Richmond City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 1
Title, Purpose, Authority, Jurisdiction, Legal Status, 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 LEGAL STATUS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- Division 1.2.100 Legal Status and Transitional Provisions
CHAPTER 2
Zoning Districts and Land Uses
Sections
- ARTICLE 2.1 ZONING DISTRICTS
- Division 2.1.100 Zoning Districts
- ARTICLE 2.2 LAND USE
- Division 2.2.100 Permitted, Limited, Conditional, and Temporary Uses
- Sec. 2.2.101 Interpretation of Land Use Tables
- Sec. 2.2.102 Residential and Commercial Uses of the Home
- Sec. 2.2.103 Institutional, Recreation, and Amusement Uses
- Sec. 2.2.104 Commercial Uses
- Sec. 2.2.105 Agriculture, Industrial, Transportation, Utility, and Communication Uses
- Sec. 2.2.106 Temporary Uses
- Sec. 2.2.107 Unlisted or Functionally Similar Uses
- Division 2.2.200 Limited and Conditional Use Standards
- Sec. 2.2.201 Residential and Commercial Use of the Home Limited and Conditional Use Standards
- Sec. 2.2.202 Institutional, Recreation, and Amusement Limited and Conditional Use Standards
- Sec. 2.2.203 Commercial Limited and Conditional Use Standards
- Sec. 2.2.204 Industrial, Transportation, Utility, and Communication Limited and Conditional Use Standards
- Sec. 2.2.205 Temporary Use Standards
- Division 2.2.100 Permitted, Limited, Conditional, and Temporary Uses
CHAPTER 3
Density, Intensity, Lot, and Scale
Sections
- ARTICLE 3.1 DENSITY, INTENSITY, LOT, AND SCALE STANDARDS
- Division 3.1.100 Residential Density, Lot, and Scale Standards
- Division 3.1.200 Nonresidential and Mixed-Use Intensity, Lot, and Scale Standards
CHAPTER 4
Site Design
Sections
- ARTICLE 4.1 SUBDIVISION DESIGN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
- Division 4.1.100 General Requirements for Development Design
- Sec. 4.1.101 Lots
- Sec. 4.1.102 Blocks
- Sec. 4.1.103 Access and Easements
- Sec. 4.1.104 Open Spaces
- Sec. 4.1.105 Streets
- Sec. 4.1.106 Utilities
- Sec. 4.1.107 Master Preliminary Plat and Development Phasing
- Sec. 4.1.108 Naming and Numbering
- Sec. 4.1.109 Dedications and Improvements
- Sec. 4.1.110 Required Property Owners’ Association and Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CCRs)
- Sec. 4.1.111 Survey and Monumentation
- Division 4.1.200 Neighborhood Development Standards
- Division 4.1.100 General Requirements for Development Design
- ARTICLE 4.2 PARKING, LOADING, ACCESS, AND LIGHTING
- Division 4.2.100 Parking and Loading
- Division 4.2.200 Access Management and Circulation
- Division 4.2.300 Outdoor Lighting
- ARTICLE 4.3 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND RESOURCE PROTECTION
- Division 4.3.100 Open Space
- Division 4.3.200 Floodplain Management and Flood Damage Prevention
- Division 4.3.300 General Nuisance Standards
- Division 4.3.400 Grading, Erosion, and Stormwater Management
- ARTICLE 4.4 TREE PRESERVATION, BUFFERING, AND LANDSCAPING
- Division 4.4.100 General Requirements
- Division 4.4.200 Tree Preservation and Protection
- Division 4.4.300 Buffering
- Division 4.4.400 Landscaping
- ARTICLE 4.5 STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND TRAILS
- Division 4.5.100 Streets
- Division 4.5.200 Sidewalks and Trails
- ARTICLE 4.6 INFRASTRUCTURE
- ARTICLE 4.7 SIGNS
- Division 4.7.100 General Provisions
- Division 4.7.200 Special Standards
- Division 4.7.300 Permanent Signs
- Division 4.7.400 Temporary Signs
- Division 4.7.500 Sign Design Program
CHAPTER 5
Buildings and Structures
Sections
- ARTICLE 5.1 BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS
- Division 5.1.100 Residential Design Standards
