ZDO 1001: General Provisions

1001.01 Purpose

Section 1000, Development Standards, is adopted to implement policies in the Comprehensive Plan that are applicable to new development and thereby ensure that land is:

1. Used efficiently to support broad-based economic development and the adequacy of housing and public services;
2. Developed in an environmentally sustainable and aesthetically appealing manner;
3. Supplied with public facilities sufficient to meet demand; and
4. Served by a safe, convenient, multimodal, and interconnected transportation system.

1001.02 General Standards

1. Redevelopment of a manufactured dwelling park with a different use is subject to Subsection 825.02.
2. A building consisting of only a basement shall not be used as a dwelling.
3. A manufactured dwelling shall not be attached to another dwelling.
4. A manufactured dwelling shall not be allowed as an accessory structure, except where such accessory structure is a dwelling unit permitted by this Ordinance.

1001.03 Applicability

Section 1000 applies to all development, as identified in Table 1001-1, Applicability of Section 1000. If a section is identified as applicable with a "✓" in Table 1001-1, it does not necessarily mean that every subsection within that section will apply; rather, each applicable section must be reviewed to determine which, if any, provisions in that section are applicable to the proposed development.

[Amended by Ord. ZDO-224, 5/31/2011; Amended by Ord. ZDO-231, 1/31/2012; Amended by Ord. ZDO-245, 7/1/2013; Amended by Ord. ZDO-250, 10/13/2014; Amended by Ord. ZDO-266, 5/23/2018; Amended by Ord. ZDO-268, 10/2/2018; Amended by Ord. ZDO-282, 7/1/2022; Amended by Ord. ZDO-285, 9/3/2024; Amended by Ord. ZDO-288, 9/9/2024]
 

Table 1001-1: Applicability of Section 10001

Type of Development	1002 Protection of Natural Features	1003 Hazards to Safety	1004 Historic Protection	1005 Site and Building Design	1006 Utilities, etc	1007 Roads & Connectivity	1009 Land-scaping	1010 Signs	1011 Open Space and Parks	1012 Lot Size and Density	1013 Planned  Unit Develop-ments	1015 Parking and Loading	1017 Solar Access	1021 Solid Waste & Recyclable Material Collection
Partitions Subdivisions  Replats	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Institutional2 Commercial3 Industrial	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓		✓
Manufactured dwelling parks	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Multifamily dwellings	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓
Single room occupancies in the PMD, MR-1, MR-2, HDR, VA, SHD, RCHDR Districts	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓
Detached single-family dwellings, manufactured dwellings, and prefabricated structures	1002.01  1002.04 1002.05 1002.06 1002.07 1002.094	✓	✓		✓	1007.04 1007.08		✓				1015.01(A) 1015.02(A)(2) & (4) 1015.02(B-D) Table 1015-2
Single room occupancies in all other Districts	1002.01  1002.04 1002.05 1002.06 1002.07 1002.094	✓	✓		✓	1007.04 1007.08		✓				1015.01(A) 1015.02(A)(2) & (4) 1015.02(B-D) Table 1015-2
Type of Development	1002 Protection of Natural Features	1003 Hazards to Safety	1004 Historic Protection	1005 Site and Building Design	1006 Utilities, etc	1007 Roads & Connectivity	1009 Land-scaping	1010 Signs	1011 Open Space and Parks	1012 Lot Size and Density	1013 Planned  Unit Develop-ments	1015 Parking and Loading	1017 Solar Access	1021 Solid Waste & Recyclable Material Collection
Middle housing in the R-5, R-7, R-8.5, R-10, R-15, R-20, R-30, VR-4/5, and VR-5/7 Districts
Duplexes, Triplexes, and Townhouses	1002.01 1002.094	✓	✓		✓	1007.04 1007.08		✓				1015.01(A) 1015.02(A)(2) & (4) 1015.02(B-D) Table 1015-2
Quadplexes and Cottage Clusters	1002.01 1002.094	✓	✓		✓	1007.04		✓				1015.01(A) 1015.02(A)(2) & (4) 1015.02(B-D) Table 1015-2
Middle housing land divisions	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓		✓		1015.01(A) 1015.02(A)(2) & (4) 1015.02(B-D) Table 1015-2
Middle housing in all other zoning districts
Townhouses with two dwelling units	1002.01  1002.04 1002.05 1002.06 1002.07 1002.094	✓	✓		✓	1007.04 1007.08		✓		✓		✓		✓
Duplexes, Triplexes, Quadplexes, and Townhouses with three or more dwelling units	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓

¹Where specific subsections are not identified in this table, an applicable section must be reviewed to determine which provisions in that section apply to the proposed development.

²Stormwater management facilities permitted as an accessory or primary use; utility cabinets that comply with Section 830, Utility Cabinets; utility facilities in road rights-of-way; and utility lines are not subject to Section 1000.

³Level one through three mobile vending units are not subject to Section 1000, except as set forth in Section 837, Mobile Vending Units. 

⁴Subsection 1002.09 also applies to accessory structures.

Last Amended 9/9/2024