Sanford City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE II
LAND USE, ZONING, AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA1
Sections
- Section 2.1.- Zoning districts.
- Section 2.2 - Assignment of zoning districts and adoption of zoning district map.
- Section 2.3. - Permitted land uses.
- Section 2.4. - Additional requirements for specific uses.
- Section 2.5. - General requirements for buildings, parcels, building setbacks and yards.
- Section 2.6. - Requirements for vehicular access, parking, loading and service areas.
- Section 2.7. - Landscape, land use compatibility requirements for setbacks, buffers and visual screens and tree protection.
- Section 2.8. - Nonconforming land use provisions.
- Section 2.9. - Signs.
- Section 2.10. - Environmentally sensitive areas.
- Section 2.11. - Construction and design standards.
- Section 2.12. - Historic landmarks and historic districts.
- Section 2.13. - Airports and aircraft.
- Section 2.14. - Concurrency management.
- Section 2.15. - Gateway Corridor development districts.
ARTICLE III
PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL
Sections
- Section 3.1.- Administration.
- Section 3.2. - Development approval.
- Section 3.3. - Preapplication conference.
- Section 3.4. - Procedures for as-of-right development approval.
- Section 3.5. - Standards applicable to all conditional uses.
- Section 3.6. - Review procedures for all conditional uses.
- Section 3.7. - Procedures specific to minor conditional use development approval.
- Section 3.8. - Procedures specific to major conditional use development approval.
- Section 3.9. - Citizen awareness and participation plan (CAPP).
- Section 3.10. - Site plan submittal requirements.
- Section 3.11. - Engineering plan review procedures.
- Section 3.12. - Engineering plan requirements.
- Section 3.13. - Effect of site plan and engineering plan approval.
- Section 3.14. - Maintenance of improvements.
- Section 3.15. - Violations, remedies and penalties.
- Sec. 3.16. - Zoning in progress.
- Sec. 3.17. - Vested rights.
ARTICLE VI
SUBDIVISION PROCEDURES1
Sections
- Section 6.1.- Intent of subdivision plan review.
- Section 6.2. - Applicability of subdivision plan review.
- Section 6.3. - Exemptions to subdivision plan review.
- Section 6.4. - Minor subdivision plan review.
- Section 6.5. - Preliminary subdivision plan review procedures.
- Section 6.6. - Preliminary subdivision plan submittal requirements.
- Section 6.7. - Improvement plan review procedures.
- Section 6.8. - Improvement plan requirements.
- Section 6.9. - Final plat review procedures.
- Section 6.10. - Final plat requirements.
- Section 6.11. - Master plan review.
- Section 6.12. - Master plan requirements.
- Section 6.13. - Special master plan condition.
- Section 6.14. - Effect of final plat and improvement plan approval.
- Section 6.15. - Guarantee of improvements.
- Section 6.16. - Recording of final plat.
- Section 6.17. - Vacation of plats.
- Section 6.18. - Replats, resubdivision and corrections.
- Section 6.19. - Vacation of rights-of-way and easements.
- Section 6.20. - General stipulations and conditions.
- Section 6.21. - Conflict with public or private provisions.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCURRENCY PROCEDURES
Sections
- Section 8.1.- Concurrency management administrative procedures.
- Section 8.2. - Applicability and exemptions.
- Section 8.3. - Criteria for concurrency and final development orders.
- Section 8.4. - Concurrency administration.
- Section 8.5. - Capacity reservation.
- Section 8.6. - Investment reimbursement plan for construction of new public facilities.
ARTICLE IX
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
Sections
- Section 9.1.- Authorization to enter into agreements.
- Section 9.2. - Applicability.
- Section 9.3. - Development agreement content.
- Section 9.4. - Development agreement review.
- Section 9.5. - Noticing requirements.
- Section 9.6. - Duration of development agreement.
- Section 9.7. - Recording of development agreement; effective date of agreement.
- Section 9.8. - Amendment or cancellation of development agreement.