- Division 5.1.200 Nonresidential and Mixed-Use Design Standards
- Division 5.1.300 Special District Design Standards
- Article 5.2 Supplemental Standards
- Division 5.2.100 Supplemental Standards
- Sec. 5.2.101 Fences and Walls
- Sec. 5.2.102 Accessory Buildings and Structures
- Sec. 5.2.103 Accessory Dwelling Units
- Sec. 5.2.104 Outdoor Storage and Displays of Merchandise
- Sec. 5.2.105 Solar Arrays and Small Wind Energy Systems (SWES)
- Sec. 5.2.106 Solid Waste and Recycling Collection
- Sec. 5.2.107 Automobile Rental Lots
- Division 5.2.100 Supplemental Standards
CHAPTER 6
Administration
Sections
- ARTICLE 6.1 NONCONFORMITIES
- Division 6.1.100 General Regulations
- Sec. 6.1.101 Nonconformities, Generally
- Sec. 6.1.102 Nonconforming Uses
- Sec. 6.1.103 Nonconforming Buildings and Structures
- Sec. 6.1.104 Nonconforming Lots
- Sec. 6.1.105 Nonconforming Signs
- Sec. 6.1.106 Nonconforming Parking and Landscaping
- Sec. 6.1.107 Nonconforming MHPs and RV Parks
- Sec. 6.1.108 Conversion of Nonconformities
- Division 6.1.100 General Regulations
- ARTICLE 6.2 ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES
- Division 6.2.100 Commissions and Boards
- DIVISION 6.2.200 CITY STAFF AND OTHER REVIEW BODIES
- ARTICLE 6.3 PERMITS AND PROCEDURES
- Division 6.3.100 Required Permits and Approvals
- Division 6.3.200 Standardized Development Approval Procedures
- Sec. 6.3.201 Generally
- Sec. 6.3.202 Pre-Application Conference
- Sec. 6.3.203 Filing of Application
- Sec. 6.3.204 Application Completeness Review
- Sec. 6.3.205 Administrative Review and Referral
- Sec. 6.3.206 Public Notice
- Sec. 6.3.207 Public Meetings and Hearings
- Sec. 6.3.208 Continuances and Withdrawal of Applications
- Sec. 6.3.209 Successive Application
- Sec. 6.3.210 Inspection of Public Improvements
- Sec. 6.3.211 Stale Applications
- Division 6.3.300 Administrative Permits and Approvals
- Sec. 6.3.301 Land Clearing Permit
- Sec. 6.3.302 Site Development Plan
- Sec. 6.3.303 Tree Removal Permit
- Sec. 6.3.304 Temporary Use Permit
- Sec. 6.3.305 Zoning Clearance Permit
- Sec. 6.3.306 Drainage Plan
- Sec. 6.3.307 Floodplain Development Permit
- Sec. 6.3.308 Building Permit
- Sec. 6.3.309 Certificate of Appropriateness
- Sec. 6.3.310 Certificate of Occupancy
- Sec. 6.3.311 Fence Permit
- Sec. 6.3.312 Manufactured Home Park License
- Sec. 6.3.313 Manufactured Home Placement/Occupancy Permit
- Sec. 6.3.314 Sign Permit
- Sec. 6.3.315 Recreational Vehicle (RV) Park Licenses
- Division 6.3.400 Public Hearing and Meeting Permits and Approvals
- Sec. 6.3.401 Conditional Use Permits
- Sec. 6.3.402 Designation of Historic Landmarks and Districts
- Sec. 6.3.403 Temporary Use Permit
- Sec. 6.3.404 Certificate of Appropriateness for a Substantive Addition or Modification
- Sec. 6.3.405 Rezoning
- Sec. 6.3.406 Text Amendments to this UDC
- Sec. 6.3.407 Floodplain Variances
- Sec. 6.3.408 Manufactured Home Hardship Permit
- Sec. 6.3.409 Variances
- 6.3.410 Recreational Vehicle (RV) Hardship Permits
- 6.3.411 Demolition by Neglect
- Division 6.3.500 Subdivision and Plat Approvals
- Division 6.3.600 Appeals
- Division 6.3.700 Fees
- ARTICLE 6.4 INTERPRETATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND LEGAL STATUS
- Division 6.4.100 Interpretation
- Division 6.4.200 Enforcement
CHAPTER 7
Measurements and Words
Sections
- ARTICLE 7.1 MEASUREMENTS, WORD USAGE, AND DEFINITIONS
- Division 7.1.100 Measurements
- Sec. 7.1.101 Density
- Sec. 7.1.102 Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
- Sec. 7.1.103 Gross Floor Area
- Sec. 7.1.104 Height
- Sec. 7.1.105 Lot Area
- Sec. 7.1.106 Lot Coverage
- Sec. 7.1.107 Lot Width
- Sec. 7.1.108 Open Space Ratio (OSR) and Landscape Surface Ratio (LSR)
- Sec. 7.1.109 Setbacks
- Sec. 7.1.110 Sign Area
- Sec. 7.1.111 Signable Area and Ratio
- Sec. 7.1.112 Sign Clearance
- Sec. 7.1.113 Sign Height
- Sec. 7.1.114 Sign Items of Information
- Division 7.1.200 Word and Document
- Division 7.1.300 Definitions
- A
- Abandonment
- Abutting
- Access
- Access Easement
- Accessory Building
- Accessory Dwelling Unit ("ADU")
- Accessory Structure
- Accessory Use
- Adjacent
- Agriculture, General
- Airports
- Alcoholic Beverage Sales
- Alluvial Fan Flooding
- Alteration
- Animal Grooming Facility
- Animal Boarding and Veterinarian Services, Large Animal
- Animal Boarding and Veterinarian Services, Small Animal
- Apartment
- Apex
- Applicant
- Architectural Details
- Area of Shallow Flooding
- Area of Special Flood Hazard
- Asphalt or Concrete Batching Plant
- Assisted Living Facility
- Authorized Enforcement Agency
- B
- Bar or Nightclub
- Base Flood
- Base Flood Elevation
- Basement
- Best Management Practice
- Biodegradable
- Block
- Buffer
- Bufferyard
- Building
- Building Code
- Building Envelope
- Camping Trailer
- College / University / Vocational School
- Certificate of Appropriateness
- Certified Local Government
- Certificate of Occupancy
- Channel
- Child-Care Facility
- Child-Care, Family Home
- Child-Care Facility, Residential
- Child-Care Facility, Group Home
- Child Care Facility, Day Care
- City
- City Commission
- Clearing
- Clinic
- Code Official
- Commercial Amusement, Indoor
- Commercial Amusement, Outdoor
- Commercial Outdoor Sales Event
- Communicable Disease
- Community Garden
- Comprehensive Master Plan
- Conditional Use
- Conditional Use Permit
- Condominium
- Contiguous
- Contributing building
- Controlled Access
- Cottage
- Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions
- Custom Assembly
- Cut-off Fixture
- Date of Sign Abandonment
- Density
- Design Guidelines
- Design Review
- Demolition by Neglect
- Detention
- Developer
- Development
- Development Approval
- Discontinued
- Downtown Lofts
- Drainage Way
- Drive-in / Drive Through Facility
- Driveway
- Dry Hydrant
- Duplex
- Dwelling Unit
- Easement
- Effective Date
- Elevated Building
- Encroachment
- Erosion
- Event Facility
- Exterior Architectural Feature
- Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ)
- Façade
- Fence
- Fill
- Floatable Materials
- F
- Flood Elevation Study
- Flood Fringe
- Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
- Flood Insurance Study
- F
- Floodplain Management
- Floodplain Management Regulations
- F
- Floodway
- Floor Area Ratio ("FAR")
- Food Truck Service
- Fraternal Organization
- Garage Sale
- Glare
- Golf Course / Club
- Grade
- Grading
- Gross Floor Area (GFA)
- Ground-Level Luminance Ratio
- Hazardous Materials
- Heavy Industry
- Heavy Retail / Home Center
- Height
- Helistop
- Highest Adjacent Grade
- Historic District
- Historic Landmarks
- Historic Rehabilitation
- Historic Resource
- Historic Structure
- H
- Home Occupation
- Hookah and Vapor Retail Store
- Hospital
- Improved Hard Surface
- Industrialized Building
- Industrialized Housing
- Illegal Discharge
- I
- Impervious Surfaces
- Improvement
- Iridescent Colors
- E
- Kick Board/Base Board
- Lamp
- Land Disturbing Activity
- Land Plan or Concept Plan
- Landscape Area
- Land Surveyor
- Lessee
- Light Fixture / Luminaire
- Light Fixture, IES Type III
- Light Industry
- Limited Use
- Live-Work Unit
- Lot
- Lot Area
- Lot Averaging
- Lot Corner
- Lot Coverage
- Lot Depth
- Lot, Double Frontage
- Lot Frontage
- Lot, Interior
- Lot, Irregular
- Lot Line
- Lot of Record
- Lot, Through
- Lot Width
- Lowest Floor
- Low Impact Development
- Lumen
