ARTICLE 155.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
Section 155.1.1 Title
Section 155.1.2 Authority
Section 155.1.3 Purpose
Section 155.1.4 Applicability
155.1.4.1 Jurisdiction
155.1.4.2 Exemptions
Section 155.1.5 Conflicts with Other Regulations
Section 155.1.6 Deed Restrictions
Section 155.1.7 Severability
Section 155.1.8 Interpretation and Administration
155.1.8.1 Generally
155.1.8.2 Responsibility
155.1.8.3 Delegation of Authority
155.1.8.4 Computation of Time
Section 155.1.9 Identification of Official Zoning Map
Section 155.1.10 Zoning Map Interpretation
Section 155.1.11 Interpreting Permitting Uses
Section 155.1.12 Enforcement
155.1.12.1 Development Approvals
155.1.12.2 Building Permits
155.1.12.3 Certificate of Zoning Compliance
155.1.12.4 Application for Certificate of Zoning Compliance
155.1.12.5 Certificate of Occupancy Required
155.1.12.6 Inspections and Investigating Violations
155.1.12.7 Persons Liable
155.1.12.8 Procedures Upon Discovery of Violations
155.1.12.9 Penalties and Remedies for Violations
155.1.12.10 Permit or Development Approval Revocation
155.1.12.11 Judicial Review
Section 155.1.13 Effective Date
ARTICLE 155.2 GENERAL REGULATIONS
Section 155.2.1 Applicability of General Regulations
Section 155.2.2 Reduction of Lot and Yard Areas Prohibited
Section 155.2.3 Public Access to Property
Section 155.2.4 One Principal Building or Use
Section 155.2.5 Projections into Public Streets and Street Right-of-Way
Section 155.2.6 Site Visibility Triangle
Section 155.2.7 No Use or Sale of Land or Buildings Except in Conformity with Ordinance Provisions
Section 155.2.8 Height Limitation Exceptions
Section 155.2.9 Fees
Section 155.2.10 Open Space Requirements
Section 155.2.11 Fire Districts
Section 155.2.12 Property Owners’ Association
Section 155.2.13 Temporary Buildings
Section 155.2.14 Permit to Construct Driveway Required
Section 155.2.15 Building Design
ARTICLE 155.3 ADMINISTRATIVE/LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY
PART I. UDO ADMINISTRATOR
Section 155.3.1 Powers and Duties
PART II. TECHNICAL REVIEW PROCEDURE
Section 155.3.2 Purpose
Section 155.3.3 Procedures; Composition
PART III. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND OATHS OF OFFICE
Section 155.3.4 Conflicts of Interest and Oaths of Office
PART IV. BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Section 155.3.5 Powers and Duties
PART V. PLANNING BOARD
Section 155.3.6 Creation
Section 155.3.7 Composition; Filling Vacancies
Section 155.3.8 Organization, Meetings, Records
Section 155.3.9 Powers and Duties
PART VI. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
Section 155.3.10 Establishment of Board of Adjustment
Section 155.3.11 Powers of the Board of Adjustment
Section 155.3.12 Organization; Meetings
Section 155.3.13 Quorum and Voting
ARTICLE 155.4 LEGISLATIVE/QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Section 155.4.1 Legislative Procedures
155.4.1.1 Procedure
155.4.1.2 Action by Applicant
155.4.1.3 Action by the Planning Board
155.4.1.4 Action by the Board of Aldermen
155.4.1.5 Withdrawal of Application
Section 155.4.2 Establishment of Vested Rights
155.4.2.1 Purpose
155.4.2.2 Duration of a Vested Right
155.4.2.3 Multiple Permits
155.4.2.4 Multi-Phased Development
155.4.2.5 Continuing Review
