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 Development1002
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 structures1002.01 
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 Districts1002.01 
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 Development1002
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 Townhouses1002.01
1002.094
 1007.04
1007.08
    1015.01(A)
1015.02(A)(2) & (4)
1015.02(B-D)
Table 1015-2
  
Quadplexes and Cottage Clusters1002.01
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 units1002.01 
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  

1 Where 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.
2 Stormwater 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.
3 Level one through three mobile vending units are not subject to Section 1000, except as set forth in Section 837, Mobile Vending Units. 
4 Subsection 1002.09 also applies to accessory structures.

Last Amended 9/9/2024

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