Leesburg City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE II
ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - RELATIONSHIP OF THIS CHAPTER TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
- DIVISION 2. - FEES
- DIVISION 3. - ZONING AMENDMENTS
- DIVISION 4. - SITE PLANS
- Sec. 25-91. - Regulations governing site plans.
- Sec. 25-92. - Site plan required.
- Sec. 25-93. - Application procedures.
- Sec. 25-94. - Site plan checklist.
- Sec. 25-95. - No commencement without approved plan.
- Sec. 25-96. - Easements.
- Sec. 25-97. - Duration of approval.
- Sec. 25-98. - Effect of approval; need for other permits and licenses.
- Sec. 25-99. - Changes in use prohibited.
- DIVISION 5. - PERMITS
- DIVISION 6. - CONDITIONAL USES
- DIVISION 7. - NONCONFORMING USES
ARTICLE III
VARIANCES AND APPEALS, VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - VARIANCES AND APPEALS TO CODE REQUIREMENTS
- Sec. 25-181. - Zoning code, variances and appeals.
- Sec. 25-182. - Site plan code, variances and appeals.
- Sec. 25-183. - Subdivision code, variances and appeals.
- Sec. 25-184. - Landscape and tree protection code, variances and appeals.
- Sec. 25-185. - Flood damage prevention and protection, building permit, variances and appeals.
- Sec. 25-186. - Stormwater management permit, variances and appeals.
- Sec. 25-187. - Wetland protection code, variances and appeals.
- Sec. 25-188. - Wellfield and aquifer protection permit, variances and appeals.
- Sec. 25-189. - Airport zoning, variances and appeals.
- DIVISION 2. - APPEALS OF ACTIONS OF CITY BOARDS
- DIVISION 3. - VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
- Sec. 25-235. - General provisions.
- Sec. 25-236. - Zoning violations and penalties.
- Sec. 25-237. - Landscape and tree protection permit violations and penalties.
- Sec. 25-238. - Flood damage protection and prevention permit, violations and penalties.
- Sec. 25-239. - Stormwater management permit, violations and penalties.
- Sec. 25-240. - Stormwater management permit, penalties.
- Sec. 25-241. - Wetland alteration permit, violations and penalties.
- Sec. 25-242. - Wellfield and aquifer protection permit, violations and penalties.
- Sec. 25-243. - Sign permit violations and penalties.
ARTICLE IV
ZONING DISTRICT CODE
Sections
- Sec. 25-267.- Short title.
- Sec. 25-268. - Purpose.
- Sec. 25-269. - Establishment of districts.
- Sec. 25-270. - Official zoning map.
- Sec. 25-271. - Interpretation of boundaries.
- Sec. 25-272. - Residential district intent statements.
- Sec. 25-273. - Commercial and industrial district intent statements.
- Sec. 25-274. - Planned development district intent statements.
- Sec. 25-275. - Special purpose district intent statements.
- Sec. 25-276. - Overlay district intent statements.
- Sec. 25-277. - Inactive districts.
- Sec. 25-278. - Planned development process.
- Sec. 25-278A. - Age restricted development process.
- Sec. 25-279. - Changes in approved master development plans.
- Sec. 25-280. - District development standard.
- Sec. 25-281. - Special purpose districts.
- Sec. 25-282. - Overlay districts.
- Sec. 25-283. - Application of regulations.
- Sec. 25-284. - District use regulations.
- Sec. 25-285. - Standards and criteria for specific uses.
- Sec. 25-286. - Residential uses.
- Sec. 25-287. - Public and civic uses.
- Sec. 25-288. - Commercial uses.
- Sec. 25-289. - Industrial uses.
- Sec. 25-290. - Temporary uses.
- Sec. 25-291. - Temporary structures.
- Sec. 25-292. - Supplemental district requirements.
ARTICLE V
- SITE DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERAL STANDARDS
- Sec. 25-321. - Lighting.
- Sec. 25-322. - Applicability and additions to existing development.
- Sec. 25-323. - Landscaping—Purpose and general requirements.
- Sec. 25-324. - Definitions.
- Sec. 25-325. - Nonconforming landscaping.
- Sec. 25-326. - Landscaping standards.
- Sec. 25-327. - Waterwise and Florida Friendly landscaping.
- Sec. 25-328. - General landscaping requirements.
- Sec. 25-329. - Landscape buffer requirements.
- Sec. 25-330. - Garden walls, fences, and hedges.
- Sec. 25-331. - Internal landscaping in parking areas and other site areas, other than single-family and duplex lots.
- Sec. 25-332. - Stormwater facilities.
- Sec. 25-333. - Lake edges and wetlands.
- Sec. 25-334. - Site utilities.
