Manhattan City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 26
1. Authority, Purpose, Applicability
Sections
- Division 26-1A. General Provisions
- Division 26-1B. Effect of Manhattan Development Code
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2. Zoning Districts and Land Uses
Sections
- Division 26-2A. Establishment of Zoning Districts
- Division 26-2B. Special District Provisions
- Division 26-2C. Residential Districts—Uses and Standards
- Division 26-2D. Commercial and Industrial Districts—Uses and Standards
- Division 26-2E. Limited and Conditional Use Standards
- Sec. 26-2E-1, Purpose
- Sec. 26-2E-2, Applicability
- Sec. 26-2E-3, Residential Limitations
- Sec. 26-2E-4, Residential—Commercial Use of the Home
- Sec. 26-2E-5, Commercial—Automobile and Heavy Equipment Uses
- Sec. 26-2E-6, Commercial—Hospitality Uses
- Sec. 26-2E-7, Commercial—Residential Uses
- Sec. 26-2E-8, Commercial—Retail and Service Uses
- Sec. 26-2E-9, Commercial—Recreation and Amusement Uses
- Sec. 26-2E-10, Commercial & Industrial—Outdoor Storage
- Sec. 26-2E-11, Institutional and Utility Uses
- Sec. 26-2E-12, Wireless Telecommunication Towers & Facilities
- Division 26-2F. Accessory Uses
- Division 26-2G. Temporary Uses
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3. Overlay Districts
Sections
- Division 26-3A. Establishment of Overlay Districts
- Division 26-3B. Overlay District Standards
- Sec. 26-3B-1, Airport Overlay (O-A) District
- Sec. 26-3B-2, Established Neighborhood Overlay District (O-EN)
- Sec. 26-3B-3, Floodway Overlay (O-FW)
- Sec. 26-3B-4, Floodway Fringe Overlay (O-FF)
- Sec. 26-3B-5, Redevelopment Design Overlay District (O-RD)
- Sec. 26-3B-6, Gateway and Eureka Valley Overlay Districts (O-GC and O-EV)
- Sec. 26-3B-7, Manhattan Business Park Overlay District (O-MBP)
- Sec. 26-3B-8, University Fringe Overlay District (O-UF)
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4. Design Standards
Sections
- Division 26-4A. Residential Design Standards
- Sec. 26-4A-1, Established Neighborhood (O-EN) Design Standards
- Sec. 26-4A-2, Manufactured Home Park Design
- Sec. 26-4A-3, Redevelopment Design (O-RD) Design Standards
- Sec. 26-4A-4 [deleted]
- Sec. 26-4A-5, Cottage Villages
- Sec. 26-4A-6, Urban Core Residential (RC) Design
- Sec. 26-4A-7, Multiple-Family Housing Design
- Division 26-4B. Non-Residential Design Standards
- Sec. 26-4B-1, Aggieville Commercial (CA) Design Standards
- Sec. 26-4B-2, Downtown Commercial (CD) Design Standards
- Sec. 26-4B-3, General Commercial Design Standards
- Sec. 26-4B-4, Gateway and Eureka Valley Corridor Overlay Design Standards
- Sec. 26-4B-5, Mixed Use (MX) District Design Standards
- Sec. 26-4B-6, Non-Residential Redevelopment Standards
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5. Subdivision Standards
Sections
- Division 26-5A. Policies, Purposes, and Applicability
- Division 26-5B. Lot, Block, and Open Space Standards
- Division 26-5C. Transportation System Standards
- Sec. 26-5C-1, General Requirements for Streets
- Sec. 26-5C-2, Street Right-of-Way Specifications
- Sec. 26-5C-3, Street Layout and Design
- Sec. 26-5C-4, Pedestrians and Bicycles
- Sec. 26-5C-5, Travel Easements
- Sec. 26-5C-6, Street Names
- Sec. 26-5C-7, Alleys
- Sec. 26-5C-8, Street Stubs
- Sec. 26-5C-9, Cul-de-Sacs
- Sec. 26-5C-10, Access Management
- Sec. 26-5C-11, Intersection Sight Distance
- Division 26-5D. Standards for Public Improvements
- Division 26-5E. Easement Standards
- Division 26-5F. Other Standards
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6. Environmental Standards
Sections
- Division 26-6A. Floodplain Regulations Purpose and General Provisions
- Sec. 26-6A-1, Statutory Authorization
- Sec. 26-6A-2, Findings of Fact
- Sec. 26-6A-3, Purpose
- Sec. 26-6A-4, Applicability
- Sec. 26-6A-5, Establishment of Floodplain Overlay Districts
- Sec. 26-6A-6, Public Hearings Required by Regulatory Agencies
