Orlando City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
PART 1
- INTRODUCTION
Sections
- Sec. 58.100.- Title.
- Sec. 58.101. - Relationship to the Growth Management Plan.
- Sec. 58.102. - Purpose.
- Sec. 58.103. - General Effect.
- Sec. 58.104. - General.
- Sec. 58.105. - Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act.
- Sec. 58.106. - Orlando Growth Management Plan.
- Sec. 58.107. - Special Acts; City Charter.
- 1A. - COPY ON FILE
- 1B. - ZONING TABLES
- FG-1A.LDC - (Table of Zoning District Regulations Inside [and Outside of the] Traditional City) - R-1AA; R-1A; R-1; R-1N; R-2A; R-2B; R-3A; R-3B; R-3C; R-3D
- FG-1B.LDC - (Table of Zoning District Regulations Inside [and Outside of] the Traditional City ("T. City")]) - MXD-1; MXD-2; O-1; O-2; O-3; MU-1; MU-2
- FG-1C.LDC - (Table of Zoning District Regulations Inside [and Outside of] the Traditional City) - AC-N; AC-1; AC-2; AC-3; AC-3A; IC; IG; IP; H; P; C
- FG-2A.LDC - (Table of allowable uses in zoning districts Inside [and Outside of] the Traditional City) - R-1S; R-2A; R-2B; R-3A; R-3B; R-3C; R-3D; MXD-1; MXD-2; O-1; O-2; O-3; MU-1; MU-2; AC-N; AC-1; AC-2; AC-3; AC-3A; H; CON; IC; IP; IG
- FG-2B.LDC - (Table of allowable uses in zoning districts Inside [and Outside of] the Traditional City) - R-1S; R-2A; R-2B; R-3A; R-3B; R-3C; R-3D; MXD-1; MXD-2; O-1; O-2; O-3; MU-1; MU-2; AC-N; AC-1; AC-2; AC-3; AC-3A; IC; IG; IP; P; H; C
PART 2
- DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- 2A.- GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
- Sec. 58.200.- General Requirements.
- Sec. 58.201. - Conformance With Zoning Regulations Required.
- Sec. 58.202. - Exemptions.
- Sec. 58.203. - Height Limit Exceptions.
- Sec. 58.204. - Airport Zoning Height Regulations.
- Sec. 58.205. - Minimum Floor Area Ratio Requirements.
- Sec. 58.206. - Minimum Density Requirements.
- Sec. 58.207. - Minimum Mixed Density/Floor Area Ratio Requirements.
- Sec. 58.208. - Exemption of Certain Conference/Meeting Center/Ballroom Space from Floor Area Ratio Calculations in the Downtown Orlando Community Redevelopment Area (East of Parramore Avenue).
- 2B.- ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING DISTRICT DESCRIPTIONS
- 2C.- R-1, R-1N, R-1A, R-1AA ONE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- 2D.- R-2A, R-2B RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- 2E.- R-3A, R-3B, R-3C and R-3D DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
- 2F.- MXD-1 MIXED RESIDENTIAL-OFFICE DISTRICT
- 2G.- MXD-2 MIXED RESIDENTIAL-OFFICE DISTRICT
- 2H.- MU-1 and MU-2 MIXED USE DISTRICTS
- 2I.- O-1, O-2 and O-3 OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- 2J.- I-P INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT
- 2K.- I-G GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- 2L.- C CONSERVATION DISTRICT
- 2M.- P PUBLIC USE DISTRICT
- 2N.- H HOLDING DISTRICT
- 2O.- AC-N, AC-1, AC-2, AC-3 ACTIVITY CENTER DISTRICTS
- 2P.- AC-3A DOWNTOWN METROPOLITAN ACTIVITY CORE CENTER DISTRICT
- 2Q.- PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
- Sec. 58.360.- Relationship to the Growth Management Plan.
- Sec. 58.361. - Purpose of the District.
- Sec. 58.362. - Rezones and Zoning Map Applications.
- Sec. 58.363. - Unified Control.
- Sec. 58.364. - Phasing.
- Sec. 58.365. - Development Time Limits.
- Sec. 58.366. - Bonds.
- Sec. 58.367. - Applicability of other ordinances.
- Sec. 58.368. - Variances Do Not Apply to Planned Development.
- Sec. 58.369. - Status of Previously Approved PD Plans.
