Riverdale City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 2
- PROVISIONS FOR OFFICIAL ZONING MAP AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS
Sections
- Sec. 2.1.- Official zoning map.
- Sec. 2.2. - Replacement of official zoning map.
- Sec. 2.3. - Establishment of districts.
- Sec. 2.4. - Zoning district and land use compatibility.
- Sec. 2.5. - Interpretation of district boundaries.
- Sec. 2.6. - Lots divided by a zoning district boundary.
- Sec. 2.7. - Lots divided by corporate limits.
- Sec. 2.8. - Annexation.
ARTICLE 3
- ZONING DISTRICT INTENT, USES AND STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 3.0.- Uses Table.
- Sec. 3.1.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 3.1.2.- Residential land uses by zoning district.
- Sec. 3.1.3.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 3.1.3.2.- Allowed uses.
- Sec. 3.1.3.3.- Special uses.
- Sec. 3.1.3.4.- Accessory uses and buildings.
- Sec. 3.1.3.5.- Development standards.
- Sec. 3.1.3.6.- Dwelling unit standards.
- Sec. 3.1.3.7.- Site improvement standards.
- Sec. 3.1.3.8.- Open space and recreation areas.
- Sec. 3.1.4.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 3.1.4.2.- Allowed uses.
- Sec. 3.1.4.3.- Special uses.
- Sec. 3.1.4.4.- Accessory uses and buildings.
- Sec. 3.1.4.5.- Development standards.
- Sec. 3.1.4.6.- Dwelling unit standards.
- Sec. 3.1.4.7.- Site improvement standards.
- Sec. 3.1.4.8.- Open space and recreation areas.
- Sec. 3.1.5.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 3.1.5.2.- Permitted uses.
- Sec. 3.1.5.3.- Special uses.
- Sec. 3.1.5.4.- Accessory uses and buildings.
- Sec. 3.1.5.5.- Development standards.
- Sec. 3.1.5.6.- Dwelling unit standards.
- Sec. 3.1.5.7.- Site improvement standards.
- Sec. 3.1.5.8.- Buffers.
- Sec. 3.1.5.9.- Landscaping.
- Sec. 3.1.5.9[10].- Open space and recreation areas.
- Sec. 3.1.6.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 3.1.6.2.- Allowed uses.
- Sec. 3.1.6.3.- Special uses.
- Sec. 3.1.6.4.- Accessory uses and buildings.
- Sec. 3.1.6.5.- Development standards.
- Sec. 3.1.6.6.- Single-family attached lot standards.
- Sec. 3.1.6.7.- Density and building standards.
- Sec. 3.1.6.8.- Dwelling unit standards.
- Sec. 3.1.6.9.- Site improvements.
- Sec. 3.1.6.10.- Buffers.
- Sec. 3.1.6.11.- Open space and recreation areas.
- Sec. 3.2.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 3.2.2.- Commercial land uses by zoning district.
- Sec. 3.2.3.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 3.2.3.2.- Allowed uses.
- Sec. 3.2.3.3.- Special uses.
- Sec. 3.2.3.4.- Accessory uses and buildings.
- Sec. 3.2.3.5.- Development standards.
- Sec. 3.2.3.6.- Building standards.
- Sec. 3.2.3.7.- Site improvement standards.
- Sec. 3.2.4.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 3.2.4.2.- Allowed uses.
- Sec. 3.2.4.3.- Special uses.
- Sec. 3.2.4.4.- Accessory uses and buildings.
- Sec. 3.2.4.5.- Development standards.
- Sec. 3.2.4.6.- Building standards.
- Sec. 3.2.4.7.- Site improvement standards.
- Sec. 3.2.4.8.- Commercial design standards.
- Sec. 3.3.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 3.3.2.- Office-institutional land uses by zoning district.
- Sec. 3.3.3.1.- Purpose.
- Sec. 3.3.3.2.- Allowed uses.
- Sec. 3.3.3.3.- Special uses.
- Sec. 3.3.3.4.- Accessory uses and buildings.
- Sec. 3.3.3.5.- Development standards.
- Sec. 3.3.3.6.- Building standards.
- Sec. 3.3.3.7.- Site improvement standards.
- Sec. 3.3.3.8.- Open space and recreation areas.
ARTICLE 5
- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 5.1.- Mixed-use architectural design standards.
- Sec. 5.1.1. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 5.1.2. - Applicability.
- Sec. 5.1.3. - Building form and location.
- Sec. 5.1.3.1. - Setbacks.
- Sec. 5.1.3.2. - Orientation and location.
- Sec. 5.1.3.3. - Height.
- Sec. 5.1.4. - Building design standards.
- Sec. 5.1.4.1. - Facades.
- Sec. 5.1.4.2. - Entries.
