New Castle County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 1
- TITLE AND APPLICABILITY
Sections
- Division 40.01.000.- Title, purpose and intent.
- Sec. 40.01.010. - Purpose.
- Sec. 40.01.015. - Intent.
- Division 40.01.100. - Applicability.
- Sec. 40.01.110. - Types of development.
- Sec. 40.01.120. - Exemptions from applicability and exceptions.
- Sec. 40.01.121. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.01.130. - Sunsetting of recorded subdivision or land development plans.
- Sec. 40.01.140. - Reserved.
- Division 40.01.150. - Prior restrictive covenants.
- Sec. 40.01.160. - Restrictive covenants and Department discretion.
- Sec. 40.01.170. - Burden of proof.
- Sec. 40.01.210. - Department of Land Use right of entry.
- Sec. 40.01.220. - Obstructing employees.
- Division 40.01.300. - Continuation, conflict and severability.
ARTICLE 2
- ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- Sec. 40.02.005. - Applicability.
- Sec. 40.02.010. - Zoning districts.
- Division 40.02.100. - Zoning map.
- Sec. 40.02.110. - Interpreting zoning districts.
- Sec. 40.02.111. - District boundaries.
- Sec. 40.02.120. - New or unclassified land.
- Sec. 40.02.130. - Developments in more than one (1) zoning district.
- Division 40.02.200. - Statement of purpose and intent of districts.
- Sec. 40.02.210. - Urban districts.
- Sec. 40.02.211. - Traditional Neighborhood (TN) District.
- Sec. 40.02.220. - Suburban transition districts.
- Sec. 40.02.221. - Suburban Transition (ST) District.
- Sec. 40.02.222. - Manufactured Mobile Home (MM) District.
- Sec. 40.02.223. - Office, Neighborhood (ON) District.
- Sec. 40.02.224. - Office, Regional (OR) District.
- Sec. 40.02.225. - Commercial, Regional (CR) District.
- Sec. 40.02.226. - Business Park (BP) District.
- Sec. 40.02.227. - Industrial (I) District.
- Sec. 40.02.230. - Suburban districts.
- Sec. 40.02.231. - Commercial, Neighborhood (CN) District.
- Sec. 40.02.232. - Suburban (S) District.
- Sec. 40.02.233. - Suburban Estate (SE) District.
- Sec. 40.02.234. - Suburban Reserve (SR) District.
- Sec. 40.02.240. - Special districts.
- Sec. 40.02.241. - Neighborhood Conservation (NC) Districts.
- Sec. 40.02.242. - Heavy Industry (HI) District.
- Sec. 40.02.243. - Extraction (EX) District.
- Sec. 40.02.244. - Historic Overlay (H) District.
- Sec. 40.02.245. - Hometown (HT) Overlay District.
- Sec. 40.02.246. - Economic Empowerment District (EED).
- Sec. 40.02.247. - Neighborhood Preservation Overlay District (NPOD).
- Sec. 40.02.248. - Publicly Conserved Lands & Parks (P) District.
ARTICLE 3
- USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- Division 40.03.000.- Purpose.
- Division 40.03.100. - Use regulations.
- Sec. 40.03.110. - Use table.
- Division 40.03.200. - Limited and special uses.
- Sec. 40.03.210. - Buffering, location, bulk and scale standards.
- Sec. 40.03.301. - Clearing.
- Sec. 40.03.302. - Commercial stables.
- Sec. 40.03.303. - Apartments.
- Sec. 40.03.304. - Apartment conversion.
- Sec. 40.03.305. - Commercial apartments.
- Sec. 40.03.306. - Manufactured home park.
- Sec. 40.03.307. - Assembly and worship, schools, colleges.
- Sec. 40.03.308. - Institutional, regional.
- Sec. 40.03.309. - Institutional, neighborhood.
- Sec. 40.03.310. - Protective care.
- Sec. 40.03.311. - Public service.
- Sec. 40.03.312. - Major utilities.
- Sec. 40.03.313. - Adult uses.
- Sec. 40.03.314. - Agricultural support and other rural services.
- Sec. 40.03.315. - Bed and breakfast.
- Sec. 40.03.316. - Drive-in facility.
- Sec. 40.03.317. - Light auto services.
- Sec. 40.03.318. - Mixed use.
- Sec. 40.03.319. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.03.320. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.03.321. - Office defined uses in the HI zoning district.
- Sec. 40.03.322. - Resort.
- Sec. 40.03.323. - Solid waste landfills.
- Sec. 40.03.324. - Extraction.
- Sec. 40.03.325. - Commercial service category airports.
- Sec. 40.03.326. - Commercial communications towers/antenna.
- Sec. 40.03.327. - Concrete/asphalt batch plant.
- Sec. 40.03.328. - Farm market.
- Sec. 40.03.329. - Commercial temporary outdoor sales, restaurant seating and CAPE.
- Sec. 40.03.330. - Public interest and special events.
