Ottumwa City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- IN GENERAL
Sections
- Sec. 38-1.- Title.
- Sec. 38-2. - Jurisdiction.
- Sec. 38-3. - Purpose.
- Sec. 38-4. - Consistency with comprehensive development plan.
- Sec. 38-5. - Required conformance.
- Sec. 38-6. - Prior building permits.
- Sec. 38-7. - Interpretation and conflict.
- Sec. 38-8. - Relief from other provisions.
- Sec. 38-9. - Severability of provision.
- Sec. 38-10. - Publication.
ARTICLE III
USE TYPES
Sections
- Sec. 38-71.- Purpose.
- Sec. 38-72. - Determinations.
- Sec. 38-73. - Agricultural use types.
- Sec. 38-74. - Residential use types.
- Sec. 38-75. - Civic use types.
- Sec. 38-76. - Office use types.
- Sec. 38-77. - Commercial use types.
- Sec. 38-78. - Parking use types.
- Sec. 38-79. - Industrial use types.
- Sec. 38-80. - Transportation use types.
- Sec. 38-81. - Miscellaneous type uses.
ARTICLE IV
ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 38-106.- Purpose.
- Sec. 38-107. - Establishment of districts.
- Sec. 38-108. - Application of districts.
- Sec. 38-109. - Hierarchy.
- Sec. 38-110. - Development regulations.
- Sec. 38-111. - Zoning map.
- Sec. 38-112. - Interpretation of district boundaries.
- Sec. 38-113. - Vacation of streets and alleys.
- Sec. 38-114. - Annexation of territory.
- Sec. 38-115. - Use matrix levels of permitted uses.
- Sec. 38-116. - Guide to site development regulators.
- Sec. 38-117. - Mixed-use buildings and mixed-use development.
ARTICLE XV
CS-1 COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT
Sections
- Sec. 38-450.- Purpose.
- Sec. 38-451. - Statement of intent.
- Sec. 38-452. - Procedures.
- Sec. 38-453. - Principal use regulations.
- Sec. 38-454. - Uses subject to conditional use permit.
- Sec. 38-455. - Prohibited uses.
- Sec. 38-456. - Property development standards.
- Sec. 38-457. - Off-street parking.
- Sec. 38-458. - Signs.
- Sec. 38-459. - Completion of project.
- Sec. 38-460. - Existing shopping centers.
- Sec. 38-461. - Modification of site plan.
ARTICLE XXII
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD DISTRICT
Sections
- Sec. 38-660.- Statement of intent.
- Sec. 38-661. - Pre-application conference.
- Sec. 38-662. - Conceptual plan and evidence required.
- Sec. 38-663. - Contents of the conceptual plan.
- Sec. 38-664. - Approval of conceptual plan and rezoning by planning and zoning commission and city council.
- Sec. 38-665. - Time requirements for submittal of development plan.
- Sec. 38-666. - Contents of development plan.
- Sec. 38-667. - Documents required with development plan.
- Sec. 38-668. - Approval of development plan by planning director.
- Sec. 38-669. - Amendments to conceptual plan.
- Sec. 38-670. - Amendments to development plan.
- Sec. 38-671. - Appeals from decisions.
- Sec. 38-672. - Permitted uses.
- Sec. 38-673. - Standards.
- Sec. 38-674. - Building permits.
- Sec. 38-675. - Fill permits.
- Sec. 38-676. - Zoning board of adjustment review precluded.
- Sec. 38-677. - Failure to submit development plan or to commence construction.
- Sec. 38-678. - Enforcement and maintenance.
ARTICLE XXIII
FLOODPLAIN/FLOODWAY FP/FW OVERLAY DISTRICT2
Sections
- Sec. 38-700.- Definitions.
- Sec. 38-701. - Statutory authority, findings of fact and purpose.
- Sec. 38-702. - General provisions.
- Sec. 38-703. - Administration.
- Sec. 38-704. - Establishment of zoning (overlay) districts.
- Sec. 38-705. - Floodway (overlay) district (FW).
- Sec. 38-706. - Floodway fringe (overlay) district (FF).
- Sec. 38-707. - General floodplain (overlay) district (GF).
- Sec. 38-708. - Appointment and duties of board of adjustment.
- Sec. 38-709. - Nonconforming uses.
- Sec. 38-710. - Penalties for violation.
- Sec. 38-711. - Amendments.
ARTICLE XXIV
AVIATION AV OVERLAY DISTRICT
Sections
- Sec. 38-736.- Intent.
- Sec. 38-737. - Purpose.
- Sec. 38-738. - Definitions.
- Sec. 38-739. - Airport zones.
- Sec. 38-740. - Airport zone height limitations.
- Sec. 38-741. - Use restrictions.