155.4.2.6 Process to Claim a Vested Right
155.4.2.7 Runs with the Land
155.4.2.8 Site Specific Vesting Plans
155.4.2.9 Annexation Declaration
155.4.2.10 Permit Choice
Section 155.4.3 Moratorium
155.4.3.1 Temporary Moratorium
155.4.3.2 Ordinance Establishing a Development Moratorium
155.4.3.3 Renewal or Extension of Moratorium
155.4.3.4 Persons Aggrieved by Imposition of Moratorium
Section 155.4.4 Administrative Appeals, Variances, and Interpretations
155.4.4.1 Administrative Appeals
155.4.4.2 Variances
155.4.4.3 Interpretations
155.4.4.4 Requests to Be Heard Expeditiously
155.4.4.5 Evidentiary Hearings for Quasi-Judicial Decisions
155.4.4.6 Notice of Hearing
155.4.4.7 Evidence/Presentation of Evidence
155.4.4.8 Voting
155.4.4.9 Reserved
155.4.4.10 Modification of Application at Hearing
155.4.4.11 Record
155.4.4.12 Written Decision
Section 155.4.5 Special Use Permits
155.4.5.1 Purpose and Applicability
155.4.5.2 Application Process/Completeness
155.4.5.3 Technical Review Procedure/Planning Board Review and Comment
155.4.5.4 Board of Aldermen Action
155.4.5.5 Effect of Approval
155.4.5.6 Binding Effect
155.4.5.7 Record
155.4.5.8 Certificate of Occupancy
155.4.5.9 Change in Special Use Permit
155.4.5.10 Implementation of Special Use Permit
Section 155.4.6 Rehearings
Section 155.4.7 Appeals of Quasi-Judicial Decisions
ARTICLE 155.5 SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS
Section 155.5.1 Purpose and Applicability
Section 155.5.2 Site Plan Procedures
155.5.2.1 Engineering Drawing Review and Approval Procedures
155.5.2.2 Minor Site Plans
155.5.2.3 Major Site Plans
Section 155.5.3 Site Plan Requirements
155.5.3.1 Information to be Shown on Site Plan
155.5.3.2 Performance Standards
Section 155.5.4 Administrative Decisions
155.5.4.1 Administrative Decisions Flowchart
155.5.4.2 Application for Review
155.5.4.3 Planning Staff and Technical Review Procedure
155.5.4.4 Permit Issued or Final Plat Approved
155.5.4.5 Zoning Inspections and Certificates of Occupancy
Section 155.5.5 Planning Board Review and Board of Aldermen Approval
155.5.5.1 Planning Board Review and Board of Aldermen Approval Flowchart
155.5.5.2 Application for Review
155.5.5.3 Planning Staff and Technical Review Procedure
155.5.5.4 Review and Recommendation by the Planning Board
155.5.5.5 Consideration by the Board of Aldermen
155.5.5.6 Permit Issued
155.5.5.7 Zoning Inspections and Certificates of Occupancy
ARTICLE 155.6 ZONING DISTRICTS
Section 155.6.1 Purpose Statement
Section 155.6.2 Interpretation
Section 155.6.3 Primary Zoning Districts
Section 155.6.4 Table of Permitted/Special Uses
Section 155.6.5 Zoning District Development Standards
155.6.5.1 R-1 Residential District
155.6.5.2 R-2 Residential District
155.6.5.3 C-1 Commercial District I
155.6.5.4 C-2 Commercial District II
155.6.5.5 C-3 Commercial District III
155.6.5.6 C-4 Commercial District IV
155.6.5.7 C-5 Commercial District V
155.6.5.8 G-1 Public and Semipublic District
155.6.5.9 PC Private Club District
155.6.5.10 P-1 Conservation Zone
155.6.5.11 S-1 Shore Zone
ARTICLE 155.7 SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
Section 155.7.1 Introduction
Section 155.7.2 Accessory Buildings/Structures
Section 155.7.3 Activities Operated Exclusively for Pleasure, Recreation, Etc.