- Sec. 40.03.331. - Temporary miscellaneous sales.
- Sec. 40.03.332. - Limited waiver to Table 40.03.210A.
- Sec. 40.03.333. - Light Industry uses in OR and CR zoning districts.
- Sec. 40.03.334. - Minor utilities.
- Sec. 40.03.335. - Model homes/sales office.
- Sec. 40.03.336. - Compost or mulch operations.
- Sec. 40.03.337. - Large-scale solar energy system.
- Sec. 40.03.338. - Craft Alcohol Production Establishment (CAPE).
- Sec. 40.03.339. - Commercial uses.
- Sec. 40.03.340. - Multifamily conversion.
- Sec. 40.03.341. - Retail marijuana store.
- Sec. 40.03.342. - Firearm retail businesses.
- Division 40.03.400. - Individual use standards.
- Sec. 40.03.405. - Driveways.
- Sec. 40.03.406. - Stormwater management areas.
- Sec. 40.03.410. - Accessory uses, residential.
- Sec. 40.03.420. - Accessory uses, residential home uses.
- Sec. 40.03.430. - Accessory uses, nonresidential.
- Sec. 40.03.431. - Accessory waste storage and HVAC equipment.
- Sec. 40.03.432. - Airports.
- Sec. 40.03.440. - Sale of motor vehicles as an accessory use.
- Sec. 40.03.450. - Domestic drinking water supply well protection standard.
- Division 40.03.500. - Loading and parking standards.[2]
- Sec. 40.03.510. - Loading standards.
- Sec. 40.03.520. - Parking standards.
- Sec. 40.03.521. - Off-street parking requirements.
- Sec. 40.03.522. - Off-street parking.
- Sec. 40.03.523. - Off-street parking standards.
- Sec. 40.03.524. - Special study.
- Sec. 40.03.525. - On-street parking.
- Sec. 40.03.526. - Handicapped parking.
- Sec. 40.03.527. - Bicycle parking.
- Sec. 40.03.528. - Parking structures.
ARTICLE 4
- DISTRICT INTENSITY AND BULK STANDARDS
Sections
- Division 40.04.000.- Purpose.
- Division 40.04.100. - District performance standards.
- Sec. 40.04.110. - District and bulk standards.
- Sec. 40.04.111. - Landscape and illumination standards.
- Sec. 40.04.112. - Lot standards for other housing types.
- Sec. 40.04.120. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.04.121. - Townhouses.
- Sec. 40.04.130. - Dwelling unit mix requirements.
- Sec. 40.04.210. - Required landscaping.
- Sec. 40.04.220. - Landscaping standards for lots and parking lots.
- Sec. 40.04.230. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.04.231. - Landscaping standards for required open space.
- Sec. 40.04.240. - Scenic corridors.
- Sec. 40.04.241. - Afforestation standards.
- Secs. 40.04.242, 40.04.243. - Reserved.
- Division 40.04.300. - Bufferyard performance standards.
- Sec. 40.04.301. - Purpose.
- Sec. 40.04.302. - Bufferyards required.
- Sec. 40.04.310. - Opacity values of required bufferyards.
- Sec. 40.04.320. - Parking bufferyards required.
- Sec. 40.04.330. - Bufferyard use.
ARTICLE 5
- SITE CAPACITY AND CONCURRENCY CALCULATIONS
Sections
- Division 40.05.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.05.050. - Applicability.
- Division 40.05.100. - Transportation capacity.
- Sec. 40.05.110. - Site capacity based on a traffic impact study.
- Division 40.05.200. - School capacity.
- Sec. 40.05.210. - Reserved.
- Division 40.05.300. - Water and sewer capacity.
- Sec. 40.05.310. - Water capacity calculation.
- Sec. 40.05.320. - Sewer capacity calculation.
- Division 40.05.400. - Site resource capacity.
- Sec. 40.05.420. - Calculation for total protected land.
- Sec. 40.05.421. - Residential capacity calculation.
- Sec. 40.05.422. - Nonresidential capacity calculation.
- Division 40.05.500. - Site carrying capacity.
- Sec. 40.05.510. - Site carrying capacity calculation.
- Sec. 40.05.520. - Development options.
ARTICLE 6
- SIGN REGULATIONS
Sections
- Division 40.06.000.- Applicability.
- Sec. 40.06.010. - Compliance with Article.
- Sec. 40.06.020. - Definitions.
- Sec. 40.06.030. - Specifications.
- Sec. 40.06.040. - Permitted signs; limitations on placement; prohibitions.
- Sec. 40.06.050. - Administration.
- Sec. 40.06.060. - Schedule of sign restrictions.
- Sec. 40.06.070. - Off-premises advertising.
- Sec. 40.06.080. - Signs along designated byways.
ARTICLE 7
- TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND OTHER INCENTIVES AND BONUSES3
Sections
- Division 40.07.000.- Purpose.
