Littleton City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 1
STANDARDS FOR ALL DISTRICTS
Sections
- ARTICLE 10-1-1 DISTRICTS AND USES
- Section 10-1-1.1 Base Districts
- Section 10-1-1.2 Overlay and Special Districts
- Section 10-1-1.3 Land Use Matrix
- Section 10-1-1.4 Land Use Standards
- Section 10-1-1.5 Reserved
- Section 10-1-1.6 Accessory Uses, Buildings and Structures
- Section 10-1-1.7 Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
- Section 10-1-1.8 Temporary Uses and Structures
- Section 10-1-1.9 Official Zoning Map
- ARTICLE 10-1-2: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE 10-1-3: DESIGN
- Section 10-1-3.1 General Design Standards
- Section 10-1-3.2 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Design Standards
- Section 10-1-3.3 Reserved
- Section 10-1-3.4 Sustainable Building Design
- Section 10-1-3.5 Transition Standards
- S
- S
- Section 10-1-3.8 Alternative Mobility
- S
- Section 10-1-3.10 Sign Standards
- Section 10-1-3.11 Outdoor Lighting Standards
CHAPTER 2
DOWNTOWN DT
Sections
- ARTICLE 10-2-1: DT PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
- ARTICLE 10-2-2: DT DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS AND USES
- ARTICLE 10-2-3: DT DESIGN
- ARTICLE 10-2-4: DT GREENSCAPE
- ARTICLE 10-2-5: DT SIGNS
CHAPTER 3
CORRIDORS AND MIXED-USE CMU
Sections
- ARTICLE 10-3-1: CMU PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
- ARTICLE 10-3-2: CMU CORRIDOR MIXED-USE DISTRICTS AND USES
- ARTICLE 10-3-3: CMU DESIGN
- ARTICLE 10-3-4: CMU GREENSCAPE
- ARTICLE 10-3-5: CMU SIGNS
CHAPTER 4
NEIGHBORHOOD NB
Sections
- ARTICLE 10-4-1: NB PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
- ARTICLE 10-4-2: NB NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS AND USES
- ARTICLE 10-4-3: NB DESIGN
- Section 10-4-3.1 NB Building Materials
- Section 10-4-3.2 NB Standards of Design
- Subsec. 10-4-3.2.A Cottage Court Community
- Subsec. 10-4-3.2.B Duplex and Twin Home Conversion
- Subsec. 10-4-3.2.C Contextual Development
- Subsec. 10-4-3.2.D Manufactured Home Park
- Subsec. 10-4-3.2.E Multi-Family Dwellings
- Subsec. 10-4-3.2.F Neighborhood Conservation
- Subsec. 10-4-3.2.G Single-Family Attached Dwellings
- A
- A
CHAPTER 5
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY BI
Sections
- ARTICLE 10-5-1: BI PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
- A
- A
- Section 10-5-3.1 BI Building Materials
- Section 10-5-3.2 BI Standards of Design
- A
- A
CHAPTER 6
SUBDIVISION STANDARDS
Sections
- ARTICLE 10-6-1: PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
- ARTICLE 10-6-2: SUBDIVISION STANDARDS
- Section 10-6-2.1 Design Principles
- Section 10-6-2.2 General Subdivision Standards
- Section 10-6-2.3 Subdivision Design
- Subsec. 10-6-2.3.A Transportation
- Subsec. 10-6-2.3.B Subdivision and Street Names
- Subsec. 10-6-2.3.C Blocks
- Subsec. 10-6-2.3.D Lots
- Subsec. 10-6-2.3.E Utilities and Easements
- Subsec. 10-6-2.3.F Common Open Space
- Subsec. 10-6-2.3.G Public Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Systems
- Subsec. 10-6-2.3.H Storm Drainage
- Section 10-6-2.4 Deed Restrictions and Private Facilities
- Section 10-6-2.5 Subdivision Monumentation
- ARTICLE 10-6-3: PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS DEDICATION AND ACCEPTANCE
CHAPTER 7
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Sections
- ARTICLE 10-7-1: FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS
- ARTICLE 10-7-2: FLOODWAY REGULATIONS
