Pensacola City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 12
1.- GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Sec. 12-1-1.- Short title.
- Sec. 12-1-2. - Authority and purpose.
- Sec. 12-1-3. - Relationship to the city comprehensive plan.
- Sec. 12-1-4. - Buildings to conform to regulations.
- Sec. 12-1-5. - Interpretation, conflicts and omissions.
- Sec. 12-1-6. - Nonconforming lots, structures and uses.
- Sec. 12-1-7. - Concurrency management and monitoring.
- Sec. 12-1-8. - General interpretative terms.
CHAPTER 12
3.- ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL
- Sec. 12-3-1. - Establishment of future land use and zoning districts and official maps.
- Sec. 12-3-2. - Conservation land use district.
- Sec. 12-3-3. - Low-density residential land use district.
- Sec. 12-3-4. - Medium-density residential land use district regulations.
- Sec. 12-3-5. - High-density residential land use district regulations.
- Sec. 12-3-6. - Residential/office land use district.
- Sec. 12-3-7. - Residential/neighborhood commercial land use district.
- Sec. 12-3-8. - Commercial land use district.
- Sec. 12-3-9. - Industrial land use district.
- Sec. 12-3-10. - Historic and preservation land use district.
- Sec. 12-3-11. - Airport land use district.
- Sec. 12-3-12. - Redevelopment land use district.
- Sec. 12-3-13. - South Palafox business district.
- Sec. 12-3-14. - Interstate corridor land use district.
- Sec. 12-3-15. - Site specific zoning district.
- Sec. 12-3-16. - Neighborhood land use.
- ARTICLE II. - SPECIAL AESTHETIC REVIEW DISTRICTS
- Sec. 12-3-27. - Palafox historic business district.
- Sec. 12-3-28. - Governmental center district.
- Sec. 12-3-29. - Airport development corridor overlay district.
- Sec. 12-3-30. - North 9th Avenue corridor management overlay district.
- Sec. 12-3-31. - Community redevelopment area (CRA) urban design overlay district.
- ARTICLE III. - RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICTS
- ARTICLE IV. - NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION STANDARDS
- Sec. 12-3-55. - Accessory uses and structure standards.
- Sec. 12-3-56. - Buffer yards.
- Sec. 12-3-57. - Home occupation permits.
- Sec. 12-3-58. - Required visibility triangle.
- Sec. 12-3-59. - Parking and storage of major recreational equipment.
- Sec. 12-3-60. - Boathouses, piers and docks, all residential zones.
- Sec. 12-3-61. - Private streets.
- Sec. 12-3-62. - Height exceptions.
- Sec. 12-3-63. - Fences.
- Sec. 12-3-64. - Yard requirements.
- Sec. 12-3-65. - Reserved.
- Sec. 12-3-66. - Parking of commercial vehicles in residential neighborhoods.
- Sec. 12-3-67. - Communications tower review.
- Sec. 12-3-68. - Siting of rooftop-mounted antennas.
- Sec. 12-3-69. - Public access to the shoreline.
- ARTICLE V. - SPECIFIC USES
- Sec. 12-3-80. - Accessory office units.
- Sec. 12-3-81. - Accessory residential units.
- Sec. 12-3-82. - Alcoholic beverage establishments.
- Sec. 12-3-83. - Animal hospitals, veterinary clinics, commercial kennels and businesses that board animals.
- Sec. 12-3-84. - Bed and breakfast facilities.
- Sec. 12-3-85. - Cemeteries.
- Sec. 12-3-86. - Churches and other religious institutions.
- Sec. 12-3-87. - Child care facilities.
- Sec. 12-3-88. - Electric and gas substations, sewer treatment plants, and other similar utility structures.
- Sec. 12-3-89. - Junkyards.
- Sec. 12-3-90. - Libraries, community centers and public buildings.
- Sec. 12-3-91. - Manufactured homes.
- Sec. 12-3-92. - Mobile homes.
- Sec. 12-3-93. - Nonresidential parking in R-1AAA, R-1AA, R-1A, R-ZL, R-2A, R-2, PR-1AAA and PR-2 zoning districts.
- Sec. 12-3-94. - Schools and educational institutions having a curriculum the same as ordinarily given in public schools and colleges.
- Sec. 12-3-95. - Food truck courts.
- ARTICLE VI. - DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
- Sec. 12-3-105. - Conventional subdivision.
- Sec. 12-3-106. - Special planned development.
- Sec. 12-3-107. - Conditional use permit.
- Sec. 12-3-108. - Conditional use permits for placement of personal wireless antennas, rooftop-mounted antennas, or communications towers.
- Sec. 12-3-109. - Residential density bonuses.
- ARTICLE VII. - DEVELOPMENT PLAN REQUIREMENTS, DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
CHAPTER 12
4.- OFF-STREET PARKING
Sections
CHAPTER 12
5.- SIGNS
Sections
- Sec. 12-5-1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 12-5-2. - General sign standards and criteria.
- Sec. 12-5-3. - Sign area calculations.
- Sec. 12-5-4. - Permanent accessory signs.
