Peabody City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 1
Title, Purpose, Authority, Jurisdiction, and Transitional Provisions
Sections
- ARTICLE 1.1 TITLE, PURPOSE, AUTHORITY, AND JURISDICTION
- Division 1.1.100 Title and Purpose
- Division 1.1.200 Authority and Jurisdiction
- ARTICLE 1.2 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- Division 1.2.100 Transitional Provisions
CHAPTER 2
Zoning Districts and Land Uses
Sections
- ARTICLE 2.1 ZONING DISTRICTS
- Division 2.1.100 Purpose and Application of Article
- Division 2.1.200 Establishment of Zoning Districts
- Division 2.1.300 Airport Overlay District
- Division 2.1.400 Stream Corridor Overlay District
- Sec. 2.1.401 Purpose and Application
- Sec. 2.1.402 Stream Corridor Defined
- Sec. 2.1.403 Ponds
- Sec. 2.1.404 Prohibitions
- Sec. 2.1.405 Regulated Uses, Structures, and Activities
- Sec. 2.1.406 Activities Permitted in All Stream Corridor Zones
- Sec. 2.1.407 Enforcement
- Sec. 2.1.408 Abrogation and Greater Restrictions
- ARTICLE 2.2 LAND USES
- Division 2.2.100 Purpose and Application of Article
- Division 2.2.200 Permitted, Limited, Exception, and Prohibited Uses
- Sec. 2.2.201 Interpretation of Land Use Tables
- Sec. 2.2.202 Residential and Commercial Uses of the Home
- Sec. 2.2.203 Institutional, Recreational, and Amusement Uses
- Sec. 2.2.204 Commercial Uses
- Sec. 2.2.205 Agriculture, Industrial, Utility, Transportation, and Communication Uses
- Sec. 2.2.206 NC Uses by Subdistrict
- Sec. 2.2.207 Prohibited Uses in All Districts
- Sec. 2.2.208 Unlisted or Functionally Similar Uses
- Division 2.2.300 Compatibility Standards for Limited Uses and Exceptions
- 2.2.301 Limited Uses and Exceptions, Generally
- Sec. 2.2.302 Residential Use Compatibility Standards
- Sec. 2.2.303 Commercial Use of the Home Compatibility Standards
- Sec. 2.2.304 Institutional Use Compatibility Standards
- Sec. 2.2.305 Recreation and Amusement Use Compatibility Standards
- Sec. 2.2.306 Commercial Use Compatibility Standards
- Sec. 2.2.307 Agriculture Use Compatibility Standards
- Sec. 2.2.308 Industrial Use Compatibility Standards
- Sec. 2.2.309 Transportation Use Compatibility Standards
- Sec. 2.2.310 Utility Use Compatibility Standards
- Sec. 2.2.311 Communication Use Compatibility Standards
CHAPTER 3
Density, Intensity, Bulk, and Scale
Sections
- ARTICLE 3.1 NEW NEIGHBORHOODS, NONRESIDENTIAL, AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT
- Division 3.1.100 Purpose and Application of Article
- Division 3.1.200 New Neighborhood Development Standards
- Division 3.1.300 Nonresidential and Mixed Use Lot and Scale Standards
- ARTICLE 3.2 NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION AND ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS
- Division 3.2.100 Purpose and Application of Article
- Division 3.2.200 Development of Lots in the NC Districts
CHAPTER 4
Landscaping and Buffering
Sections
- ARTICLE 4.1 LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERING
- Division 4.1.100 Purpose and Application of Chapter
- Division 4.1.200 General Requirements
- Division 4.1.300 Development Landscaping
- Division 4.1.400 Bufferyards
- ARTICLE 4.2 TREE PROTECTION
- Division 4.2.100 Tree Protection and Care
- Division 4.2.200 Landscape Plans, Installation, and Maintenance
CHAPTER 5
Parking, Loading, Access, and Lighting
Sections
- ARTICLE 5.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- Division 5.1.100 Purpose and Application
- ARTICLE 5.2 PARKING AND LOADING
- Division 5.2.100 Parking and Loading Calculations
- Division 5.2.200 Parking and Loading Design Standards
- ARTICLE 5.3 ACCESS MANAGEMENT
- ARTICLE 5.4 LIGHTING
CHAPTER 6
Streets, Sidewalks, and Trails
Sections
- ARTICLE 6.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- Division 6.1.100 Purpose and Application
- ARTICLE 6.2 STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND TRAILS