Section 155.7.4 Health Care Facilities
Section 155.7.5 Assembly Halls, Gymnasiums, and Other Similar Structures
Section 155.7.6 Mixed Use Commercial-Residential
Section 155.7.7 Car Wash
Section 155.7.8 Child Care Centers
Section 155.7.9 Detached Garages
Section 155.7.10 Fences and Walls
Section 155.7.11 Financial Institutions/Banks
Section 155.7.12 Reserved
Section 155.7.13 Home Occupations
Section 155.7.14 Nursing Home
Section 155.7.15 Ocean-Related Business Activities
Section 155.7.16 Private Club
Section 155.7.17 Floor Area Ratio
Section 155.7.18 Wireless Facilities and Wireless Support Structures
155.7.18.1 Purpose and Intent
155.7.18.2 General Requirements
155.7.18.3 Wireless Facility and Substantial Modifications Scope
155.7.18.4 Small Wireless Facility
155.7.18.5 Collocation and Stealth Communications Facility
155.7.18.6 Telecommunications Facilities and Support Structures in Existence on the Date of Adoption of this Ordinance
Section 155.7.19 Temporary Storage Containers
Section 155.7.20 Coffee Shops, No Food Prepared On Site
Section 155.7.21 Private Access Easement
Section 155.7.22 Boat Rental Facilities
Section 155.7.23 Massage and Bodywork Therapy
Section 155.7.24 ABC Package and Retail
Section 155.7.25 Group Housing Development
Section 155.7.26 Marina Residential
Section 155.7.27 Reserved
Section 155.7.28 Marina Restaurant
Section 155.7.29 Reserved
Section 155.7.30 Sidewalk Café
ARTICLE 155.8 NONCONFORMING SITUATIONS
PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 155.8.1 Minimum Single Lot Requirements
Section 155.8.2 Minimum Multi-Lot Requirements
Section 155.8.3 Extension or Enlargement of Nonconforming Situations Prohibited
Section 155.8.4 Elevation of Nonconforming Structures in Order to Comply with Flood Ordinances
Section 155.8.5 Change in Nonconforming Situation
Section 155.8.6 Discontinuance or Abandonment
Section 155.8.7 Compliance with Flood Ordinance
PART II. NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES
Section 155.8.8 Repairs and Maintenance
PART III. SINGLE-FAMILY AND DUPLEX STRUCTURES
Section 155.8.9 Expansion or Enlargement
PART IV. MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURES
Section 155.8.10 Expansion or Enlargement
PART V. OCEANFRONT PIERS
Section 155.8.11 Expansion or Enlargement
PART VI. COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES IN THE C-2 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT II, C-3 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT III AND C-5 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT V ZONING DISTRICTS
Section 155.8.12 Expansion or Enlargement
PART VII. NON-CONFORMING USES
Section 155.8.13 Expansion or Enlargement
Section 155.8.13.1 Enlargement or Expansion of a Dry Stack Boat Storage Facility
Section 155.8.14 Relocation of Nonconforming Use
Section 155.8.15 Change in Use
PART VIII. DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION
Section 155.8.16 Reconstruction Damage Less Than 50%
Section 155.8.17 Reconstruction Damage More Than 50%
Section 155.8.18 Increase in Extent of Nonconformity
Section 155.8.19 Time for Carrying Out Reconstruction
ARTICLE 155.9 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
PART I. OFF-STREET PARKING AND OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS
Section 155.9.1 Off-Street Parking Requirements
155.9.1.1 Certification of Minimum Parking Requirements
155.9.1.2 Combination of Required Parking Space
155.9.1.3 Bicycle Rack Requirements
155.9.1.4 Parking Standards
155.9.1.5 Off-Street Parking Requirements Per Land Use
155.9.1.6 Exception in Parking Requirements
155.9.1.7 Off-Street Parking Access to Paved Street
155.9.1.8 Parking Space Arrangements and Dimensions
Section 155.9.2 Off-Street Loading for Commercial and Industrial Uses
155.9.2.1 Use of Church Parking Lots as Commercial Parking Lots
PART II. DRIVEWAY CONSTRUCTION
Section 155.9.3 Permit to Construct Driveway Required
Section 155.9.4 Conformity of Surrounding Areas of Abutting Property Owners; Refusal to Make Improvements
Section 155.9.5 Costs Assessed Against Property Abutting Sidewalk
Section 155.9.6 Specifications for Driveway Construction
PART III. OUTDOOR LIGHTING
Section 155.9.7 Purpose
Section 155.9.8 Commercial Exterior Lighting
Section 155.9.9 Residential Exterior Lighting
Section 155.9.10 Private Piers and Docks Including Residential
Section 155.9.11 Signs
Section 155.9.12 Other Requirements
Section 155.9.13 Nonconformities
Section 155.9.14 Maximum Illumination Standards
PART IV. LANDSCAPE, BUFFERING, AND SCREENING
Section 155.9.15 Purpose
