Marathon City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 100
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- ARTICLE 100-1 GENERAL
- Sec 100.00 Title
- Sec 100.01 Authority
- Sec 100.02 Purpose And Intent
- Sec 100.03 Applicability
- Sec 100.04 Generally
- Sec 100.05 Consistency With Comprehensive Plan
- Sec 100.06 Interpretation And Administration
- Sec 100.07 Minimum Or Maximum Requirements
- Sec 100.08 Conflicting Language Or Provisions
- Sec 100.09 Other Regulatory Authority
- Sec 100.10 Deed Restrictions
- Sec 100.11 Severability
- Sec 100.12 Repealer
- ARTICLE 100-2 OFFICIAL ZONING MAP AND ZONING DISTRICTS
- 2014-21
- 2021-16
CHAPTER 101
ADMINISTRATIVE MECHANISMS
CHAPTER 102
DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION REVIEW PROCEDURES
Sections
- ARTICLE 102-1 APPLICABILITY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE 102-2 COMMON DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION ELEMENTS
- ARTICLE 102-3 PRELIMINARY PROCEDURES FOR ALL APPLICATIONS
- ARTICLE 102-4 NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HEARINGS
- ARTICLE 102-5 TIME LIMITATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT ORDERS
- ARTICLE 102-6 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
- Sec 102.14 Amendments Generally
- Sec 102.15 Types Of Comprehensive Plan Amendments
- Sec 102.16 Concept Meeting
- Sec 102.17 Public Notice Requirements
- Sec 102.18 Processing Of Applications
- Sec 102.19 Standards For Review
- Sec 102.20 State Coordinated Review Process
- Sec 102.21 Determination Of Completeness
- Sec 102.22 Review Of Applications
- ARTICLE 102-7 LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION TEXT AMENDMENTS
- ARTICLE 102-8 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
- Sec 102.29 Intent And Purpose
- Sec 102.30 Development Agreements Supplemental
- Sec 102.31 Criteria For Approval
- Sec 103.32 Procedure For Consideration And Approval
- Sec 103.33 Extension Of Development Agreement
- Sec 103.34 Amendment Or Cancellation Of Development Agreement
- Sec 103.35 Compliance With Development Agreement; Enforcement
- ARTICLE 102-9 SITE PLAN REVIEW
- Sec 102.36 Applicability
- Sec 102.37 Concept Meeting
- Sec 102.38 Public Notice Required
- Sec 102.39 Preliminary Site Plan Review Process
- Sec 102.40 Final Site Plan Review Process
- Sec 102.41 Site Plans To Be Platted
- Sec 102.42 Default Expiration
- Sec 102.43 Activities Requiring Administrative Development Approval
- ARTICLE 102-10 SUBDIVISION OF LAND/PLATS AND RE-PLATS
- Sec 102.44 Purpose
- Sec 102.45 General Construction
- Sec 102.46 Simple Subdivision
- Sec 102.47 Minor And Major Subdivision
- Sec 102.48 Minor Subdivision Improvement Requirements
- Sec 102.49 Major Subdivision Improvement Requirements
- Sec 102.50 Construction Guarantee Amount
- Sec 102.51 Forms Of Guarantee
- Sec 102.52 Other Guarantee Considerations
- Sec 102.53 Final Plat Or Re-Plat
- Sec 102.54 Vacation And Annulment Of Plats Subdividing Land
- ARTICLE 102-11 REZONING
- Sec 102.57 Applicability
- Sec 102.58 Initiation Of Rezoning
- Sec 102.59 Concept Meeting
- Sec 102.60 Required Public Notice
- Sec 102.61 Application Requirements
- Sec 102.62 Review By The Planning Commission