- Division 6.2.100 Objectives and Functional Classifications
- Division 6.2.200 Street Standards
- Sec. 6.2.201 Access and Connectivity
- Sec. 6.2.202 Alleys
- Sec. 6.2.203 Cul-de-Sacs and Temporary Turnarounds
- Sec. 6.2.204 Medians and Entrance Ways
- Sec. 6.2.205 Private Streets
- Sec. 6.2.206 Right-of-Way Maintenance
- Sec. 6.2.207 Sight Triangle Requirements
- Sec. 6.2.208 Right-of-Way Widths
- Sec. 6.2.209 Thoroughfare Plan
- Division 6.2.300 Sidewalks and Trails
CHAPTER 7
Signs
Sections
- ARTICLE 7.1 PURPOSE, INTENT, AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- Division 7.1.100 Purpose, Intent, and Application
- ARTICLE 7.2 SIGNS
- Division 7.2.100 General Provisions
- Division 7.2.200 Permanent Signs
- Division 7.2.300 Temporary Signs
- Division 7.2.400 Special Area Sign Standards
CHAPTER 8
Environmental Quality and Resource Protection
Sections
- ARTICLE 8.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- Division 8.1.100 Purpose and Application
- ARTICLE 8.2 ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
- Division 8.2.100 General Environmental Standards
CHAPTER 9
Subdivision Design and Land Development
Sections
- ARTICLE 9.1 SUBDIVISION DESIGN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
- Division 9.1.100 Purpose and Application of Article
- Division 9.1.200 General Requirements for Development Design
- Sec. 9.1.201 Development Design Principles
- Sec. 9.1.202 Lots
- Sec. 9.1.203 Blocks
- Sec. 9.1.204 Easements
- Sec. 9.1.205 Open Space Design
- Sec. 9.1.206 Streets
- Sec. 9.1.207 Utilities
- Sec. 9.1.208 Improvements
- Sec. 9.1.209 Naming and Numbering
- Sec. 9.1.210 Concept Plan and Development Phasing
- Sec. 9.1.211 Building and Property Lines
- Division 9.1.300 Residential Development Design
- Division 9.1.400 Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions
- Division 9.1.500 Dedication of Land and Improvements
- Division 9.1.600 Mapping and Monuments
- ARTICLE 9.2 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
- Division 9.2.100 Purpose and Application of Article
- Sec. 9.2.101 Purpose
- Sec. 9.2.102 Application
- Sec. 9.2.103 Interpretations
- Sec. 9.2.104 Relationship to Other Laws
- Sec. 9.2.105 Conflicts with Public and Private Provisions
- Sec. 9.2.106 Disclaimer of Liability
- Sec. 9.2.107 Adoption of Post Construction Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual
- Sec. 9.2.108 Fees
- Division 9.2.200 Stormwater Utility
- Sec. 9.2.201 Creation of Stormwater Utility
- Sec. 9.2.202 Findings and Determinations
- Sec. 9.2.203 Administration
- Sec. 9.2.204 Operating Budget
- Sec. 9.2.205 Stormwater Management Service Fee
- Sec. 9.2.206 Appeal Procedure
- Sec. 9.2.207 Stormwater Management Service Fee Collection
- Sec. 9.2.208 Stormwater Utility Fund
- Division 9.2.300 Storm Water Management
- Division 9.2.100 Purpose and Application of Article
- ARTICLE 9.3 FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
- Division 9.3.100 Authorization, Findings of Fact, Purpose, and Application
- Division 9.3.200 Special Flood Hazards and Loses
CHAPTER 10
Buildings and Structures
Sections
- ARTICLE 10.1 BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS
- Division 10.1.100 Residential Design Standards
- Division 10.1.200 Nonresidential and Mixed Use Design Standards
- Division 10.1.300 Special District Design Standards
- ARTICLE 10.2 SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS
CHAPTER 11
Administration
Sections
- ARTICLE 11.1 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BODIES
- Division 11.1.100 Purpose and Application of Article
- Division 11.1.200 Commissions and Boards
- Division 11.1.300 City Staff and Other Review Boards
- ARTICLE 11.2 PERMITS AND PROCEDURES
- Division 11.2.100 Purpose and Applicability of Article
- Division 11.2.200 Standardized Development Approval Procedures