- Sec. 25-335. - Landscape requirements for individual single-family residential and duplex lots.
- Sec. 25-336. - Landscaping requirements for industrial district.
- Sec. 25-337. - Prohibited plant species.
- Sec. 25-337.1. - Tree protection.
- Sec. 25-338. - Access and circulation—Intent and purpose.
- Sec. 25-339. - Applicability.
- Sec. 25-340. - Conformance with plans, standards, and statutes.
- Sec. 25-341. - Access permit required.
- Sec. 25-342. - Access management classification system and standards.
- Sec. 25-343. - Access options.
- Sec. 25-344. - Joint use driveways and cross access easements.
- Sec. 25-345. - Corner clearance.
- Sec. 25-346. - Access connection and driveway design.
- Sec. 25-347. - Requirements for outparcels and phased development plans.
- Sec. 25-348. - Number of access points.
- Sec. 25-349. - Shared access.
- Sec. 25-350. - Connectivity.
- Sec. 25-351. - Pedestrian access and circulation.
- Sec. 25-352. - Emergency access.
- Sec. 25-353. - Transit access.
- Sec. 25-354. - Florida's turnpike interchange areas.
- Sec. 25-355. - Nonconforming access features.
- Sec. 25-356. - Corridor access management overlay.
- Sec. 25-357. - Parking—Purpose.
- Sec. 25-358. - Off-street parking.
- Sec. 25-359. - Off-street loading.
- Sec. 25-360. - Commercial architectural design standards
- Sec. 25-361. - Requirements for on-site traffic flow and parking.
- Sec. 25-362. - Bicycle parking requirements.
- DIVISION 2. - CHARACTER BASED STANDARDS
- Sec. 25-381. - Historical preservation overlay district.
- Sec. 25-383. - Sidewalk café development.
- Sec. 25-385. - Traditional design district overlay (TDO): general.
- Sec. 25-386. - TDO: General design standards.
- Sec. 25-387. - TDO: Traditional neighborhood block.
- Sec. 25-388. - TDO: Detached residential development blocks.
- Sec. 25-395. - Contemporary design district overlay (CDO): General district standards.
- Sec. 25-396. - CDO: Site design standards: Use of prototypes.
- Sec. 25-397. - CDO: General development block standards.
- Sec. 25-398. - CDO: Specific development block standards.
- Sec. 25-399. - CDO: Town center prototype.
ARTICLE VII
- TECHNICAL STANDARDS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- Sec. 25-441.- Definitions.
- Sec. 25-442. - Declaration of purpose.
- Sec. 25-443. - Approval of subdivision plat.
- Sec. 25-444. - Exemption of subdivision plat review.
- Sec. 25-445. - Preliminary plan conference.
- Sec. 25-446. - Form and contents.
- Sec. 25-447. - Approval of plans for improvements required.
- Sec. 25-448. - Streets.
- Sec. 25-449. - Alleys.
- Sec. 25-450. - Utility easements.
- Sec. 25-451. - Blocks.
- Sec. 25-452. - Required minimum improvements.
- Sec. 25-453. - Guaranteeing improvements.
- DIVISION 2. - PERMANENT REFERENCE MONUMENTS
- DIVISION 2.1.- ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
- DIVISION 2.2.- FINAL PLAT
- DIVISION 3. - WATER MAINS INSTALLATION
- DIVISION 3.1.- RESERVED[11]
- DIVISION 4. - GRADING, DRAINAGE, STREETS, UTILITIES INSTALLATIONS
- Sec. 25-521.- Plans required for approval and acceptance of plats.
- Sec. 25-522. - Inspection and approval by city required.
- Sec. 25-523. - Curbs and gutters.
- Sec. 25-524. - Sidewalks and driveways.
- Sec. 25-525. - Developers must provide drainage facilities.
- Sec. 25-526. - Maintenance of certain drainage and retention facilities.
- DIVISION 5. - TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS
- Sec. 25-551.- Development standards.
- Sec. 25-552. - Variances.
- Sec. 25-553. - Creation of rights-of-way for streets and related purposes.
- Sec. 25-554. - Creation of access easements.
- Sec. 25-555. - Street location, width and grade.
- Sec. 25-556. - Minimum rights-of-way and street sections.
- Sec. 25-557. - Dedicated turning lanes.
- Sec. 25-558. - Traffic signals and traffic calming features.
- Sec. 25-559. - Future street plan and extension of streets.
- Sec. 25-560. - Street alignment and connections.
- Sec. 25-561. - Sidewalks, planter strips, bicycle lanes.
- Sec. 25-562. - Intersection angles.
- Sec. 25-563. - Existing rights-of-way.
- Sec. 25-564. - Cul-de-sacs.