- Sec 102.63 Action By The Council
- Sec 102.64 Review Criteria And Standards For Rezoning Applications
- Sec 102.65 Limitations On Rezoning Applications
- Sec 102.66 Conditions For Approval
- ARTICLE 102-12 (RESERVED)
- ARTICLE 102-13 CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
- Sec 102.71 Purpose And Intent
- Sec 102.72 Approval Required
- Sec 102.73 Concept Meeting
- Sec 102.74 Application Requirements
- Sec 102.75 Review And Approval Process
- Sec 102.76 Action By The Council
- Sec 102.77 Criteria For Approval
- Sec 102.78 Conditions And Safeguards
- Sec 102.79 Minor And Major Amendments To Existing Conditional Use Permits
- Sec 102.80 Appeal
- ARTICLE 102-14 BUILDING PERMITS
- ARTICLE 102-15 TEMPORARY PLACEMENT PERMITS
- ARTICLE 102-16 TEMPORARY USE PERMITS
- ARTICLE 102-17 APPEALS
- ARTICLE 102-18 BENEFICIAL USE DETERMINATIONS
- ARTICLE 102-19 VESTED RIGHTS DETERMINATIONS
- Sec 102.105 Purpose And Intent
- Sec 102.106 Application
- Sec 102.107 Review By Department And City Attorney
- Sec 102.108 Review And Determination By Hearing Officer
- Sec 102.109 Appeal To Council
- Sec 102.110 Final Determination
- Sec 102.111 Standards And Criteria For Vested Rights
- Sec 102.112 Waiver Of Time Limits
- ARTICLE 102-20 VARIANCE
- Sec 102.113 Purpose And Intent
- Sec 102.114 Requirements For Application
- Sec 102.115 Review And Approval Procedures
- Sec 102.116 Time Period For Hearing And Action
- Sec 102.117 Effective Date Of Action
- Sec 102.118 Notice Of Property Owners
- Sec 102.119 Compliance With Noticing Requirements
- Sec 102.120 Approval Standard
- Sec 102.121 One Year Wait On Denials
- Sec 102.122 Modification Of A Variance
- Sec 102.123 Expiration
- Sec 102.124 Revocation
- Sec 102.125 City Council Action
- Sec 102.126 Administrative Variance
- ARTICLE 102-21 QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS
- Sec 102.127 Intent
- Sec 102.128 Applicability
- Sec 102.129 Ex-Parte Communication
- Sec 102.130 General Procedures
- Sec 102.131 Hearing Procedures
- Sec 102.132 Rules Of Evidence
- Sec 102.133 Final Decision By Council Or PC
- Sec 102.134 Record
- Sec 102.135 Continuances And Deferrals
- Sec 102.136 Supplementing The Record
- Sec 102.137 Appeals
- ARTICLE 102-22 INTERPRETATION OF REGULATIONS
- ARTICLE 102-23 VERIFICATION OF BUILDING RIGHTS
- ARTICLE 102-24 MARINA OPERATING PERMIT
- 2015-02
- 2021-22
- 2017-02
- 2022-25
- 2014-10
- 2019-14
- 2023-04
- 2019-01
- 2014-09
- 2022-10
- 2021-16
- 2022-20
- 2015-10
CHAPTER 103
ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- ARTICLE 103-1 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS
- ARTICLE 103-2 DESCRIPTION OF ZONING DISTRICTS
- ARTICLE 103-3 USE AND INTENSITY TABLES
- ARTICLE 103-4 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE ZONING DISTRICTS
- Sec 103.16 Occupational Licenses
- Sec 103.17 Animals
- Sec 103.18 Abandoned Vehicles
- Sec 103.19 Abandoned Watercraft
- Sec 103.20 Storage Of Flammable Liquids
- Sec 103.21 Aviation Hazards
- Sec 103.22 Parking Of Travel Trailers, Trailers And Trucks In Residential Districts
- Sec 103.23 Redevelopment Of Tourist/Resort/Campground Facilities
- 2009-15
- 2009-11
- 2010-15
- 2014-08
- 2014-10
- 2014-19
