Tuscaloosa City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERAL
- DIVISION 2. - RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER LAWS, COVENANTS, OR DEEDS
- DIVISION 3. - OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
- DIVISION 4. - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE II.
DEFINITIONS AND RULES FOR MEASUREMENT
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERAL RULES FOR INTERPRETATION
- Sec. 25-18. - Meanings and intent.
- Sec. 25-19. - Headings, illustrations, and text.
- Sec. 25-20. - Lists and examples.
- Sec. 25-21. - References to other regulations and publications.
- Sec. 25-22. - Delegation of authority.
- Sec. 25-23. - Public officials and agencies.
- Sec. 25-24. - Mandatory and discretionary terms.
- Sec. 25-25. - Conjunctions.
- Sec. 25-26. - Tenses and plurals.
- Sec. 25-27. - Term not defined.
- DIVISION 2. - RULES OF MEASUREMENT
- DIVISION 3. - DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE III.
ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERAL
- DIVISION 2. - APPLICATION-SPECIFIC REVIEW PROCEDURES
- Sec. 25-35. - Text amendment.
- Sec. 25-36. - Zoning map amendment.
- Sec. 25-37. - Planned development.
- Sec. 25-38. - Conditional use permit.
- Sec. 25-39. - Special exception use permit.
- Sec. 25-40. - Development within a special district.
- Sec. 25-41. - Approval letter for development in historic districts buffer zone.
- Sec. 25-42. - Sign permit.
- Sec. 25-43. - Variance.
- Sec. 25-44. - Administrative adjustment.
- Sec. 25-45. - Appeal of administrative decision.
- Sec. 25-46. - Interpretation.
- Sec. 25-47. - Historic expedited review.
ARTICLE IV.
ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - ZONING DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED
- DIVISION 2. - OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
- DIVISION 3. - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- Sec. 25-57. - General purpose.
- Sec. 25-58. - Compact neighborhood.
- Sec. 25-59. - Single family residential estate.
- Sec. 25-60. - Lake residential.
- Sec. 25-61. - Lake multifamily.
- Sec. 25-62. - Single family residential 1.
- Sec. 25-63. - Single family residential 2.
- Sec. 25-64. - Single family residential 3.
- Sec. 25-65. - Single family residential 4.
- Sec. 25-66. - Single family residential 5.
- Sec. 25-67. - Mixed residential 1.
- Sec. 25-68. - Mixed residential 2.
- Sec. 25-69. - Mixed residential university.
- Sec. 25-70. - Multifamily residential university.
- Sec. 25-71. - Multifamily residential.
- Sec. 25-72. - Mobile home residential.
- DIVISION 4. - INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 5. - BUSINESS DISTRICTS
- Sec. 25-77. - General purpose.
- Sec. 25-78. - Downtown.
- Sec. 25-79. - Downtown perimeter.
- Sec. 25-80. - Downtown historic edge.
- Sec. 25-81. - Riverfront district.
- Sec. 25-82. - Lake commercial.
- Sec. 25-83. - General commercial.
- Sec. 25-84. - University commercial.
- Sec. 25-85. - Neighborhood commercial.
- Sec. 25-86. - Highway commercial.
- DIVISION 6. - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 7. - PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 8. - OVERLAY DISTRICT
ARTICLE V.
USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- DIVISION 2. - PRINCIPAL USES
- Sec. 25-98. - Organization of principal use regulations.
- Sec. 25-99. - Agricultural and residential principal use table.
- Sec. 25-100. - Institutional principal use table.
- Sec. 25-101. - Commercial principal use table.
- Sec. 25-102. - Industrial principal use table.
- Sec. 25-103. - Interpretation of unlisted uses.
- DIVISION 3. - ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES
- DIVISION 4. - TEMPORARY USES AND STRUCTURES
ARTICLE VI.
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY STANDARDS
- DIVISION 2. - OFF-STREET PARKING, BICYCLE PARKING, AND LOADING STANDARDS
- Sec. 25-118. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 25-119. - Applicability.
- Sec. 25-120. - Timing of review.
- Sec. 25-121. - Parking plan required.
- Sec. 25-122. - General parking and loading standards.
- Sec. 25-123. - Off-street parking standards.
- Sec. 25-124. - Off-street parking alternatives.
- Sec. 25-125. - Stacking standards.
- Sec. 25-126. - Bicycle parking standards.
- Sec. 25-127. - Off-street loading standards.
- DIVISION 3. - LANDSCAPE AND BUFFER STANDARDS
- Sec. 25-128. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 25-129. - Applicability.
- Sec. 25-130. - Timing of review.
- Sec. 25-131. - General landscaping requirements.
- Sec. 25-132. - Parking lot landscaping.
- Sec. 25-133. - Buffers.
- Sec. 25-134. - Screening.
- Sec. 25-135. - Alternative landscaping plan.
- Sec. 25-136. - Maintenance.
- DIVISION 4. - OPEN SPACE STANDARDS
- Sec. 25-137. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 25-138. - Applicability.
- Sec. 25-139. - Timing or review.
- Sec. 25-140. - Minimum required open space.
- Sec. 25-141. - Open space features.
- Sec. 25-142. - General design and configuration.
- Sec. 25-143. - Development with phases.
- Sec. 25-144. - Ownership and maintenance.
- DIVISION 5. - FENCE AND WALL STANDARDS
- DIVISION 6. - EXTERIOR LIGHTING STANDARDS
- DIVISION 7. - NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS
- DIVISION 8. - FORM AND DESIGN STANDARDS
- DIVISION 9. - GREEN BUILDING INCENTIVES
- DIVISION 10. - SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
- Sec. 25-174. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 25-175. - Applicability.
- Sec. 25-176. - Timing of review.
- Sec. 25-177. - Sign permit required.
- Sec. 25-178. - Sign measurements.
- Sec. 25-179. - General provisions.
- Sec. 25-180. - Freestanding sign general standards.
- Sec. 25-181. - Building/wall sign general standards.
- Sec. 25-182. - Standards for specific types of permanent signs.
- Sec. 25-183. - Temporary signs.
ARTICLE VIII.
NONCONFORMITIES
Sections
- Sec. 25-190.- Purpose and scope.
- Sec. 25-191. - General applicability.
- Sec. 25-192. - Nonconforming uses.
- Sec. 25-193. - Nonconforming structures.
- Sec. 25-194. - Nonconforming lots of record.
- Sec. 25-195. - Nonconforming signs and billboards.
- Sec. 25-196. - Nonconformities created by eminent domain or voluntary donation of land for a public purpose.