- ARTICLE 10-7-3: GENERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
CHAPTER 8
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Sections
- ARTICLE 10-8-1: GENERAL
- ARTICLE 10-8-2: LEGACY PROGRAM
- ARTICLE 10-8-3: HISTORIC REGISTER
- ARTICLE 10-8-4: ALTERATIONS
- ARTICLE 10-8-5: MAINTENANCE
- ARTICLE 10-8-6: INCENTIVES
CHAPTER 9
ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- ARTICLE 10-9-1: OFFICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES ESTABLISHED AND AUTHORIZED
- Section 10-9-1.1 City Council ("Council")
- Section 10-9-1.2 Planning Commission ("Commission")
- Section 10-9-1.3 Appeals and Adjustment Commission ("Commission")
- Section 10-9-1.4 Historical Preservation Board ("HPB")
- Section 10-9-1.5 Community Development Director ("Director")
- Section 10-9-1.6 Chief Building Official
- Section 10-9-1.7 City Engineer
- Section 10-9-1.8 Floodplain Administrator
- ARTICLE 10-9-2: ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE 10-9-3: COMMON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES
- Section 10-9-3.1 Pre-Application Meeting
- Section 10-9-3.2 Application Fees, Submittal, and Completeness
- Section 10-9-3.3 Staff Review and Decisions
- Section 10-9-3.4 Common Decision Criteria
- Section 10-9-3.5 Public Notice
- Section 10-9-3.6 Public Meetings and Hearings
- Section 10-9-3.7 Appeals of Application Decisions
- Section 10-9-3.8 Expired Approvals and Extensions
- Section 10-9-3.9 Development Review Summary
- ARTICLE 10-9-4: CODE AND ZONING AMENDMENTS
- ARTICLE 10-9-5: SITE DEVELOPMENT AND USE PERMITS
- Section 10-9-5.1 Conditional Use Permit
- Section 10-9-5.2 Major Plan Amendment
- Section 10-9-5.3 Minor Plan Amendment
- Section 10-9-5.4 Site Plan
- Section 10-9-5.5 Temporary Use Permit
- Section 10-9-5.6 Zoning Certificate
- Section 10-9-5.7 Master Development Plan
- Section 10-9-5.8 Adaptive Reuse Plan
- Section 10-9-5.9 Master Sign Plan
- ARTICLE 10-9-6 IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND PERMITS
- ARTICLE 10-9-7 SUBDIVISIONS AND VACATIONS
- ARTICLE 10-9-8 HISTORIC PRESERVATION APPLICATIONS
- ARTICLE 10-9-9 RELIEF, APPEALS, AND INTERPRETATIONS
CHAPTER 10
NONCONFORMITIES
Sections
- ARTICLE 10-10-1: CLASSIFICATION OF NONCONFORMITIES
- ARTICLE 10-10-2: CONVERSION OF NONCONFORMITIES
- ARTICLE 10-10-3 COMPLIANCE
CHAPTER 11
ENFORCEMENT, VIOLATIONS, AND REMEDIES
Sections
- ARTICLE 10-11-1: PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
- ARTICLE 10-11-2: ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 12
WORD USAGE
Sections
- ARTICLE 10-12-1: RULES OF CONSTRUCTION, ACRONYMS, AND ABBREVIATIONS
- ARTICLE 10-12-2: DEFINITIONS
- Section 10-12-2.1 General Definitions
- A
- Abutting
- Accessory Building
- Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)
- Accessory Dwelling Unit, Attached
- Accessory Dwelling Unit, Detached
- Accessory Structure
- Accessory Use
- Adapted Plant
- Adaptive Reuse
- Addition
- Adjacent
- Adjoining
- Administrative Plat
- Adult Day Care
- A
- Advertising Vehicle
- Agricultural and Animal-Oriented Uses
- A
- A
- A
- Alteration
- Alternative Tower Structure
- Alternative Tower Structure Pole
- Ambulatory or Outpatient Services
- Ambulatory Surgical Care Facilities
- Amphitheater
- Antenna
- Animal Boarding and Care Facility
- Animal Husbandry
- A
- Animal Rescue Organization or Rescue Shelter
- Apiary
- Appeal
- Architectural Accent Lighting
- Area of Shallow Flooding
- Area of Special Flood Hazard
- Assembly