- Section 9.9. - Modification/revocation of development agreement.
- Section 9.10. - Periodic review of development agreement.
Schedule E
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC USES
Sections
- Section 1.0.- Vehicular uses and welding establishments.
- Section 2.0. - Retail sales and services.
- Section 3.0. - Home occupations.
- Section 4.0. - Temporary construction activities.
- Section 5.0. - Mobile homes.
- Section 6.0. - Travel trailers.
- Section 7.0. - Community residential homes.
- Section 8.0. - Hazardous and nonhazardous uses.
- Section 9.0. - Junkyards.
- Section 10.0. - Outdoor storage.
- Section 10.05. - Regulation of charitable donation bins.
- Section 11.0. - Mining and excavation.
- Section 11.1. - Mining criteria.
- Section 11.2. - Bond.
- Section 12.0. - Hazardous waste and materials.
- Section 13.0. - Communication towers.
- Section 13.1. - Bond.
- Sec. 13.2. - Wireless communication facilities.
- Section 14.0. - Compatibility standards for community resource facility.
- Section 15.0. - Urban infill development projects.
- Section 16.0. - Multiple-family housing design guidelines.
- Section 17.0. - Adult arcade amusement centers.
- Section 18.0. - Townhouse standards.
- Section 19.0. - Exceptional uses.
- Section 20.0 - Right-of-way use in Special Commercial (SC-3) Zoning.
- Sec. 21.0. - Drug stores and medical marijuana dispensaries.
Schedule F
REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS, PARCELS, YARDS, BUILDING SETBACKS AND LIGHTING1
Sections
- Section 1.0 - Purpose and intent.
- Section 2.0. - Buildings.
- Section 3.0. - Parcels.
- Section 4.0. - Yards and building setbacks.
- Section 5.0. - Impervious and other improved residential surfaces.
- Section 6.0. - Fences and walls.
- Section 7.0. - Residential vehicle storage and screening standards.
- Section 8.0. - Temporary construction and container storage.
- Section 9.0. - Lighting standards.
Schedule G
REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICLES AND DESIGNATED RIGHT-OF-WAY1
Sections
- Section 1.1. - Off-street parking space.
- Section 1.2. - Design and specifications for parking and loading areas.
- Section 1.3. - Off-street loading, unloading and service area space.
- Section 1.4. - Off-street parking, loading, unloading and service area space access and improvements.
- Section 1.5. - Recreational vehicles and associated equipment storage in multifamily residential developments.
- Section 2.0. - Common vehicular access points.
- Section 3.0. - Alteration and/or change of use.
- Section 4.1. - Base building line.
- Section 4.2. - Designated right-of-way lines.
- Section 4.3. - Base building line and designated right-of-way line requirements for specific streets.
- Section 4.4. - Special Lake Monroe building setbacks.
- Section 5.1. - Off-street parking modifications.
- Section 5.2 - Administrative official.
Schedule H
PARKING REQUIREMENTS1
Sections
- Section 1.0.- Purpose.
- Section 2.0. - Applicability.
- Section 3.0. - Unspecified uses.
- Section 4.0. - Joint use of parking facilities.
- Section 5.0. - Reductions and increases in required number of parking spaces.
- Section 6.0. - Bicycle parking required.
- Section 7.0. - Off-street parking requirements.
- Section 8.0. - Parking lot design standards.
- Section 9.0. - Handicapped access.
- Section 10.0. - Required off-street loading and service areas.
- Section 11.0. - Recreational vehicles and associated equipment storage in townhouse and multi-family residential developments.
- Section 12.0. - Drive-through lanes and stacking distances.
- Section 13.0. - Parking calculations required.
Schedule J
LANDSCAPE, BUFFER AND TREE REQUIREMENTS1
Sections
- Section 1.0.- Purpose and intent.
- Section 1.1. - Definitions: Landscape, buffers and tree protection.
- Section 2.1. - Landscape requirements for residential uses.