- Sec. 5.1.4.3. - Fenestration.
- Sec. 5.1.4.4. - Exterior materials.
- Sec. 5.1.5. - Site design standards.
- Sec. 5.1.5.1. - Streets.
- Sec. 5.1.5.2. - Blocks.
- Sec. 5.1.5.3. - Sidewalks.
- Sec. 5.1.5.4.1. - Driveways and parking areas.
- Sec. 5.1.5.4.2. - Shared parking and interparcel access.
- Sec. 5.1.5.4.3. - Parking decks.
- Sec. 5.1.5.5. - Bicycle parking.
- Sec. 5.1.5.6. - Landscaping.
- Sec. 5.1.5.7. - Lighting.
- Sec. 5.1.5.8. - Awnings.
- Sec. 5.1.5.9. - Screening enclosures.
- Sec. 5.1.5.10. - Utilities.
- Sec. 5.1.5.11. - Drainage and storm water management.
- Sec. 5.1.5.12.1. - Exterior signs.
- Sec. 5.1.5.12.2. - Primary storefront signs.
- Sec. 5.1.5.12.3. - Storefront cantilevered signs.
- Sec. 5.1.5.12.4. - Gateways and markers.
- Sec. 5.1.5.12.5. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 5.2.1. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 5.2.2. - Applicability.
- Sec. 5.2.3.1. - Facades.
- Sec. 5.2.3.2. - Fenestration.
- Sec. 5.2.3.3. - Exterior materials.
- Sec. 5.2.4. - Site design standards.
- Sec. 5.2.4.1. - Landscaping and screening.
- Sec. 5.2.4.2. - Lighting.
- Sec. 5.2.4.3. - Screening enclosures.
ARTICLE 6
- BUILDING AND PERMITTING
Sections
- Sec. 6.1.- State minimum standard codes adopted.
- Sec. 6.2. - Permitting authority.
- Sec. 6.3. - Plan submittal requirements.
- Sec. 6.4. - Land disturbance and building permit required.
- Sec. 6.5. - Building permit required.
- Sec. 6.6. - Conditions of building permit issuance.
- Sec. 6.7. - Construction and use to be as provided in applications, permits and certificates of zoning compliance.
- Sec. 6.8. - Conformance prerequisite to issuance of occupational tax permit.
- Sec. 6.9. - Certificate of occupancy (C.O.).
- Sec. 6.10. - Stop work order.
- Sec. 6.11. - Permits and licenses void when issued in conflict.
- Sec. 6.12. - Applicability to land, buildings and open space.
- Sec. 6.13. - Every use must be on a lot.
- Sec. 6.14. - Building height and residential density.
- Sec. 6.15. - Yards and other spaces.
- Sec. 6.16. - One principal structure on a lot.
- Sec. 6.17. - Temporary buildings non-residential district.
- Sec. 6.18. - Lots with a private sanitary sewer system.
- Sec. 6.19. - Reduction of lot area.
- Sec. 6.20. - Substandard lots of record.
- Sec. 6.21. - Landlocked lots.
- Sec. 6.22. - Street frontage requirement.
- Sec. 6.23. - Approvals for residential, commercial and industrial developments on state highways.
- Sec. 6.24. - Buildings under construction.
- Sec. 6.25. - Development projects under construction.
ARTICLE 7
- PARKING AND LOADING
Sections
- Sec. 7.1.- Intent.
- Sec. 7.2. - Off-street parking included in permitted uses.
- Sec. 7.3. - Off-street parking and loading spaces required.
- Sec. 7.4. - Continuing obligation.
- Sec. 7.5. - Maximum paved surfaces.
- Sec. 7.6. - Relaxation of parking and loading standards.
- Sec. 7.7. - Sharing of off-street parking spaces.
- Sec. 7.8. - Design standards for off-street parking spaces.
- Sec. 7.9. - Design standards for loading spaces.
- Sec. 7.10. - Standards for off-street parking and loading spaces.
- Sec. 7.11. - Minimum and maximum off-street parking and loading ratios.
- Sec. 7.12. - Miscellaneous parking provisions.
- Sec. 7.13. - Accessible parking.
- Sec. 7.14. - Access Standards.
ARTICLE 8
- BUFFER AND LANDSCAPING STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 8.1.- Buffer and landscaping standards.
- Sec. 8.2. - Buffer standards.
- Sec. 8.3. - Minimum buffer specifications.
- Sec. 8.4. - Composition of a planted buffer.
- Sec. 8.5. - Buffer maintenance.
- Sec. 8.6. - Other screening standards.
- Sec. 8.7. - Approval of buffer required prior to C.O.
- Sec. 8.8. - General landscaping standards.
- Sec. 8.9. - Landscaping standards for parking lots.