- Division 40.07.200. - Transferable development rights.
- Sec. 40.07.205. - Allocation of development rights.
- Sec. 40.07.210. - Noncontiguous development.
- Sec. 40.07.220. - Development rights use.
- Sec. 40.07.221. - Suburban Districts.
- Sec. 40.07.222. - Transfers for concurrency purposes.
- Sec. 40.07.223. - Exception.
- Sec. 40.07.224. - Limitations.
- Division 40.07.300. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.07.410. - Eligibility.
- Sec. 40.07.420. - Open space developments.
- Sec. 40.07.430. - Historic resources.
- Sec. 40.07.440. - Historic preservation incentive.
- Division 40.07.500. - Traditional Neighborhood Housing Program.[4]
- Sec. 40.07.501. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 40.07.510. - Mandatory applicability.
- Sec. 40.07.520. - Voluntary applicability.
- Sec. 40.07.530. - Contribution to the Housing Trust Fund.
- Sec. 40.07.540. - Location and appearance of on-site MPDUs.
- Sec. 40.07.541. - Pre-application review and staging plan requirements.
- Sec. 40.07.542. - Off-site MPDUs.
- Sec. 40.07.543. - Timing of MPDU construction and payment of in-lieu fees.
- Sec. 40.07.550. - Income eligibility and pricing.
- Sec. 40.07.551. - Homeownership MPDUs.
- Sec. 40.07.552. - Rental MPDUs.
- Sec. 40.07.553. - Qualification.
- Sec. 40.07.560. - Affordability period and controls.
- Sec. 40.07.561. - Master development agreement.
- Sec. 40.07.562. - Buyer agreement.
- Sec. 40.07.563. - Deed restrictions.
- Sec. 40.07.564. - Sales and rental agreements.
- Sec. 40.07.580. - Annual reporting and on-going evaluation.
- Sec. 40.07.590. - Enforcement.
- Division 40.07.600. - Development bonuses.
- Sec. 40.07.610. - Eligibility.
- Sec. 40.07.620. - Community development incentive.
- Sec. 40.07.630. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.07.640. - Corridor redevelopment incentive.
- Sec. 40.07.650. - Transit oriented infill.
- Sec. 40.07.660. - Employment infill.
- Division 40.07.700. - Age restricted residential development bonus.
ARTICLE 8
- NONCONFORMING SITUATIONS
Sections
- Division 40.08.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.08.010. - Applicability.
- Sec. 40.08.020. - Continuation permitted.
- Sec. 40.08.030. - Proof of nonconformance.
- Sec. 40.08.040. - Ownership.
- Sec. 40.08.050. - Manufactured/mobile homes.
- Division 40.08.100. - General regulations.
- Sec. 40.08.110. - Changes in use of land.
- Sec. 40.08.120. - Discontinuance.
- Sec. 40.08.130. - Alterations, enlargements, or extensions.
- Sec. 40.08.140. - Exceptions for existing lots.
- Sec. 40.08.220. - Government action.
- Sec. 40.08.310. - Certification of nonconforming status.
- Sec. 40.08.410. - Purpose.
- Sec. 40.08.420. - Procedure.
- Sec. 40.08.430. - Criteria for approval.
- Sec. 40.08.431. - Effect.
ARTICLE 10
- ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
Sections
- Division 40.10.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.10.110. - Resource protection standards.
- Sec. 40.10.115. - Additional resource standards.
- Sec. 40.10.120. - Wetlands.
- Sec. 40.10.125. - Riparian buffer areas (RBA).
- Sec. 40.10.126. - RBA Design standards.
- Sec. 40.10.127. - Surface water bodies.
- Sec. 40.10.130. - Steep slopes.
- Sec. 40.10.135. - Forests.
- Sec. 40.10.136. - Standards for mitigation of forests, old fields and meadows.
- Sec. 40.10.140. - Drainageways.
- Sec. 40.10.145. - Critical Natural Areas (CNA).
- Sec. 40.10.150. - Sinkholes.
- Sec. 40.10.160. - Water Resources Protection Areas (WRPA).
- Sec. 40.10.161. - Cockeysville Formation.
- Sec. 40.10.162. - Wellheads protection areas (public water supply wells).
- Sec. 40.10.163. - Recharge areas and Cockeysville Formation drainage areas.
- Sec. 40.10.164. - Boundary determination.
- Sec. 40.10.165. - Uniform standards and criteria.
- Division 40.10.200. - Open space regulations.
- Sec. 40.10.210. - Uses in required open space.
- Sec. 40.10.220. - Standards for open space uses.
- Sec. 40.10.225. - Natural resource area and community area open space.
- Sec. 40.10.230. - Clearing.
- Sec. 40.10.231. - Nurseries.
- Sec. 40.10.232. - Hunting and fishing areas.
- Sec. 40.10.233. - Golf courses.
- Sec. 40.10.234. - Playing courts and pools.