- Assembly Facility, Public
- Assembly of Finished Goods
- Assembly of Prefabricated Parts
- Assembly or Fabrication for Sale on Premises
- B
- Ballfield or Stadium
- Bank or Credit Union
- Bar, Brew Pub, or Tavern
- Base Flood
- Base Flood Elevation (BFE)
- Base Station
- Bee
- Beekeeper
- Beekeeping
- Beer Garden
- Berm
- Bicycle Parking, Long-Term
- Bicycle Parking, Short-Term
- Billboard
- Blank Wall
- B
- Block Face
- B
- B
- Brewery, Distillery, and Winery
- Buffer or Buffer Area
- Bufferyard
- Building Activation
- Building Coverage
- Building Frontage
- Building Permit
- Build-to
- Build-to-Zone (BTZ)
- Bulk Plane
- Bus or Taxi Depot
- C
- Cafeteria, Providing Service to On-Site Employees
- Caliper
- C
- Campground
- Canopy
- Carnival
- Carport
- Carport, Temporary
- Car Wash
- Catering Establishment
- Cemetery and Crematory
- Certificate of Appropriateness
- Certificate of Compliance
- Certificate of Demolition
- Certificate of Economic Hardship
- Certified Irrigation Designer
- Channelization
- Character-Defining Feature
- Child Care Center or Pre-School
- Child Respite Care Facility
- Church Facilities
- Circus
- Civic
- Clinic, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Dental, Medical Lab, Optometry, or Urgent Care
- CLOMR (Conditional Letter of Map Revision)
- Club or Lodge
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- College or University
- Collocation
- Colony
- Colorado State Register of Historic Places
- Colorado Water Conservation Board
- Commercial Parking Lot
- Common Open Space
- Community
- Community Development
- Community Garden
- Community or Neighborhood Center
- Compatibility, Architectural
- Compatible
- Compost
- Comprehensive Rezoning
- Comprehensive Plan
- Concealment
- Conceptual Plan
- Concrete Batch Plant
- Condominium
- Contiguous
- Contributing Building
- Contributing Property
- Convenience Store
- C
- Cottage Court Community
- Cottage Food Operation
- Cottage Food Operator
- Cottage Food Products
- Courtyard
- Critical Facility
- Critical Root Zone (CRZ)
- D
- D
- Data Center
- Deciduous
- Deconstruction
- Demolition
- Demolition by Neglect
- Density
- Design Guidelines
- Designated Historic Buildings or Structures and Districts
- Detached
- Deterioration
- Determination of Historic Eligibility
- Development
- Development (Floodplain)
- Director
- Disability
- Distillery
- Distribution/ Logistics Center
- Double-Track Driveway
- Drip Line
- Drive-Through
- Driveway
- Drug Store
- D
- Dry Cleaning Store or Laundromat
- Dry Cleaning, Commercial Operations
- D
- Dwelling Unit
- Dwelling, Multiplex
- D
- Dwelling, Single-Family Attached / Duplex
- Dwelling, Single-Family Detached
- E
- Electric Distribution
- Electric Transmission
- Electric vehicle
- Electric Vehicle Charging Station
- Elementary/Secondary School
- Elevated Building
- Elevation
- Eligible Facilities Request
- Eligible Support Structure
- Emergency Lighting
- Entertainment, Indoor
- E
- Equestrian Facility
- Equipment and Machinery Sales and Rental, Minor
- Equivalent Effective Conveyance
- Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- Existing Tower, Alternative Tower Structure, or Base Station means a constructed tower or base station that was reviewed, approved, and lawfully constructed in accordance with all requirements of applicable law as of the time it was built, for example, a tower that exists as a legal, non-conforming use and was lawfully constructed is existing for purposes of this definition.