- Sec. 11.2.201 Generally
- Sec. 11.2.202 Pre-Application Conference
- Sec. 11.2.203 Filing of Application
- Sec. 11.2.204 Fees
- Sec. 11.2.205 Application Completeness Review
- Sec. 11.2.206 Termination of Stale Applications
- Sec. 11.2.207 Staff Review and Referral; Decision
- Sec. 11.2.208 Public Notice
- Sec. 11.2.209 Public Meetings and Hearings
- Sec. 11.2.210 Continuances and Withdrawal
- Sec. 11.2.211 Successive Applications
- Division 11.2.300 Administrative Approvals
- Sec. 11.2.301 Certificate of Zoning Compliance
- Sec. 11.2.302 Right-of-Way Encroachment
- Sec. 11.2.303 Minor Changes to a Planned Development Plan
- Sec. 11.2.304 Land Clearing Permit
- Sec. 11.2.305 Sign Permit
- Sec. 11.2.306 Building Permit
- Sec. 11.2.307 Certificate of Occupancy
- Sec. 11.2.308 Recreational Vehicle (RV) Park License
- Sec. 11.2.309 Floodplain Development Permit
- Sec. 11.2.310 Stream Corridor Development Requirements
- Sec. 11.2.311 Appeal of Stormwater Management Service Fee
- Division 11.2.400 Public Meetings and Public Hearing Approvals
- Sec. 11.2.401 Administrative Appeals
- Sec. 11.2.402 Administrative Appeals of Stream Corridor Requirements
- Sec. 11.2.403 Appeals to City Commission
- Sec. 11.2.404 Planned Development, Preliminary Plan
- Sec. 11.2.405 Planned Development, Final Plan
- Sec. 11.2.406 Rezonings
- Sec. 11.2.407 Site Plan
- 11.2.408 Exception Permits
- Sec. 11.2.409 Text Amendment
- Sec. 11.2.410 Variances
- Sec. 11.2.411 Floodplain Management Variance
- Division 11.2.500 Subdivision Approvals
CHAPTER 12
Nonconformities
Sections
- ARTICLE 12.1 NONCONFORMITIES
- Division 12.1.100 Nonconformities
- Division 12.1.200 Classification of Nonconformities
- Division 12.1.300 General Regulations
CHAPTER 13
Interpretation, Enforcement, and Legal Status
Sections
- ARTICLE 13.1 INTERPRETATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND LEGAL STATUS
- Division 13.1.100 Interpretation
- Division 13.1.200 Enforcement
- Division 13.1.300 Legal Status
CHAPTER 14
Measurements and Words
Sections
- ARTICLE 14.1 MEASUREMENTS, WORD AND DOCUMENT USAGE, AND DEFINITIONS
- Division 14.1.100 Measurements
- Sec. 14.1.101 Density
- Sec. 14.1.102 Floor Area Ratio
- Sec. 14.1.103 Gross Floor Area
- Sec. 14.1.104 Height
- Sec. 14.1.105 Landscape Surface Ration (LSR)
- Sec. 14.1.106 Lot Area
- Sec. 14.1.107 Lot Coverage
- Sec. 14.1.108 Lot Width
- Sec. 14.1.109 Open Space Ratio (OSR) and Landscape Surface Ratio (LSR)
- Sec. 14.1.110 Setbacks
- Sec. 14.1.111 Signable Area and Ratio
- Sec. 14.1.112 Sign Measurement
- Sec. 14.1.113 Sign Calculations
- Sec. 14.1.114 Lineal Street Frontage
- Division 14.1.200 Word and Document Usage
- Division 14.1.300 Definitions
- A Terms
- Abandonment
- Abutting
- Access
- Access Easement
- Accessory Building
- Accessory Dwelling Unit ("ADU")
- Accessory Structure
- Accessory Use
- Addition
- Adjacent
- Agriculture, General
- Agricultural Use
- Airport
- Alcohol Beverage Sales
- Alteration
- Animal Grooming Facility
- Animal Boarding and Veterinarian Services, Large Animal
- Animal Boarding and Veterinarian Services, Small Animal
- Animal Breeding
- Animal Feeding Operations
- Antenna
- Apartment
- Applicant
- Approach Surface
- Approval
- Appurtenant Structure
- Architect
- Area of Shallow Flooding
- Area of Special Flood Hazard
- Asphalt or Concrete Batching Plant
- Assisted Living Facility
- Auto-Urban
- B Terms
- C Terms
- Campground
- Cemetery
- Certificate of Occupancy
- Channel
- Chief Building Official
- Child-Care Facility, Family Day Care Home
- Child-Care Facility, Group Day Care Home
- Child-Care Facility, Youth Residential
- City
- City Commission
- City Engineer
- City Stormwater Superintendent
- Clearing
- Clinic
- College/University/Vocational School
- Commercial Amusement, Indoor
- Commercial Amusement, Outdoor
- Commercial Outdoor Sales Event
- Commercial Retail, Heavy