- 2R.- AN AIRCRAFT NOISE OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 2S.- AIRCRAFT NOISE
- 2T.- AR APPEARANCE REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 2U.- HP HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 2V.- MA MAJOR ATTRACTION OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 2W.- RP RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 2X.- SP SPECIALLY PLANNED AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 2Y.- t TRADITIONAL CITY OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 2Z.- UR URBAN RESERVE DISTRICT
- 2AA.- ASD-1 AND ASD-2 AIRPORT SUPPORT DISTRICTS
- 2AB.- TC/UTC TOWN CENTER/URBAN TRANSIT CENTER DISTRICT
- 2AC.- VC/UTC VILLAGE CENTER/URBAN TRANSIT CENTER DISTRICT
- 2AD.- VC VILLAGE CENTER DISTRICT
- 2AE.- NC NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER DISTRICT
- 2AF.- RN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT
- 2AG.- I-C INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- 2AH.- W Wekiva Overlay District
- 2AI.- PARRAMORE HERITAGE OVERLAY DISTRICT (PH)
- Sec. 58.499.13.- Relationship to the Growth Management Plan.
- Sec. 58.499.14. - Purpose of the District.
- Sec. 58.499.15. - District Use Standards.
- Sec. 58.499.16. - Modification of Standards in the PH Overlay District.
- Sec. 58.499.17. - Appearance Review Standards and Guidelines.
- Sec. 58.499.18. - Application Fee Waivers.
PART 3
- SPECIFIC RESIDENTIAL USES
Sections
- 3A.- ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS[1]
- 3B. - TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT[2]
- 3C. - DUPLEX AND TANDEM DWELLING DEVELOPMENT[3]
- 3D. - RESERVED[4]
- 3E. - RESERVED[5]
- 3F. - CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITIES[6]
- Sec. 58.540. - General Requirements.
- Sec. 58.541. - General Requirements for All Congregate Living Facilities.
- Sec. 58.542. - Standards for the Review of Conditional Use Permit Applications for all types of Congregate Living Facilities.
- Sec. 58.543. - Procedural Requirements for the Establishment of a Group Housing Facility (no care provided).
- Sec. 58.544. - Procedural Requirements for the Establishment of a Group Care Facility (Residential, Intensive and Transient).
- Sec. 58.545. - Dispersal of Group Care Facilities (Residential, Intensive and Transient).
- 3G. - MOBILE HOME
- Sec. 58.550. - General Requirements and Cross-References.
- Sec. 58.551. - Specific Design Requirements.
- Sec. 58.552. - Occupancy Requirements.
- Sec. 58.553. - Responsibility for Maintenance.
- Sec. 58.554. - Procedural Requirements.
- 3G(1). - REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS FOR MOBILE HOME DEVELOPMENT
- 3H. - MULTI-FAMILY: MULTIPLEX (3—8 DWELLING UNITS IN R-2B, R-3A, R-3B, O-1, AND O-2 ZONING DISTRICTS)[7]
- 3I. - MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS ABOVE 8 UNITS[8]
- 3J. - RESERVED[9]
- 3K. - RESERVED[10]
- 3L. - ZERO-LOT-LINE DEVELOPMENT
- 3M. - RESERVED[11]
PART 4
- OTHER SPECIFIC USES AND STRUCTURES
Sections
- 4A.- ADULT ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES
- 4B.- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENTS[12]
- Sec. 58.705.- General Requirements.
- Sec. 58.706. - Distance from Churches and Schools.
- Sec. 58.707. - Subsequent Establishment of Church or School.
- Sec. 58.708. - Exceptions to Distance Requirements.
- Sec. 58.709. - Approval for Alcoholic Beverage Establishments That do not Meet the Distance Separation Requirements.
- 4C.- MOBILE VENDING
- 4D.- MOBILE SERVICES
- 4E.- DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITIES[13]
- Sec. 58.740.- General Requirements.
- Sec. 58.741. - Waiting Areas for Vehicles Awaiting Service.
- Sec. 58.742. - Unified Access and Circulation Requirements.
- Sec. 58.743. - Speaker Boxes—Orientation and Noise Requirements.
- Sec. 58.744. - Traffic Hazards.
- Sec. 58.745. - Requirements for Specific Drive-in Facilities.
- Sec. 58.746. - Accessory Drive-Through Car Washes.
- 4F.- AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES
- Sec. 58.750.- Locational Requirements for Fuel Pumps, etc.