- 2015-02
- 2017-04
- 2017-07
- 2018-04
- 2019-01
- 2019-09
- 2019-14
- 2020-02
- 2022-09
- 2023-14
- 2024-05
CHAPTER 104
SPECIFIC USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- ARTICLE 104-1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Sec 104.00 Purpose And Intent
- Sec 104.01 Levels Of Review For Uses
- [Sec 104.02] Adult Day Care
- Sec 104.02.1 Affordable--Early Evacuation Residential Unit
- [Sec 104.03] Affordable Housing
- [Sec 104.04] Airport
- [Sec 104.05] Alcohol Beverage
- [Sec 104.06] Bar, Taverns And Night Clubs
- [Sec 104.07] Boat Ramps
- [Sec 104.08] Boat/Ship Storage/Dockage
- [Sec 104.09] Boat Repair/Boat Yard
- [Sec 104.10] Broadcasting Or Communications Tower
- [Sec 104.11] Campground
- [Sec 104.12] Child Care Centers
- [Sec 104.13] Community Workforce Housing Unit
- [Sec 104.13.1] Construction And Demolition Debris Transfer Facility
- [Sec 104.14] Convenience Store
- [Sec 104.15] Dormitory
- [Sec 104.16] Equipment Rental With Outdoor Storage
- [Sec 104.17] Financial Services
- [Sec 104.18] Fuel Sales
- [Sec 104.19] Funeral Homes
- [Sec 104.20] Group Home
- [Sec 104.21] Hazardous Waste--Small Generator
- [Sec 104.22] Helicopter Landing Pads
- [Sec 104.23] Home Occupations
- [Sec 104.24] Hospital Or Emergency Clinic
- [Sec 104.25] Hotels Or Motels
- [Sec 104.26] Incidental Food Sales
- [Sec 104.27] Junk, Salvage Or Recycled Metal Yard
- [Sec 104.28] Live-Aboard Vessel
- [Sec 104.29] Manufacturing
- [Sec 104.30] Marina
- [Sec 104.31] Massage Therapist
- [Sec 104.32] Media Sales And Rental
- [Sec 104.33] Medical And Dental Clinic
- Sec 104.33.1 Medical Marijuana Dispensing Facility
- [Sec 104.34] Mobile Home, Individual--New Or Replacement
- [Sec 104.35] Mobile Home Park
- [Sec 104.36] Model Home
- [Sec 104.37] Multi-Family Dwellings
- [Sec 104.38] Multi-Tenant Retail
- [Sec 104.39] Museum
- [Sec 104.40] Nursing Home
- [Sec 104.41] Outdoor Display
- [Sec 104.42] Outdoor Storage
- [Sec 104.43] Paint And Body Shop Service
- [Sec 104.44] Parks And Recreational Facilities
- [Sec 104.45] Pharmacy
- [Sec 104.46] Place Of Worship
- [Sec 104.47] Public Or Private Educational Facility
- [Sec 104.48] Residential Dwelling Units
- [Sec 104.49] Restaurant With Drive-Through
- [Sec 104.50] Seafood Processing And Packaging
- [Sec 104.51] Sexually Oriented Business
- [Sec 104.51.1] Single-Family Dwellings (7 Bedrooms Or More)
- [Sec 104.52] Small Animal Shelter Or Animal Day Care
- [Sec 104.52.1] Sport Shooting And Training Ranges (Shooting Range)
- [Sec 104.53] Storage Facility, Self-Service
- [Sec 104.54] Storage Yard (Outdoor)
- [Sec 104.55] Temporary Placement
- [Sec 104.56] Temporary Use
- [Sec 104.57] Utilities--Major
- [Sec 104.58] Utilities--Minor
- [Sec 104.59] (Reserved)
- [Sec 104.60] Vehicle/Vessel Repair Service
- [Sec 104.61] Vehicle And Vessels Sales
- Sec 104.62 Mobile Vendor Food Units
- [Sec 104.63] Veterinary Clinic Or Hospital
- [Sec 104.64] Waterfront Walkways And Docks
- [Sec 104.65] Submerged Mooring Facilities
- [Sec 104.66] Wireless Services Facilities ("WSFs")
- 2018-10
- 2014-23
- 2014-08
- 2009-13
- 2012-07
- 2023-15
- 2017-07
- 2019-14
- 2022-11
- 2014-19
- 2019-01
- 2012-01
- 2018-02
- 2021-13
- 2021-21
- 2023-02