- Luminaire
- Luminous Flux
- Manufactured Home
- Manufactured Home Lot or Space
- Manufactured Home Park or Community or Subdivision
- Manufactured Home Sales
- Massage or Massage Therapy
- Massage Establishment
- Mayor
- Mean Sea Level
- Medical Lab
- Meeting Hall
- Microbrewery
- Mining / Extraction
- Minor alterations
- Mixed-Use
- Mobile Home
- Mobile Tiny House
- Model Home / On-Site Real Estate Office
- Motor Home
- Multi-family
- Nanobrewery
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- National Register of Historic Places
- Natural Disaster
- Neighborhood Special Event
- New Construction
- New Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- Nonconforming Building or Structure
- Nonconforming Landscape Areas
- Nonconforming Lot
- Nonconforming Parking Lot
- Nonconforming Sign
- Nonconforming Use
- Nonresidential
- Non-Storm Water Discharge
- Nursery / Greenhouse, Retail
- Nursery / Greenhouse, Wholesale
- Nursing / Convalescent Home
- Obstruction
- Office, General
- Office, Medical
- Official Zoning Map
- Oil / Gas Operations
- On-site Recreation and Leisure Area
- Opacity
- Opaque
- Open Space
- Common Open Space
- Open Space Ratio
- Order of Demolition
- Ordinary Maintenance
- Ornamental Grasses
- Other Massage Services
- Outdoor Storage
- Overnight Accommodations
- Owner/Operator
- Parcel Proposed for Development
- Parking Aisle
- Parking Lot
- Parking Structure
- Parking Row
- Parking Space
- Parking, Shared
- Parking, Stand-Alone
- Pawn Shop
- Permanent Foundation
- Permit
- Permitted Use
- Pervious
- Place of Public Assembly
- Place of Worship
- Planned Cluster
- Planned Development
- Planned Residential Neighborhood
- Planning and Zoning Commission
- Plat
- Amending Plat
- Plat, Development
- Final Plat
- Plat, Preliminary
- Plat, Replat
- Short Form Final Plat
- Plat, Subdivision
- Plat, Vacating
- Pollutant
- Portable Storage Unit
- Power Generation, Small Scale (Renewable / Noncombustible)
- Power Generation, Utility Scale
- Preservation
- Preservationist
- Principal Building
- Principal Structure
- Principal Use
- Private Restrictions
- Prohibited Use
- Property Lines.
- Property Owners' Association
- Protected Tree
- Public Improvement
- Public / Institutional
- Public Special Event
- Public Utilities
- E
- Rail Yard
- Reconstruction
- Recorded Texas Historical Landmark
- Recreation / Personal Fitness, Indoor
- Recreation / Personal Fitness, Outdoor
- Recreational Vehicle (RV)
- Recreational Vehicle (RV) Park
- Recreational Vehicle (RV) Space
- Redevelopment
- Regulated Floodway
- Residential
- Restaurant
- Restoration
- Retail Sales and Services
- Richmond Historical Commission (RHC)
- Right-of-Way
- Ringelmann Number
- Riverine
- Roof, Flat
- Roof, Pitched
- Runoff
- Character, Rural/Natural
- RV shade structure
- Sample Well Site
- Schools, Private
- Schools, Public
- Seasonal Sales
- Secretary of the Interior Standards for Rehabilitation
- Sediment
- Sediment Pollution
- Setback
- Sexually-Oriented Business
- Shipping Container
- Shopping Center
- Shrub
- Sidewalk
- Sidewalk Amenities
- Sidewalk Sale
- Sign
- Sign, Abandoned
- Sign, A-Frame
- Sign Area
- Sign, Attention-Getting Device
- Sign, Awning or Canopy
- Sign, Billboard
- Sign, Carried
- Sign, Directional/Information
- Sign, Directory
- Sign, Electronic Message Center
- Sign, Electronic
- Sign, Electronic Video Screen
- Sign, Flag (Official)
- Sign, Flag (Unofficial)
- Sign, Flagpole
- Sign, Freestanding
- Sign, Hanging
- Sign, Home Occupation
- Sign, Incidental
- Sign, Integral
- Sign, Interim
- Sign, Marquee
- Sign, Menu Board
- Sign, Monument
- Sign, Non-Commercial Activity or Event
- Sign, Official