- Sec. 40.10.235. - Roads, parking lots and utilities.
- Sec. 40.10.236. - Essential access.
- Division 40.10.300. - Floodplain management regulations.[5]
- Sec. 40.10.301. - General.
- Sec. 40.10.302. - Basis for establishing special flood hazard areas.
- Sec. 40.10.310. - Designation and duties of the Floodplain Administrator.
- Sec. 40.10.311. - Floodplain permits required.
- Sec. 40.10.312. - Inspections.
- Sec. 40.10.313. - Submissions required prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
- Sec. 40.10.314. - Flood insurance rate map use and interpretation.
- Sec. 40.10.320. - Requirements in all special flood hazard areas.
- Sec. 40.10.330. - Requirements in all special flood hazard areas other than coastal high hazard areas.
- Sec. 40.10.340. - Additional requirements in coastal high hazard areas (Zone VE).
- Sec. 40.10.350. - Nonconforming structures and use in the floodplain.
- Sec. 40.10.360. - Beneficial uses in floodplains.
- Sec. 40.10.370. - Floodplain variances.
- Sec. 40.10.380. - Enforcement of floodplain management regulations.
- Division 40.10.400. - Reserved.[6]
- Division 40.10.500. - Air quality.
- Sec. 40.10.510. - Air pollution.
- Sec. 40.10.520. - Transportation.
- Sec. 40.10.530. - State and federal regulations.
- Division 40.10.600. - Storage of hazardous substances and petroleum products.
- Sec. 40.10.701. - Environmental impact assessment report.
- Sec. 40.10.702. - Resource Protection Area Technical Advisory Committee (RPATAC).
ARTICLE 11
- TRANSPORTATION IMPACT7
Sections
- Division 40.11.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.11.105. - Applicability.
- Sec. 40.11.110. - Transportation capacity calculation.
- Sec. 40.11.120. - Need for traffic analysis.
- Sec. 40.11.121. - Traffic impact study waiver.
- Sec. 40.11.122. - Scoping meeting.
- Sec. 40.11.124. - Area of influence.
- Sec. 40.11.130. - Traffic impact study requirements.
- Sec. 40.11.140. - DelDOT report required.
- Sec. 40.11.150. - Subdivision or land development traffic impact study plan approval.
- Sec. 40.11.155. - Rezoning traffic impact study plan approval.
- Sec. 40.11.210. - Level of service standards.
- Sec. 40.11.220. - Traffic mitigation measures.
- Sec. 40.11.230. - Level of Service (LOS) waivers and Traffic Mitigation (TM) Agreements.
- Sec. 40.11.310. - Transportation Improvement Districts.
- Sec. 40.11.320. - Complete Community Enterprise Districts (CCEDs).
ARTICLE 12
- SEWER AND WATER IMPACT8
Sections
- Division 40.12.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.12.110. - Sewer service areas.
- Sec. 40.12.111. - Capacity.
- Sec. 40.12.112. - Sewer treatment facilities.
- Sec. 40.12.210. - Water service.
- Sec. 40.12.215. - Water supply.
- Sec. 40.12.310. - Sewer capacity calculations.
- Sec. 40.12.330. - Water capacity.
- Sec. 40.12.340. - Public water or sewer capacity analysis.
- Sec. 40.12.350. - Sewer connection fees.
- Sec. 40.12.360. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.12.370. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.12.380. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.12.390. - Sewer service area boundary.
ARTICLE 14
- IMPACT FEES
Sections
- Division 40.14.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.14.010. - Applicability.
- Sec. 40.14.110. - Impact fee methodology.
- Sec. 40.14.130. - Determination of cost of service.
- Sec. 40.14.210. - Impact fees.
- Sec. 40.14.220. - Payment of fees.
- Sec. 40.14.230. - Other necessary adjustments.
- Sec. 40.14.240. - Parkland requirement.
- Sec. 40.14.241. - Exemptions from impact fees.
- Sec. 40.14.250. - Private study of impact fee amount.
- Sec. 40.14.260. - Administration of funds.
ARTICLE 15
- HISTORIC RESOURCES
Sections
- Division 40.15.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.15.010. - Applicability.
- Division 40.15.100. - Historic (H) overlay zoning districts.
- Sec. 40.15.110. - Criteria for designation.
- Sec. 40.15.120. - Contextual classification of historic resources.
- Sec. 40.15.130. - Written report.
- Sec. 40.15.140. - Uses.
- Sec. 40.15.150. - Adaptive reuse.
- Sec. 40.15.160. - Permits within Historic overlay zoning districts.
- Sec. 40.15.161. - Work exempt from a permit within an Historic overlay zoning district.
- Sec. 40.15.170. - Demolition by neglect.
- Sec. 40.15.180. - Historic overlay zoning of eligible New Castle county-owned property.
- Division 40.15.200. - Historic Review Board review standards.[9]
- Sec. 40.15.210. - Building and demolition permit review.
- Sec. 40.15.220. - Land development plan review and historic resources.
- Sec. 40.15.221. - Archaeological resources.
- Sec. 40.15.230. - National Register nominations.
- Division 40.15.300. - Preservation of historic resources on record plans.
- Sec. 40.15.310. - Preservation of historic resources on major land development plans.
- Sec. 40.15.320. - Incentives for preservation.
ARTICLE 16
- NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT NPOD
Sections
- Division 40.16.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.16.101. - Classification.
- Sec. 40.16.102. - NPOD designation criteria.
- Sec. 40.16.201. - Zoning authority.
- Sec. 40.16.202. - Initiation procedures.
- Sec. 40.16.203. - Determination of eligibility.
- Sec. 40.16.204. - NPOD planning process.
- Sec. 40.16.205. - Adoption procedures.
- Sec. 40.16.206. - Development review.
- Sec. 40.16.301. - NPOD conservation plan.
- Sec. 40.16.302. - Transitional standards.
ARTICLE 17
- ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT DISTRICT EED
Sections
- Division 40.17.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.17.101. - Classification.
- Sec. 40.17.102. - EED designation criteria.
- Sec. 40.17.201. - Zoning authority.
- Sec. 40.17.202. - Initiation procedures.
- Sec. 40.17.203. - Rezoning procedure for EED.
- Sec. 40.17.204. - Development review.
- Sec. 40.17.301. - Applicability.
- Sec. 40.17.302. - Permitted uses.
- Sec. 40.17.303. - Design standards.
ARTICLE 20
- SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT DESIGN PRINCIPLES
Sections
- Division 40.20.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.20.110. - General plan review standards.
- Division 40.20.200. - Subdivision layout.
- Sec. 40.20.210. - Blocks.
- Sec. 40.20.220. - Lots.
- Sec. 40.20.225. - Required open space.
- Sec. 40.20.230. - Streets.
- Sec. 40.20.231. - Subdivision and street names.
- Sec. 40.20.240. - Lot frontage.
- Sec. 40.20.241. - Lot lines.
- Sec. 40.20.242. - Easements.
- Division 40.20.300. - Improvements.
- Sec. 40.20.410. - Private restrictions.
- Sec. 40.20.420. - Public easements.
- Sec. 40.20.510. - Mapping criteria.
- Sec. 40.20.520. - Monuments.
ARTICLE 21
- IMPROVEMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections
- Division 40.21.000.- Purpose.
- Division 40.21.100. - Streets.
- Sec. 40.21.110. - Street design objectives.
- Sec. 40.21.111. - Local circulation plans.
- Sec. 40.21.130. - Street standards.
- Sec. 40.21.131. - School bus access.
- Sec. 40.21.140. - Private roads.
- Sec. 40.21.141. - Culs-de-sac and other turnarounds.
- Sec. 40.21.150. - Accessway standards.
- Sec. 40.21.160. - Improvements.
- Sec. 40.21.161. - Curbs.
- Sec. 40.21.162. - Sidewalks and shared-use pathways.
- Sec. 40.21.163. - Sidewalk and shared-use pathway construction standards.
- Division 40.21.200. - Access.
ARTICLE 22
- DRAINAGE, UTILITIES, SEPTIC SYSTEMS, PARKING, LOADING, AND LIGHTING10
Sections
- Division 40.22.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.22.110. - Subsidence area.
- Sec. 40.22.120. - Fill.
- Sec. 40.22.130. - Drainageway soils.
- Sec. 40.22.210. - Storm drainage.
- Sec. 40.22.220. - Groundwater.
- Sec. 40.22.230. - As-built documents.
- Sec. 40.22.320. - Wastewater disposal connections.
- Sec. 40.22.330. - Use of on-site wastewater disposal (septic) systems.
- Secs. 40.22.340—40.22.360. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.22.370. - Heavy industrial sewage.
- Sec. 40.22.410. - Public water supply.
- Sec. 40.22.420. - Private water supply.
- Sec. 40.22.430. - Fire hydrants and fire lanes.
- Sec. 40.22.510. - Electric and communications utilities.
- Sec. 40.22.511. - Electric and communications utilities along byways.
- Sec. 40.22.520. - Gas or other underground utilities.
- Sec. 40.22.610. - Parking.
- Sec. 40.22.611. - Parking area design standards.
- Sec. 40.22.612. - Parking stall dimensions.
- Sec. 40.22.613. - Handicap parking.
- Sec. 40.22.614. - Existing nonconforming parking.
- Sec. 40.22.615. - Parking reduction.
- Sec. 40.22.616. - Parking reduction for multiple use development.
- Sec. 40.22.620. - Loading.
- Sec. 40.22.621. - Outdoor loading bay area standards.
- Division 40.22.700. - Exterior lighting standards.
- Sec. 40.22.710. - Exterior lighting plan.
- Sec. 40.22.720. - Lighting standards.
- Sec. 40.22.730. - Street lights.
- Sec. 40.22.740. - Exterior lighting for outdoor recreational uses.
- Sec. 40.22.741. - Sign lighting, spotlights and floodlights.
- Sec. 40.22.750. - Lighting, generally.
ARTICLE 23
- LANDSCAPING, TREES, PLANT MAINTENANCE, AND EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL11
Sections
- Division 40.23.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.23.010. - Applicability.
- Division 40.23.100. - Plant units and materials.
- Sec. 40.23.110. - Standard plant units.
- Sec. 40.23.120. - On-lot and open space landscaping.
- Sec. 40.23.121. - Special residential landscaping.
- Sec. 40.23.130. - Parking lot landscaping.
- Sec. 40.23.140. - Standards for bufferyard plantings.
- Sec. 40.23.141. - Bufferyards.
- Sec. 40.23.142. - Bufferyard opacity reduction.
- Sec. 40.23.150. - Street right-of-way.
- Sec. 40.23.151. - Street trees.
- Division 40.23.200. - Landscaping installation requirements.
- Sec. 40.23.210. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.23.220. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.23.230. - Planting locations.
- Sec. 40.23.240. - Afforestation/reforestation requirements.
- Sec. 40.23.250. - Existing vegetation.
- Sec. 40.23.260. - Diversity requirements.
- Sec. 40.23.270. - Tree and plant material quality.
- Sec. 40.23.280. - Plant lists.
- Division 40.23.300. - Tree protection.
- Sec. 40.23.310. - Preserving specimen trees.
- Sec. 40.23.320. - Tree replacement.
- Division 40.23.400. - Sediment and erosion control.
- Division 40.23.500. - Tree and plant material maintenance and replacement.
- Sec. 40.23.510. - Tree and plant material maintenance.
- Sec. 40.23.520. - Tree and plant material replacement.
ARTICLE 24
- SPECIAL SUBDIVISIONS
Sections
- Division 40.24.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.24.010. - Types of special subdivisions.
- Division 40.24.100. - Rural subdivision.
- Sec. 40.24.110. - Rural subdivisions.
- Sec. 40.24.120. - Conditions and limitations.
- Sec. 40.24.130. - Requirement for residual lots.
- Division 40.24.200. - Reserved.[12]
- Division 40.24.300. - Reserved.[13]
ARTICLE 25
- DESIGN
Sections
- Division 40.25.000.- Purpose.
- Division 40.25.100. - Hamlet and village design.[14]
- Sec. 40.25.105. - Purpose.
- Sec. 40.25.111. - Applicability.
- Sec. 40.25.112. - Process.
- Sec. 40.25.113. - Waivers and variances.
- Sec. 40.25.121. - Instructions.
- Sec. 40.25.122. - Sequence of community design.
- Sec. 40.25.123. - Community types.
- Sec. 40.25.124. - Transect zones.
- Sec. 40.25.125. - Civic areas.
- Sec. 40.25.126. - Thoroughfare standards.
- Sec. 40.25.127. - Density calculations.
- Sec. 40.25.128. - Special requirements.
- Sec. 40.25.131. - Instructions.
- Sec. 40.25.133. - Building disposition.
- Sec. 40.25.134. - Building configuration.
- Sec. 40.25.135. - Building function.
- Sec. 40.25.136. - Parking and density calculations.
- Sec. 40.25.137. - Parking location standards.
- Sec. 40.25.138. - Landscape standards.
- Sec. 40.25.140. - Standards and tables.
- Sec. 40.25.145. - Application of Division 40.06.000 Applicability, Sign Regulations for hamlet and village developments.
- Sec. 40.25.150. - Definitions.
- Sec. 40.25.210. - Traditional neighborhood standards.
- Sec. 40.25.220. - Nonresidential uses.
- Sec. 40.25.230. - Residential design.
- Sec. 40.25.240. - Dwelling design.
- Division 40.25.300. - Character standards.
- Sec. 40.25.310. - Measures.
- Sec. 40.25.320. - Standards.
- Sec. 40.25.321. - Single family.
- Sec. 40.25.322. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.25.330. - Patio, attached, and multi-family standards.
- Sec. 40.25.331. - Patio and atrium homes.
- Sec. 40.25.332. - Other attached units.
- Sec. 40.25.333 - Pocket neighborhoods.
- Sec. 40.25.340. - Nonresidential uses.
- Sec. 40.25.341. - Individual buildings.
- Sec. 40.25.342. - Complexes.
- Division 40.25.400. - Design review.
- Sec. 40.25.410. - Design review standards.
- Sec. 40.25.510. - Purpose.
- Sec. 40.25.520. - Design standard options.
ARTICLE 26
- MODIFICATION OF STANDARDS
Sections
- Division 40.26.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.26.110. - Review and approval.
- Division 40.26.200. - Zoning modification.