- 2024-07
CHAPTER 105
DESIGN DISTRICT GUIDELINES
Sections
- ARTICLE 105-1 OLD TOWN DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 105-2 BUILDING PLACEMENT AND DESIGN
- ARTICLE 105-3 PARKING, ACCESS AND CIRCULATION
CHAPTER 106
NATURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES PROTECTION
Sections
- ARTICLE 106-1 GENERAL
- ARTICLE 106-2 TREES AND NATIVE VEGETATION
- ARTICLE 106-3 NATURAL PLANT AND WILDLIFE HABITAT
- Sec 106.13 Purpose
- Sec 106.14 Applicability
- Sec 106.15 Habitat Connectivity Preservation
- Sec 106.16 Clustering
- Sec 106.17 Identification
- Sec 106.18 Habitat Analysis
- Sec 106.19 Onsite Protection
- Sec 106.20 Alternatives To Onsite Habitat Protection
- Sec 106.21 Management Plan
- Sec 106.22 Intergovernmental Coordination
- Sec 106.23 Limit To Other Regulatory Authority
- Sec 106.24 Violations
- ARTICLE 106-4 OPEN WATER, SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS
- Sec 106.25 Purpose
- Sec 106.26 Applicability
- Sec 106.27 Jurisdiction And Delineation
- Sec 106.28 Water Resource And Wetland Buffers
- Sec 106.29 General Approval Criteria
- Sec 106.30 Permanent Protection
- Sec 106.31 Mitigation And Monitoring Plan
- Sec 106.32 When To Evaluate Mitigation Proposals
- Sec 106.33 Standards For Accepting Mitigation Proposals
- Sec 106.34 Corrective Action For Unauthorized Impact
- Sec 106.35 Shoreline Preservation
- Sec 106.36 Criteria For Approval
- Sec 106.37 Beach Renourishment
- Sec 106.38 Allowable Activities
- ARTICLE 106-5 HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND SITES
- ARTICLE 106-6 MINING
- ARTICLE 106-7 ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES
- ARTICLE 106-8 CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT AREAS
- Sec 106.49 Purpose
- Sec 106.50 Size
- Sec 106.51 Site Selection And Design
- Sec 106.52 Location
- Sec 106.53 Permitted Uses
- Sec 106.54 Prohibited Activities
- Sec 106.55 Discharges To Protected Areas
- Sec 106.56 Protection During Construction
- Sec 106.57 Permanent Protection
- Sec 106.58 Management Requirements
- Sec 106.59 Ownership Of Conservation Management Area
- ARTICLE 106-9 MANAGEMENT PLANS
- ARTICLE 106-10 AVOIDANCE, MINIMIZATION, MITIGATION AND MONITORING
- 2016-05
- 2011-04
- 2022-08
CHAPTER 107
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- ARTICLE 107-1 BUILDING PERMIT ALLOCATION SYSTEM (BPAS)
- Sec 107.01 Administration
- Sec 107.02 Numerical Limits Of Allocation
- Sec 107.03 Establishment Of Allocation Equivalency Factor
- Sec 107.04 Establishment Of Allocation Pools
- Sec 107.05 General Provisions
- Sec 107.06 Limitations
- Sec 107.07 Applications
- Sec 107.08 Allocation Waiting List
- Sec 107.09 BPAS Scoring System
- Sec 107.10 Borrowing And Banking Of Allocations
- Sec 107.11 Transitional Provision
- Sec 107.12 Appeal
- ARTICLE 107-2 TRANSFER OF BUILDING RIGHTS
- ARTICLE 107-3 TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
- ARTICLE 107-4 DENSITY BONUS
- Sec 107.23 Purpose And Intent
- Sec 107.24 Eligibility For Density Bonus And Incentives
- Sec 107.25 Concept Meeting Required
- Sec 107.26 Bonus And Incentives
- Sec 107.27 Limitation Imposed By Development Agreement Or Other Restrictions
- Sec 107.28 Term Of Affordability
