Meridian City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 1
- GENERAL REGULATIONS
Sections
- 11-1-1.- Title.
- 11-1-2. - Purpose.
- 11-1-3. - Scope and content.
- 11-1-4. - Applicability.
- 11-1-5. - Interpretation.
- 11-1-6. - Errors in legal descriptions of property.
- 11-1-7. - References.
- 11-1-8. - Preservation of private property rights.
- 11-1-9. - Saving clause.
- 11-1-10. - Violations.
- 11-1-11. - Code enforcement.
- 11-1-12. - Penalties.
- ARTICLE A. - DEFINITIONS
- ARTICLE B. - NONCONFORMING PROPERTY, USE, STRUCTURE OR SIGN
CHAPTER 2
- DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- 11-2-1.- Zoning districts established.
- 11-2-2. - Official zoning map.
- 11-2-3. - Applicability.
- ARTICLE A. - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- 11-2A-1. - Purpose.
- 11-2A-2. - Allowed uses.
- 11-2A-3. - Standards.
- 11-2A-4. - Low-density residential district (R-2).
- 11-2A-5. - Medium low-density residential district (R-4).
- 11-2A-6. - Medium-density residential district (R-8).
- 11-2A-7. - Medium high-density residential district (R-15).
- 11-2A-8. - High-density residential district (R-40).
- ARTICLE B. - COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
- ARTICLE C. - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
- ARTICLE D. - TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS
- 11-2D-1. - Purpose.
- 11-2D-2. - Allowed uses.
- 11-2D-3. - Standards applicable in all traditional neighborhood districts.
- 11-2D-4. - Standards in the old town district (O-T).
- 11-2D-5. - Standards in the traditional neighborhood center district (TN-C).
- 11-2D-6. - Standards in the traditional neighborhood residential district (TN-R).
CHAPTER 3
- REGULATIONS APPLYING TO ALL DISTRICTS
Sections
- 11-3-1.- Purpose.
- 11-3-2. - Applicability.
- ARTICLE A. - STANDARD REGULATIONS IN ALL DISTRICTS
- 11-3A-1. - Purpose.
- 11-3A-2. - Applicability.
- 11-3A-3. - Access to streets.
- 11-3A-4. - Accumulation of junk.
- 11-3A-5. - Multiuse pathways.
- 11-3A-6. - Ditches, laterals, canals or drainage courses.
- 11-3A-7. - Fences.
- 11-3A-8. - Pathways.
- 11-3A-9. - Natural features.
- 11-3A-10. - Noxious use.
- 11-3A-11. - Outdoor lighting.
- 11-3A-12. - Outdoor service and equipment areas.
- 11-3A-13. - Outdoor speaker systems.
- 11-3A-14. - Outdoor storage as an accessory use.
- 11-3A-15. - Pressurized irrigation systems.
- 11-3A-16. - Self-service uses.
- 11-3A-17. - Sidewalks and parkways.
- 11-3A-18. - Storm drainage.
- 11-3A-19. - Structure and site design standards.
- 11-3A-20. - Traveling living quarters.
- 11-3A-21. - Utilities.
- ARTICLE B. - LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS[1]
- 11-3B-1. - Purpose.
- 11-3B-2. - Applicability.
- 11-3B-3. - Application requirements.
- 11-3B-4. - Application process.
- 11-3B-5. - Standards and installation.
- 11-3B-6. - Irrigation standards.
- 11-3B-7. - Landscape buffers along streets.
- 11-3B-8. - Parking lot landscaping.
- 11-3B-9. - Landscape buffers to adjoining uses.
- 11-3B-10. - Tree preservation.
- 11-3B-11. - Stormwater integration.
- 11-3B-12. - Pathway landscaping.
- 11-3B-13. - Landscape maintenance.
- 11-3B-14. - Installation.
- ARTICLE C. - OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS
- 11-3C-1. - Purpose.
- 11-3C-2. - Applicability.
- 11-3C-3. - Process.
- 11-3C-4. - Parking standards for single-family detached, townhouses, secondary, duplex and single-family attached dwellings.
- 11-3C-5. - Parking standards for all other uses not specified.
- 11-3C-6. - Required number of off-street parking spaces.
- 11-3C-7. - Parking standard alternatives.
- 11-3C-8. - Off-street loading space requirements.
- ARTICLE D. - SIGN REQUIREMENTS
- 11-3D-1. - Purpose.