- Sec. 8.10. - City review and approval of landscape plan.
- Sec. 8.11. - Landscape materials bond required.
- Sec. 8.12. - City of Riverdale Approved Tree Species List.
ARTICLE 10
- NONCONFORMING USES, BUILDINGS AND LOTS
Sections
- Sec. 10.1.- Nonconformance.
- Sec. 10.2. - Continuation of a legal, nonconforming use.
- Sec. 10.3. - Nonconforming use of land.
- Sec. 10.4. - Nonconforming use of buildings.
- Sec. 10.5. - Nonconforming buildings.
- Sec. 10.6. - Re-establishment following abandonment.
- Sec. 10.7. - Illegal nonconforming and legal nonconforming status.
- Sec. 10.8. - Nonconforming lots of record.
- Sec. 10.9. - Rebuilding of a damaged, nonconforming building.
- Sec. 10.10. - Adoption not to create nonconformance of a single-family dwelling or lot.
- Sec. 10.11. - Reconstruction of a damaged or destroyed nonconforming single-family detached dwelling.
- Sec. 10.12. - Repairs and maintenance.
- Sec. 10.13. - Exceptions.
- Sec. 10.14. - Exemption due to city, state or county action.
ARTICLE 11
- VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
Sections
- Sec. 11.1.- Ordinance provisions to be minimum requirements.
- Sec. 11.2. - Violation to constitute a misdemeanor.
- Sec. 11.3. - Enforcement actions authorized.
- Sec. 11.4. - Remedies.
- Sec. 11.5. - Jurisdiction.
- Sec. 11.6. - Penalties.
- Sec. 11.7. - Conflicting ordinances.
- Sec. 11.8. - Effective date.
- Sec. 11.9. - Severability.
ARTICLE 13
- PROCEDURES FOR ZONING DECISIONS
Sections
- Sec. 13.1.- Zoning decisions generally.
- Sec. 13.2. - Application requirements.
- Sec. 13.3. - Community development director review.
- Sec. 13.4. - Public notice of public hearings.
- Sec. 13.5. - Public hearing procedures.
- Sec. 13.6. - Quasi-judicial officer, board or agency recommendation on zoning decisions.
- Sec. 13.7. - Zoning decisions by city council.
- Sec. 13.8. - Establishment or relocation of a halfway house, drug rehabilitation center, or other facility for treatment of drug dependency.
- Sec. 13.9. - Withdrawal of applications.
- Sec. 13.10. - Standards of review.
- Sec. 13.10.1. - Standards of review applicable to special land use permit.
- Sec. 13.10.2. - Standards of review applicable to rezoning.
- Sec. 13.10.3. - Standards of review applicable to future land use map amendments.
- Sec. 13.10.4. - Standards of review applicable to amendments to the zoning map and zoning ordinance.
- Sec. 13.11. - Zoning of property to be annexed.
- Sec. 13.12. - Conditional zoning.
- Sec. 13.13. - Reversion of zoning approval.
- Sec. 13.14. - Conflict of interest in zoning decisions.
- Sec. 13.15. - Disclosure of campaign contributions.
- Sec. 13.16. - Re-application following denial of a rezoning or special use application.
- Sec. 13.17. - Appeal of a zoning decision.
- Sec. 13.18. - Rezoning and special use application filing fee.
ARTICLE 14
- BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Sections
- BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
- Sec. 14.1. - Establishment of a board of zoning appeals.
- Sec. 14.2. - Proceedings of the board of zoning appeals.
- Sec. 14.3. - Appeals.
- Sec. 14.4. - Variances.
- Sec. 14.5. - Conditions of approval may be assigned.
- Sec. 14.6. - Notice to applicant.
- Sec. 14.7. - Limitation on the term of a variance.
- Sec. 14.8. - Time limit on application resubmittal.
- Sec. 14.9. - Public notice, public hearings, and written notice to nearby property owners for appeals and variances.
- Sec. 14.10. - Public hearing procedures concerning appeals and variances.
- Sec. 14.11. - Contents of an application for variance or appeal.
- Sec. 14.12. - Applicant entitled to submit evidence.
- Sec. 14.13. - Revisions to applications.
- Sec. 14.14. - Appeal of a decision by the board of zoning appeals.
- Sec. 14.15. - Filing fee for an appeal or variance application.
- PLANNING COMMISSION
- Sec. 14.16. - Planning commission created; membership.
- Sec. 14.17. - Organization.
- Sec. 14.18. - Powers and duties, generally.
- Sec. 14.19. - Assistance by city officials.
- Sec. 14.20. - Appropriations.
- Sec. 14.21. - Public notice.
- Sec. 14.22. - Public hearings.
- Sec. 14.23. - Training.
- Sec. 14.24. - Conflicts of interest.