- Sec. 38-742. - Nonconforming uses.
- Sec. 38-743. - Variances.
- Sec. 38-744. - Conflicting regulations.
- Sec. 38-745. - Permits.
- Sec. 38-746. - Administrative agency.
- Sec. 38-747. - Zoning board of adjustment.
- Sec. 38-748. - Appeals.
- Sec. 38-749. - Judicial review.
- Sec. 38-750. - Penalties.
- Sec. 38-751. - Conflicting regulations.
- Sec. 38-752. - Severability.
ARTICLE XXV
CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT CD OVERLAY DISTRICT
Sections
- Sec. 38-773.- Purpose.
- Sec. 38-774. - Process.
- Sec. 38-775. - Permitted land uses.
- Sec. 38-776. - Permitted density yield.
- Sec. 38-777. - Minimum percentage of open space.
- Sec. 38-778. - Conservation areas as open space.
- Sec. 38-779. - Location standards for open space.
- Sec. 38-780. - Special processes for conservation developments.
- Sec. 38-781. - Ownership and maintenance of common open space.
- Sec. 38-782. - Maintenance standards.
- Sec. 38-783. - Evaluation criteria.
ARTICLE XXVI
GATEWAY CORRIDOR GC OVERLAY DISTRICT
Sections
- Sec. 38-805.- Intent.
- Sec. 38-806. - Corridor overlay district boundaries.
- Sec. 38-807. - Permitted uses.
- Sec. 38-808. - Application and exemptions.
- Sec. 38-809. - Design standards for development in gateway corridor (GC) overlay districts.
- Sec. 38-810. - Building design guidelines.
- Sec. 38-811. - Administration.
- Sec. 38-812. - Appeals.
ARTICLE XXVIII
SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 38-868.- Purpose.
- Sec. 38-869. - Supplemental use regulations—Agricultural uses.
- Sec. 38-870. - Same—Residential uses.
- Sec. 38-871. - Same—Civic uses.
- Sec. 38-872. - Same—Commercial uses.
- Sec. 38-873. - Same—Adult entertainment businesses.
- Sec. 38-874. - Same—Industrial uses.
- Sec. 38-875. - Same—Miscellaneous uses.
- Sec. 38-876. - Permitted accessory uses—Residential properties.
- Sec. 38-877. - Same—Other use types.
- Sec. 38-878. - Storage, sale, and use of toxic and explosive substances.
- Sec. 38-879. - Outdoor storage.
- Sec. 38-880. - Supplemental use regulations; temporary uses.
- Sec. 38-881. - Required street frontage.
- Sec. 38-882. - Lot size exceptions.
- Sec. 38-883. - Division of zoning lots.
- Sec. 38-884. - Number of buildings on a zoning lot.
- Sec. 38-885. - Setback adjustments.
- Sec. 38-886. - Height exceptions.
- Sec. 38-887. - Fence regulations.
ARTICLE XXIX
LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERING STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 38-908.- Purpose.
- Sec. 38-909. - Applicability.
- Sec. 38-910. - Landscaping exemption.
- Sec. 38-911. - Landscaping requirements.
- Sec. 38-912. - Landscaping materials and installation standards.
- Sec. 38-913. - Buffer yard provisions.
- Sec. 38-914. - Screening standards.
- Sec. 38-915. - Parking lot landscaping.
- Sec. 38-916. - Tree plantings.
- Sec. 38-917. - General provisions.
ARTICLE XXXII
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- Sec. 38-991.- Zoning administrator.
- Sec. 38-992. - Building permits required.
- Sec. 38-993. - Application for permit.
- Sec. 38-994. - Construction and use to be as provided in application, plans, and permits.
- Sec. 38-995. - Investigation fees; work without permit.
- Sec. 38-996. - Changes and amendments.
- Sec. 38-997. - Zoning board of adjustment.
- Sec. 38-998. - Conditional use permits.
- Sec. 38-999. - Abandonment of variances, exceptions and conditional use permits.
- Sec. 38-1000. - Nonconforming uses and structures.
- Sec. 38-1001. - Violations.
- Sec. 38-1002. - Penalties.
- Sec. 38-1003. - Violations not exclusive.
- Sec. 38-1004. - Each day separate violation.
- Sec. 38-1005. - Injunction.
- Sec. 38-1006. - Occupancy permits—Required for land and buildings.
- Sec. 38-1007. - Same—Required for change of use in new construction.
- Sec. 38-1008. - Occupancy permit fee.
- Sec. 38-1009. - Planned unit development administrative amendments: definition of insubstantial change.
- Sec. 38-1010. - Procedures for changing a planned unit development conceptual or final development plan.
- Sec. 38-1011. - Administrative exceptions to district regulations.