 16.0. - Brightness standards.
- Sec. 17.0. - Violations; penalties.
- Sec. 18.0. - Severability.
- SCHEDULE J. - LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION, IRRIGATION AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS[2]
- Sec. 1.1.- Purpose and intent, minimum standards and definitions.
- Sec. 1.2. - Plant installation, irrigation and maintenance.
- Sec. 1.3. - Plant material requirements.
- Sec. 1.4. - Water conservation landscaping.
- Sec. 2.1. - Landscaping and maintenance of swale areas.
- Sec. 2.2. - Landscape and maintenance of drainage canals.
- Sec. 2.3. - Required landscaping adjacent to public rights-of-way in all areas of the City except single-family and two-family owner-occupied dwellings.
- Sec. 2.4. - Percentage of tree canopy and pervious area required in nonresidential zoning districts.
- Sec. 2.5. - Parking area interior landscaping.
- Sec. 2.6. - Perimeter landscaping adjacent to buildings.
- Sec. 2.7. - Buffering of storage area, dumpsters, and mechanical equipment.
- Sec. 2.8. - Sight distance for landscaping adjacent to public rights-of-way and points of access.
- Sec. 2.9. - Landscaping for commercial and industrial zones.
- Sec. 2.10. - Minimum requirements for single-family and duplex low-medium density districts (RS-4, RS-5, and RM-8 districts).
- Sec. 3.1. - Adjustments of standards.
- Sec. 3.2. - Nonconforming sites.
- SCHEDULE L. - ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES[4]
- SCHEDULE M. - MINIMUM HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS
- SCHEDULE N. - ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND USES
- SCHEDULE O. - GATEWAY ROADS OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT[6]
- SCHEDULE P. - DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES[7]
- Sec. 1. - Introduction.
- Sec. 2. - General design standards.
- Sec. 3. - Architectural standards.
- Sec. 4. - Street level standards.
- Sec. 5. - Landscape and irrigation standards.
- Sec. 6. - Signage and graphics standards.
- Sec. 7. - Site furnishing standards.
- Sec. 8. - Lighting standards.
- Sec. 9. - Road and parking standards.
- SCHEDULE Q. - COMMUNITY APPEARANCE STANDARDS
- SCHEDULE S. - SMARTCODE[8]
- ARTICLE 1. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE 2. - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE 3. - GENERAL TO TRANSECT ZONES
- 3.1.- TRANSECT ZONES.
- 3.2. - BUILDING FUNCTION.
- 3.3. - PHASING.
- 3.4. - LOTS AND FRONTAGES.
- 3.5. - DENSITY AND INTENSITY CALCULATIONS.
- 3.6. - MEASUREMENT OF HEIGHT.
- 3.7. - OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS.
- 3.8. - FENCES AND WALLS.
- 3.9. - LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION.
- 3.10. - LIGHTING.
- 3.11. - DESIGN STANDARDS.
- ARTICLE 4. - STANDARDS, TABLES AND MAPS
- ARTICLE 5. - THOROUGHFARES
- ARTICLE 6. - SPECIFIC TO TRANSECT ZONES
- ARTICLE 7. - SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
- ARTICLE 8. - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
- SCHEDULE T. - THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT[9]
- SCHEDULE U. - SPECIAL RESIDENTIAL FACILITY OVERLAY ZONE
- SCHEDULE V. - TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ELEMENTS