Petal City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE V
- DEFINITIONS
Sections
- 5.01.- Accessory structure.
- 5.02. - Accessory use.
- 5.03. - Alley.
- 5.04. - Apartment.
- 5.04.1. - Assisted living facility.
- 5.05. - Boarding house.
- 5.06. - Buffer strip.
- 5.07. - Building.
- 5.08. - Building area.
- 5.09. - Buildable area.
- 5.10. - Building height.
- 5.11. - Building line.
- 5.12. - Building, principal.
- 5.13. - Clinic, medical and dental.
- 5.14. - Day care center or day nursery.
- 5.15. - Day care home.
- 5.15.01. - Disability.
- 5.16. - District.
- 5.17. - Dwelling.
- 5.18. - Dwelling, single-family.
- 5.19. - Dwelling, two-family.
- 5.20. - Dwelling, multiple family.
- 5.21. - Dwelling unit.
- 5.22. - Easement.
- 5.23. - Family.
- 5.24. - Filling or service station.
- 5.25. - Flood, one percent.
- 5.26. - Flood area.
- 5.27. - Frontage, lot.
- 5.28. - Frontage street.
- 5.29. - Garage, parking.
- 5.30. - Garage, private.
- 5.31. - Grade, finished.
- 5.31.01. - Group home.
- 5.32. - Home occupation.
- 5.33. - Hospital.
- 5.34. - Hotel.
- 5.35. - Institution.
- 5.36. - Junk yard.
- 5.37. - Kennel.
- 5.38. - Loading space.
- 5.39. - Lot.
- 5.40. - Lot, corner.
- 5.41. - Lot depth.
- 5.42. - Lot, double frontage.
- 5.43. - Lot, interior.
- 5.44. - Lot line.
- 5.45. - Lot of record.
- 5.46. - Lot width.
- 5.46.01. - Manufactured housing.
- 5.47. - Mobile home.
- 5.48. - Manufactured housing park.
- 5.49. - Manufactured housing stand.
- 5.50. - Modular unit.
- 5.51. - Motel.
- 5.52. - Nonconformity.
- 5.53. - Nonconforming use.
- 5.54. - Nursing, convalescent or rest home.
- 5.55. - Parking lot.
- 5.56. - Parking space.
- 5.57. - Planning commission.
- 5.57.1. - Planned unit development.
- 5.58. - Principal use.
- 5.59. - Restaurant.
- 5.60. - Restaurant, drive-in.
- 5.61. - Rooming house.
- 5.62. - Setback line.
- 5.62.1. - Sexually oriented businesses.
- 5.63. - Shopping center.
- 5.64. - Sign.
- 5.65. - Sign area.
- 5.65.1. - Sign, advertising.
- 5.65.2. - Sign, flashing.
- 5.66. - Signs identification.
- 5.67. - Sign, mobile.
- 5.67.1. - Specified anatomical areas and specified sexual activities.
- 5.68. - Story.
- 5.69. - Street.
- 5.70. - Structure.
- 5.71. - Structural alteration.
- 5.72. - Substantial improvement.
- 5.73. - Variance.
- 5.74. - Yard.
- 5.76. - Yard, front.
- 5.77. - Yard, rear.
- 5.78. - Yard, side.
ARTICLE VI
SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS AND DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- 6.00.- Schedule of regulations.
- 6.01. - RF, rural fringe district.
- 6.02. - R-1, low density residential district.
- 6.03. - R-2 low to medium density residential district.
- 6.04. - R-3, medium density residential district.
- 6.05. - R-4, high density residential district.
- 6.06. - C-O commercial office.
- 6.07. - C-1, neighborhood commercial district.
- 6.08. - C-2, General commercial district.
- 6.09. - C-3, central business district.
- 6.10. - I-1, light industrial district.
- 6.11. - I-2, heavy industrial district.
- 6.12. - MHP, manufactured housing park district.
- 6.20. - PUD, planned unit development.
- 6.3. - Special zoning districts.
ARTICLE VII
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Sections
- 7.0.- Uses.
- 7.1. - Area.
- 7.2. - Height.
- 7.3. - Yards.
- 7.4. - Automotive service, filling stations, public garages, new and used car dealers.
- 7.5. - Sign ordinance.
- 7.6. - Accessory structures and uses.
- 7.7. - Buffer yards/screening standards.
- 7.8. - Open/outdoor storage.
- 7.9. - Excavation, movement of soil, tree removal, and erosion and sedimentation control.
ARTICLE X
- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- 10.10.- Enforcement.
- 10.20. - Duties of the building inspection department.
- 10.30. - Permits.
- 10.40. - Certificate of occupancy.
- 10.41. - Certificate of validity.
- 10.42. - Certificates for existing buildings.
- 10.43. - Temporary certificates.
- 10.44. - Records of certificates.
- 10.45. - Certificates for accessory buildings to dwellings.
- 10.46. - Application for certificates.
- 10.50. - Fees.
ARTICLE XI
PLANNING COMMISSION
Sections
- 11.0.- Establishment of planning commission; membership; appointment; terms; vacancies; compensation; removal; officers.
- 11.2. - Meetings of the planning commission; quorum; minutes; subpoena power; administration of oaths.
- 11.3. - Duties.
- 11.4. - Zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, capital improvements program.
- 11.5. - Authority and functions as to zoning.
- 11.6. - Procedure for all appeals to the planning commission.
- 11.7. - Decisions of the planning commission.
- 11.8. - Fees.
ARTICLE XV
COMMUNITY DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections
- Chapter 15.0 - Design Standards Administration
- Chapter 15.1 - Access and Circulation
- Chapter 15.2 - Landscaping, Street Trees, Fences and Walls
- Chapter 15.3 - Parking and Loading
- Chapter 15.4 - Public Facilities
- Chapter 15.5 - Surface Water Management
- 15.51. - Introduction.
- 15.52. - Purpose.
- 15.53. - Objectives.
- 15.54. - Definitions.
- 15.55. - Applicability.
- 15.56. - Responsibility for administration.
- 15.57. - Severability.
- 15.58. - Policy.
- 15.59. - Permitting.
- 15.59.1. - Construction and/or industrial activity.
- 15.59.2. - Monitoring of discharges/access and inspecting properties and facilities.
- 15.59.3. - Use of best management practices (BMPs).
- 15.59.4. - Watercourse or easement protection.
- 15.59.5. - Notification of spills.
- 15.59.6. - Violations.
- 15.59.7. - Penalties and prosecution.
- 15.59.8. - Appeals.
- Chapter 15.6 - Other Standards
- Chapter 15.7 - Sensitive Lands