The following Ordinance has been prepared by the Vestavia Hills City Planning and Zoning Commission, hereinafter referred to as "the Commission" and adopted by the Vestavia Hills City Council, hereinafter referred to as "the Council". This Zoning Ordinance regulates the general use of private land. It does this through the establishment of zones or districts and outlines the intended use for each. Thus there are residential districts and institutional, business and planned development districts.

The Ordinance further sets forth conditions for use. For instance, in order to control the density of population it prescribes minimum front, rear and side yards, numbers of families per lot, and amount of total ground space per family on any one lot.

This Zoning Ordinance is administered by the Zoning Official.

This Ordinance provides for a Board of Zoning Adjustment. The Board's duties are largely judicial. If the Building Official refuses to issue a Building Permit, applicant can appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment for a review of his decision.

(Ord. No. 3099, 6-27-22)

For the purposes of this Ordinance the City is hereby divided into the following districts:

3.2.1. E-2 Residential Estate District

3.2.2. R-1 Low Density Residential District

3.2.3. R-2 Medium Density Residential District

3.2.4. R-3 Medium Density Residential District

3.2.5. R-4 Medium Density Residential District

3.2.6. R-5 Multi-family Residential District

3.2.7. R-6 Zero Lot Line Residential District

3.2.8. R-7 Duplex and Triplex Residential District

3.2.9. R-8 Townhouse Residential District)

3.2.10. R-9 Planned Residential Community District

3.2.11. RC-1 Residential District (Condominiums)

3.2.12. A Agricultural District

3.2.13. B-1 Neighborhood Business District

3.2.14. B-1.2 Neighborhood Mixed Use District

3.2.15. B-2 General Business District

3.2.16. B-3 Arterial Business District

3.2.17. O-1 Office Park District

3.2.18. O-2 Office Park District

3.2.19. INST Institutional District

3.2.20. PUD Planned Unit Development District

3.2.21. MXD Planned Community Mixed Use District

(Ord. No. 3099, 6-27-22)

Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of any district shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

3.3.1. Where such district boundaries are indicated as approximately following centerlines of streets or alleys, lot lines, stream centerlines, property lines or corporate limit lines, such lines shall be considered to be such boundaries.

3.3.2. Where a district boundary divides a lot, the location of such boundary, unless the same is indicated by dimensions shown on the map, shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing on the Zoning Map.

3.3.3. Authority for each entry made on the map must be found in the applicable Zoning Ordinance or Amendment.

3.3.4. The controlling document for determining the zoning classification of any particular property in the City shall be in the Ordinance adopted and enacted by the Council, which zoned or rezoned said parcel.

3.3.5. Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the Zoning Map, or in other circumstances not covered by the preceding rules, the Board of Zoning Adjustment, hereinafter referred to as "the BZA" shall interpret the district boundaries.

(Ord. No. 3099, 6-27-22)

The boundaries of each district are indicated upon the Zoning Map. Said map and all notations, references and other information shown thereon shall be as much a part of this Ordinance as is fully described herein. Said map shall be retained in the office of the City Clerk.

(Ord. No. 3099, 6-27-22)