- Common Open Space
- Comprehensive Plan
- Condominium
- Conical Surface
- Construction
- Contaminated
- Contiguous
- Grass, Cool Season
- Costs of Capital Improvement
- Cottage
- County
- Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions
- Crematory
- Culvert
- Cut-off Fixture
- D Terms
- E Terms
- Easement
- Easement, Conservation
- Edge of Stream Bank
- Effective Date
- Elevated Building
- Enclosed Conveyance System
- Encroachment
- Engineer
- Ephemeral Stream
- Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU)
- Equivalent Residential Unit Rate or ERU Rate
- Erosion
- Event Facility
- Exception
- Exception Permit
- Exempt Property
- Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- Expansion to an Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- F Terms
- Fabrication
- Façade
- Family
- Farmers' Market
- Farming Equipment Sales and Service
- Farm Stand
- Filling
- Fiscal Year
- Five-Year Storm
- Flood or Flooding
- Flood Boundary or Floodway Map
- Flood Elevation Determination
- Flood Elevation Study
- Flood Fringe
- Flood Hazard Boundary Map
- Flood Hazard Map
- Flood Insurance Rate Map
- Flood Insurance Study
- Floodplain
- Floodplain Management
- Floodplain Management Violation
- Floodproofing
- Floodway or Regulatory Floodway
- Floodway Encroachment Lines
- Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
- Food Truck Service
- Foot-candle
- Fraternal Organization
- Freeboard
- Fuel Storage
- Funeral Chapel
- Funeral Home
- G Terms
- H Terms
- I Terms
- L Terms
- Land Disturbing Activity
- Landfill
- Landscape Area
- Landscape Material
- Landscape Surface Area
- Landscape Surface Ratio
- Landscaping
- Land Surveyor
- Lessee
- Level of Service (LOS)
- Library
- Light Fixture, IES Type III
- Light Fixture/Luminaire
- Light Industry
- Limited Use
- Live-Work Unit
- Lodges
- Lot
- Lot Area
- Lot Averaging
- Lot, Corner
- Lot Coverage
- Lot, Depth
- Lot, Double Frontage
- Lot Frontage
- Lot, Interior
- Lot, Irregular
- Lot Line
- Lot, Through
- Lot Width
- Lot of Record
- Lowest Floor
- Low Impact Development (LID)
- M Terms
- Manufactured Home
- Manufactured Home Park
- Manufactured Home Park, New
- Manufactured Home Sales and Services
- Manufactured Home Space
- Manufactured Home Subdivision
- Manufacturing
- Map Amendment
- Mausoleum
- Mean Sea Level
- Medical Lab
- Medical Office
- Meeting Hall
- Mitigation
- Mixed Use
- Mixed Use Lofts
- Mobile Home
- Model Home/On-Site Residential Sales Office
- Modular Home
- Mortuary
- Multi-Family
- Municipal Stormwater Drainage System
- Museum
- N Terms
- Native Grasses
- New Construction
- NPDES Stormwater Discharge Permit
- Nonconforming Building or Structure
- Nonconforming Landscape Areas
- Nonconforming Lot
- Nonconforming Parking Lot
- Nonconforming Sign
- Nonconforming Use
- Nonconformities, Generally
- Non-Profit Institution
- Nonresidential
- Non-Stealth, Freestanding Wireless Telecommunications Facilities ("WTF")
- Nursery/Greenhouse, Retail
- Nursery/Greenhouse, Wholesale
- Nursing or Convalescent Home
- O Terms
- P Terms
- Parcel Proposed for Development
- Parking Aisle
- Parking Lot
- Parking, Stand-Alone
- Parking Row
- Parking, Shared
- Parking Space
- Parking Structure
- Parking Structure, Stand Alone
- Pawn Shop
- Peak Rate of Runoff
- Permanent Foundation
- Permit
- Permitted Use
- Personal Services
- Pervious
- Pervious Cover
- Petroleum Refining
- Place of Public Assembly
- Place of Worship
- Planned Cluster
- Planned Development
- Planning Commission
- Plat, Final
- Plat, Preliminary
- Pollutant
- Portable Storage Unit
- Power Generation, Small-Scale (Renewable/Noncombustible)
- Power Generation, Utility-Scale
- Primary Surface
- Principal Building
- Principal Structure
- Principal Use
- Principally Above Ground
- Private Club
- Private Horse Stable
- Private Restrictions
- Prohibited Use
- Property Lines.
