Black Hawk
Zoning districts
15 districts, grouped by category.
Other
3Overlay
2Public
3Mixed use
2Residential
2General provisions
39 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
All uses shall, at a minimum, provide the number of off-street parking spaces listed below. Studio or 1 bedroom: 1.5/dwelling unit; 2 or more bedrooms: 2/dwelling units; ...
This Article shall apply to all locally designated historic landmarks within the City.
The applicant must begin development of the PUD within one (1) year from the time of its final approval; provided, however, that the PUD may be developed in stages.
FGT corridors shall be designed and engineered in a manner to minimize hillside excavation and the removal of mature vegetation.
Parking onsite equal to one space for every fifty feet of promotional use. Duration 90 days, extendable 30 days.
Application shall include authorization letter from legal property owner. Special use permit for promotional use may be issued by Planning Director without public hearing.
All development shall be designed to reduce disruption to terrain, minimize adverse impacts, improve safety, reduce visual intrusion.
Sexually oriented businesses and pawnshops are not permitted in any zone district other than the LI Limited Industrial District.
All new development and exterior renovations shall comply with Section 16-368 of this Chapter. This Chapter applies to all zoning districts located in the City.
Subject to approval by the City, the minimum setback for that portion of a lot that is adjacent to a rock wall that supports Marchant or High Streets in the City may be reduced to four (4) feet if the property owner of such lot: (1) provides the City with a four-foot permanent easement...
The general requirements and development standards of this Chapter shall not be retroactive on existing uses; however, these standards shall apply to all uses in all zoning districts hereunder the following circumstances: (1) New buildings and uses of land. (2) Additions involving expansion of the gross floor area or developed site area by twenty percent (20%) or more... (3) There is a change in the use of the building or land which requires a change in the zoning district or a special review use permit.
Each lot or parcel in separate ownership shall have at least twenty (20) lineal feet of frontage on a public street unless otherwise provided elsewhere in this Chapter or under planned unit development plans.
The building corners and the lot line, except that the minimum setback at any point shall not be less than three (3) feet.
All new transmission and distribution lines shall be placed underground, unless the Board of Aldermen authorizes in writing overhead installation.
Except as permitted in the Environmental Character Preservation District, Low Intensity - Mixed Use District and Limited Industrial District, no recreational vehicle or construction and truck semi-trailers shall be used in any zoning district of the City for a dwelling unit, accessory building, storage, home occupation or other use permitted within any zoning district.
Solid waste handling and storage areas shall be screened from public view by construction of a fence or wall, by a landscaped buffer or berm, or within an enclosed building... Storm water or melt water run-off shall be handled on site or channeled in a way that does not adversely impact neighboring properties.
Definitions for Family, Lot area, Regulatory flood protection elevation, Use accessory, Building height, etc.
Any land use or development in any of the zoning districts is subject to the requirements of Chapter 18, Article XII of this Code. Said Article requires testing for and mitigation of geologic or environmental hazards for all development and excavation within the City.
Minimum percent of net site area required to be landscaped... Residential districts: forty percent (40%). ... Streamside development... one (1) foot above the 100-year flood elevation... ten (10) feet from the ordinary high water line.
Development of individual properties along Gregory Street and Main Street will require participation in the development of a unified pedestrian facility and streetscape. ... There shall be a required ten-foot-wide sidewalk complete with lighting, bollards, railings and landscaping provided adjacent to commercially zoned property which is adjacent to Main Street or Gregory Street.
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