- Sec 107.29 Affordability
- Sec 107.30 Design Of Affordable Units
- Sec 107.31 Expiration
- ARTICLE 107-5 SETBACKS AND HEIGHT
- Sec 107.32 Principal Building On Lot
- Sec 107.33 Permitted Building Area
- Sec 107.34 Setback Encroachment Prohibited
- Sec 107.35 Measurement And Allowable Projections
- Sec 107.36 Exception To Setback
- Sec 107.37 Fences
- Sec 107.38 Retaining Walls
- Sec 107.39 Trash Facilities
- Sec 107.40 Maximum Height
- Sec 107.41 Height--Exceptions To Limits
- Sec 107.42 Flag Poles
- Sec 107.43 No Obstruction To Vision For Traffic Safety
- ARTICLE 107-6 PARKING, LOADING AND STACKING
- Sec 107.44 Purpose
- Sec 107.45 Applicability
- Sec 107.46 Parking Schedule
- Sec 107.47 Mixed-Use Development Parking Requirements
- Sec 107.48 Bicycle Parking
- Sec 107.49 Signage And Marking
- Sec 107.50 Shared Parking
- Sec 107.51 Parking Reductions Or Increases
- Sec 107.52 Parking Area Design Standards
- Sec 107.53 Location Of Off-Street Parking
- Sec 107.54 Outdoor Lighting
- Sec 107.55 Off-Street Parking Landscape Requirements
- Sec 107.56 Off-Street Loading Requirements
- Sec 107.57 Off-Street Stacking Requirements
- ARTICLE 107-7 SIGNS
- Sec 107.58 Purpose And Intent
- Sec 107.59 Definitions
- Sec 107.60 Applicability
- Sec 107.61 Prohibited Signs
- Sec 107.62 Sign Permits
- Sec 107.621 General Provisions For Signs
- Sec 107.622 Temporary Signs
- Sec 107.623 Permanent Signs
- Sec 107.624 Government Signs
- Sec 107.625 Nonconforming Signs
- Sec 107.626 Penalties
- Sec 107.627 Severability
- ARTICLE 107-8 LANDSCAPING
- Sec 107.63 Purpose And Intent
- Sec 107.64 General Criteria
- Sec 107.65 Site Interior Landscaping
- Sec 107.66 Parking Area Landscaping
- Sec 107.67 Foundation Planting Requirements
- Sec 107.68 Plant Material Specifications And Plant List
- Sec 107.69 Landscape Plans
- Sec 107.70 Landscape Buffer Requirements
- Sec 107.71 Streetscape Treatment Types
- Sec 107.72 Residential Requirements
- Sec 107.73 Alternative Compliance
- ARTICLE 107-9 OPEN SPACE
- Sec 107.73 Purpose
- Sec 107.74 Minimum Open Space Requirement
- Sec 107.75 Primary Open Space Areas
- Sec 107.76 Secondary Open Space Areas
- Sec 107.77 Designation Of Open Space Areas
- Sec 107.78 Requirements For Stormwater Management Areas Used As Open Space
- Sec 107.79 Access To Open Space
- Sec 107.80 Protection And Maintenance Of Open Space Areas
- Sec 107.81 Alternative Compliance
- ARTICLE 107-10 FENCES, WALLS, HEDGES AND SCREENING
- ARTICLE 107-11 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
- Sec 107.87 Purpose And Intent
- Sec 107.88 Standards
- Sec 107.89 Relationship To Project Design
- Sec 107.90 Water Quality Criteria
- Sec 107.91 Erosion And Sedimentation Control
- Sec 107.92 Special Criteria For Systems Within New Residential Subdivisions
- Sec 107.93 Plan Review
- Sec 107.94 Inspections
- Sec 107.95 Maintenance
- Sec 107.96 Enforcement
- Sec 107.97 Article To Be Liberally Construed
- ARTICLE 107-12 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
- Sec 107.98 General
- Sec 107.99 Applicability
- Sec 107.100 Duties And Powers Of The Floodplain Administrator
- Sec 107.101 Permits
- Sec 107.102 Protection Of Endangered Species
- Sec 107.102.1 Site Plans And Construction Documents