- Sec. 58.751. - Groundwater Contamination From Underground Storage Tanks.
- Sec. 58.752. - Unified Access and Circulation Requirements.
- Sec. 58.753. - Driveway Width Requirements.
- Sec. 58.754. - Standards for Automotive Services.
- Secs. 58.755—58.759. - Reserved.
- 4G.- JUNK YARDS
- 4H.- PERSONAL STORAGE FACILITIES
- 4I.- RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS
- 4J.- OUTSIDE STORAGE USES AND STORAGE FACILITIES
- 4K.- DONATION BINS[14]
- 4L.- PUBLIC BENEFIT USES[15]
- Sec. 58.810.- General Requirements for Public Benefit Uses.
- Sec. 58.811. - Assembly Public Benefit Uses: Classification, Where Permitted.
- Sec. 58.812. - Assembly PBUs: Development and Design Criteria.
- Sec. 58.813. - Additional Provisions for Public Schools.
- Sec. 58.814. - Light Public Benefit Uses.
- Sec. 58.815. - Intensive Public Benefit Uses.
- Sec. 58.816. - Review Criteria for Conditional Use Permit Applications for Public Benefit Uses.
- 4M.- DWELLING UNITS—COMMERCIAL
- 4N.- TEMPORARY USE
- 4O.- COMMUNICATION TOWERS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES[16]
- Sec. 58.840.- General Requirements.
- Sec. 58.841. - Use Restrictions.
- Sec. 58.842. - Exemptions.
- Sec. 58.843. - Height Limit Exceptions.
- Sec. 58.844. - Separation and Site Development Standards.
- Sec. 58.845. - Communication Antennas.
- Sec. 58.846. - Co-Location of Communication Antennas.
- Sec. 58.847. - Waivers.
- Sec. 58.848. - Effect of Approval.
- Sec. 58.849. - Abandonment.
- Sec. 58.849.1. - Business Tax Receipt Requirement.
- Sec. 58.849.2. - Wireless Communication Facilities.
- Sec. 58.849.3. - Use Restrictions and Approval Process.
- Sec. 58.849.4. - Location Requirements for Wireless Communication Facilities.
- Sec. 58.849.5. - Design Requirements.
- Sec. 58.849.6. - Waivers.
- Sec. 58.849.7. - Wireless Facilities in Existence on the Date of Adoption of this Ordinance.
- Sec. 58.849.8. - Abandonment.
- 4P.- VERTIPORTS
- 4Q.- SHOOTING RANGES, INDOOR
- 4R(1).- RESERVED[17]
- 4R(2) - MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES[18]
- 4S.- RESERVED[19]
- 4T.- ANIMAL BOARDING FACILITIES
- 4U.- DOG FRIENDLY DINING
PART 5
- ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES
Sections
- 5A.- GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
- 5B.- SPECIFIC ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES
- 5B(1).- ACCESSORY SERVICE USES
- 5B(2). - BED AND BREAKFAST FACILITIES
- 5B(3). - CARETAKERS QUARTERS
- 5B(4). - COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKING
- 5B(5). - FENCES AND WALLS
- 5B(6). - GARAGE AND YARD SALES
- 5B(7). - HOME OCCUPATIONS
- 5B(8). - MODEL DWELLINGS
- 5B(9). - OUTDOOR DISPLAY OF MERCHANDISE
- 5B(10). - REFUSE AND RECYCLING DISPOSAL CONTAINERS[20]
- 5B(11). - SWIMMING POOLS, HOT TUBS, SPAS, AND SCREEN ENCLOSURES[21]
- Sec. 58.956. - General Requirements.
- Sec. 58.957. - Lighting.
- Sec. 58.958. - Locational Requirements.
- Sec. 58.959. - Fencing of Swimming Pools.
- Sec. 58.960. - City Sanitary Requirements Applicable.
- Sec. 58.961. - Exterior Access to Swimming Pools.
- Sec. 58.962. - Patio Drainage.
- Sec. 58.963. - Screen Enclosures.
- 5B(12). - TENNIS COURTS
- 5B(13). - VENDING MACHINES, PHONE BOOTHS AND SIMILAR ACCESSORY USES
- 5B(14). - WATER FEATURES AND FOUNTAINS
- 5B(15). - PATIOS AND DECKS
- 5B(16). - AUTOMATED INDIVIDUAL CAR WASH
- 5B(17). - DOCKS
- Sec. 58.976. - Building Permit Application and Procedures.