- Property Owners' Association
- Protected Tree
- Public Improvement
- Public Institution
- Public Special Event
- Public Utilities
- Public Works, Director
- R Terms
- Radio and Television Studio
- Railroad Yard
- Recreation/Personal Fitness, Indoor
- Recreation/Personal Fitness, Outdoor
- Recreational Vehicle (RV)
- Recreational Vehicle (RV) Park
- Recreational Vehicle (RV) Space
- Recycling Collection Facility
- Redevelopment
- Release
- Researching and Testing Laboratories
- Residential
- Restaurant
- Restaurant, Drive-In or Drive-Through
- Restoration
- Retail Sales and Services
- Retention
- Revenues
- Rezoning
- Right-of-Way
- Roof, Flat
- Roof, Mansard
- Roof, Pitched
- Runoff
- Runway
- S Terms
- Satellite Dish
- Schools, Private
- Schools, Public
- Seasonal Sales
- Sediment
- Setback
- Showrooms
- Shrubs
- Sidewalk
- Sidewalk Sale
- Sidewalk Setback
- Sight Distance Triangle
- Sign
- Sign, A-Frame
- Sign, Animated
- Sign, Area
- Sign, Attached
- Sign, Awning or Canopy
- Sign, Billboard
- Sign, Business
- Sign, Carried
- Sign, Construction
- Sign, Directional/Information
- Sign, Double-Faced
- Sign, Election
- Sign, Electronic Message
- Sign Face
- Sign, Flashing or Moving
- Sign, Freestanding
- Sign, Hanging
- Sign, Height
- Sign, Illuminated
- Sign, Integral
- Sign, Interim
- Sign, Marquee
- Sign, Monument (Ground)
- Sign, Off-Premises
- Sign, Off-Premise Advertising
- Sign, On-Premises
- Sign, Pole
- Sign, Political and Noncommercial
- Sign, Portable
- Sign, Projecting
- Sign, Real Estate
- Sign, Residential Name Plate
- Sign, Roof
- Sign, Snipe
- Sign Structure
- Sign, Subdivision Entrance
- Sign, Temporary
- Sign, Wall
- Sign, Window
- Significant Alterations to Existing Development
- Single-Family Attached
- Single-Family Detached
- Site
- Site Plan
- Slaughterhouse
- Slopes
- Solar Arrays
- Special Hazard Area
- Standard Neighborhood
- Start of Construction
- State
- State Coordinating Agency
- Stealth Wireless Telecommunication Facility (WTF)
- Storage, Flammable Materials and Substances
- Storage, Self
- Storage Yard
- Storm Sewer
- Stormwater
- Stormwater Superintendent
- Stormwater Management
- Stormwater Management System, Sewer System or System
- Stormwater Management User Fee
- Stormwater Utility
- Story
- Stream
- Stream Corridor
- Street
- Street, Alley
- Street, Arterial
- Street, Collector
- Street, Cul-de-Sac
- Street Line
- Street, Local
- Street, Marginal Access
- Street, Private
- Street, Public
- Structure
- Subdivider
- Subdivision
- Substantial Damage
- Substantial Improvement
- Substation
- Suburban
- T Terms
- Temporary Construction Building
- Temporary Construction Dumpster
- Temporary Construction Yard
- Ten-Year Storm
- Text Amendment
- Thoroughfare Plan
- Townhouse
- Transitional Surfaces
- Transportation Stop
- Transportation Terminal
- Tree
- Tree Caliper
- Tree Dripline
- Tree, Evergreen
- Tree, Large
- Tree, Protected
- Tree Protected Zone
- Tree Removal
- Tree, Small
- Tree Survey
- Triplex
- Truckload Sale
- Turf Grass
- U Terms
- V Terms
- W Terms
- Warehousing and Distribution
- Warm Season Grass
- Wastewater
- Watercourse
- WaterSmart Landscaping
- Water Surface Elevation
- Wholesale Services
- Wildlife Hazard
- Wind Energy Conversion System
- Wind Turbine
- Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (WTF), Attached
- Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (WTF), Freestanding Non-Stealth
- Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (WTF), Freestanding Stealth
- Y Terms
- Z Terms
- A Terms
- Division 14.1.100 Measurements