- Sec. 26-6A-7, Use of Other Flood Data
- Sec. 26-6A-8, Warning and Disclaimer of Liability
- Division 26-6B. Floodplain Development Standards
- Sec. 26-6B-1, Development in Community Special Flood Hazard Area
- Sec. 26-6B-2, Standards for Floodplain Development
- Sec. 26-6B-3, Floodway Overlay District (O-FW)
- Sec. 26-6B-4, Floodway Fringe Overlay District (O-FF)
- Sec. 26-6B-5, Floodway Fringe (O-FF) Improvements and Additions
- Sec. 26-6B-6, Elevated Buildings
- Sec. 26-6B-7, Manufactured Homes
- Sec. 26-6B-8, Critical Facilities
- Sec. 26-6B-9, Areas of Shallow Flooding
- Sec. 26-6B-10, Recreational Vehicles
- Sec. 26-6B-11, Compensatory Storage
- Sec. 26-6B-12, Tenant Flood Hazard Notice
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7. Site Development
Sections
- Division 26-7A. General Standards
- Division 26-7B. Parking
- Sec. 26-7B-1, Purpose and Applicability
- Sec. 26-7B-2, Computations
- Sec. 26-7B-3, Off-Street Parking
- Sec. 26-7B-4, Off-Street Bicycle Parking
- Sec. 26-7B-5, Drive-Through Design
- Sec. 26-7B-6, Parking Area Use and Maintenance
- Sec. 26-7B-7, Parking Area Design—General Requirements
- Sec. 26-7B-8, Parking Lot Design
- Sec. 26-7B-9, Parking Design for Single-Family and Two-Family Residential Uses
- Sec. 26-7B-10, Loading Space Design
- Sec. 26-7B-11, Accessible Parking
- Sec. 26-7B-12, Special Studies
- Sec. 26-7B-13, Shared Parking
- Division 26-7C. Landscaping, Screening, and Buffering
- Division 26-7D. Signs
- Sec. 26-7D-1, Purpose and Applicability
- Sec. 26-7D-2, Enforcement
- Sec. 26-7D-3, Maintenance, Repair, Removal, and Abandonment
- Sec. 26-7D-4, Nonconforming Signs
- Sec. 26-7D-5, Measurement Standards
- Sec. 26-7D-6, General Provisions
- Sec. 26-7D-7, Standards for Specific Sign Types
- Sec. 26-7D-8, Prohibited Signs
- Sec. 26-7D-9 [deleted]
- Sec. 26-7D-10, Signs in the RL and RL-A Districts
- Sec. 26-7D-11, Signs in the RM District
- Sec. 26-7D-12, Signs in the RH District
- Sec. 26-7D-13, Signs in the RC District
- Sec. 26-7D-14, Signs for Institutional and Conditional Uses in Residential Districts
- Sec. 26-7D-15, Signs in the PI-1 and PI-2 Districts
- Sec. 26-7D-16, Signs in the BC District
- Sec. 26-7D-17, Signs in the CN District
- Sec. 26-7D-18, Signs in the CA District
- Sec. 26-7D-19, Signs in the CD District
- Sec. 26-7D-20, [deleted]
- Sec. 26-7D-21, Signs in the CC, MX, and ICS Districts
- Sec. 26-7D-22, Signs in the BP and IL Districts
- Sec. 26-7D-23, Signs in the IG District
- Sec. 26-7D-24, Signs in a PUD District
- Sec. 26-7D-25, Signs in the UC District
- Sec. 26-7D-26, Off-Premise Advertising Signs
- Division 26-7E. Outdoor Lighting
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8. Procedures and Administration
Sections
- Division 26-8A. Administration
- Division 26-8B. General Procedures
- Division 26-8C. Application Review
- Division 26-8D. Other Procedures
- Division 26-8E. Nonconformities
- Sec. 26-8E-1, Purpose, Policy, and Applicability
- Sec. 26-8E-2, Determination of Nonconforming Status
- Sec. 26-8E-3, Nonconforming Uses
- Sec. 26-8E-4, Nonconforming Structures
- Sec. 26-8E-5, Nonconforming Signs
- Sec. 26-8E-6, Nonconforming Lots
- Sec. 26-8E-7, Nonconforming Site Development
- Sec. 26-8E-8, Nonconformities Created by Public Acquisition
- Sec. 26-8E-9, Discontinuance
- Division 26-8F. Enforcement
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9. Land Development Review
Sections
- Division 26-9A. Organization and Purpose
- Division 26-9B. Growth Management
- Division 26-9C. Land Division
- Division 26-9D. Site Development
- Sec. 26-9D-1. Residential Master-Planned Development
- Sec. 26-9D-2, Planned Unit Development
- Sec. 26-9D-3, Site Development Plan
- Sec. 26-9D-4, Municipal Facility Review
- Sec. 26-9D-5, Historic Review
- Sec. 26-9D-6, Administrative Permits
- Sec. 26-9D-7, Conditional Use