- Section 2.2. - Off-street parking and vehicular circulation areas.
- Section 2.3. - Landscape adjacent to streets and parcels.
- Section 2.4. - Reductions and exceptions to landscape requirements.
- Section 2.5. - Credit for healthy existing trees and plant materials.
- Section 2.6. - Foundation landscaping.
- Section 2.7. - Comprehensive landscape program.
- Section 3.1. - General explanation of requirements.
- Section 3.2. - Buffer.
- Section 3.3. - Visual screen.
- Section 3.4. - Application of requirements.
- Section 3.5. - Modifications to land use compatibility requirements.
- Section 3.6. - Screening of equipment.
- Section 3.7. - Buffer lighting.
- Section 4.1. - Site development permit required.
- Section 4.2. - Criteria for tree removal, replacement and relocation.
- Section 4.3 - Submittal requirements.
- Section 4.4. - Exceptions and exemptions.
- Section 4.5. - Specimen trees.
- Section 4.6. - Violations and penalties.
- Section 5.1. - Required trees and shrubs.
- Section 5.2. - Unacceptable plant species.
- Section 5.3. - Installation of required landscape and trees.
- Section 5.4. - Tree preservation during development and construction.
- Section 6.0. - Drought tolerant plant standards applicable to required landscaping.
- Section 7.0. - Maintenance of required landscape.
- APPENDIX 1. - LIST OF PLANTS RECOMMENDED FOR SANFORD
Schedule K
SIGN REGULATIONS1
Sections
- Section 1.0 - Purpose and intent.
- Section 2.0 - Definitions.
- Section 3.0 - Compliance.
- Section 4.0. - Non-commercial signs.
- Section 5.0. - Existing nonconforming signs.
- Section 6.0. - Exemptions.
- Section 7.0. - Abandoned signs.
- Section 8.0. - Permit procedures.
- Section 9.0. - Measurement standards.
- Section 10.0. - Construction, installation, appearance and permitting.
- Section 11.0. - General provisions.
- Section 12.0. - Landscaping.
- Section 13.0. - Signs permitted in all zoning districts/classifications without a permit.
- Section 14.0. - Signs permitted in agricultural (AG) district/classification with a permit.
- Section 15.0. - Signs permitted in residential districts/classifications with a permit.
- Section 16.0. - Signs permitted in non-residential zoning districts/classifications with a permit.
- Section 17.0. - Signs permitted in historic district with a permit.
- Section 18.0. - Lighting.
- Section 19.0. - Temporary signs.
- Section 20.0. - Comprehensive sign programs.
- Section 21.0. - Nonconforming signs.
- Section 22.0. - Signs prohibited in any district.
- Section 23.0. - Figures.
Schedule M
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LANDS1
Sections
- Section 1.0.- Purpose and intent.
- Section 2.0. - Applicability.
- Section 3.0. - Wetlands and soil limitation submittal requirements.
- Section 3.1. - Wetland design and performance criteria.
- Section 3.2. - Floodprone area design and performance criteria.
- Section 3.3. - Wildlife habitat preservation and protection of upland vegetative communities and endangered or threatened flora and fauna.
- Section 3.4. - Protecting environmentally sensitive lands during construction.
- Section 3.5. - Soil erosion, sedimentation control, and shoreline protection.
- Section 3.6. - Lakeshore protection.
- Section 3.7. - Agricultural activity adjacent to waterways prohibited.
- Section 4.1. - Intent.
- Section 4.2. - General provisions.
- Section 4.3. - Noncommercial single docking facility standards.
- Section 4.4. - Noncommercial multi-dock facility standards.
- Section 4.5. - Commercial docking facility standards.
- Section 4.6. - Variances.
- Section 4.7. - Procedures for issuance of development orders.
- Section 5.0. - Protection of aquifer recharge areas.
- Section 6.0. - Wellfield protection; duties with regard to potentially adverse environmental actions and occurrences.
- Section 7.0. - Exemptions.
- Section 8.0. - Land unsuitable for development.