- Sign, Off-Premise
- Sign, On-Premise
- Sign, Parapet
- Sign, Election
- Sign, Portable
- Sign, Projecting
- Sign, Real Estate
- Sign, Residential Name Plate
- Sign, Subdivision Entrance
- Sign, Swing
- Sign, Temporary
- Sign, Traffic Control
- Sign, Wall
- Sign, Window
- Sign, Way-finding
- Single-Family Attached
- Single-Family, Detached
- Site
- Site Plan
- Small Wind Energy System (SWES)
- Smokestack
- Solar Arrays
- Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
- Stabilization
- Standard Residential Neighborhood
- Start of Construction
- State
- State Archeological Landmark
- Self Storage
- Storage Yard
- Storm Drainage System
- Storm Water
- Storm Water Management
- Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
- Story
- Street
- Street, Arterial
- Street, Collector
- Street, Cul-de-sac
- Street, Half (or "Street, Partial")
- Street, Minor Residential
- Street, Private
- Street, Public
- Street, Marginal Access
- Street, Alley
- Street, Dead End
- Structure
- Subdivider
- Subdivision
- Substantial Improvement
- Temporary Conditional Use Permit
- Temporary Construction Building
- Temporary Construction Dumpster
- Temporary Construction Yard
- Temporary Use
- Thoroughfare Plan
- Top Cap
- Townhouse
- Travel Trailer
- Tree
- Tree Circumference
- Tree Cutting
- Tree Damage
- Tree Deadwood
- Tree, Diameter Breast Height
- Tree Disposition Plan
- Tree Dripline
- Tree Encroachment
- Tree, Evergreen
- Tree, Large
- Tree List
- Tree, Palm
- Tree Protected Zone
- Tree Removal
- Tree Root Zone
- Tree Routine Maintenance
- Tree, Small
- Tree Survey
- Triplex
- Truck Camper
- Truckload Sale
- Uniformity Ratio
- UDC
- Use
- Variance
- Vehicle Gas and Fueling Station
- Vehicle Sales, Rental, and Service
- Vehicle Wrecking and Salvage Yard; Junkyard
- Warehousing and Logistics
- Waste Transfer Station / Recycling Collection Facility
- Waterbody
- Watercourse
- Water Surface Elevation
- Waterway
- WFBMD District Standards
- Wetland
- Wholesale
- Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (WTF), Attached
- Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (WTF), Freestanding Non-Stealth
- Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (WTF), Freestanding Stealth
- Woodland
- E
- A
- Division 7.1.100 Measurements
CHAPTER 20
Interim Regulations
Sections
- DIVISION 20.1.100 TITLE, PURPOSE, AUTHORITY, APPLICABILITY, AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- Sec. 20.1.101 Title
- Sec. 20.1.102 Purpose, Duration, and Findings
- Sec. 20.1.103 Authority
- Sec. 20.1.104 Jurisdiction
- Sec. 20.1.105 Applicability
- Sec. 20.1.106 Exceptions
- Sec. 20.1.107 Prohibition of Development
- Sec. 20.1.108 Transitional Provisions
- Sec. 20.1.109 "Official Draft" of the Interim Regulations and Unified Development Code
- DIVISION 20.1.200 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- Sec. 20.1.201 Design Objectives, Generally
- Sec. 20.1.202 General Nuisance Standards
- Sec. 20.1.203 Manufactured Home Parks and Subdivisions
- Sec. 20.1.204 Recreational Vehicle Parks
- Sec. 20.1.205 Parking
- Sec. 20.1.206 Loading
- Sec. 20.1.207 Amendments to Subdivision Regulations
- Sec. 20.1.208 Nonresidential, Mixed-Use, and Public/Institutional Building Design Standards
- Sec. 20.1.209 Multi-Family Design Standards
- Sec. 20.1.210 Outdoor Lighting
- Sec. 20.1.211 Signs
- Sec. 20.1.212 Landscaping, Buffering, and Tree Preservation
- Sec. 20.1.213 Outdoor Storage
- Sec. 20.1.214 Outdoor Display of Merchandise
- Sec. 20.1.215 Fencing and Walls
- Sec. 20.1.216 Solid Waste and Recycling Collection
- Sec. 20.1.217 Screening of Mechanical Equipment and Meters
- DIVISION 20.1.300 ADMINISTRATION
- APPENDICES