- Sec. 26-9D-8, Conditional Use for Registered Nonconformity
- Division 26-9E. Adjustment
- Division 26-9F. Appeal
- Division 26-9G. Amendment
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10. Definitions
Sections
- Division 26-10A. Rules of Construction; Acronyms
- Division 26-10B. Measurements
- Sec. 26-10B-1, [deleted]
- Sec. 26-10B-2, Lot Line
- Sec. 26-10B-3, Lot Area
- Sec. 26-10B-4, Lot Frontage
- Sec. 26-10B-5, Lot Depth & Width
- Sec. 26-10B-6, Building Coverage
- Sec. 26-10B-7, Setbacks and Build-To
- Sec. 26-10B-8, Yard
- Sec. 26-10B-9, Block
- Sec. 26-10B-10, Density
- Sec. 26-10B-11, Rounding Fractional Results
- Sec. 26-10B-12, Height
- Sec. 26-10B-13, Distance
- Sec. 26-10B-14, Landscaped Area
- Sec. 26-10B-15, Façade Area
- Sec. 26-10B-16, Gross Floor Area
- Division 26-10C. Definitions—General
- A
- Abandonment
- Abut
- A
- Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)
- Accessory Structure
- Accessory Use
- Adjacent
- Administrative Permit
- Adult Business
- Adult Day Care
- Adult Home Care
- Agricultural Product Sales and Service
- Alley
- Amphitheater or Outdoor Performance Venue
- Annexation
- Animal Boarding, Grooming, Hospital, Kennel or Shelter
- A
- A
- Applicant
- Application
- Architectural Features
- Area
- Arena, Stadium, or Arts Theater, Indoor
- A
- Automated Teller Machine
- Automobile and Motorcycle Parts and Accessories
- Automobile and Motorcycle Repair, Light
- Automobile and Other Vehicle Sales, Rental, and Service
- Automobile and Vehicle Wash
- Automobile Repair, Heavy
- B
- Balcony
- Bank or Credit Union
- Bar
- Batch Plant
- Bed and Breakfast Home
- Bed and Breakfast Inn
- Benefit District
- Beverage kiosk
- Bicycle Lane
- Bicycle Parking Room
- Bicycle Route
- Bicycle Parking Space
- Block
- Block Front
- Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA)
- B
- Broadcast Studio
- Bufferyard
- Buildable Area
- Building
- Building Envelope
- Building Permit
- Principal Building
- B
- C
- Catering/Commercial Kitchen
- Campground
- Capital Improvements Program (CIP)
- C
- Certificate of Occupancy
- C
- Child care home
- Cluster Development
- C
- Commercial Amusement, Indoor
- Commercial Amusement, Outdoor
- Common Entrance
- Community Center
- Community Garden
- Comprehensive Plan
- Condominium
- Conference and Convention Center
- Construction
- Construction Services
- Contiguous
- Convenience Store
- Convenience Store with Fueling
- Correctional placement residence
- Cottage Home
- County
- Courtyard
- Covenant
- Restrictive Covenant
- Craft Production
- Crisis center
- Cross Access
- Cultural Facility
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- K
- L
- M
- Manhattan Urban Area
- Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board
- Manufactured Home
- Manufactured Home, HUD-Code
- Manufactured Home and Recreational Vehicle Sales
- Manufactured Home Park
- Manufacturing and Fabrication, General
- Manufacturing and Fabrication, Heavy
- M
- Mid-Rise
- Mixed Use
- Mobile Home
- Model Home/On-Site Residential Sales Office
- Modular Home
- Monument
- Multiple-Family Residence
- Municipality
- N
- O
- P
- Parent parcel
- Park and Recreation Facility
- Parking Lot
- Parking, Off-Street
- Parking Structure
- Parking, Tandem
- Parking, Tuck-under
- Partition
- Patio Home
- Personal Instruction
- P
- Personal Wireless Telecommunication Services
- P
- Plat
- Portable Storage Container
- Post Office
- Power Plant
- Private Club
- Product Assembly
- Plaza
- Primary Façade
- Principal Building
- Principal Use
- Property Owners Association (POA)
- Public Safety Facility (Police/Fire/EMS)
- Public Works Facility
- R
- S
- Sales Lot
- Salvage Yard
- School
- Screening
- S
- Security Guard or Night Watchman Residence
- Setback
- Shooting or Archery Range
- Shopping Center
- Short-Term Rental (STR)
- Sidewalk
- Sight Distance
- Single-Family Dwelling
- Single-Family Residence, Attached
- S
- Site Plan