Section 155.9.16 Applicability
Section 155.9.17 Landscaping Requirements
Section 155.9.18 Bufferyards
Section 155.9.19 Additional Requirements for Buffers and for Yards in Which Buffers are Required
Section 155.9.20 Installation
Section 155.9.21 Maintenance
Section 155.9.22 Landscape Plan
Section 155.9.23 Tree Preservation
Section 155.9.24 Recommended Plant List
ARTICLE 155.10 SIGN REGULATIONS
Section 155.10.1 Prohibited Signs
Section 155.10.2 Exempt Signs
Section 155.10.3 Marquee Signs
Section 155.10.4 Shore Zone and Conservation Zone Signs Permitted
Section 155.10.5 Signs Permitted in All Districts Except the S-1 Shore Zone and P-1 Conservation Zone
Section 155.10.6 Business and Name Signs
Section 155.10.7 Permits
Section 155.10.8 Unsafe Signs
Section 155.10.9 Maintenance
Section 155.10.10 Removal of Unlawful Signs
Section 155.10.11 Location Restriction
Section 155.10.12 Structural Requirements
Section 155.10.13 Construction of Freestanding Signs
Section 155.10.14 Exterior Lights and Signs
Section 155.10.15 Nonconforming Signs
ARTICLE 155.11 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
PART I. FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE
Section 155.11.1 Statutory Authorization
Section 155.11.2 Findings of Fact
Section 155.11.3 Statement of Purpose
Section 155.11.4 Objectives
Section 155.11.4.1 Definitions
Section 155.11.5 Lands to Which this Section Applies
Section 155.11.6 Basis for Establishing the Special Flood Hazard Areas
Section 155.11.7 Establishment of Floodplain Development Permit
Section 155.11.8 Compliance
Section 155.11.9 Abrogation and Greater Restrictions
Section 155.11.10 Interpretation
Section 155.11.11 Warning and Disclaimer of Liability
Section 155.11.11.1 Penalties for violation
Section 155.11.12 Designation of Floodplain Administrator
Section 155.11.13 Floodplain Development Application/Permit/Certification Requirements
Section 155.11.14 Duties and Responsibilities of the Floodplain Administrator
Section 155.11.15 Corrective Procedures
Section 155.11.16 Variance Procedures
Section 155.11.17 General Standards for Flood Hazard Reduction
Section 155.11.18 Specific Standards for Flood Hazard Reduction
Section 155.11.19 Coastal High Hazard Areas (Zones VE)
Section 155.11.20 Standards for Coastal A Zones (Zone CAZ) LiMWA
Section 155.11.21 Effect on Rights and Liabilities under the Existing Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance
Section 155.11.22 Effect Upon Outstanding Floodplain Development Permits
Section 155.11.23 Reserved
Section 155.11.24 Reserved
PART II. SEDIMENTATION AND SOIL EROSION CONTROL
Section 155.11.25 General Regulations
PART III. OCEANFRONT PROPERTY
Section 155.11.26 Oceanfront Policies
Section 155.11.27 Shoreline Development Boundary Prohibition
Section 155.11.28 Maintenance of Oceanfront Systems and Structures
Section 155.11.29 Authority to Remove Structures
Section 155.11.30 Reserved
Section 155.11.31 Reserved
Section 155.11.32 Reserved
Section 155.11.33 Damaging Dunes or Vegetation
Section 155.11.34 Compliance, Non-Conformities, Exceptions, and Exemptions
Section 155.11.35 Enforcement Provisions
ARTICLE 155.12 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
PART I. SUBDIVISION PLATS
Section 155.12.1 Plat Required for Land Subdivision
Section 155.12.2 Approval of Subdivision Plats Required
Section 155.12.3 Plat Approval Required for Building Permit
Section 155.12.4 Plat Approval Not to Constitute Acceptance of Dedication
Section 155.12.5 Expedited Review
Section 155.12.6 Transfer of Lots in Unapproved Subdivision Plats
Section 155.12.7 Plat Approval Required Before Extension of Service
Section 155.12.8 Coordination of Street System
Section 155.12.9 Parcels of Land to Consist of Multiples of Normal Blocks
Section 155.12.10 Preliminary Plats
Section 155.12.11 Contents of Preliminary Plats
Section 155.12.12 Conformity of Plat to Requirements
Section 155.12.13 Approved Plats to be Kept on File
Section 155.12.14 Service Facilities Required Prior to Final Approval
Section 155.12.15 Final Plat
Section 155.12.16 Contents of Final Plat
PART II. SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
Section 155.12.17 Minimum Requirements
Section 155.12.18 Street Plans, Rights-of-Way, and Blocks
Section 155.12.19 Requirements for Streets
Section 155.12.20 Lot Sizes and Side Lines
Section 155.12.21 Setback Lines, Unusable Lots, and Land Elevation
Section 155.12.22 Modification of Certain Requirements
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A. DEFINITIONS
EXHIBIT B. INSTALLATION DETAIL