- Expansion of Existing Manufactured Home Park
- Evergreen
- F
- Fabrication
- Façade
- Façade, Pedestrian-Friendly
- Fairgrounds
- Family Child Care Home
- F
- Federal Register
- FEMA
- Fence
- Fenestration
- Final Grade
- Final Plat
- Fixture
- Flag Lot
- Flea Market
- F
- Flood Fringe
- Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
- Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
- Flood or Flooding
- Flood Profile
- Floodplain Administrator (Administrator)
- Floodplain Development Permit
- Floodplain Management
- Floodplain Management Regulations
- Floodplain or Floodprone Area
- Floodproofing
- Floodway (Regulatory Floodway)
- Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
- F
- Floor-to-Floor Height
- F
- Focal Point
- Food Delivery
- Food Market
- Food Truck
- Foot-Candle
- Foster Care Home
- Foster Family Care Home
- Freeboard
- Frontage Type, Build-To
- Frontage Type, Drive-Through
- Frontage Type, Green
- Frontage Type, Parking Court
- Frontage Type, Shopfront
- Frontage Type, Stoop
- Frontage Type, Yard
- Fuel Sales (Retail)
- Fully-Shielded Light Fixture
- Funeral Home and Services
- Furniture Store
- G
- H
- Hardscape
- Hardscaping
- Hardware Store
- Health and Fitness Club
- Height
- Highest Adjacent Grade
- High-Water-Use Turf
- Historic Designation
- Historic District
- Historic Landmark
- Historic Property
- Historical Preservation Commission
- Historic Significance
- Historic Structure
- Historic Tree
- Hive
- Home Childcare
- Home Furnishing Store
- Home Improvement Center (with garden center)
- Home Occupation
- Hospice Center
- Hospital
- Household Living
- Hotel or Motel
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- Lamp
- Landmark
- Landscaping
- Landscape Grading Plan
- Landscape Maintenance
- Landscape Plan
- Land Use
- Library or Museum
- Licensed Architect
- Licensed Landscape Architect
- Licensed Professional Engineer
- Light Industrial Uses
- Light Pollution
- Light Trespass
- Liquor Store (package liquor)
- Littleton Historic Register
- Livestock
- Live-Work
- Living Facility, Assisted
- Living Facility, Independent
- Living Landscape Materials
- Loading Space
- LOMR (Letter of Map Revision)
- LOMR-F (Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill)
- Lot
- Lot, Double Frontage
- Lot Consolidation
- Lot Improvement
- Lot Line, Corner
- Lot Line, Front
- Lot Line, Rear
- Lot Line, Side
- Lot of Record
- Lot Width
- Low Impact Development
- Lowest Floor
- Low-Water-Use Plants
- Lumber Yard
- Lumen
- Luminaire
- M
- Maintenance
- Major Nonconformity Use
- Manufactured Home
- Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- Manufacturing
- Massing
- Master Development Plan
- Medical Facilities
- Medical or Dental Laboratory
- Microbrewery, Microdistillery, or Microwinery
- Micro-Manufacturing
- Mile High Flood District
- Minor Nonconforming Use
- Minor Plat
- Mitigate
- Mixed-Use
- Mixed-Use Building
- Mobile Food Vending
- Model Home
- Monopole
- Monument
- Movie or Other Theater
- Multi-Family Dwelling
- Mural
- N
- National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
- National Register of Historic Places
- Native Plant
- Negative Adverse Impact
- Net Floor Area
- New Construction (Floodplain)
- New Manufactured Home Park (Floodplain)
- Nit
- Nonconforming Structure
- Nonconforming Use
- Non-Contributing Property
- Nonliving Landscape Materials
- Non-Primary Short-Term Rental
- No-Rise Certification
- Nursery or Garden Center
- Nursing Home/Congregate Housing
- O
- P
- P
- Parcel Services
- Park
- Park or Playground
- Parking as a Principal Use
- Parking, Free-Standing
- P
- P
- Parking Space, Off-Street
- Parking Structure
- Parking, Tuck-Under
- Parkway
- Passageway
- P
- Pedestrian-Oriented
- Pedestrian Street
- Perennial
