Dendron
Zoning districts
12 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
4Local Business District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
Commercial
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
General Commercial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 63
Industrial
4Light Industrial District
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
Heavy Industrial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 34
Light Industrial District
- Max height
- 30 ft
General provisions
387 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
P = Permitted; S = Requires a Special Use Permit; C = Requires a Conditional Use Permit.
Accessory Buildings: No more than height of Single Family Residence / No more than height of the principle structure
Definitions of terms including garage, RPA buffer, family, signs, etc.
Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated... that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels.
Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard... unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot.
The approximated floodplain district shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided... base flood elevations and floodway information from federal, state, and other acceptable sources shall be used.
All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM... If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor... shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.
Buildings and structures within this zone shall have the lowest floor elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus one foot of freeboard, and must comply with the provisions in Article III, Section 3-1516(A)2 and Article IV, Sections 3-1519 and 3-1520.
All new construction and substantial improvements in Zones V and VE shall be elevated on pilings or columns so that the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member of the lowest floor is elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches if parallel... or at least one foot above the base flood level if perpendicular.
In this area no emergency service, medical service, or government storage shall be allowed except by special exception using the variance process.
The floodplain districts described above shall be overlays to the existing underlying districts... more restrictive provisions shall apply.
The following uses are permitted by right... The following uses are allowed only by special exception... The following uses are allowed only by conditional use permit...
The following includes those areas that shall, at a minimum, be preserved as undeveloped open space, to the extent consistent with the reasonable use of land...
Existing trees eight inches or more in diameter measured at breast height (four and one-half feet from ground level) shall be given high priority in determining the location of open space, structures, underground utilities, walks, and paved areas.
All structures: 75 feet. The height limit for principal structures may be increased to 70 feet or up to five stories... On primary highway: 75 feet. On secondary highway or other street: 50 feet. Minimum rear yard setback: 25 feet.
All structures: 75 feet. The height limit shall be 35 feet in height. The height limit for principal structures may be increased to 70 feet or up to five stories...
No exterior storage... No commercial warehousing... Any part of the lot not used for buildings... Provision shall be made for proper storm water drainage...
Accessory structures not to exceed 600 square feet.
All zoning permits issued shall be valid for a period of six months, unless the structure, use or activity for which the permit was issued has commenced.
Zoning permits valid for six months; administrator may grant variances from setback and yard requirements; conditional use permits must be exercised within two years.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.