- Sec. 12-5-5. - Permanent nonaccessory signs.
- Sec. 12-5-6. - Temporary signs; enforcement.
- Sec. 12-5-7. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 12-5-8. - Regulation within special districts.
- Sec. 12-5-9. - Permits.
- Sec. 12-5-10. - Maintenance.
- Sec. 12-5-11. - Administration and enforcement.
- Sec. 12-5-12. - Insurance.
CHAPTER 12
6.- TREE/LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 12-6-1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 12-6-2. - Applicability.
- Sec. 12-6-3. - Landscaping requirements.
- Sec. 12-6-4. - Landscape and tree protection plan.
- Sec. 12-6-5. - Maintenance.
- Sec. 12-6-6. - Protected trees.
- Sec. 12-6-7. - Tree removal and pruning permit in right-of-way and canopy road tree protection zones and heritage trees on developed property.
- Sec. 12-6-8. - Best management practices.
- Sec. 12-6-9. - Modifications.
- Sec. 12-6-10. - Enforcement.
- Sec. 12-6-11. - Appeal.
CHAPTER 12
7.- SUBDIVISIONS
Sections
- Sec. 12-7-1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 12-7-2. - Prohibition.
- Sec. 12-7-3. - Procedure for subdivision approval.
- Sec. 12-7-4. - Design standards.
- Sec. 12-7-5. - Required improvements.
- Sec. 12-7-6. - Sites for public use.
- Sec. 12-7-7. - Variances.
- Sec. 12-7-8. - Preliminary plat.
- Sec. 12-7-9. - Final plat.
- Sec. 12-7-10. - Final approval.
CHAPTER 12
8.- STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF EROSION, SEDIMENTATION AND RUNOFF
Sections
- Sec. 12-8-1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 12-8-2. - Applicability.
- Sec. 12-8-3. - Activities requiring a stormwater management plan.
- Sec. 12-8-4. - Exemptions.
- Sec. 12-8-5. - Stormwater management plan.
- Sec. 12-8-6. - Design standards for stormwater management system.
- Sec. 12-8-7. - Off-site drainage facilities.
- Sec. 12-8-8. - Permits, inspection and enforcement.
- Sec. 12-8-9. - Maintenance.
- Sec. 12-8-10. - Illicit discharges findings and determinations.
- Sec. 12-8-11. - Definitions.
- Sec. 12-8-12. - Control of stormwater discharges to the MS4 and waters of the United States.
- Sec. 12-8-13. - Stormwater discharges from industrial and construction activities.
- Sec. 12-8-14. - Control of pollutant contributions from interconnected MS4s.
- Sec. 12-8-15. - Prohibition of illicit discharges and illicit connections.
- Sec. 12-8-16. - Inspection and monitoring for compliance.
- Sec. 12-8-17. - Maintenance of BMPs.
- Sec. 12-8-18. - Illicit discharges exemptions.
- Sec. 12-8-19. - Enforcement, penalties, and legal proceedings.
CHAPTER 12
9.- FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
Sections
- Sec. 12-9-1.- Statutory authorization, findings of fact, purpose and objectives—General.
- Sec. 12-9-2. - Applicability.
- Sec. 12-9-3. - Duties and powers of the floodplain administrator.
- Sec. 12-9-4. - Permits.
- Sec. 12-9-5. - Site plans and construction documents.
- Sec. 12-9-6. - Inspections.
- Sec. 12-9-7. - Variances and appeals.
- Sec. 12-9-8. - Violations.
- Sec. 12-9-9. - General.
- Sec. 12-9-10. - Definitions generally.
- Sec. 12-9-11. - Buildings.
- Sec. 12-9-12. - Subdivisions.
- Sec. 12-9-13. - Site improvements, utilities and limitations.
- Sec. 12-9-14. - Manufactured homes.
- Sec. 12-9-15. - Recreational vehicles and park trailers.
- Sec. 12-9-16. - Tanks.
- Sec. 12-9-17. - Other development.
CHAPTER 12
10.- AIRPORT
Sections
- Sec. 12-10-1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 12-10-2. - Airport zoning protection regulations.
- Sec. 12-10-3. - Structure permit.
- Sec. 12-10-4. - Sound level reduction.
- Sec. 12-10-5. - Administration and enforcement.
- Sec. 12-10-6. - Appeals.
- Sec. 12-10-7. - Future uses.
- Sec. 12-10-8. - Variances.
- Sec. 12-10-9. - Exemptions.
- Sec. 12-10-10. - Required reevaluation.
CHAPTER 12
11.- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- Sec. 12-11-1.- Enforcement.
- Sec. 12-11-2. - Appeals, modifications, and variances.
- Sec. 12-11-3. - Amendments.
- Sec. 12-11-4. - Vacation of streets, alleys.
- Sec. 12-11-5. - Building permits.
- Sec. 12-11-6. - Certificate of occupancy.
- Sec. 12-11-7. - License to use right-of-way.
- Sec. 12-11-8. - Regulation of patrons' dogs at permitted food service establishments.