- Sec 107.102.2 Inspections
- Sec 107.102.3 Variances And Appeals
- Sec 107.102.4 Violations
- Sec 107.102.5 Buildings And Structures
- Sec 107.102.6 Subdivisions
- Sec 107.102.7 Site Improvements, Utilities And Limitations
- Sec 107.102.8 Manufactured Homes
- Sec 107.102.9 Recreational Vehicles And Park Trailers
- Sec 107.102.10 Tanks
- Sec 107.102.11 Other Development
- ARTICLE 107-13 CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT
- Sec 107.103 Purpose And Intent
- Sec 107.104 Requirements For Concurrency
- Sec 107.105 Information And Methodology
- Sec 107.106 Preliminary Certificate Of Level Of Service Compliance
- Sec 107.107 Concurrency Reservations
- Sec 107.108 Final Certificate Of Level Of Service Compliance
- Sec 107.109 Development Orders Requiring Certificate
- Sec 107.110 Exemptions From Requirement For Certificate
- Sec 107.111 Denial Of Certificate
- Sec 107.112 Appeals
- Sec 107.113 Enforcement
- ARTICLE 107-14 ACCESS MANAGEMENT
- Sec 107.114 Purpose And Intent
- Sec 107.115 Concept Meeting And Traffic Study
- Sec 107.116 Connection Classifications
- Sec 107.117 Permit Required
- Sec 107.118 Filing Of Permit Application
- Sec 107.119 Required Information
- Sec 107.120 Connection Design Requirements
- Sec 107.121 Traffic Control Devices
- Sec 107.122 Expiration Of Permit
- Sec 107.123 Use Of Permitted Access
- Sec 107.124 Variances
- ARTICLE 107-15 OUTDOOR LIGHTING
- 2012-07
- 2009-18
- 2010-12
- 2018-10
- 2024-12
- 2008-29
- 2009-09
- 2010-13
- 2011-08
- 2009-10
- 2009-08
- 2009-07
- 2023-22
- 2023-12
- 2009-12
- 2024-10
- 2019-13
- 2022-02
- 2022-24
- 2023-19
- 2014-014
- 2018-05
- 2021-06
- 2024-08
- 2024-04
CHAPTER 108
NONCONFORMITIES
Sections
- ARTICLE 108-1 GENERAL
- ARTICLE 108-2 NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES
- ARTICLE 108-3 NONCONFORMING USES
- ARTICLE 108-4 NONCONFORMING LOTS
- ARTICLE 108-5 OTHER NONCONFORMITIES
- Sec 108.14 Nonconforming Sexually Oriented Business
- Sec 108.15 Additional Standards For Nonconforming Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Sec 108.16 Motion Picture Arcade Booths
- Sec 108.17 Nonconforming Parking Areas
- Sec 108.18 Nonconforming Signs, Sign Structures And Advertising Structures
- Sec 108.19 Nonconforming Outdoor Storage
- Sec 108.20 Nonconforming Docks And Shoreline Stabilization Structures
- Sec 108.21 Nonconforming Live-Aboard Vessels
- 2018-05
- 2019-09
- 2023-13
CHAPTER 109
VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- ARTICLE 109-1 VIOLATIONS DEFINED
- ARTICLE 109-2 PENALTIES AND REMEDIES
CHAPTER 111
FEES
Sections
- ARTICLE 111-1 GENERAL
- ARTICLE 111-2 IMPACT FEES
- Sec 111.01 Purposes And Intent
- Sec 111.02 General Provisions; Applicability
- Sec 111.03 Procedures For Imposition, Calculation And Collection Of Impact Fees
- Sec 111.04 Establishment Of Impact Fee Accounts; Appropriation Of Impact Fee Funds; Refunds
- Sec 111.05 Appeals
- Sec 111.06 Fair Share Transportation Impact Fee
- Sec 111.07 Fair Share Community Park Impact Fee
- Sec 111.08 Fair Share Conservation Land Acquisition Impact Fee
- Sec 111.09 Fair Share Public Safety Facilities Impact Fee
- ARTICLE 111-3 PLANNING APPLICATION AND REVIEW FEES REQUIRED