- Sec. 40.26.210. - Construction envelopes.
- Sec. 40.26.220. - Bufferyards.
- Sec. 40.26.230. - Street yard setbacks.
- Sec. 40.26.231. - Patio and atrium dwelling units.
- Sec. 40.26.232. - Windowless wall.
- Sec. 40.26.233. - Building separation.
- Sec. 40.26.240. - Modification of housing type.
- Sec. 40.26.250. - Additional dwelling unit types.
- Sec. 40.26.260. - Large industrial structures.
- Sec. 40.26.310. - No road frontage.
- Sec. 40.26.320. - Flag lots.
- Sec. 40.26.321. - Lot shapes.
- Sec. 40.26.330. - Cul-de-sac or block length.
- Sec. 40.26.331. - Intersections.
- Sec. 40.26.410. - Purpose.
- Sec. 40.26.420. - Designation.
- Sec. 40.26.430. - Community redevelopment plan.
- Sec. 40.26.440. - Design Review Advisory Committee (DRAC).
- Sec. 40.26.450. - Variation from UDC standards.
- Sec. 40.26.460. - Land development reviews.
ARTICLE 27
- MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS, OPEN SPACE, AND COMMON FACILITIES15
Sections
- Division 40.27.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.27.110. - Maintenance organizations.
- Sec. 40.27.120. - Exceptions.
- Sec. 40.27.130. - Required organizational form.
- Sec. 40.27.140. - Conditions of recordation.
- Sec. 40.27.150. - Duty to inform home buyer.
- Sec. 40.27.210. - Performance guarantee for open space and common facilities.
- Sec. 40.27.220. - Maintenance escrow.
- Sec. 40.27.230. - Residential stormwater management facility maintenance fund.
- Sec. 40.27.240. - Non-residential stormwater management facility maintenance fund.
- Sec. 40.27.310. - Construction of open space and common facilities.
- Sec. 40.27.320. - Condition of developed open space areas and common facilities.
- Sec. 40.27.330. - Condition of natural open space areas.
- Sec. 40.27.340. - Inspection and approval process.
- Sec. 40.27.410. - Legal transfer of title to open space.
- Sec. 40.27.420. - Title transfer process.
- Sec. 40.27.430. - Property tax exemption.
- Sec. 40.27.440. - Transfer prior to completion and approval of open space and common facilities.
- Sec. 40.27.450. - Condominiums.
- Sec. 40.27.510. - Maintenance by developer.
- Sec. 40.27.520. - Maintenance by maintenance organization.
- Sec. 40.27.530. - Failure to maintain open space or common facilities.
- Sec. 40.27.540. - Changes to open space or common facilities.
- Sec. 40.27.610. - Process.
- Sec. 40.27.620. - Maintenance and management contracts.
- Sec. 40.27.710. - Registration requirement.
- Sec. 40.27.720. - Failure to register and/or to perform minor maintenance.
- Division 40.27.800. - Compliance.
ARTICLE 30
- COUNTY COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES
Sections
- Division 40.30.000.- Purpose.
- Division 40.30.100. - Administration.[16]
- Sec. 40.30.110. - Responsibility.
- Sec. 40.30.210. - County Council.
- Division 40.30.300. - Administrative boards.[17]
- Sec. 40.30.310. - Planning Board.
- Sec. 40.30.320. - Board of Adjustment.
- Sec. 40.30.330. - Historic Review Board.
- Sec. 40.30.340. - Meetings.
- Sec. 40.30.341. - Membership rules for administrative boards.
- Division 40.30.400. - Administrative agents.[18]
- Sec. 40.30.410. - Department of Land Use.
- Sec. 40.30.420. - State of Delaware Preliminary Land Use Service (PLUS).
- Sec. 40.30.430. - Resource Protection Area, Technical Advisory Committee.
- Sec. 40.30.440. - Floodplain Administrator.
- Sec. 40.30.450. - Design Review Advisory Committee (DRAC).
- Sec. 40.30.510. - Recording of unapproved plans.
- Sec. 40.30.520. - Constructing improvements, selling land prior to approval.
- Sec. 40.30.530. - Effect of recorded mortgages and foreclosure sales.
ARTICLE 31
- PROCEDURES AND ADMINISTRATION19
Sections
- Division 40.31.000.- Purpose.
- Sec. 40.31.110. - Rezoning/major and minor plan review.
- Sec. 40.31.111. - Actions on rezoning applications.
- Sec. 40.31.112. - Pre-application sketch plan review/conference.
- Sec. 40.31.113. - Exploratory plan review stage.
- Sec. 40.31.114. - Record plan review stage.
- Sec. 40.31.115. - Plan recordation and commencement of construction.
- Sec. 40.31.120. - Text amendments.
- Sec. 40.31.130. - Deed restriction changes.
- Sec. 40.31.140. - Board of Adjustment applications.
- Sec. 40.31.150. - Environmental impact assessment report applications.