- Section 9.0. - Development of non-navigable lake access property.
Schedule N
SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS1
Sections
- Section 1.1. - Applicability; general provisions; abbreviations uses.
- Section 1.2. - General street design and arrangement.
- Section 1.3. - Local streets.
- Section 1.4. - General lot and block design requirements.
- Section 1.5. - Private streets and gated communities.
- Section 2.1. - General sidewalk requirements.
- Section 2.2. - Sidewalk construction requirements.
- Section 3.1. - Easements.
- Section 3.2. - Other utilities.
- Section 4.0. - Street construction.
- Section 4.1. - Auxiliary lanes (right & left turn lanes).
- Section 5.1. - Access standards.
- Section 5.2. - Common vehicular access points.
- Section 6.0. - Solid waste container requirements.
- Section 7.0. - Materials and testing.
- Section 8.0. - Construction and inspection by the City.
Schedule O
DRAINAGE, EASEMENTS AND SITE DEVELOPMENT1
Sections
- Section 1.0.- General criteria/principles of approvals.
- Section 2.0. - Specific design criteria and standards.
- Section 2.1. - Retention facilities.
- Section 2.2. - Wet detention stormwater management systems.
- Section 2.3. - Detention with filtration systems.
- Section 2.4. - Underground exfiltration trench systems.
- Section 2.5. - Underdrain stormwater management systems.
- Section 3.1. - All roads.
- Section 3.2. - Rural sections.
- Section 3.3. - Urban sections.
- Section 4.1. - Storm sewer design criteria.
- Section 4.2. - Culvert design criteria.
- Section 4.3. - Drainage pipes and structures.
- Section 5.0. - Open storm drainage systems.
- Section 6.0. - Drainage structure material specifications.
- Section 7.0. - Drainage calculation and computation criteria.
- Section 8.0. - Easements—General.
- Section 9.0. - Site preparation, excavation, land clearing, dredging and filling.
- Section 10.0. - Residential lot grading requirements.
Schedule Q
LEVEL OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS AND METHODOLOGIES
Sections
- Section 1.0.- Adopted level of service standards.
- Section 2.0. - Methodology for determining impacts on available capacity.
- Section 3.0. - Determination of available capacity.
- Section 4.0. - Transportation concurrency exception area (TCEA).
- Section 5.0. - Proportionate fair-share mitigation of development impacts on transportation corridors.
- Section 6.0. - Public school facility concurrency.
Schedule R
AIRPORTS AND AIRCRAFT1
Sections
- Section 1.0.- Short title.
- Section 2.0. - Definitions.
- Section 3.0. - Airport zoning map.
- Section 4.0. - Airport height zones and limitations.
- Section 5.0. - Use restrictions.
- Section 6.0. - Nonconforming uses.
- Section 7.0. - Lighting.
- Section 8.0. - Height variances and conditional uses.
- Section 9.0. - Permits.
- Sec. 10.0. - Administrative official.
- Section 11.0. - Conflicting regulations.
Schedule S
HISTORIC PRESERVATION1
Sections
- Section 1.0.- Purpose.
- Section 2.0. - Definitions.
- Section 3.0. - Historic Preservation Board; powers, duties and jurisdiction; Historic Preservation Officer; code enforcement and related matters.
- Section 4.0. - Criteria and procedures for establishing and expanding historic districts.
- Section 5.0. - Criteria and procedures for designating local historic landmarks.
- Section 6.0. - Historic landmarks.
- Section 7.0. - Archaeological resources.
- Section 8.0. - Certificate of appropriateness and procedures for altering historic landmarks or structures and new construction within historic districts.
- Section 9.0. - Standards for new construction, additions and alterations.
- Section 10.0. - Relocation of landmarks.
- Section 11.0. - Ordinary maintenance.
- Section 12.0. - Demolition.
- Section 13.0. - Sign regulations.
- Section 14.0. - Outdoor storage/sidewalk display.
- Section 15.0. - The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).