(A) Purpose. The use of overlay zones in certain areas of the city is a planning and zoning tool that may be used to buffer one zone from another; impose additional design standards or access control measures; require additional setbacks to protect future right-of-way acquisition; modify certain standards which may cause undue hardship; or address specific problems in a particular area of the city.

(B) Priority. Overlay zones shall apply to areas where they are mapped in addition to the provisions of another zone. Where the provisions of an overlay zone are more or less restrictive than another section of this chapter, the provisions of the overlay zone shall prevail.

(C) Procedure. The overlay zone shall be mapped through the regular zone map amendment procedures and the existence of an overlay zone shall be denoted on the official zone map by the notation “OZ,” or a similar descriptive notation, in conjunction with the notation for the underlying zone district.

(D) Corridor Overlay Zone. The Corridor Overlay Zone (COZ) establishes additional design guidelines and access management standards pursuant to an adopted plan.

(Ord. 18-20)