- Division 40.31.200. - Miscellaneous application and other reviews.
- Sec. 40.31.210. - Limited or special use.
- Sec. 40.31.220. - Parking plan.
- Sec. 40.31.230. - Property line adjustments.
- Sec. 40.31.240. - Zoning permit.
- Sec. 40.31.250. - Zoning verification.
- Sec. 40.31.260. - Certificate of occupancy.
- Sec. 40.31.270. - Floodplain permit.
- Sec. 40.31.271. - Revision of delineation.
- Sec. 40.31.280. - Historic permits.
- Sec. 40.31.290. - Extractive use license.
- Sec. 40.31.291. - License transferability.
- Sec. 40.31.292. - License application procedure.
- Sec. 40.31.293. - Exception from license.
- Sec. 40.31.294. - Semi-annual reports.
- Sec. 40.31.295. - Renewal.
- Sec. 40.31.296. - Compliance.
- Sec. 40.31.297. - Forfeiture of bond.
- Sec. 40.31.298. - Modified, abandoned or halted operations.
- Sec. 40.31.310. - Preapplication conference.
- Sec. 40.31.320. - Applications generally.
- Sec. 40.31.330. - Department response times.
- Sec. 40.31.340. - Notice of public hearings.
- Sec. 40.31.350. - Public hearing continuance.
- Sec. 40.31.360. - Conduct of public hearing.
- Sec. 40.31.370. - Actions by boards or administrative bodies.
- Sec. 40.31.380. - General considerations when rendering decisions.
- Sec. 40.31.390. - Time limits and expiration.
- Sec. 40.31.410. - Standards for zoning map amendment.
- Sec. 40.31.420. - Standards for text amendment.
- Sec. 40.31.430. - Standards for special use permit.
- Sec. 40.31.431. - Conditions and restrictions.
- Sec. 40.31.432. - Revocation of special use permit.
- Sec. 40.31.440. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.31.451. - Standards for zoning variances.
- Sec. 40.31.452. - Standards for subdivision variances.
- Sec. 40.31.453. - Conditions and restrictions on variances.
- Sec. 40.31.454. - Subsequent development approvals.
- Sec. 40.31.455. - Amendment to a variance.
- Sec. 40.31.456. - Reserved.
- Division 40.31.500. - Appeals and interpretations.
- Sec. 40.31.510. - Appeals.
- Sec. 40.31.511. - Administrative appeals.
- Sec. 40.31.512. - Appeal standards and County Council consent.
- Sec. 40.31.520. - Interpretations.
- Sec. 40.31.521. - Unlisted uses.
- Sec. 40.31.522. - Procedure.
- Sec. 40.31.523. - Official record.
- Division 40.31.600. - Beneficial use appeal and determination.
- Sec. 40.31.610. - Application data.
- Sec. 40.31.620. - Deprivation standards.
- Sec. 40.31.630. - Granting relief.
- Sec. 40.31.710. - Types of plans.
- Sec. 40.31.711. - Resubdivision plan.
- Sec. 40.31.712. - Modifications to Diversified Planned Unit Developments (DPUD).
- Sec. 40.31.713. - Title subdivision plan.
- Sec. 40.31.714. - Record conversion plan.
- Sec. 40.31.715. - Renaming subdivision and land development plans or streets.
- Sec. 40.31.716. - Record plan modification.
- Sec. 40.31.720. - Subdivision plan review.
- Division 40.31.800. - Performance guarantee.
- Sec. 40.31.810. - Conditions and restrictions.
- Sec. 40.31.820. - Land Development Improvement Agreement (LDIA).
- Sec. 40.31.830. - Approvals, releases or reductions made in error.
- Sec. 40.31.840. - Release of surety.
- Sec. 40.31.850. - Calling surety.
- Sec. 40.31.901. - Prohibitions.
- Sec. 40.31.910. - Notice to owner or to any responsible person of code violations.
- Sec. 40.31.920. - Enforcement.
- Sec. 40.31.930. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.31.940. - Reserved.
ARTICLE 33
- DEFINITIONS
Sections
- Division 40.33.000.- Purpose.
- Division 40.33.100. - Word usage.
- Sec. 40.33.110. - County terms.
- Sec. 40.33.120. - State agencies and terms.
- Sec. 40.33.130. - Abbreviations.
- Division 40.33.200. - Use definitions.
- Sec. 40.33.210. - Agricultural uses.
- Sec. 40.33.220. - Residential uses.
- Sec. 40.33.221. - Home uses.
- Sec. 40.33.230. - Institutional uses.
- Sec. 40.33.240. - Commercial uses.
- Sec. 40.33.250. - Amusement and resort uses.
- Sec. 40.33.260. - Reserved.
- Sec. 40.33.270. - Industrial uses.
- Sec. 40.33.280. - Other uses.
- Sec. 40.33.290. - Temporary uses.
- Division 40.33.300. - General definitions.