- Social Service
- Solar Array
- Spill-Out Zone
- Stacking Space
- Standard Development
- State
- Stone
- S
- Storage, Hazardous Materials or Substances
- Storage, Indoor
- Storage, Outdoor
- Stormwater conveyance system
- Stormwater management facility
- Street
- Street-Facing Façade
- Street Furnishing
- Structure
- Studio or Gallery
- Subdivision
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- A
- Division 26-10D. Definitions—Flood Regulations
- Community Base Flood Elevation
- Community Special Flood Hazard Area
- CSFHA
- Compensatory Storage
- Critical Facility
- Development
- Dry Floodproofing
- Dryland Access
- Elevated Building
- Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- Expansion to an Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- FEMA
- FEMA Base Flood
- FEMA Base Flood Elevation
- FEMA Flood Fringe
- FEMA Floodway
- FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area
- FEMA SFHA
- Flood Frequenc
- Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM
- Flood Insurance Study
- Flood Protection Elevation
- Flood-Resistant Materials
- Flooding
- Floodplain
- Floodplain Administrator
- Floodplain Development Permit
- Floodplain Regulations
- Floodproofing
- Freeboard
- Future Conditions Base Flood
- Future Base Flood Elevation
- Highest Adjacent Grade
- Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA)
- Letter of Map Revision (LOMR)
- Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (LOMR-F)
- Levee
- Lowest Floor
- Mean Sea Level
- National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
- New Construction
- New Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- Non-Riverine Regulatory Floodplain
- Obstruction
- Reach
- Reasonably Safe From Flooding
- Recreational Vehicle
- Riverine Regulatory Floodplain
- Start of Construction
- Substantial Damage
- Substantial Improvement
- Violation
- Water Bodies
- Water Surface Elevation
- Watercourse
- Wet Floodproofing
- Zone A
- Zone AE
- Zone AH
- Zone AO
- Zone X
- Zone X (Future Base Flood)
- Zone X Protected by Levee
- Division 26-10E. Definitions—Historic Preservation
- Division 26-10F. Definitions—Airport Overlay
- Airport
- Airport Hazard
- Airport Elevation
- Airport Noise Exposure Zone
- Approach Surface
- Approach Zone
- Conical Surface
- Conical Zone
- Hazard to Air Navigation
- Height
- Horizontal Surface
- Horizontal Zone
- Primary Surface
- Runway
- Larger-Than-Utility Runway
- Non-Precision Instrument Runway
- Utility Runway
- Visual Runway
- Runway Larger Than Utility With A Visibility Minimum Greater Than 3/4 Mile Non-Precision Instrument Approach Zone
- Precision Instrument Runway Approach Zone
- Utility Runway Non-Precision Instrument Approach Zone
- Runway Larger Than Utility Visual Approach Zone
- Utility Runway Visual Approach Zone
- Transitional Surfaces
- Transitional Zone
- Transitional Zones
- Tree
- Division 26-10G. Definitions—Signs
- Art
- Awning and Canopy Sign
- Commercial Sign
- D
- Digital Graphic Sign
- Governmental Sign
- Halo Lit Signs and Reverse Channel Lit Signs
- Illuminated Sign
- Island Canopy Sign
- Marquee Sign
- Monument Sign
- Moving Sign
- Off-Premise Sign.
- Pedestrian Sign
- P
- Political Sign
- Portable Sign
- Projecting Sign
- Pylon Sign
- Reverse Channel Lit Signs
- Roof Sign.
- Sidewalk Sign.
- Sign
- Snipe Sign
- Spanner Board Sign
- Street Banner Sign
- Subdivision Entry Sign
- Tablet Sign
- Temporary Sign
- Tri-Vision Sign
- Wall Sign
- Window Sign
- Division 26-10H. Definitions—Wireless Telecommunications
- Antenna
- Antenna, Amateur Radio
- Antenna Support Structure
- Collocation
- Fall Zone
- Guyed Tower
- Lattice Tower
- Monopole
- Pre-Existing Structure
- Provider
- Stealth
- Stealth Monopole
- Telecommunication Act
- Wireless Telecommunication Facility
- Telecommunication Structure
- Wireless Communication Facility Modification
- Wireless Telecommunication Tower
- Tower