- Period of Significance
- Permitted Use
- Personal Services
- Pervious
- Pets, Household
- Pet Store
- Pharmacy
- Planned Development
- Planning Commission
- Plant Community
- Plant Materials
- P
- P
- Porch
- Postal Service
- Practical Turf Areas
- Preliminary Plat
- Preliminary Project Plan
- Preservation
- Primary Material
- Primary/Secondary Street
- Primary Short-Term Rental
- Principal Structure
- Principal Use
- Printing and Publishing
- Private Elementary/Secondary School
- Private Trade or Vocational School
- Property Owner
- Public Art
- Public Assembly Facility
- Public Realm
- Public Safety Center (police, fire, EMS)
- Public Transit
- Public Works Director
- Public Works Facility
- Q
- R
- R
- Rain/Xeriscaped Gardens
- Reconstruction
- Recovery Residence
- Recreation Center/Clubhouse
- Recreational Vehicle
- Recreational Vehicle Park
- Recycling Collection
- Recycling Collection Facility
- Redevelopment
- Rehabilitation
- Related Accessory Equipment
- Relocation
- Repair-Oriented Uses
- Replat
- Research and Testing Laboratory
- Residential Accessory Uses
- Responsible Charge
- Restaurant
- Restaurant, Dine-in
- Restaurant, Drive-in or Drive-Through
- Restoration
- Retail Marijuana Cultivation Facility
- Retail Marijuana Product Manufacturing Facility
- Retail Repair, Sales, and Service
- Retail Sales
- Retaining Wall
- Rezone
- Robbing
- Roof Pitch
- Rooming/Boarding House
- S
- Sales-Oriented Uses
- Scenic View
- S
- Screen
- SDDTC (Storm Drainage Design and Technical Criteria)
- Searchlight
- Seasonal/Holiday Lighting
- Secondary Material
- Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties
- Self-Service Storage
- Sensitive Edge
- Service-Oriented Uses
- Setback
- Shade Tree
- Shooting Range (indoor)
- S
- Shopping Center
- Short-Term Primary Rental
- Shrub
- Sign
- Sign, Awning
- Sign, Blade
- Sign, Changeable Copy
- Sign, Marquee
- Sign, Externally Illuminated
- Sign, Incidental
- Sign, Internally Illuminated
- S
- Sign, Pole
- Sign, Portable
- Sign, Post
- Sign, Projecting
- Sign, Pylon
- Sign, Sidewalk
- Sign, Stake
- Sign, Subdivision Entry
- Sign, Wall
- Sign, Window
- Significant Fill Projects
- Site, Historic
- Sight Triangle
- Site for Towers (and Eligible Support Structures)
- Skateboard or Trampoline Park
- S
- Skating Rink
- Skilled Nursing Facility
- Slot Home
- Small Cell Tower
- Solid State Lighting (SSL)
- S
- S
- Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
- Special Trade Contractor
- Specimen Tree
- Stable, Private and Noncommercial
- Stacking Space
- Start of Construction
- Stepback, Upper Story
- Story
- Story, Half
- Stream
- Stream Buffer
- Street, Primary
- Street, Secondary
- Street Tree
- Streetscape
- Structure
- Structure, Accessory
- Structure, Nonconforming
- Structure, Principal
- Structure, Temporary
- Studio, Commercial
- Subdivision
- Substantial Change
- Substantial Damage
- Substantial Improvement
- Substantial Improvement (Floodplain)
- Substantial Part
- Sunset Provision
- Swimming Pool (Public)
- T
- Tattoo Parlor and Body Art Studio
- Telecommunication Exchange
- Temporary Sign
- Temporary Structure
- Temporary Use
- Tennis or Racquetball Facility
- Terrace
- Texas Hybrid Bluegrass
- Tiny Home Community
- Topsoil
- Tower
- Townhome
- Tract
- Trade and Vocational School
- Transit System Facility
- Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
- Transmission Equipment
- Transparency
- Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Strategies
- Tree
- Tree Canopy
- Tree Grates
- Tree, Historic
- Tree-Lawn
- Tree, Specimen
- Truck Stop
- Turf, Functional
- Turf, Nonfunctional
- Turf/Turfgrass
- T
- TV or Radio Studio
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- OTHER
- A
- Section 10-12-2.1 General Definitions