- Sec. 58.977. - General Regulation of Dock Construction and Repair.
- Sec. 58.978. - Additional Regulation of Semi-Private Docks.
- Sec. 58.979. - Additional Regulation of Public Docks.
- Sec. 58.980. - Conditional Uses of Docks.
- Sec. 58.981. - Effect of Permit.
- 5B(18). - MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
- Sec. 58.982. - Generally.
- Sec. 58.983. - Mechanical and Exterior Accessory Equipment Used in Nonresidential and Multifamily Residential Development.
- Sec. 58.984. - Mechanical and Exterior Accessory Equipment Used in Residential Development.
- Sec. 58.985. - Alternative Standards for Certain Mechanical and Exterior Accessory Equipment.
- Sec. 58.986. - Mechanical Equipment for Pools, Hot Tubs, Hydrospas or the like.
- Sec. 58.987. - Modifications.
- Sec. 58.988. - Applicability.
- 5B(19).- OWNER-OCCUPIED HOME SHARING
PART 7
- NONCONFORMITIES AND DISCOURAGED USES
Sections
- 7A.- GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
- 7B. - NONCONFORMING LOTS
- Sec. 58.1150. - Status as a Nonconforming Lot.
- Sec. 58.1151. - Reduction in Size and Width Prohibited.
- Sec. 58.1152. - Permitted Uses of Nonconforming Lots.
- Sec. 58.1153. - Development of Nonconforming Residential Lots.
- Sec. 58.1154. - Lot Splits into Nonconforming Lots.
- Sec. 58.1155. - Modification of Standards for Nonconforming Lots.
- 7C. - NONCONFORMING BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND VEHICULAR USE AREAS
- Sec. 58.1160. - Expansion of a Nonconforming Building, Structure, or Vehicular Use Area.
- Sec. 58.1161. - Work to Nonconforming Building, Structure, or Vehicular Use Area.
- Sec. 58.1162. - One and Two Family Dwellings Built Before 1959.
- Sec. 58.1163. - One Through Five Family Dwellings in MXD-2 Districts.
- 7D. - NONCONFORMING USES
- 7E. - NONCONFORMING LANDSCAPING
- 7F. - CHANGE OF USE[25]
- 7G. - EMINENT DOMAIN WAIVERS AND EXCEPTIONS[26]
- Sec. 58.1185. - Findings of Fact.
- Sec. 58.1186. - Intent.
- Sec. 58.1187. - Authority of Department Heads.
- Sec. 58.1188. - Application for Waivers and Exceptions.
- Sec. 58.1189. - Waivers and Exceptions.
- Sec. 58.1190. - Signs.
- Sec. 58.1191. - Authority for Staff to Testify at Judicial proceedings on the Likelihood of Waivers or Exceptions.
- Sec. 58.1192. - No Vested Rights.
- 7H. - PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINICS
PART 8
- CODE ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- 8A.- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 8B. - COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY PROHIBITED IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- 8C. - ABANDONED OR DERELICT VEHICLES
- 8D. - GROUP HOUSING
- 8E. - MISCELLANEOUS YARD REQUIREMENTS
PART 9
- AIRPORT ZONING REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 58.1210.- Purpose of Regulations.
- Sec. 58.1211. - Abbreviations.
- Sec. 58.1212. - Rules of Interpretation.
- Sec. 58.1213. - Zones and Heights Requiring Airport Height Zoning Permit.
- Sec. 58.1214. - Airport Height Zoning Permit Application Procedure.
- Sec. 58.1215. - Pre-Application Conference.
- Sec. 58.1216. - Review of Airport Height Zoning Permit Application.
- Sec. 58.1217. - Airspace Surfaces.
- Sec. 58.1218. - Objects Affecting Navigable Airspace.
- Sec. 58.1219. - Supportive Screening Criteria.
- Sec. 58.1220. - Approval or Disapproval of Airport Height Zoning Permit Application.
- Sec. 58.1221. - Hazard Marking and Lighting.
- Sec. 58.1222. - Permit Required in Addition to Those Issued by Other Agencies.
- Sec. 58.1223. - Rules of Interpretation.
- Sec. 58.1224. - Continuance of Existing Nonconforming Use.
- Sec. 58.1225. - Prohibition of Sanitary Landfills.
- Sec. 58.1226. - Enforcement.
- Sec. 58.1227. - Airport Board of Adjustment.