- 11-3D-2. - Applicability.
- 11-3D-3. - Process.
- 11-3D-4. - Prohibited signs.
- 11-3D-5. - Subdivision identification signs.
- 11-3D-6. - Marketing signs.
- 11-3D-7. - Construction signs.
- 11-3D-8. - Business identification signs.
- 11-3D-9. - Additional allowance for signs of a limited duration.
- 11-3D-10. - Standards for vehicle signs.
- ARTICLE E. - TEMPORARY USE REQUIREMENTS
- ARTICLE F. - PRIVATE STREET REQUIREMENTS
- ARTICLE G. - COMMON OPEN SPACE AND SITE AMENITY REQUIREMENTS[2]
- ARTICLE H. - DEVELOPMENT ALONG FEDERAL AND STATE HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER 4
SPECIFIC USE STANDARDS
Sections
- 11-4-1.- Purpose.
- 11-4-2. - Applicability.
- 11-4-3. - Specific use standards enumerated.
- 11-4-3-1. - Animal care facility.
- 11-4-3-2. - Arts, entertainment or recreation facility, indoors and outdoors.
- 11-4-3-3. - Artist studio.
- 11-4-3-4. - Building material, garden equipment and supplies.
- 11-4-3-5. - Cemetery.
- 11-4-3-6. - Church or place of religious worship.
- 11-4-3-7. - Civic, social or fraternal organizations.
- 11-4-3-8. - Contractor's yard.
- 11-4-3-9. - Daycare facility.
- 11-4-3-10. - Drinking establishment.
- 11-4-3-11. - Drive-through establishment.
- 11-4-3-12. - Dwelling, secondary.
- 11-4-3-13. - Dwelling, single-family.
- 11-4-3-14. - Education institution.
- 11-4-3-15. - Equipment rental, sales and service.
- 11-4-3-16. - Entertainment establishment, adult.
- 11-4-3-17. - Financial institution.
- 11-4-3-18. - Flex space.
- 11-4-3-19. - Food and beverage products processing; major.
- 11-4-3-20. - Fuel sales facility and fuel sales facility, truck stop.
- 11-4-3-21. - Home occupation accessory use.
- 11-4-3-22. - Hospital.
- 11-4-3-23. - Hotel or motel.
- 11-4-3-24. - Industry, information.
- 11-4-3-25. - Industry, light and heavy.
- 11-4-3-26. - Laundromat.
- 11-4-3-27. - Multi-family development.
- 11-4-3-28. - Nursery or urban farm.
- 11-4-3-29. - Nursing or residential care facilities.
- 11-4-3-30. - Public or quasi-public use.
- 11-4-3-31. - Public utility, major; and public infrastructure.
- 11-4-3-32. - Recycling center and solid waste transfer station.
- 11-4-3-33. - Storage facility, outdoor.
- 11-4-3-34. - Storage facility, self-service.
- 11-4-3-35. - Terminal, freight or truck.
- 11-4-3-36. - Vehicle impound yard.
- 11-4-3-37. - Vehicle repair, major and minor.
- 11-4-3-38. - Vehicle sales or rental and service.
- 11-4-3-39. - Vehicle washing facility.
- 11-4-3-40. - Vehicle wrecking or junk yard.
- 11-4-3-41. - Vertically integrated residential project.
- 11-4-3-42. - Warehouse.
- 11-4-3-43. - Wireless communication facility.
- 11-4-3-44. - Retail store, wine and beer sales and servings.
- 11-4-3-45. - Dispatch center for mobile services.
- 11-4-3-46. - Food and beverage products processing; minor.
- 11-4-3-47. - Self-service storage facility, residential.
- 11-4-3-48. - Indoor shooting range.
- 11-4-3-49. - Restaurant.
- 11-4-3-50. - Live/work residential project.
- 11-4-3-51. - Food truck court.
- 11-4-3-52. - Food truck.
CHAPTER 5
- ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- 11-5-1.- Purpose.
- 11-5-2. - Applicability.
- ARTICLE A. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE B. - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE C. - SURETY AGREEMENTS
CHAPTER 6
- SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
Sections
- 11-6-1.- Purpose.
- 11-6-2. - Applicability.
- ARTICLE A. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE B. - SUBDIVISION PROCESS
- ARTICLE C. - SUBDIVISION DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS