Rainbow City City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE II.
DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- Sec. 40-33. - Districts enumerated.
- Sec. 40-34. - Zoning map.
- Sec. 40-35. - Rules for establishing district boundaries.
- Sec. 40-36. - District use regulations.
- Sec. 40-37. - Use limitations due to zoning standards.
- Sec. 40-38. - Combined principal and accessory uses.
- Sec. 40-39. - Interpretation of uses.
- Sec. 40-40. - Unclassified uses.
- Sec. 40-41. - Minimum standard for all dwellings.
- DIVISION 2. - SHORT-TERM RENTAL DWELLINGS
- DIVISION 3. - AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 4. - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 5. - BUSINESS DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 6. - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 7. - SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS
ARTICLE III.
SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - USE RESTRICTIONS
- Sec. 40-280. - Purpose of supplemental use regulations.
- Sec. 40-281. - Uses.
- Sec. 40-282. - Apartment.
- Sec. 40-283. - Group care residence.
- Sec. 40-284. - Patio or garden home.
- Sec. 40-285. - Townhouse.
- Sec. 40-286. - Campground.
- Sec. 40-287. - Home occupations and cottage industries.
- Sec. 40-288. - Mini-warehouse.
- Sec. 40-289. - Farm.
- Sec. 40-290. - Manufactured home.
- Sec. 40-291. - Manufactured home park.
- Sec. 40-292. - Table of permitted uses.
- DIVISION 3. - DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS
- Sec. 40-318. - Purpose of supplemental dimensional regulations.
- Sec. 40-319. - Minimum standards for unsewered lots.
- Sec. 40-320. - Minimum yard exceptions.
- Sec. 40-321. - Maximum building height exceptions.
- Sec. 40-322. - Frontage exceptions.
- Sec. 40-323. - Traffic visibility at intersections.
- Sec. 40-324. - Dimensional requirements for accessory buildings.
- Sec. 40-325. - Dimensional requirements for the keeping certain livestock and exotic animals.
ARTICLE IV.
SITE DEVELOPMENT
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS
- Sec. 40-382. - Purpose of off-street parking and loading regulations.
- Sec. 40-383. - Definitions.
- Sec. 40-384. - Required off-street parking spaces.
- Sec. 40-385. - Off-street parking design requirements.
- Sec. 40-386. - Location of required parking.
- Sec. 40-387. - Parking prohibitions.
- Sec. 40-388. - Parking inside structures.
- Sec. 40-389. - Access controls.
- Sec. 40-390. - Required off-street loading spaces.
- Sec. 40-391. - Off-street loading design standards.
- Sec. 40-392. - Change in parking and loading requirements.
- DIVISION 3. - SCREENING AND BUFFER YARD REGULATIONS
- DIVISION 4. - SIGNS
- Sec. 40-448. - Findings; purpose and intent.
- Sec. 40-449. - Definitions.
- Sec. 40-450. - Method of calculating number of signs.
- Sec. 40-451. - Required permits, fees, and inspections.
- Sec. 40-452. - Signs exempt from sign permits.
- Sec. 40-453. - Sign prohibitions.
- Sec. 40-454. - Abandoned signs and obsolete sign content.
- Sec. 40-455. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 40-456. - Dimensional requirements for permitted signs.
- Sec. 40-457. - Signs allowed within residential zoning districts.
- Sec. 40-458. - Signs allowed within nonresidential zoning districts.
- Sec. 40-459. - Traffic visibility related restrictions.
- Sec. 40-460. - Construction and maintenance of signs.
- DIVISION 5. - TOWERS, ANTENNAS, AND SATELLITE DISHES
- Sec. 40-489. - Purpose of regulations.
- Sec. 40-490. - Definitions.
- Sec. 40-491. - Jurisdiction.
- Sec. 40-492. - Basic requirements and design considerations.
- Sec. 40-493. - Levels of review and approval.
- Sec. 40-494. - Approval procedures.
- Sec. 40-495. - Submission requirements.
- Sec. 40-496. - Inspection, fee.
- Sec. 40-497. - Removal of obsolete towers.
- Sec. 40-498. - Satellite dishes.
- Sec. 40-499. - Appeals.
ARTICLE V.
STREET CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 40-522. - Site preparation.
- Sec. 40-523. - Fill soil testing.
- Sec. 40-524. - Evaluation of cut areas.
- Sec. 40-525. - Field CBR of exposed cut areas.
- Sec. 40-526. - Right-of-way and pavement widths.
- Sec. 40-527. - Base course construction.
- Sec. 40-528. - Asphalt layer construction.
- Sec. 40-529. - Pavement thickness.
- Sec. 40-530. - Course aggregate for binder and seal gradation.
- Sec. 40-531. - Traffic considerations.
- Sec. 40-532. - Pavement overlay sections.
- Sec. 40-533. - Special considerations for trench backfill.
- Sec. 40-534. - Drainage structures.
- Sec. 40-535. - Slopes.
- Sec. 40-536. - Grassing.
- Sec. 40-537. - Cul-de-sacs.
- Sec. 40-538. - Geotechnical engineering.
- Sec. 40-539. - Required improvements.
- Sec. 40-540. - Guarantee of completion of improvements.
- Sec. 40-541. - Guarantee against faulty material.
- Sec. 40-542. - Waivers; hardship.
ARTICLE VI.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Sections
ARTICLE VII.
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - PERMITS AND PROCEDURES
- DIVISION 3. - NONCONFORMITIES
- Sec. 40-632. - Purpose of provisions for nonconformities.
- Sec. 40-633. - Types of nonconformities.
- Sec. 40-634. - Continuation of nonconformities.
- Sec. 40-635. - Repair and maintenance of nonconformities.
- Sec. 40-636. - Alteration, enlargement, or restoration of nonconformities.
- Sec. 40-637. - Change in use.
- Sec. 40-638. - Appraised cost or value.
- DIVISION 4. - AMENDMENTS
- Sec. 40-665. - Authority to amend.
- Sec. 40-666. - Authorized petitioners.
- Sec. 40-667. - Petition for amendment.
- Sec. 40-668. - Planning commission action.
- Sec. 40-669. - City council action.
- Sec. 40-670. - Public notice of hearings.
- Sec. 40-671. - Conditional rezoning.
- Sec. 40-672. - Limitations on rezoning amendments.
- Sec. 40-673. - Zoning of annexed property.
- DIVISION 5. - PENALTIES AND REMEDIES
ARTICLE IX.
VARIANCES
Sections
- Sec. 40-764. - Authority.
- Sec. 40-765. - Filing procedures.
- Sec. 40-766. - Notice of hearing.
- Sec. 40-767. - Standards of variances.
- Sec. 40-768. - Hardship.
- Sec. 40-769. - Minimum variance.
- Sec. 40-770. - Conditions and safeguards.
- Sec. 40-771. - Hearings and determinations.
- Sec. 40-772. - Voidance of a variance.