- Sec. 25-565. - Curbs, curb cuts, ramps, and driveway approaches.
- Sec. 25-566. - Alleys, public or private.
- Sec. 25-567. - Private streets.
- DIVISION 6. - SIDEWALKS
- Sec. 25-581.- Cutting or removing sidewalk, curb or paving, etc.—Permit required.
- Sec. 25-582. - Same—Application for permit; grant or refusal.
- Sec. 25-583. - Obstructions, exception.
- Sec. 25-584. - Sidewalk construction.
- Sec. 25-585. - Sidewalk maintenance.
- Sec. 25-586. - Work required in new commercial construction and residential development.
- Sec. 25-587. - Recommendations as to repair or replacement of sidewalks.
- Sec. 25-588. - City may repair sidewalks upon failure of owner to act; costs to be assessed against property and become a lien.
- DIVISION 7. - NAMES AND NUMBERS
- Sec. 25-611.- Assigning address numbers.
- Sec. 25-612. - Standards for numbering buildings or houses.
- Sec. 25-613. - Regulations for naming streets.
- Sec. 25-614. - Changing street names.
- Sec. 25-615. - Application for street names and street name changes.
- Sec. 25-616. - Displaying official numbers.
- Sec. 25-617. - Street signs.
- Sec. 25-618. - Street light standards.
- DIVISION 8. - CONSTRUCTION
- Sec. 25-641.- Intent.
- Sec. 25-642. - Permits.
- Sec. 25-643. - Rights reserved to city; conformity to standards.
- Sec. 25-644. - Specifications.
- Sec. 25-645. - Advance notice of construction required; inspection and testing to be performed.
- Sec. 25-646. - Replacing street.
- Sec. 25-647. - Barricades or other safety devices.
- Sec. 25-648. - Declaration, notice of construction.
- Sec. 25-649. - Assessment of cost; creation of lien.
- Sec. 25-650. - Definitions.
- DIVISION 9. - TRAILS PROTECTION
- Sec. 25-671.- Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 25-672. - Authority.
- Sec. 25-673. - General procedure.
- Sec. 25-674. - Access permit application to the parks and recreation department.
- Sec. 25-675. - Application review by the parks and recreation department.
- Sec. 25-676. - Standards of review.
- Sec. 25-677. - Conditions.
- Sec. 25-678. - Use of the permit area by a permittee.
- Sec. 25-679. - Oversight of trail fund.
- Sec. 25-680. - Penalties.
ARTICLE VIII
NATURAL RESOURCES
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION
- DIVISION 2. - WETLANDS PROTECTION
- DIVISION 3. - WELLFIELD AND AQUIFER PROTECTION
- Sec. 25-741. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 25-742. - Prohibited activities/land uses.
- Sec. 25-743. - Protection of future public water supply wells.
- Sec. 25-744. - Exemptions.
- Sec. 25-745. - Prime recharge areas aquifer protection standards.
- Sec. 25-746. - Determination of high or prime recharge areas.
- Sec. 25-747. - Prohibitions.
- Sec. 25-748. - Hazardous substances.
ARTICLE IX
CONCURRENCY
Sections
- Sec. 25-771.- Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 25-772. - General provisions.
- Sec. 25-773. - Adopted level of service standards.
- Sec. 25-774. - Facility specific requirements.
- Sec. 25-775. - Concurrency review procedures.
- Sec. 25-776. - Concurrency reservation.
- Sec. 25-777. - Status report/required capital facilities improvements.
- Sec. 25-778. - Intergovernmental coordination.
ARTICLE X
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - IN GENERAL
- Sec. 25-781. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 25-782. - Definitions.
- Sec. 25-783. - License requirements.
- Sec. 25-784. - Length of permit.
- Sec. 25-785. - Permit locations.
- Sec. 25-786. - Use of streets and pole attachments.
- Sec. 25-787. - Violation penalty.
- Sec. 25-788. - Transfer assignments.
- Sec. 25-789. - Existing private communications system.
- DIVISION 2. - WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND ANTENNAS
- Sec. 25-801. - Definitions.
- Sec. 25-802. - Zoning for tower and antenna sites.
- Sec. 25-803. - Pre-existing facilities.
- Sec. 25-804. - Setbacks.
- Sec. 25-805. - Separation of towers.
- Sec. 25-806. - Fencing and landscaping.
- Sec. 25-807. - Height restrictions.
- Sec. 25-808. - Illumination and painting.
- Sec. 25-809. - Co-location.
- Sec. 25-810. - Signs and advertising.
ARTICLE XII
AIRPORT ZONING12
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
- DIVISION 3. - ZONES
- DIVISION 4. - NONCONFORMING USES