Zoning Ordinance

TOC:              Table of Contents
Article I:         Preamble
Article II:        Short Title
Article III:       Zoning Districts
Article IV:       Application of District Regulations
Article V:        Nonconforming Uses
Article VI:       Interpretations and Definitions
Article VII:      General Provisions (includes Architectural Design Standards)
Article VII(a):  Exterior Color Palette (Appendix)
Article VIII:     Exceptions, Modificatons & Encroachments
Article IX:       Schedule of District Regulations Adopted
Article IX(a):   Architectural Design Standards (Appendix)
Article X:        Buffer and Screening Requirements
Article XI:       Parking and Loading Requirements
Article XI(a):   Parking Design Standards (Appendix)
Article XII:      Sign Ordinance
Article XIII:     Administration and Enforcement
Article XIV:     Board of Appeals
Article XV:      Amendments
Article XVI:     Legal Status Provisions
Article XVII:    Property Maintenance
Article XVIII:   Home Occupations and Businesses
Article XIX:     Telecommunications Antennas and Towers
Article XX:      Landscape Ordinance
Article XXI:     Tree Ordinance (Including Appendix A-E)
Article XXI(e): Tree List (Appendix E)

Procedures for Obtaining Zoning Certification

Commonly Reviewed Sections of the Zoning Ordinance

• Zoning Ordinance Definitions and Interpretations
• Listing of Zoning Districts
• Permitted Uses by Zoning District
• Sign Ordinance - Definitions, Permitted and Prohibited Signs, Banner Signs, Required Permits and Inspections, and Maintenance and Removal
• Portable Accessory Structures
• Temporary Uses
  
  
  
• Accessory Structures (Detached Garages, Storage Sheds, Carports, etc)
• Home Businesses and Home Occupations
• Maximum Dwelling Occupancy 
• Walls, Fences, and Hedges
• Garage & Yard Sale Requirements
• Building Permits
• Minimum Floor Area Requirements
• Property Maintenance (Unauthorized Vehicles, Fences, Grass, Weeds, etc.)
• Parking of Vehicles in any Residential District
• Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
• Parking, Storage or Use of Recreational Equipment
• Parking and Storage of Commercial Vehicles
• Building Maintenance
• On-Site Sewage Management Systems (Septic Systems)
• Keeping and Raising of Livestock
  
  
  
• Architectual Design Standards (for Non-Residential Districts)
• Architectural Design Standards (Appendix)
• The Overlay Districts - Town Center, Corridor, Conservation Subd., and Residential Village
• Housing for Older Persons - Single Family, Villa, Villa Cluster, and Continuous Care Campus 
• Buffer and Screening Requirements
• Parking and Loading Requirements
• Temporary Buildings and Signs
• Landscape Ordinance
• Tree Ordinance
  
  
  
• Board of Appeals
• Amendments - Zoning Ordinance, Zoning Map, and Land Use Plan
• Conditional Use Provisions

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